Say Goodbye to the Dominatrix
Yes it’s true and for many of you this may be very sad – but it may be very good for your dog! For many years dominance has been a key term in dog training: you need to be the dominant one if your dog is going to respect you. Well without a safe word…
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Training With E-Collars: New Study Says Costs Outweigh the Benefits
At Pet Camp we’ve made the decision that in our Camper Cadet dog training program we will use only positive re-enforcement. We’ve worked with dogs from both private homes and animal shelters, all with amazing results. Before we implemented Camper Cadets we met with many dog trainers and got exposed to many different training techniques including…
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Pet Camp – Going Strong After All these Years
Several months ago I attended an industry conference in Denver. There were lots of presentations about all sorts of issues associated with pet care – how to clean and disinfect, dog body language, and of course the critical one for any small business, exit strategies. Now let me start by saying that Virginia and Mark…
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Time to Ban the Tattooing and Piercing of Pets?
Living in San Francisco makes you feel like you’re in the center of the body art universe. There are piercings and tats on everyone (and you can assume everywhere based on what you can see). While personally I’m proud to remain tat and piercing free I understand that this is a personal decision and to each…
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Pets as Gifts? Think before you give!
Ahh, the holidays are upon us. Time for celebrating, visiting family and friends, and gift giving. At Pet Camp we know that a pet may not be the best gift (a left handed, senior hockey stick with a PM9 curve and a 77 flex might just be the best gift); a pet is for life and…
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Soap Pods Irritate Pets
Over the last few months there have been a host of news stories about the hazards of prepackaged laundry detergent pods – you know those brightly colored and highly concentrated containers of laundry soap – which surprise, surprise, small kids think are candy and try to eat. Well, according to the folks at DVM 360…
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