Dog Health Questions

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Dog Health Questions: Shelter statistics- I need response for essay?

Hello, I am writing an essay for my dog training certificate and I need to ask shelters or rescue people the following questions. I contacted several organizations with no response, so hopefully someone here can help me. 1) Rescue name and address 2) Pertinent statiscts (% of dogs relinquished, reasons why, % dogs adopted and % dogs euthanised)
If anyone can give me such information I can complete the essay and hopefully get my certificate. To whoever answers, THANK YOU!

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It's hard to just state the facts. I volunteer with the Animal Humane Society in MN. Their statistics remain at roughly 50% adoption. That seems very bad, but take into account that they adopted out 20,800 animals in just 2006 alone.

But the poor statistics need to be examined more in deapth. The humane society offers euthanasia for a very low cost. Many people bring their pets in to be euthanized. I myself brought in my 3 rats when it was their time because the vet wanted $150 and the humane society only charged me $5.

Many of the animals surrendered are there because they bit someone, or they are out of control, or they are very sick or old. The humane society euthanizes animals that are not good canidates for adoption. An animal that only has a few months left to live, or one that would be dangerous in a household would be put down because there are many more healthy and friendly animals that need adoption.

I am NOT a supporter of "no kill" shelters, because they simply refuse to accept animals, or they drop them off in the middle of the night at a shelter that will euthanize them.

The Animal Humane Society accepts ALL animals, no matter the reason for surrender or the condition in which they are presented. They choose to euthanize those that are not good canidates for adoption.

The reason I support them fully is that they have an extensive foster program, allowing sick/injured/orphan/young animals to have some time with a foster home to become fit for adoption. AND once an animal is put onto the adoption floor, it WILL NOT be euthanized unless something MAJOR goes wrong with the animal's health or mental state making them unfit for adoption. I saw a dog once that was up for adoption for 4 months, but he eventually found the perfect home.My point in all of this is that you can't judge a shelter by the numbers alone because there is SO MUCH more that goes into the quality of a shelter than how many were adopted vs. how many were put down.

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statistical data is first gathered then interpreted
not interpreted then gathered.

Go to shelter websites. QCAWC.org is a no-kill shelter and they have their stats on the site some where.

I have done a dog training certificate! this is where i work
1) animal aid, australia
2) not sure.. but majority of dogs are rehomed. the only ones who get put down are the ones with biting habits who can not be safely rehomed.

we do get litters of puppies from time to time.
hope this helps

Dog Health Questions: Who was this woman on Dangerous Women?

I was watching "Dangerous Women" and there was a mother who had 2 daughters and 2 sons. One of the daughters was handicapped and the mother put her on the floor, threw food on the floor, and made her pee on dog training mats. She killed her other daughter, and then was trying to kill her second daughter and made her sons help her? The daughter ended up living. Who was this?

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I have no idea, but she must have been ONE SICK BBBBITCHHHH!!!

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I think this was on the show Deadly Women on I.D. Discovery channel. Fascinating stuff. She was the one who carved words on the daughter's abdomen? They should all be executed and quickly not hanging around in prison for 10 or 20 years on appeals. They should bring back sentences to life in prison with hard labor.

Dog Health Questions: I want to start a small business in Alaska!?

There is a need for an indoor dog training facility. One that people could go during the winter and play with there dogs. How can I obtain insurance information, and grant/loan info to start this up?

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You stand a greater chance of getting a government-guaranteed loan through the Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/financing than a government grant. Read the SBA Financing page to learn about criteria needed for borrowing

It is hard to find grants to start a business. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK - lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.

Nonetheless, you can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture.

Even if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently. But still the info is the same - hardly any grants for starting a for profit business.

Even SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html

"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments."

Here is a listing of federal grants for small businesses. See if there is any available for individuals for starting a business -- THERE'S NONE.
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALO…

Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program

Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs

I suggest you read the following books to get ideas of how to finance your business:

Financing Your Small Business http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1…
Small Business Financing: How and Where To Get It http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0…
Financing the Small Business: A Complete Guide to Obtaining Bank Loans and All Other Types of Financing http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1…
The SBA Loan Book http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1…
Angel Capital : How to Raise Early-Stage Private Equity Financing http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0…
Financing Your Small Business (Barron's Business Library Series) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0…

For private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center's Foundation Grants for Individuals Online http://gtionline.fdncenter.org . It's a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) but their opening blurb only says that the database is ideal for "students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices." Entrepreneurs are apparently not one of them, so I take it they also don't have listings of private foundations who give grants to would-be entrepreneurs.

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Go to http://www.score.org/ to find the nearest SCORE chapter. Contact them to arrange for a free one on one meeting with a SCORE counselor.

SCORE is a nonprofit organization. They provide a public service by offering small business advice and training. .

SCORE's 10,500 volunteers have more than 600 business skills. Volunteers share their wisdom and lessons learned in business. The volunteers are working/retired business owners, executives and corporate leaders.

Contact banks and insurance companies.

Dog Health Questions: Who is your favorite trainer: Cesar Milan, Patricia McConnell, others?

I know its hard to pick a favorite, but which trainer or dog training school of thought do you admire or adhere to the most?

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I couldn't begin to choose, and here's why:

Not all dogs learn the same, so sticking to ONE method hinders you when working with multiple animals (even your own pets.) Even if you prefer one to another, the one you prefer may not work (or work as well as another.)

I haven't worked with ANY television trainer/behaviorist PERSONALLY - i do not base my judgements on television alone. I would have to have a consult with them to decide if i liked their methods or them as a trainer/behaviorist.

That being said: if your dog needs help, hire someone to come out and show you the ropes. Every single training show i've watched TELLS you to do so. Doing stuff on your own can be dangerous for you, the dog, and everyone around you.

Add - Had to go check my book list... i found several books to be pretty interesting, even if i don't use their methods... listed by author:

Brenda Aloff
Cesar Millan
Monks of New Skeet
Pat Miller
Victoria Stillwell
Ian Dunbar
Brian Kilcommons and Sarah WilsonAnd a bunch of random trick books.

I have my own trainer who, so far, has pulled through for me a number of times. She uses a bunch of methods from treats to corrections: worked with my dog wonderfully.

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Patricia McConnell, Pat Miller, Ian Dunbar, I'm liking James O'Heare although he's a bit new to me, Karen Pryor, there's so many. But you get the idea of type of trainers I like from those.

Not a fan of Cesar, sure he's a great guy but I disagree with his methods, and watching the dogs body language and NOT what he's saying paints whole different picture of what's really going on. He also has a pretty good marketing team behind him, I saw at Petco today a placemat, for $15 with Cesar's signature on it.

I don't use trainers cause I used to train myself. MY education goes far from the basic obedience all the way up to specialized training. From Basic obedience to specialized police dog work, bomb detection, substance detection, building search, crowd control, tracking & the like.

I have not read any book other than my school studies & that was 30 yrs ago.

I train my own dogs.

I have several and would have a really hard time choosing - Brenda Aloff, Suzanne Clothier, Patricia McConnell, Jean Donaldson are all right up there. I wouldn't put Cesar Milan in with a group of people who really understand dogs and how they learn and can teach people how to develop a relationship with their dogs.

My favorite trainer is the trainer we work with in person! We love him.

Now I love reading books on training by Jean Donaldson, Pat Miller, Stanley Coren, Ian Dunbar, and Turid Rugaas. and many others, but I'm having a brain fart right now :)

Although I will read any book on dog training (and have).

Cesar Milan is my favorite , he comes across as sincere and honest, having the best interest of the Dog and the owners relationship . I have no dogs at this time, and it makes me feel good to have watched his program . I do like Victoria Stillwell and her style of training as well.

Dear Whimsy Roo, Great ?. I have found over the years many trainers,old school and new wave.What I have seen latly with the new TV based trainers is that their programs need constant reinforcement with canines.I see lots of pets on a daily basis in my "shop".On new clients I have on sign in sheet a ? aking if pet had recieved any trainning.My staff tells me the best trained and most easily handled have been exposed to a long dead English woman Barbara Woodhouse.I've always used her for my Boxers Download or visit library for any of her guides.Good luck.

I know of a local trainer in my area that I would go to....

if you're talking about televised trainers tho, I do like Victoria Stillwell's show "Its me or the Dog"

I really like the woman from It's Me Or THe Dog
she seems sweet and like she understands dogs unlike Cesar who is not nearly as kind to the dog

*my* trainer is great

I shadow her
Televised...victoria s. From its me or the dog

ME I have probably been training since Cesar was in diapers

Hands down....

Cesar Milan! AKA The Dog Whisperer

Victoria Stillwell.

dog borstal the short goodlooking one lol

Me, my dogs are the most well trained dogs I know!

Dog Health Questions: Questions about building a quail pen?

Hello all. Im considering building a quail pen so that I may keep quail for dog training. I was wondering whether or not it was a good idea to build the pen without a floor, so that the quail can be on the ground. My only concern with this would be fire ants. Ive heard that fire ants can be a problem for quail, especially when they are nesting. Should I raise it off the ground and use wire mesh for flooring, or will they be ok on the ground?

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I am going to say it depends on the size of the pen. It is is large enough then you really don't need a floor. If your going to build a small pen however, I would make it raised with a wire mesh bottom, and have an area that has plywood for their feet. I have a friend that keeps his in a chicken pen. His has a top on it about 7 feet up. It's big enough for us to walk in, but his quail are not hard to capture, rather tame in fact. They come a runnin' when he brings his feed bucket. So, I don't know if this type behavior is something your looking for to train your dogs or not.

One time, a few of them got loose, and as I was walking up to the porch, they blasted out from under a shrub, and scared the §h!T out of me, but he shook his bucket a few times, and they followed him right back in the pen. I have no idea how they got out, but I guess the made a hole somewhere.

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If the pen is large enough I don't see fire-ants being a real problem as long as roosts are provided for the birds to get out of harms way. Another way to keep ants at bay is to spray Tempo around the pen every month or so. It kills insects that crawl across the area it is sprayed and lasts for months even after a rain.

I would however put a mesh floor in and secure it to the side mesh. The reason behind this is raccoons can reak havoc on penned birds, and are masters of getting into anything. Many of the lodges I have guided for can attest to this. In one instance I can remember a raccoon tearing a cloth mesh next to a support pole and shimmying down the pole. The hole was not visible from the ground. Chukars continued to be eaten for weeks until one day I caught the little monster in the act.

Build a fully enclosed wire frame with a box for shelter and roost with rat wire smaller than a weasel. Weasels will kill them all. We had a weasel kill all of ours. Also a fully enclosed pen will prevent digging coons and foxes and other critters. Put a lid with hinges on the box for cleaning and straw. You could bury the wire deep down with concrete I guess.....but,weasels are tunneling bastards. A good dog in the area to bark may keep some animals away....as long as its not a bird dog........LOL........

Dog Health Questions: Why are people so interested in race?

I don't come on here often unless to ask a serious question I've been pondering. In my last three questions, one had to do about interracial relationships, and the other two had to do with dog training and sleep insomniac. Go figure, and this is usually always the case, whenever anything has to do about race, especially interracial couples, those posts get the most responses. What is so interesting that these type of posts generate an overwhelming amount of people?

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the average man in the street really couldn't care less about race.
it's the middle class 4x4 driving newspaper owing tories that cause all the constination,i mean we are in the 00s and we have a lot more to worry about than the colour of someones skin.the jade goody row was a good thing it showed that asians are becoming accepted in english society and shilpa was treated just as if she was someone jade had picked an argument with on a night out.
it's nothing to do with colour it is all about "some people you get on with some you don't".

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Maybe it's because race is a big issue of the age with strong feeling and polarised opinion, wheras dog training... isnt? :)

history, culture, and genetics is all i find interesting. its a fun think to talk about though.

Because race is the one thing that can really offend someone. Race is the one thing that can get a person killed, the one thing that can get everybody's attention if you speak up.

because so many people feel so passionately about it. you are either for it or totally against it. there are no fence sitters on a question like that.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Dog Health Questions: What is a good location to?

I want to have my own dog training facility. What is a good location for a dog training facility? I also want an area near-ish a shelter, as I want to train dogs for the shelter for free so that they can get homes. I also want to help police when they have cases involving animals as I have a natural bond with dogs and they trust me. Any suggestions of good places?

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Well I was going to say Wyoming, but the population insn't big enough for that...so...
maybe like...Salt Lake City, UT...its the city, but you're like 30 minutes from the middle of nowhere!

Denver, Co is nice too!

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First of all, you're trying to do too much.

You need to have a business plan, study the pet population and the spending habits of a location on their pets - or it won't matter. Then, you need to look at the real estate costs in that area. It is often a harsh reality that the facilities that are affordable are not near the population that would pay for them.

On top of that, you'r first task would be to make the center a viable one - before you give anything away. That would easily take up all your time and energy for well over a year. And depending upon the shelter, most facilities of that kind cannot afford to have the shelter dogs on the premises for fear of bringing diseases in to the paying clientele.

As for the police work, you need to be highly qualified to do animal investigations. That's a whole different career.

I think you would have to pick which of these things you want to do first, and start with that.