Pet Behavior Associates, Inc.

10/21/2025

10/21/2025

10/18/2025

CANINE ENCOUNTERS DISCUSSION GROUP
Shane Doss
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11h
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To your pet, routine isn’t boring — it’s reassurance. 🐾💛
Every walk, mealtime, cuddle, and bedtime follows a rhythm that tells them:
“You’re safe. You belong. The world makes sense.”
Animals, especially dogs and cats, thrive on predictability.
When their day is stable — same feeding times, familiar sounds, gentle patterns — their stress hormones drop, and their confidence grows.
Sudden changes, missed walks, or chaotic environments can make them anxious or confused, because they can’t plan ahead the way humans do.
Keeping a routine isn’t about control — it’s about comfort.
It gives your pet the structure they need to relax, trust, and truly enjoy life.

10/13/2025

An excellent dog trainer is ethical, empathetic, and highly educated.

They value hands-off teaching and take pride in kindness, always listening and considering both the dog’s and the owner’s needs.

These qualities ensure that the dog’s welfare and the bond between dog and human are respected and nurtured.

10/10/2025

09/06/2025

Currently taking reservations for Behavior Training Classes for Dogs and Puppies. M, T, or R evenings at 6 PM. Behavior training is a combined course in obedience training and behavior management. You will learn how to use commands in everyday activities to get better control over your pet. The course is $175.00 and includes a manual to guide you through the course. Contact Annette Neff at [email protected]. More information about services are available at: petbehaviorassociates.com

09/06/2025

Many trainers carry a universal vision of what every dog should know: sit, down, heel, place, etc.

But dogs do not live in universals.
They live in households with particular rhythms, families with unique dynamics, and people carrying their own needs and limitations. A universal checklist can feel reassuring to the trainer, but too often it leads to teaching skills that have little to do with the client’s actual struggles.

In many cases, that checklist becomes a crutch, used in place of creating the thoughtful and unique training plan the client truly needs.

When training time is spent mastering skills that aren’t directly relevant, frustration grows, follow-through suffers, and the dog’s issues remain unsolved.

The true measure of training is not whether the dog completes our imagined list, but whether harmony returns to the home. It is about seeing clearly what matters most to this dog, in this family, at this moment.

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https://tylermuto.com/2025/09/06/serve-your-clients-not-yourself/

09/01/2025

I know I have several clients that are interested in certifying their dogs as Therapy Dogs. There is an upcoming evaluation! For the upcoming Saturday, September 13, Pet Partners Evaluation, we have so many on the Waitlist that we're going to try running concurrent evaluations. This is a "first” for us! The room will be divided, and the evaluations will have staggered starts. However, we're going to need sets of volunteers for both sides - at least 3 people for each session on both sides. The exception will be the neutral dog teams. We will only need one dog team per session (total of 2 teams) since the start times will be staggered.

Peace Lutheran Church will be open at 8:00 a.m. If you can do a full day, we appreciate it. Full day will be from 8:15 until ~3:00. However, if you can volunteer but only in the morning (8:15 - ~11:30) or afternoon (11:45 - ~3:00), we are happy to have you participate.

Kindly respond as soon as possible but NLT Monday, September 8, to Harriet & Kim at [email protected]. Please indicate which session, or if a full day, in your response. We'll send more details the week prior to the evaluation.

If you plan to evaluate in the next few months, consider volunteering at the Team Evaluation. It will give you an in-depth view of the evaluation expectations AND this can lower your stress when it comes to your actual evaluation time.

We can't support the Pet Partners Team Evaluations without your assistance, so it is much appreciated. We need more help than usual this time to support all the teams that want to evaluate.

As always, let us know if you have questions. Thanks in advance.

Harriet Holloway and Kim Vohs

PPCO Co-leads

08/28/2025

In conclusion, this study shows that the risk of cranial cruciate ligament disease in dogs is linked to how long they are exposed to natural s*x hormones, and the relationship isn’t simple or linear. The highest risk was seen when females were spayed before about 1054 days (just under 3 years) and males before about 805 days (a little over 2 years). These results may help define what counts as “early” spay or neuter when it comes to cranial cruciate ligament disease risk.

Veterinary reproduction specialists now recommend hormone-preserving sterilization: preventing unwanted litters & less risk of torn cruciates.

08/24/2025

I keep this in mind while training all clients!

08/15/2025

Puppy and adult dog training classes begin on Thursday, August 13. Six weeks of classes for $175.00. Learn how to train your dog to obey basic commands, learn how to use those commands in daily situations so that you have control over your dog's behavior and how to solve common problems. Bolster your dog's confidence and learn about dog behavior! Contact me @aol.com