Katherine Ayres, PhD Eva came to us at 3 months after being a “stray at large” in Lynnwood, WA. She was sweet, extremely social, fun to play with and of course had a healthy obsession of watching birds out the window making that amusing chatter noise. Her litter box habits for the most part were… [Read More]
It’s Summer! Hot Dog! (and Cooked Cat??!)
The dangers of heatstroke for those that can’t sweat. Louisa Beal, DVM If you have ever seen a dog or cat with heat stroke, you won’t forget it. But what if you have never seen it? What do you look for? The signs of heatstroke are listed below, however, in an emergency, lists tend to… [Read More]
What Do I Do Now? Conflict Behavior in Cats and Dogs
Jim Ha, PhD, CAAB Some time ago, I wrote an article titled Pass It On, Redirected Aggression in Cats and Dogs. In that article, I wrote: “Redirection of a behavior is one of three forms of conflict behavior seen in animals, and humans. The other two forms of conflict behavior are “approach-withdraw” and “displacement behavior,”… [Read More]
A Reading List in Animal Behavior, Part Two
Jim Ha, PhD, CAAB Back in the fall of 2008, I presented a blog titled A Reading List in Animal Behavior, Part One. I went on in that article to say, “So here I present a highly personal reading list in ethology. In this entry, I suggest some reading in basic ethology, and in a… [Read More]
King County “getting out of the shelter business”
Christine Hibbard, CTC, CPDT The writing has been on the wall for years. First came the September 2007 citizens committee report calling shelter conditions in King County “deplorable”. If you’ve followed the KCACC oversight committee education work being done at kcaccexposed.org, you know that the staff that works at Animal Care and Control and at… [Read More]