The Carter family hosted “Rose”, an 8 week old Labrador Retriever, for one week to give her a good head start in socialization. Social animals like dogs have critical periods, which are developmental stages where the nervous system is hypersensitive to certain environmental stimuli. The critical period Rose is in is called the Human Socialization […]
Coco, a rescue-foster dog, from easternherdingdogrescue.org needed a safe place to whelp and care for her pups until they reached adoption age and were primed for a successful connection with a forever home. This the story of how she came to be with the Carter’s and the journey they went through toward their forever home. […]
Scientists in China have laid claim to a pretty significant achievement, at least in terms of the social and technological implications of it. They edited the genes of two beagles named Hercules and Tiangou to produce custom dogs which have far more muscle tone than the average beagle. They actually have double the amount of […]
Some dogs need a little more support during training sessions than others. That means that sometimes, you need to be their cheerleader. Even if it’s while you are in public. If you have a very timid or stoic dog (one that may be a little afraid or showing no reaction whatsoever) then you may need […]
Ocho our foster dog has only been with us for just over a week, and it had been raining for more than half of that time. Needless to say, all of the dogs had extra energy to burn. Not to mention, the humans were getting a little cabin fever as well. So we took the […]
Below is a link to a great conversation on “blab.im” between Lara Joseph & Dr. Patricia Anderson on animal behaviors, Anthropomorphism. Both Laura and Dr. Anderson birds, bird behaviors and and life with birds. Laura is an animal behaviorist and owner of The Animal Behavior Center in Sylvania, Ohio. The mission at The Animal Behavior Center is to […]
Domestic dogs appear to have lost some of their problem solving skills since they have become so attached to humans. There was a paper published by Monique Udell, a researcher with Oregon State University, where she describes a study that she conducted on why she believes domesticated dogs may have lost some of their natural problem […]
Ocho, a 4 year old Border Collie was in need of a foster home. He was found abandoned on the streets of Tennessee and found his way first to Eastern Herding Dog Rescue, and then to us. We are going to work with Ocho on some things to help make his forever home situation more […]
