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Mental Health & Illness in Dogs

August 7, 2012

| Behavioral Training, Bubbles, Cats, Cold Noses, Warm Hearts, Dog Training, Har-Vest, PTSD, The Six Pillars

The range of dogs I see in my dog training/behavior practice run the gamut from easy going and happy happy joy joy pups to radically disturbed dogs. The disturbed dog can be an especially unsafe dog — to other dogs (dog/dog aggression), people (dog/people aggression), stuff (destructive) or in some cases, self destructive. NOTE: A…

Labor Day to Earth Day

April 23, 2012

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| Behavioral Training, Bubbles, Cold Noses, Warm Hearts, Kids, Special Needs

When you live day to day with young children, especially a child with special needs, just getting through the day can often be daunting. Unless you are especially good at paying attention or you’ve instituted specific (usually with professional help) interventions, recognizing significant changes in your child is hard. When your contact is less regular…

Hippotherapy: Service Dog, Boy + Equine Assistance – Four Paws Up

March 9, 2012

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| Bubbles, Cold Noses, Warm Hearts, Dog Training, Kids, Special Needs

Today’s outing with Bubbles involved a new species of animal — for Sam and for Bubbles! We decided to try an evaluative session on horseback to see if Sam could benefit from equine therapy. Many researchers have noted that often, when autistic children are first introduced to hippotherapy, the new environment may prompt crying, screaming,…