by The Life of Riley | Dog Communication, Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement Dog Training
One reason that dogs like me end up in shelters is that we sometimes behave in ways that are unwanted by our humans. We don’t mean to do things that are destructive or undesirable, I promise – we really want to please our humans! But often our humans don’t understand...
by Wendy Taylor | Cats, Dog Socialization, Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement Dog Training, Shelter Dogs
Meeting the Cat The first morning after I went home from the shelter, my mom introduced me to Ayla the cat. When I first arrived home, Ayla didn’t know whether she could trust me, even though I looked a lot like Sable, so she hid from me in the closet. Mom wanted me...
by The Life of Riley | Shelter Dogs
I’m Going Home from the Shelter! Somehow I found myself at a shelter one day. They named me Riley when I was there since they had no way of knowing what my previous name had been. They took very good care of me at the shelter, but it was a very scary and noisy...
