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Helping Dogs cope with Fireworks Anxiety and noise sensitivity this July 4th Holiday.

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Instead of just doing an article this year, I was inspired by Sophia Yin's Body Language Poster that was eminently sharable and made a FIREWORKS pdf that's sharable with some ideas for keeping your dog calm and relaxed this July 4th. It's by NO means the final source of all good ideas, so let me know what else has worked for you along the way and I can add it NEXT YEAR..or maybe tihs year if I'm super industrious [fireworks 2.0?]

That's my dog holding the sparklers!

Etsy Dog Finds: Feed/Fed!, 80s statues and of course Chihuahuas

So I really like this Chihuahua -it looks like my PI...

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You know you ALWAYS wanted one of these! I certainly did/do! I think this would look awesome in the studio..and make for good socialization weirdness for the pups who will clearly be baffled by this stiff noble plaster beast

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The Pink Princess hat makes it! It does it does!

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Ha! No comment here..

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FEED or FED! Which is it? My dogs try to trick us when we have multiple family members attending to them. Don't panic and double feed ever again. Like a DIRTY/CLEAN sign for the dishwasher but for dogs.

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Does the New Peta Ad Go TOO FAR?

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via Huffington Post online
"If you buy a dog, what will you do with the shelter dog you kill?" This is the question that PETA poses in its newest ad, "Everyday Dogs." The haunting video portrays dogs engaged in everyday activities with humans -- except all of these pups are in body bags.

While KCBS-TV in Los Angeles originally agreed to air the ad, they recently reversed their decision, calling the ad "distasteful." PETA Senior Vice President Lisa Lange responded, "Yes, the ad is distasteful--that's the whole point. There is absolutely nothing 'tasteful' about the euthanasia of millions of dogs in animal shelters every year simply because people who could have opened their homes to a shelter dog purchased a dog from a breeder or pet store instead."

Can You spot the Pitbull?

This fall Empire of the Dog in Brooklyn is proud to host THE PIT BULL GURU, Drayton Michaels.

Drayton has petitioned tirelessly for the cause of Pit Bulls. His documentary The Pit Bull Hoax is available online and he operates PITBULLGURU.COM.

This fall we will host Drayton for a very special seminar in BROOKLYN at our EMPIRE of the DOG studio in WIlliamsburg. We are very excited-stay tuned for details. In the meantime, prove to yourself the difficulty with BSL [Breed Specific Legislation] by taking the CAN YOU SPOT THE PITBULL quiz online.

HOW "RUFF" is TOO ROUGH?...decoding loud dog play.

A question many new [and seasoned even] dog owners often ask me is, "Is that play TOO ROUGH?", in regard to their dog's play style or the style of a play partner for their dog. Sometimes what they mean is "Is that play too LOUD?". It's true that rough play can often accompany loud and growly play. However, more often than not, loud play is simply that-LOUD PLAY. A great way to try and look at dog play without being negatively biased by the sound is to turn the volume down in your head and focus on how it looks rather than how it sounds.

Banjo [ shown here in Australian Terrier Red] and Truman [ a pretty picture in Mixed Brussels Brown] engage in some growly but mutually satisfying consensual play. There is 'turnabout', meaning that they each swap 'dominant' or rather PUSHY roles if you will, and each is in turn the 'chaser' and the 'chasee'. If everything "looks" good, you can often chalk up the sound to preference or personality, but not "intention" to do harm or it being TOO rough.

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