Dunnottar Dogwarts/Mogwarts

26/02/2025

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-veterinary-behavior/articles-in-press

FINALLY! A study to determine stress caused to dogs, by animal assisted therapies.

All dogs included in the study were trained and very experienced therapy dogs. 70% of them exhibited stress at the job they were being expected to do. Working with children caused more stress than adults with any condition.

70%. This needs to be considered much more for the dogs well being. "Service" dogs are becoming a fashion, unregulated, unsupported and unfair on the dogs.

Read the latest articles of Journal of Veterinary Behavior at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

29/08/2024

"When your hormones are a-raging, Bark Bark Bark,
When your hormones are a-raging, Bark Bark Bark,
When your hormones are a-raging, and youre threatened with a-caging,
When your hormones are a-raging, Bark, Bark, Bark.

When youre insanely adolescent, Jump, Jump, Jump,
When youre insanely adolescent, Jump, Jump, Jump,
When youre insanely adolescent, no-one sees your friendly meant,
When youre insanely adolescent, Jump, Jump, Jump.

When your pup becomes teenager, take deep breaths,
When your pup becomes teenager, take deep breaths,
When your pup becomes teenager, goes from lovely to a stranger,
Theyve forgotton all their training, and that lead is always straining,
When your pup becomes teenager, take deep breaths".

Today, I will be calm in the face of crazy boy dog hormones. 😵‍💫🥴😳

05/08/2023

Heard this yeterday, made me smile.

Think the world would be a happier place if more folk wrote songs about loving dogs 😊

Gaz Brookfield · Song · 2023

15/09/2022

We will never use a prong collar, slip lead, choke chain or ecollar on your dog. We never have and we never will.

We will never stop speaking out against the use of these tools.

If the dog trainer or behaviour consultant can't say they won't either, please use someone else.

EDIT - any comments promoting, endorsing or justifying the use of any of these tools will be deleted. This isn't a discussion forum.

06/07/2022

10/06/2022

Research has found that electric collars are no more effective than positive methods and have a terrible impact on the pet. 💔 We hope the Government holds true to their word and bans electric shock collars once and for all.

06/06/2022

There are a lot of different reasons for your dog's behaviour, intentional vindictiveness or naughtiness isn't one of them.

All behaviours have a function. They serve the individual in some way. Behaviours are the observable actions of any number of underlying environmental and internal processes. Assumptions are not only unhelpful, they are potentially damaging and neglect to address your dogs' reality.

Step back and take a moment to observe what your dog is telling you. If you need help, reach out to a certified and qualified professional.

27/01/2022

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24/01/2022

It could be time to start working on your catio plans. Outdoors access with lower risk is good for pet cats’ quality of life.

06/11/2021

Dogs extract words from continuous speech using similar computations and brain regions as humans do, a new study combining EEG and fMRI by researchers from the Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary) finds. This is the first demonstration of the capacity to use complex statisti...