Maya mange dans ma main

Après une longue promenade, suivie d'une bonne session de jeu, Maya a droit à son repas mais cette fois de ma main, au lieu de son bol habituel. Cela est censé renforcer le lien entre votre chien et vous, ce qui me semble tout à fait logique. Alors je vais essayer cela pour une couple de semaines. Rien à perdre sauf quelques minutes n'est-ce pas? Elle semble adorer cela. D'après vous?

25 chiots sauvés par la SPCALL ont une deuxième chance

Une deuxième chance pour 25 chiots

Sauvés par la SPCA des Laurentides

Yolande Brasset

Actualités - Publié le 26 janvier 2010 à 00:00

Celui qui ressort du rang est le seul à ne pas avoir trouvé de famille d accueil.Photo CDM par Élaine Nicol

Ils sont attendrissants et adorables, normalement, les chiots sur cette photo ne devraient plus être de ce monde, condamnés à mourir dès leur arrivée sur terre. Leurs mères ont été sauvées in extremis des griffes d’un propriétaire négligeant, il y a un peu plus de deux mois.

Samedi matin, la SPCA Laurentides a procédé à l’adoption de ces 25 chiots par des familles venues de tous les coins des Laurentides, de la rive sud de Montréal et même de la région d’Ottawa. Tous ont été touchés par leur sort et charmés par leur regard.

Ces chiots nés en novembre dernier proviennent de trois femelles sauvées par la SPCA, avec 94 chiens de traîneaux retirés à leur propriétaire pour négligence.

Bien partir un chiot--Starting a Puppy off right

Court article de Cesar Millan qui explique quand et comment entraîner un chiot dès son arrivée afin d'en faire un chien qui se comporte bien..

Starting Your Puppy off Right

People often ask me at what age they should start training their puppy. The answer is immediately!

New puppy owners often make the mistake of endlessly worrying about finding the right accessories, puppy treats, or bed. They spend little or no time thinking about how or what they will teach their new puppy. Yes, a puppy needs nutritious food and a safe, warm place to live, but another equally powerful and important biological necessity is the need for a strong pack leader.

Puppies are naturally hard-wired to follow a pack leader. A pack leader is, by definition, strong, stable, and consistent; traits many new puppy owners forget. Many of my clients are strong leaders in their jobs, but when they come home, they turn to mush with their dogs. Then they come to me puzzled as to why their dog won't  behave.

Puppies sense our confidence levels and will take control if they perceive us as weak. When this happens, bad behaviors, such as excessive barking, leash-pulling, or anxiety, will develop.

The most important thing you can do is become your puppy’s pack leader. This role doesn’t begin when your dog is six months old or when he’s bad. For your puppy to grow into a healthy, balanced dog, you must demonstrate leadership from day one!

Please find SAFE ways to exercise your puppy! Talk to your veterinarian about the risk of long-term bone development problems, parvovirus, and other health issues before implementing an exercise routine.

Mythes de la stérilisation--Spay and Neuter Myths

Je viens de trouver cet article traitant des bienfaits de la stérilisation de nos chiens et chats.
C'est en anglais mais bon...c'est là que nous trouvons le plus d'informations.
En 1980 23.4 millions d'animaux furent euthanasiés aux États-Unis seulement.
En 2002, ce chiffre avait baissé à 4.6 millions.

Spay and Neuter Myths

Spaying or neutering your dog is an important part of responsible pet ownership. Unneutered male dogs that are not able to mate experience frustration, which can lead to aggression. Unspayed female dogs attract unwanted attention every six months. From a psychological and biological point-of-view, it is the best thing for your dog.

When you get your dog spayed or neutered, be sure your dog is in a calm and balanced state. Never spay or neuter a frustrated, nervous, tense, aggressive, or anxious dog!

Pet overpopulation and euthanasia are a continuing problem. Be a part of the solution: spay or neuter your pets.

Cesar Millan

In the United States, seven puppies and kittens are born for every one human. As a result, there are just not enough homes for the animals, and four to five million dogs and cats are euthanized every year.

Sterilizing dogs and cats has been hailed as the most effective method for pet population control. You can help save lives by spaying and neutering your pet. If pets can’t breed, they don’t produce puppies that end up in animal shelters to be adopted or euthanized. Currently, over 56% of dogs and approximately 75% of cats entering shelters are put to sleep.

The perpetuation of myths about spaying and neutering and the high cost cause many people to avoid the procedures, but the fact is sterilization makes your dog a better behaved, healthier pet and will save you money in the long run.

Many people, particularly men, have a hard time sterilizing their pets, imposing upon their dogs their own feelings on losing reproductive abilities. A dog will not feel like less of a “man” or “woman” after being sterilized. It will not suffer an identity crisis or mourn the loss of its reproductive capability. Your dog will simply have one less need to fulfill.

A dog’s basic personality is formed more by environment and genetics than by sex hormones, so sterilization will not change your dog’s basic personality, make your dog sluggish or affect its natural instinct to protect the pack. But it will give you a better behaved pet.

Neutered dogs have less desire to roam, mark territory (like your couch!) and exert dominance over the pack. Spayed dogs no longer experience the hormonal changes during heat cycles that turn your pet into a nervous dog that cries incessantly and attracts unwanted male dogs. Sterilized dogs are more affectionate and less likely to bite, run away, become aggressive, or get into a fight.

Another myth is that spaying and neutering cause weight gain. Dogs do not get fat simply by being sterilized. Just like humans, dogs gain weight if they eat too much and exercise too little or if they are genetically programmed to be overweight. The weight gain that people may witness after sterilization is most likely caused by continuing to feed a high energy diet to a dog that is reducing its need for energy as it reaches adult size.

Dogs do not mourn their lost capability to reproduce. They reproduce solely to ensure the survival of their species. They do not raise a puppy for eighteen years. They do not dream of their puppy’s wedding. They do not hope for the comfort of grandchildren in their old age. Female dogs nurse for a few weeks, teach the puppies rules, boundaries, and limitations and send them off to join the pack. Male dogs are not “fathers” in the human sense of the word; they do not even recognize puppies as their own.

As for expense, today there are enough low cost and free spay and neuter programs that this can no longer be an excuse! Even if these programs are not available in your area, the emotional distress and money spent on medical treatments you will save down the line makes it an investment that will be worth every penny.

Sterilization reduces the risk of incidence of a number of health problems that are difficult and expensive to treat. In females, it eliminates the possibility of developing uterine or ovarian cancer and greatly reduces the chance of breast cancer. Also, some females experience false pregnancies and uterine infections that can be fatal. Prostate cancer risk is greatly reduced in males. By sterilizing your pet, your dog will live a healthier and longer life.

Efforts by programs such as SPAY/USA already seem to be having an effect. In 1980, approximately 23.4 million animals were euthanized. Twenty-two years later, the estimate was down to 4.6 million. In towns and cities that have already implemented sterilization programs, the number of companion animals who had to be euthanized is showing a decline of 30 to 60 percent.

The truth is that neutered and spayed dogs are better pets. And though we’re heading in the right direction, the problem of euthanasia continues. Be a part of the solution. Spay or neuter your pet today!

For more information, please visit:
SPAY/USA
Ask the Vet: Best Age to Spay or Neuter
Millan Foundation's Spay and Neuter Campaign

Sources: The Humane Society of the United States, SPAY/USA 

A day in the life of Kelly, Zak and their three Border Collies

Playing frisbee and taking a bath.

Compétition Obéissance--Obedience Competition CD

Score parfait 200/200 lors d'une compétition d'obéissance AKC niveau CD.
Excellente performance.

Terre-Neuve--NewFoundland

"Half a Camel or something"
Drôle de vidéo mettant en scène un gros Terre-Neuve qui a décidé de ne pas bouger de là.