Humane Domain

04/18/2025

They are visiting the island of Curaçao and have had a very warm welcome!

04/18/2025

Congratulations Amelia and her dog Kelev who was an assistance dog in training and has now completed the program and is a fully trained assistance dog !!

03/30/2025

03/12/2025

Things that will not improve your dog’s behavior:

👎🏻 being a stronger alpha
👎🏻 Making your dog wait for you to go through doors first
👎🏻 Taking your dog’s stuff away to prove you can
👎🏻 Using collar corrections
👎🏻 Physically pushing and pulling on your dog to move them or get them into sits/downs
👎🏻 Messing with your dog while they eat
👎🏻 Thinking that your dog is spiteful or trying to “get back” at you
👎🏻 Forcing your dog off of furniture to prove its “yours”
👎🏻 Forcing your dog to deal with something even if they are afraid or growling
👎🏻 Looking at aggression as something that needs to be punished out
👎🏻 Forcing your dog onto their back to get them to “submit”
👎🏻 Forcing your dog to “face their fears” by forcing interactions with other dogs and people
👎🏻 Relying on equipment that causes discomfort or pain to control them
👎🏻 Responding to a dog behaving aggressively with more of your own aggression
👎🏻 Putting your dog on a “nothing in life is free” protocol
👎🏻 Not allowing your dog to sniff and use their nose
👎🏻 Take advice from every vet, groomer, breeder, and neighbor who have no formal training or study in behavior
👎🏻 Take advice blindly from the internet

Things that will improve your dog’s behavior:
🐕 First and foremost, learning how to speak their language and becoming fluent in dog body language
🐩 Committing to positive reinforcement training to proactively teach your dog the skills they need
🐕‍🦺 Eliminating corrections from your training
🐶 Noticing the things that trigger your dogs misbehaviors, then training a new response or managing your dog around them
🐕 Setting up the environment to benefit your dog
🐩 Allowing your dog to sniff and explore the world with their nose
🐕‍🦺 Daily enrichment activities and allowing your dog to be a dog
🐶 Being generous with affection and attention when your dog wants it
🐕 Listening to precursors to aggressive behavior such as growling, stiffening, and avoidance so that your dog doesn’t feel the need to escalate to biting
🐩 Hiring a qualified professional before you even bring your dog home so you know what to do from the start

These lists are obviously not complete, but if you’ve ever been told to do something in that first list, ignore that advice and find someone more qualified to help you out! In the meantime, aim to meet the goals in the second list to help your dog become the best dog they can be!

03/10/2025

Would you like your dog to learn some of the skills we teach assistance dogs? Check out our PETS classes. (Practical Effective Training Skills.) to register visit
humanedomain.net

03/10/2025

Dogs did well in the elevators and the cafeteria. Many thanks to Nortjwest Hospital.

03/10/2025

Staff and patients enjoyed seeing the dogs .

03/10/2025

All dogs were calm and comfortable and doing what they were taught to do.

03/10/2025

Last Wednesday we worked with 3 of Our Future Hope’s assistance dogs in training at Northwest Hospital.

03/09/2025

Quite a crowd! If you are considering adopting a rabbit or want to learn more about rabbits visit;
rabbitsinthehouse.org

03/09/2025

The House Rabbit Society was here today for their monthly adoption day.

03/09/2025

This is one of Velma’s favorite things to do

03/06/2025

This is the muddy mat. Absorbs well. Many coIors and I chose brown- to match the mud!

03/06/2025

Everyone seems to be talking about the muddy dog feet coming in the house. Well we have had a lot of mud lately! The Muddy Mat really works well and if you teach your dog to spin it works even better !

02/28/2025

Three dog sofa! Sofa training is easy!