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Managing Emotional Problems in Rescue Dogs

4 The Love Of Animals

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. Before I ever started with the training of Juliet and Foxy, I arranged for vet appointments.

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Sen. Franken to Introduce Bill to Increase Use of Service Dogs for Vets

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Al Franken (suck on that Bill O'Reilly) has introduced a bill to increase the number of service dogs for vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. My bill will help train a statistically significant number of dogs to measure the benefits to veterans with physical and emotional wounds. But this program isn't just the right thing to do.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator Slang

10,000 Birds

There’s the popular JAR: just ain’t right. Fried rehabbers become emotional in ways that make perfect sense to us, but not necessarily to anyone else. On top of all her other chores, Donna had to swing by the vet (yet again) to pick up medicine for him. I once went through a short illustration phase. Here’s an example.

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Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home Coming to Orlando

Animal Person

With strikingly honest interviews and rare footage demonstrating the emotional lives and intense family bonds of animals most often viewed as living commodities, PEACEABLE KINGDOM: THE JOURNEY HOME shatters stereotypical notions of farmers, farm life, and perhaps most surprisingly, farm animals themselves.

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False Pregnancies In Dogs

4 The Love Of Animals

Behavioral changes – This is most noticeable right before she would be due to give birth. Sometimes, vets recommend cutting back their food intake to reduce milk production. She may become needy or anxious, pant excessively or act as if she has abdominal pains. Any physical activity may be difficult for her to perform.

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