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Managing Emotional Problems in Rescue Dogs

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Many dogs are rescued out of abusive or traumatic situations, causing them to exhibit a wide variety of emotional and behavioral problems. However, that doesn’t mean they can’t make great companions for the right adoptive family. Juliet and Foxy, a Terrier mix and a Chow Chow/Cocker Spaniel mix, are my rescues.

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5 Vital Questions When Adopting A Rescue Dog

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When adopting a rescue there are added considerations on selecting the right dog for your lifestyle. Right at the top of the list is the awareness that your new rescue has a shady history, especially if it was a stray. The longer a dog is at the shelter the more it will impact their emotional state.

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On Helping Individuals and Utilitarianism

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Or paid for food for a year at a rescue kennel. Of course, I have an emotional attachment to that one individual, Violet Rays. What about the individuals right there in the laboratory? Or printed thousands of copies of vegan leaflets. But that's utilitarian thinking. Don't those individuals matter?

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Unlikely Healer Walks on Three Paws

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Ever tech-savvy and always looking for new ways to reach those in need, Henry recently pioneered the development of the world’s first emotional bandage, an Apple iPad app entitled, “Ouch! Emotional bandage,” which conveys some of his lessons. Henry’s lessons are very simple: Hate is learned. You are not defined by what happens to you.

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On Coping Mechanisms

Animal Person

I do what I do because it's the right thing to do--not because I want a reward or fear punishment. I rescue, I adopt, I do TNR, and I connect others to resources to do the same. I get so sad when I hear about the mistreatment of animals that it really affects me, but at the same time I want to be able to create change in the world.

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Welcome Home Mama & Boris: How a Sister’s Love Saved a Fallen Soldiers Beloved Dogs

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He was drawn to their innocence, and their pure emotions. death things—on their minds, and rescuing animals just isn’t a priority. One day, he sees one of the pups run into the road and get hit by a car, dying immediately right in front of him. The people there have other things—life?and?death

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Locked in Guangxi: An epidemic adventure, searching for birds

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A that point in time, I could not imagine the adventure that I was going to experience and how birds would have rescued me. It is a deep intellectual and artistic exercise, which authentically captures my passion and emotion while watching birds. On February 3, our plane landed in Nanning.

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