Posted on May 28, 2009 by thespiritdog
Here’s a couple photo’s of Princess, a 9 year old mixed breed dog from Friends of Linden Animal Shelter (FOLAS) in New Jersey. Princess had spent most of her life in an animal shelter before coming here to Spirit Animal Sanctuary. She follows Heidi, another dog that ‘Folas’ brought up to us a couple of [...]
Filed under: Spirit animal sanctuary | Tagged: animal house, dogs and cats for adoption, friends of linden animal shelter, memorial day, Princess, Spirit animal sanctuary | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 27, 2009 by thespiritdog
Here’s a couple photo’s of Spirit Animal Sanctuaries new animal house, that should be completed in about eight weeks. We’re having a hard time picking out some interior colors that will look good, got any idea’s ?
Below is the floor coloring we choose. Check out their site everlastepoxy. The kennels which have already been delivered [...]
Filed under: Spirit animal sanctuary | Tagged: big dog house, dog kennels, epoxy floors, spirit dog sanctuary, The Spirit Dog, wall paint colors | 12 Comments »
Posted on May 22, 2009 by thespiritdog
Dry Cat Food Recall, Nutro Pet Foods
From The FDA :
The cat food is being voluntarily recalled in the United States and ten additional countries. This recall is due to incorrect levels of zinc and potassium in our finished product resulting from a production error by a US-based premix supplier.
Affected product was distributed to retail customers [...]
Filed under: Life & Time | Tagged: pet food recall, cat food recall, NUTRO, NATURAL CHOICE, COMPLETE CARE, NUTRO® MAX | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 21, 2009 by thespiritdog
These are great photo’s of our friend Teagan’s, first birthday party across the pond. Look how happy all the dogs are, must of been a great bash.
We lifted more than a couple glasses of stout for you Teag’s.
( Brewster )
More Teagan’s Birthday Party Pictures, HERE.
Happy Birthday Teagan
from The Spirit Dogs
Filed under: Fun Events | Tagged: happy birthday, happy dog pictures, stout, teagan, UK dogs | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 20, 2009 by thespiritdog
You just can’t make this stuff up.
Below is the time line of the dog whisperer, discussing everything that he was doing, and everything the dog was doing.
Listen in Cesar’s own voice as he proves just how little he knows about animal behavior and how to communicate with dogs.
link to video ( when you reach the [...]
Filed under: About Dog Trainers, aggression, dog video | Tagged: aggressive dogs, Cesar Millan, dog aggression, dog whisperer, fear aggression, nervous dogs, The Spirit Dog | 14 Comments »
Posted on May 19, 2009 by thespiritdog
These photo’s are so cool,
two dogs Maggie Mae and Lou Lou with Daisy Duke (sorry Lonnie).
See many more photo’s of Duck and Dogs
At Maggie’s Place Here, Here, and Here.
The Spirit Dog
Filed under: Fun Events, Life & Time, family life | Tagged: Dogs, ducks, ducks and dogs, lou, maggie, PHOTOS | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 18, 2009 by thespiritdog
Alpha rules in the animal world are real simple, the animal with the most attitude usually gets his or her way. The alpha is not always the biggest or strongest animal. Regardless of the species, this rule applies across the board.
Everybody has seen this rule in action, and I’m not talking about something you have [...]
Filed under: The Mind Of a Dog, aggression | Tagged: alpha dogs, alpha behavior, pack leaders, leader of the pack, whats an alpha | 9 Comments »
Posted on May 17, 2009 by thespiritdog
Lately I’ve been receiving spam mail from my own Gmail address. If you have similar problems or you receive any emails from what you think is a friend, DO NOT click any links provided, even the link that asks you to ‘unsubscribe or Opt-out’ of further e mailings.
For further information about spam on your Google [...]
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Posted on May 16, 2009 by thespiritdog
These dog photos, will show our normal routine for socializing new dogs here at the spirit dog sanctuary. Little Bella Bear the brindle terrier mix was pretty comfortable meeting some of our other dogs. Even for the dogs that were described to us as having dog aggression problems, our introduction process is the same.
It’s ( [...]
Filed under: Spirit animal sanctuary, aggression, pets, dog behavior | Tagged: dog body language, happy dog emotions, social dog, socialize dogs, The Spirit Dog | 5 Comments »
Posted on May 15, 2009 by thespiritdog
Just about everybody that has devoted their lives to rescuing and saving dogs lives. Knows the awful truth behind where pet shops and puppy stores, get their puppy dogs from, commercial breeding kennels.
Not all of these commercial breeding kennels will fall into the category of puppy mill breeders, but the number of substandard puppy breeding [...]
Filed under: Bad Dog Breeders ?, Puppies | Tagged: animal planet, commercial breeding kennels, puppy breeders, puppy mills | 8 Comments »
Posted on May 14, 2009 by thespiritdog
A Lifetime With Dogs
When I look at these pictures, I can’t believe how long I’ve been doing this stuff. I don’t know exactly when it started, but days, weeks, months and years, just seem to be flying by at a rather disturbing rate these days. Since I turned forty (like yesterday) I have thought about [...]
Filed under: Life & Time | Tagged: alan papszycki, Dogs, Family, life, mortality, my life, mythical, pictures, The Spirit Dog, time | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 13, 2009 by thespiritdog
Dogs and Wolves
This is a photo of Big-Big at about 2½ years old meeting two of my friend’s Standard Poodles. To get a better look, click on the picture to enlarge it.
What you will see is what in some peoples mind is a ‘big bad wolf ‘, clearly showing submissiveness to two other dogs with [...]
Filed under: Breaking our bad teachings, Spirit animal sanctuary, The Mind Of a Dog, pets, dog behavior | Tagged: wolves, wolf, wolf behavior, wolf dog, standard poodles, submissive dog, dog socialize | 2 Comments »