Dogs Rescue Journey- Gathering Information from Owners
Relinquishing a dog can be a challenging thing for owners to do and is often full of mixed emotions. Any information provided to us maybe of varied use due to: fear of judgment; concern about what will happen to the dog post relinquishment, particularly in the case of...
Difference between Adopted and Purchased Dogs
Rescue dogs show few differences in behaviour, cognitive abilities, and personality compared with non-rescue dogs. This study looked to determine any difference between behaviour and cognition of dogs from a rescue and non-rescue background. Cognitive tests were...
A Dog Rescue Journey- Intake
Where do our dogs come from? Dogs find themselves in rescue for a variety of reasons, data form the 2022 Dogs Trust annual review showed that Dogs trust, the Uk’s largest dog welfare charity received over 51,000 relinquishment requests. The most common reasons for...
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
"Let him sleep. For in dreams, we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let him swim in the deepest ocean or glide over the highest cloud.” Albus dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I don’t know about you, but I often wonder what my dog, Jess, is...
A Thought on Canine Frustration
This week we have talked a lot about frustrations, today I just wanted to provide some further context about why it can be so prevalent in shelter. If we consider the oxford dictionary description of frustration “The feeling of being upset or annoyed as a result of...
Development of the Canine Frustration Questionnaire
This week I'm off to The Pet Professional Guild Homeward bound summit, to talk about frustration in shelter dogs, so frustration is going to be SSB theme of the week Questionnaire based Psychometric tools have been developed for assessing behavioural and emotional...
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