There is a trend in dog training that is ever more popular, yet their vigilance ends up hurting many dogs. This trend is the “positive only” movement. Last month I was in Prescott Arizona working with the humane society. On my last day I was asked to work with a dog that was set to be put down for aggression. …
Shelter Rescue Coming to Prescott Arizona
May 4th, 5th and 6th I will be in Prescott Arizona at the Yavapai Humane Society for a 3 day workshop / seminar with staff, volunteers and management teaching our Shelter Rescue Program. The focus of this workshop is a better understanding canine behaviors through training and evaluations and how best to save more lives. I have been to YHS …
Forest’s Story from Yavapai Humane Society
There are many exciting things on the horizon for Bound Angels, and they all involve helping the dogs cast away by society in our shelters. It breaks my heart every time I walk through a shelter and see the faces of these former pets, now relegated to living the life of a cast-away being. They have basically given up or …
Shelter Rescue – on the road
Tomorrow I’ll be traveling back to Prescott AZ to visit the Yavapai Humane Society. This will be my 3rd visit since The new No-Kill ethic has been put into place by Ed Boks and the results are staggering. The kill rates at this small shelter are among the lowest in the country. This is due to the hard work of …
she was, “the scariest dog at the shelter.”
When I found Xena at the Yavapai Humane Society, she was first on the list to be put down. No one could get near her and the veteran employee there said that no other dog had ever scared him as much as Xena. However the new director there had a different idea. Understanding what No-Kill really means, he asked me …