Articles: dogs
French Bulldogs Return to Jordan on Hold: For Now
animal cruelty, animal news, animal shelters, dogs, Featured, Steve Dale, veterinary health, WGN Radio
Here’s the latest alert from counsel for Chicago French Bulldog Rescue which was released late last night: “Out of ongoing concern by Chicago French Bulldog Rescue for the health and welfare of the 15 puppies rescued from a warehouse at O’Hare International Airport, I have informed all relevant agencies of the government and Royal Jordanian…
Anderson Animal Shelter Backyard Bash; French Bulldogs at O’Hare Update on WGN Radio
animal news, animal shelters, Animal Stories, dogs, Steve Dale, veterinary health, WGN Radio
They’re not talked about enough for their forward thinking and successes at finding shelter animals forever homes, the Anderson Animal Shelter, with four locations in the Western suburbs. I speak HERE on my WGN Radio Steve Dale’s Pet World radio show. Listen to my conversation with Cheryl Greenspan, director of marketing and Special Events Director…
French Bulldogs at O’Hare Airport Turns Out to be a Russian Ruse
animal cruelty, animal news, Animal Stories, dogs, Featured, 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…
Breed Bans Make No Sense with Ledy Van Kavage of Best Friends
Breed specific ban, dog behavior, dog bites, dogs, Steve Dale, WGN Radio
On my national Steve Dale’s Pet World radio show, Best Friends Animal Society Senior Legislative Attorney Ledy VanKavage and I totally agree, breed bans do not work! That typically means banning breeds you look and call pit bulls. She says the point of the breed ban legislation was always to make communities safer, but now we…
Helping a Fearful Dog
dog behavior, dogs, Fear Free, Steve Dale, veterinary health
Q: “Our 9-month-old Lagotto Italian Water Dog was grazed by a fast-moving car as we were on a sidewalk a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the vet technician at the emergency room was not gentle with him traumatizing him even more. Champ wasn’t seriously injured but is now frightened by the sound of cars even when…
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…
Pet Nation: The Love Affair That Changed America
animal shelters, cats, dogs, Human Animal Bond Association, pets, Pit Bulls, politics, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, WGN Radio
Certainly we love our pets as we never have before, and they are mostly treated as such. Listen HERE to Steve Dale’s Pet World on WGN radio, as I chat with Mark Cushing. founding partner and CEO of the Animal Policy Group authored, Pet Nation: The Love Affair That Changed America. This is a stimulating conversation, ranging from…
Pasco County, Florida Added to the List of Counties Banning Pet Store Sales
cats, dogs, Human Animal Bond Association, pets, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, veterinary health
Retail sales of cats and dogs is now prohibited in Pasco County, FL after the Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 to ban the practice. Pasco County, in West Central Florida, includes Dade City, Dade City North New Port Richey, North, Port Richey, Odessa, Pasco, Trinity and Wesley Chapel. Passing the ordinance, which was proposed…
Aversive Dog Trainer and E-Collar Fan Coming to Chicago Area
animal cruelty, dog behavior, dogs, Featured, 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…
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