Canine Cognition

Hey everyone, just to let you know that Selina is having issues with her personal Facebook account so cant get onto Facebook right now. Hopefully once it's sorted out she will be back sharing lots of cute dog photos!

Bit of Saturday fun. How many can you get?

Someone missed his Mummy this evening 😍

Happy Gotcha Day, Finney. 9 years ago today! My best boy! 😍

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A very special scent, there really is nothing quite like it! 🤣

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Paul O'Grady leaves jaw-dropping amount of money to Battersea Dogs home He was a long-time supporter of the animal rescue centre.

When you love your Jumball so much you take it everywhere with you, even to bed!

We all know a dog like this!

Are your pets scared of fireworks/loud noises?

Classic FM are playing "doggy" music from 5-9pm on 4th & 5th November which may help to calm pets.

Today is National Dog Photography Day, let's see some pictures of your gorgeous fur-babies!

Let's see your Sunday Snoozers. Skye's currently doing some great snoring!

Welcome again to the Yellow Dog UK wonderful world of common sense. Would you go up to a stranger in the street and give her a hug or stick your hand in their face? Well I wouldn't but it happens all to often unfortunately with dogs .... What do you do when you can see someone approaching you and your dog?

Drawing by Doggie Drawings by Lili Chin

This may not have been originally designed with dog owners in mind but it is a useful piece of information, especially for owners of reactive dogs.

It's so easy to take certain comments personally or assume what others are thinking about you or your reactive dog. It's worth remembering that there are only so many factors you can control and your dog doesn't think about other people's reactions quite like you do. Live like a dog, in the moment.

Don't lie to me Finney, Mummy gave you a treat and I didn't get one!

This had me bawling. What an insightful, amazing and inspiring young man!

Senior dogs in rescue centres need more people like Robbie to love them throughout their Autumn years.

If you choose to go to a rescue centre for a pet, please consider adopting an old-timer and give them all the love they deserve. ❤

Well, today didn't go as we hoped but it's in the hardest of times we learn the best lessons and feel the most gratitude.

Buffy was scheduled to have her teeth cleaned and removed today but Dr. Mac had a gut feeling she needed to look at some lab work before putting her under anesthesia. She was right; Buffy showed signs of advanced kidney failure so anesthesia was not an option and as a family we decided that the kindest and most loving thing to do would be to let her go before she lost her will to live and stopped eating and drinking.

I wouldn't have dreamed of leaving Robbie out of this decision or not allowing him to be part of the entire process so I immediately went and picked him up from school. On the way there he told me he wanted to be the one to hold her when she went to heaven. And of course, I gave him that honor. On the way home I told him how proud I was of him for understanding the importance of caring for old animals and helping to make sure they never ever suffer.

This is what he said...
(And for those of you who don't know, Robbie was adopted from the foster care system after years of severe abuse and neglect.)

"I know how it feels not to be loved or cared for and I don't want any animal of mine to ever feel that way. It's only sad for us when they go to heaven. It's a happy day for them. Thank you for being proud of me. Are you ok, Mom?"

From the mouths of babes.

(As our story is being shared more and more I feel like I need to add a little more context and also give you a deeper glimpse into the heart of my son. We adopt senior dogs. Robbie LOVES adopting senior dogs. He is sadly aware the longer a child remains in foster care the less likely they are to be adopted. He told me once "if all you guys had wanted was a baby, you would have never gotten me." He relates to our "old people" (that's what we call our senior dogs) in much the same way.
He has also reminded me on several occasions that it doesn't matter how long you have something for how much you love it. I asked him what he meant and he said "well you've only known me for two years but you love me like it's been forever." Yes, my son is the coolest.)

Credit: Maria Henry Gay

😍 Finney is such a character! 😍

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Fabulous news!!!

**ROLO HAS BEEN FOUND**

We are currently assisting our UK Border Force colleagues in locating one of their service dogs, Rolo, in the Bury Lodge Lane area of Stansted.

Rolo has been missing since around 6pm today, Tuesday 4th April 2023.

We would ask the public to keep an eye open and contact us quoting incident number 1186 04/04/23 if he is sighted or if you have any information as to his whereabouts.