Articles: animal cruelty
French Bulldogs at O’Hare Airport Turns Out to be a Russian Ruse
animal cruelty, animal news, Animal Stories, dogs, veterinary health
The story of 30 dogs, mostly French Bulldogs, that landed on Royal Jordanian Airlines at O’Hare Airport in Chicago and were hidden in a warehouse without food or water for days just got crazier. It turns out that, according Mary Scheffke, founder/president Chicago French Bulldog Rescue, that these dogs were a part of a Russian…
Help Save French Bulldogs Left to Die
animal cruelty, animal news, dogs, Steve Dale, WGN Radio
What wrong with our once stellar Center for Disease Control and Prevention? Not paying attention or for whatever reasons, the CDC and other Federal Agencies allowed dogs to come into the country that should have been turned back. You can read the details of the story here, but then all but two dogs were hidden…
Bonking Dog Trainer Jeff Gellman Turned Away
animal cruelty, dog behavior, dog training, Steve Dale, veterinary health
Using kindness to teach dogs wins out. By viewing his own videos it’s clear that Rhode Island-based dog trainer Jeff Gellman is abusive. Gellman was scheduled to appear at Bark Avenue Daycamp in Bartlett, IL. Oct 3-Oct.4. A core group and many other voices (thousands) participated in social media to impact change, and Bark Avenue…
Ban Dog Trainer Gellman
animal cruelty, dog behavior, dog bites, dog training, dogs, human animal bond, Steve Dale
How far can a dog trainer go? According to Facebook posts dog trainer Jeff Gellman of Solid K9 Training, Providence, RI has been essentially banned from giving seminars in some nations and cities because he’s downright abusive. Watch videos and decide for yourself. Dog trainers have many views on what is the right way to…
Aversive Dog Trainer and E-Collar Fan Coming to Chicago Area
animal cruelty, dog behavior, dogs, human animal bond, Steve Dale
I have received many comments (appropriately so) asking what to do about trainers who use clearly abusive techniques like those seen in this video by trainer Jeff Gellman (see post and video below). Living in Chicago, I was notified that Gellman is scheduled present a seminar in suburban Bartlett. Does Chicago want to see this…
Identifying Animal Abuse for What It Is
American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, animal cruelty, dog behavior, dogs, Steve Dale, veterinary health
Dogs are now overwhelmingly considered family members. Tragically, that doesn’t stop some from bullying, doesn’t stop some from mental or physical abuse. In my view this is never an explanation for “saving” an animal since we KNOW there are other ways to communicate with dogs and to change behavior using various positive reinforcement techniques. I…
Petland Manager Guilty of Animal Cruelty
animal cruelty, pet store, pets
The former Fairfax Petland manager Kareem Koshok accused of animal abuse pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and three charges of failure to provide adequate care on August 20. Over 350 cities and several counties as well as California, Maine and Maryland have bans on sales of dogs and cats at pet stores, and many have…
North Korea Mandates Residents Give Up Their Pet Dogs for Dog Meat
animal cruelty, animal news, dogs
Any news coming out of North Korea is suspect. Remember when it was reported earlier this year that Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un had died (which he had not). But according to a wide variety of international sources, the North Korean dictator has now declared that pet dogs are a symbol of capitalist ‘decadence’ and ordered…
Amy Cooper is Not Charged for Animal Cruelty, but Charged for Filing a False Police Report
animal cruelty, Steve Dale
When bird watcher Christian Cooper asked Amy Cooper (no relation) to leash her American Cocker Spaniel in Central Park in New York City, she launched into an adrenaline-filled rant which was witnessed by millions coast to coast in late May. Ms. Cooper phoned police screaming and erroneously pleading, “An African American man, who is recording me,…
Hundreds of French Bulldogs Imported from Puppy Mill; Dozens Die
animal cruelty, animal hoarding, dogs, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, veterinary health
Puppy mills are found world wide. In the U.S. the outlet for the mills are dogs sold at pet stores and dogs (and sometimes, though rarely, even cats) sold online. Dogs are sometimes shipped en masse from Asia or Europe to the U.S. and Canada. Crammed together that’s how disease is so easily transmitted. There’s…
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