Dog Bites By The Numbers (Infographic)

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Prevent Dog Bites: Teach the W.A.I.T. Method

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This week, May 19 – 25, is National Dog Bite Prevention Week. Dog bites change the lives of the people and dogs involved and many dog bites can be prevented through education. Any dog can bite, even your family dog. The website PreventTheBite.com has an excellent mnemonic to aid you and your children in learning [...]

Links We Love for Dog Bite Prevention Week

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We’ve gathered together some of our favorite links about dog-human interaction for you today! This week, May 19 – 25, is National Dog Bite Prevention Week. Dog bites change the lives of the people and dogs involved and many dog bites can be prevented through education. Any dog can bite, even your family dog. Bite [...]

Canine Good Citizen Testing On June 8

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WiggleButts is offering a Canine Good Citizen test at their facility in Gaithersburg, MD on June 8. Details: June 8, 2013 9 am – Noon 3 spots remaining Contact information: Interested teams should contact tammy@wigglebuttsdog.com for more details. WiggleButts Dog Training, LLC www.wigglebuttsdog.com

Mother’s Day Class Schedule

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Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 12th. We hope that all moms, grandmoms, great-grandmoms — and of course, dogmoms — have a wonderful day! Puppy Kindergarten will be meeting as scheduled. Michelle and Jacy’s classes will not be meeting on Mother’s Day. See you on the 19th!

Recall: Natura Pet Food & Treats

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Natura has issued a voluntary recall of all dry products with an expiration date on or before March 24, 2014, for the following brands. Innova EVO California Natural HealthWise Karma For more information, see the Natura website where you can download a form to request replacements of recalled food.

Site Experiencing Downtime / Slowness

UPDATE, Thursday evening:  We should be all good! Please let us know if you notice any broken links or anything else not working as it should. Thanks! Our server is experiencing difficulties. We’re communicating with our hosting company to get them cleared up. For now, please use the following links to sign up for classes [...]

Free Rabies Clinic at the Montgomery County Shelter This Sunday

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Keep your dog safe from rabies by getting a free rabies vaccination at the Montgomery County Animal Shelter this Sunday. Sun, April 21 from 10:00am – noon The Montgomery County Animal Services Division sponsors free rabies clinic outdoors at the Montgomery County Animal Shelter in Rockville. The address is 14645 Rothgeb Drive, which is just off [...]

Join Us For Dog-Eared Book Club Next Saturday, 4/6

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Join us next Saturday, April 6th for the second meeting of the Dog-Eared Book Club. We’ll be discussing Chase! Managing Your Dog’s Predatory Instincts, by Clarissa von Reinhardt. About The Book Almost every dog has some degree of prey drive – it’s in his genes – some more than others. You may experience it when [...]

Two Inspirational Stories About YDF Students

Although our sports classes are for fun, we do have some students who want to compete. We have always had a lot of Nose Work students (too many to mention) who take that next step, and many have gone on to receive both titles and awards. This weekend seemed particularly special! We had a number [...]