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training tips

The Humane Society of Charlotte is happy to have on staff Robin Brown, Animal Behavior Manager to assist you with your training questions. Robin's experience includes over 20 years as a companion dog trainer. She has titled dogs in both UKC and AKC obedience and her experience includes obedience and field training, agility, and therapy dog work. In classes as well as private training, Robin specializes in helping her clients communicate with their dogs in a way that will foster a relationship of both mutual respect and trust. Robin also acts as a canine ambassador for the American Kennel Club. She is also a certified evaluator for the American Kennel Clubs canine good citizen program. She can be reached at 704-377-0534, ext. 222 or via email at rbrown@humanesocietyofcharlotte.org .

 

 


If you're lucky enough to share your life with a pet, you already know that the relationship requires commitment and perseverance. Pets provide us with unconditional love and companionship, and even lower our blood pressure. But sometimes they can make our blood boil when they act like, well, animals. Sadly, for too many animals exhibiting behaviors their caregivers can't deal with, their fate is tragic: They are given up, or given up on.

Behavior problems top the list of reasons for pet relinquishment. Thousands of other pets are given up because of lifestyle changes or human health issues. Still others are given up because their caregivers couldn't find animal-friendly rental housing, or because their owners simply had unrealistic expectations about what it meant to care for a pet.

For all these reasons, the Humane Society of Charlotte has compiled a collection of informational sheets to help caregivers meet the many challenges of pet ownership. Our goal: to lower the number of animals relinquished to shelters—or otherwise given up on—because of breaks in the human-animal bond.


Useful links:

Patricia McConnell - Dog Training Books and Tips

Dogwise - All Things Dog

Emily Weiss - the Weiss Walkie

Premier Pet

Charlotte Dog Training Club

TCB Agility Training - No Bad Dogs

DogHaven - Obedience and Agility Training

American Humane - Animal Behavior Resources Resources Institute Videos

 Suggested websites for items to help with thunderstorm fears:
                         
Anxiety Wraps
                          Pet Ease Pheromones

 

 


Dog issues:

Adding a Dog to Your Household

Calming the Fearful Dog

Chew on This:  Ending Oral Destruction

Crate Training Your Dog

Dealing with Submissive and Excitement Urination

Dog Toys and How to Use Them

Dog vs. Dog:  Canine Aggression is a people problem

Don't Leave Me This Way: Resolving Anxiety Problems

Fear of Thunderstorms

First Two Weeks with your new dog

Housetraining Your Puppy

Introducing Your New Dog to Your Resident Dog

Nothing in Life is Free

Positive Reinforcement

Preparing Pets for New Baby

Puppy Chewing

Puppy Play Biting

Resource Guarding

Understanding Your Puppy's Behavior and  Development

Walking on a loose leash:  Impossible?

Why Bobby Won't Come:  Improving Recall

 

  


 

Cat Issues

Cats Destructive Scratching

Coping with Allergies

Introducing your Cat to Other Pets

Positive Reinforcement Training for your Cat

Reducing Urine Marking Behavior

Solving Aggression between Family Cats

Solving Litterbox Problems

 

 


 Reading Recommendations

 

Before you bring home that dog or cat, do your homework and learn how to integrate the pet into your family.

Once you do adopt a pet, learning about care and training are imperative. Here are some great books to help along the way:

Dog Behavior Reading List

Dog Training Reading List

Children and Dogs Reading List

All About Cats Reading List

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