Tag: Cooperative Care
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As the holiday season approaches, our homes become filled with the warmth of festivities, laughter, and the aroma of delicious meals. However, for our canine companions, the hustle and bustle can be overwhelming, triggering anxiety. As a veterinarian and canine rehabilitation therapist, I understand the importance of creating a safe space for our furry friends…
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When it comes to our dogs, that connection… man can it be a beautiful and powerful thing to behold. But sometimes that connection can be hard to achieve, for many different reasons. If you are wishing for a closer connection, you aren’t alone. I have had many pet parents and foster parents reaching out to…
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Carpal hyperextension occurs when the carpal joint, like the wrist in humans, becomes unstable and extends beyond its normal range of motion…
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Starting the week, our little family is feeling blessed and refreshed. The progress this sweet senior has shown is the reason for our reset. Let me explain a little about Kalina… Kalina was born on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean and lived as an outdoor bar island dog. At about a year…
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Cooperative care is the process of training for the day to day procedures and behaviors that are necessary for an animal’s physical health and wellbeing; in a manner that decreases anxiety and increases emotional comfort and trust.
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Has your dog or cat shown changes in body language during certain sounds like fireworks or thunderstorms? Have you noticed that sometimes your furry friend gets over things just fine, but it seems random things will set them off? For our last post in this How Animals Learn Learning Portal series, we are going to…
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When their actions lead to rewarding consequences they will repeat them more often. This is called operant conditioning and is really effective at shaping an animal’s behavior.
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* “In the context of animal behavior and training, learning is defined as the modification of behavior through practice, training or experience.” To better understand the animals in our care, it would help to understand some basics of behavior modification training. There are two types of learning processes or conditioning. They are classical conditioning and operant…
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Mobility Loss- Animal Wheelchairs/Carts This can be a heartbreaking question to ask and can be on our minds for many different reasons. So let’s start with talking about what are dog wheelchairs used for: Here are some other conditions that, depending on the severity and situation, may benefit from a canine cart/wheelchair or other assistive…
