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
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
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
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
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
The thought processes and emotional lives of our canine companions is a huge area of research these days, and a question that keeps popping up and for which there’s currently no answer is, “Do dogs hold grudges?” As Marc Bekoff, Ph.D., professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado Boulder writes
The Food and Drug Administration identified 16 brands of dog food that had been linked to heart disease in dogs, according to a report the agency published last Thursday. In the report, the F.D.A. named for the first time the pet food brands most frequently associated with adverse events. In descending order of most incidents
We are very proud to announce that RSK has received both an Arizona State and Federal Department of Labor Certifications as an official Apprentice Training Facility for both Dog Training and Dog Grooming. That means that our curriculum for training in these positions has been accepted and approved and individuals trained by our facility
First and foremost, I am flattered and humbled at the folks who come to the Kennel and ask me if I write these articles and tell me that they appreciate the information, the best compliment thus far is a young lady who boards with us and explained that she even has some of the information
