Thanksgiving Foods Not to Share With Your Pet
Foods Not to Share With elaborate dishes, especially prepared meats, vibrant libations and rich desserts, Thanksgiving is a time when most people overindulge. For pet owners, it is tempting to share tidbits of food with their dogs and cats. However, many of these delicious foods can make them sick. Avoid feeding pets table scraps and […]
Smoky: A Canine Champion of Freedom
In Animal Behavior College’s continuing salute to Canine Champions of Freedom, today we’re highlighting Smoky, a Yorkshire Terrier who served in World War II. Smoky was credited with twelve combat missions and awarded eight battle stars. She saved a soldiers life from incoming shells and helped them duck fire. Along with serving in combat she […]
Sergeant Stubby: A Canine Champion of Freedom
In Animal Behavior College’s continuing salute to Canine Champions of Freedom, today we’re highlighting Sergeant Stubby. Stubby has been called the most decorated war dog of World War I, assigned to the 26th (Yankee) Division. Stubby warned his unit of poison gas attacks, located wounded soldiers in no man’s land, and captured a German spy […]
Animal Behavior College Champions of Freedom Who Sacrifice For All
In an ongoing campaign to support veterans both in the classroom and online, Animal Behavior College has begun a campaign to honor military veterans and strengthen the school’s commitment to them and their spouses who work in the pet-services industry. The campaign, “Champions of Freedom Who Sacrifice for All,” will award dog-training scholarships to veteran […]
Lex: A Canine Champion of Freedom
In Animal Behavior College’s continuing salute to Canine Champions of Freedom, today we’re highlighting Lex, a bomb-sniffing military German shepherd, who served with CPL. Dustin Jerome Lee in 2007. Lee and Lex worked close together, scouring roads for explosives and sleeping in the same area at night. A rocket explosion in Iraq killed Lee and […]
November is Pet Diabetes Month
Living with a Diabetic Pet Thanks to treatment improvements, the disease is now very manageable. November is Pet Diabetes Month and as this is a disease that affects nearly every species, it’s important for pet owners to know a little about it. All types of animals, from ferrets to cats and humans to dogs, can […]
Returning to Standard Time Can Confuse Pets
Transitioning From Daylight Savings Time How to convince your pets it really isn’t time to eat, sleep or play. Switching to Daylight Savings Time in the spring is hard on most people. You must get up an hour early, drive to work in the dark, take lunch before you’re hungry, try to go to sleep […]
