Day: August 19, 2019

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Black Russian Terrier – Part 2

Black Russian Terrier Part 1 | Part 2 After World War I, the Russian Military Council directed that dogs should be bred and trained by all branches of their military. The dogs were to be used for a variety of military purposes, such as guard dogs, mine detectors, and messengers.Many of their military dogs were

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Black Russian Terrier – Part 1

Black Russian Terrier Part 1 | Part 2 At our front desk a few of our great customers have seen and asked about our family dog, “Charli”.  Charli is a Black Russian Terrier (BRT) and I want to answer as many questions as I can so I decided to write about the BRT in two

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Our Dog and the Concept of Empathy

The ‘Timmy’s in the Well’ study of dog-for-human empathy when it comes to dogs and humans, a 2018 study suggests that not only are they empathetic, but some dogs rush to the rescue when they believe their human is in distress. The goal of the study — named for the little boy in the long-ago

Shame

Four Months! My wife and I have now owned RSK for four months, and many times it feels as if the Kennel owns us.  It has been a lot of hard work trying to learn what we need to do in our effort to be the very best Pet Care Facility in the Bullhead

Pet Care

Sorry, But You’re Wrong – Stop Humanizing Your Dog

Humanizing a dog has to do with granting it the same characteristics as a person. This means attributing emotions, attitudes and views typical to humans onto our canines. If you are doing this, Sorry, but you’re wrong, which makes what you are doing wrong.This does not mean that treating dogs as family or giving them

Happy Tail Stories

The Old German Shepherd – A Fable

I have had a long standing level of awe and respect for the German Shepherd.  I do owe the breed my life, and the breed has protected my family as well.  That level of respect is well over 45 years in the making and through it all I remember the “Old German Shepherd Fable” that