Written by Leon Chow Many dogs experience separation anxiety when left alone. As the name suggests, it deals with feelings of anxiety and worry, and not something to be punished.…
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Most Recent Notes on Apollo Chase’s Behavior/Temperament- as of April 30, 2022
In the words of Apollo Chase's most recent (temporary) foster family: Chase is a dog such a sweet and incredibly high potential dog -- true to his GSD breed, he…
A THIRD Foster Family | Apollo Chase’s Week 3 in Foster Care
According to the animal behaviorist/trainer who handled Chase while he was at the boarding facility, Chase did not do well in their boarding facility. The living areas of this boarding…
Settling In | Hades’s First 4 Days in Foster Care
Hades has settled in nicely in his foster home and shown no stress. His foster mom did a crate rotation when introducing him to his foster brother, it took 2…
Escape Artist | Apollo Chase’s Week 1 in Foster Care
After having a conversation with Apollo’s original foster about the situation, Lusiana decided to permanently place Apollo with Tapas and his family. Not only do they have a big backyard…
The Importance of the Crate & Rotate Method | Apollo Chase’s Day 1 in Foster Care
Thanks to our volunteer tranporter, we were able to transport Apollo-Chase from Modesto, CA to Fremont, CA. We were told that during transport Apollo-Chase was a good boy and enjoyed…
Misunderstood But Now FREE! | Pantos’s Day 1 in Foster Care
My sister and I had met Pantos back in December 2021 in his kennel when he had just arrived at the shelter. He was calm in his kennel back then.…
Finally Met Foster Brother & Got Spayed! | Athena’s Week 3 in Foster Care
A lot going on in Athena's week 3 in foster care! Controlled Meets with Foster Brother First, at the beginning of the week, we decided to have her first controlled…
Testing the Boundaries | Athena’s Week 2 in Foster Care
Normally, a dog in foster care would test the boundaries in Week 3 as he/she has gotten pretty adjusted to the foster family. However, with Athena, she started testing boundaries…
Athena’s Day 1 in Foster Care
https://youtu.be/AtRmkzGYxwU As with any dogs that have just started living together, especially those with significant size differences from one another, we are using the crate-and-rotate method as a way to…