CALLING ALL MEMBERS! If you are a member of the Whatcom Humane Society, we need you to hear your voice. The current Board of Directors needs to be voted in by the membership and we need your vote to make it count. PLEASE attend the meeting on 8/10, but if you can't just call us at Tails-A-Wagging 733-7387 and we can arrange a proxy vote for you.
WHATCOM HUMANE SOCIETY Special Membership Meeting Notice
Pursuant to the Bylaws of the Whatcom Humane Society (WHS), ten WHS members have requested a special meeting of WHS membership.
The Board has scheduled a meeting of the membership for August 10, 2009 at 6 p.m. at the Building Industry Association building at 1650 Baker Creek Place in Bellingham.
The petitioners have requested the meeting to “make legal the current Board.”
The Board will propose at this meeting that the membership ratify the current Board of Directors.
The Board will also consider whether it is appropriate for WHS to amend its Bylaws.
These items will be the only business to be conducted.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Canine Body Language
I really enjoy sharing information about body language and communication with dogs to people in our community. To help someone understand their dog and what their dog is desperately trying to tell them is what makes my job so amazing.
I have been training dogs for 20 years (wow... that really dates me, doesn't it) and like most trainers I specialize in what motives me the most. For me, that's communication. Whether that's Dog to Dog communication or Dog to Human Communication, its the exchange of voices and thoughts that I want to convey.
I believe dogs are sentient beings with feelings and emotions, and simply want us to understand their needs. The need to belong to a clear, consistant, predictable pack.
To get a family to finally understand what their new puppy has been telling them as the newest member of the pack, or a recent adoption dog trying to communicate his stress and fear, or a day care dog who learns how to play by observing the higher ranking dogs... for me, that's pure joy.
On Sunday 7/26 from 2 to 4pm, I am conducting a seminar on Canine Communication. Its a photographic and video guide to body language. I have been working on the seminar for weeks and weeks, getting just the right photo or video clip to convey all I want to share.
Lots of video of day care dogs and lots of photos over the years of training.
I hope you will join us and finally learn what Poochie has been trying to tell you for so long!
I have been training dogs for 20 years (wow... that really dates me, doesn't it) and like most trainers I specialize in what motives me the most. For me, that's communication. Whether that's Dog to Dog communication or Dog to Human Communication, its the exchange of voices and thoughts that I want to convey.
I believe dogs are sentient beings with feelings and emotions, and simply want us to understand their needs. The need to belong to a clear, consistant, predictable pack.
To get a family to finally understand what their new puppy has been telling them as the newest member of the pack, or a recent adoption dog trying to communicate his stress and fear, or a day care dog who learns how to play by observing the higher ranking dogs... for me, that's pure joy.
On Sunday 7/26 from 2 to 4pm, I am conducting a seminar on Canine Communication. Its a photographic and video guide to body language. I have been working on the seminar for weeks and weeks, getting just the right photo or video clip to convey all I want to share.
Lots of video of day care dogs and lots of photos over the years of training.
I hope you will join us and finally learn what Poochie has been trying to tell you for so long!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Summer Time brings new dogs to day care
I love the summer... ya ya ya weather is great but I love seeing all the new dogs at day care. Everyone knows we have a waiting list to get in to our facility. I love and hate the wait list. I love it because I know we have set a precedence of high standards for day care and people will not settle for anything less than the best, I hate it because its never fun to turn a wonderful dog away who needs us.
Our wait list is usually 10 months long. Dogs get on the wait list all year long, but usually don't get in until end of spring and early summer. The nature of summer is change, so we have more movement on the wait list. Dogs move away, people take the summer off ect. On average we see 4 new dogs each week and can work them in on our call in list over the upcoming year, usually getting them in one to two times a week.
So this month we welcome:
Baxter D (a goofy and playful Golden Doodle)
Layla P (a sweet and gentle Great Dane)
Babe S (a young and rambuncious chocolate lab)
Oscar M (a happy and silly Dachshund)
Shaka L (a reserved and quiet German Shepherd)
Levi O (a young at heart wire hair Dachshund mix)
Mira G (a happy go lucky Yorki Mix)
Barley O ( A handsome and lovable Boxer Mix)
Ruby W ( a wild and wiggly yellow lab)
Lucy A (a sweet and snuggly cocker spaniel
Jack H (a gentle giant, big lug Anatolian Shepherd)
Owen O (a Young and adorable Bernese Mountain Dog)
Lola O (a energetic and goofy yellow lab)
Malcom W (a smart and sassy Papillion Mix)
Pablo M (an adorable and wiggly Yorki Poo)
Matilda G (a sweet yet slow moving English Bulldog)
Look for their bio soon on our who's who page as well as their name on your dogs report card!
Our wait list is usually 10 months long. Dogs get on the wait list all year long, but usually don't get in until end of spring and early summer. The nature of summer is change, so we have more movement on the wait list. Dogs move away, people take the summer off ect. On average we see 4 new dogs each week and can work them in on our call in list over the upcoming year, usually getting them in one to two times a week.
So this month we welcome:
Baxter D (a goofy and playful Golden Doodle)
Layla P (a sweet and gentle Great Dane)
Babe S (a young and rambuncious chocolate lab)
Oscar M (a happy and silly Dachshund)
Shaka L (a reserved and quiet German Shepherd)
Levi O (a young at heart wire hair Dachshund mix)
Mira G (a happy go lucky Yorki Mix)
Barley O ( A handsome and lovable Boxer Mix)
Ruby W ( a wild and wiggly yellow lab)
Lucy A (a sweet and snuggly cocker spaniel
Jack H (a gentle giant, big lug Anatolian Shepherd)
Owen O (a Young and adorable Bernese Mountain Dog)
Lola O (a energetic and goofy yellow lab)
Malcom W (a smart and sassy Papillion Mix)
Pablo M (an adorable and wiggly Yorki Poo)
Matilda G (a sweet yet slow moving English Bulldog)
Look for their bio soon on our who's who page as well as their name on your dogs report card!
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