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Experts: quarter of animal hoarders were rescuers
Linda Bruno called her Pennsylvania cat rescue the land of milk and tuna. It thrived for years as people sent pets they couldn’t care for from hundreds of miles away — unaware it was a death camp for cats.

Read more on Chattanooga Times Free Press

Fortescue defends note plan
Fortescue Metals Group’s cat and mouse game with New York investment fund Leucadia has brought its aggressive Pilbara iron ore expansion plans into sharp focus.

Read more on Business Day

When animal rescuers become animal hoarders
Linda Bruno called her Pennsylvania cat rescue the land of milk and tuna. It thrived for years as people sent pets they couldn’t care for from hundreds of miles away — unaware it was a death camp for cats. Cat – Extermination camp – United States – Recreation – Pets

Read more on MSNBC

African cat runs loose in Clark County
Police are warning residents not to try to capture the cat. They said it may seem friendly, but will bite if you attempt to catch or hold it.

Read more on WDTN-TV 2 Dayton

Organization seeks to solve Denver’s alley cat problem
DENVER – Animal welfare groups indicate taxpayers are spending more than $1 million a year housing, feeding, adopting and euthanizing homeless and feral cats. The cat population continues to grow, but thousands of cats are not fixed, continuing to have litters of kittens.

Read more on FOX 31 Denver

Puppy Training @ RSPCA

This is a quick how to video I made for a youtube user who said they were having trouble getting rid of the lure. I hope to make a more in depth video on this subject. As well as how to ween off of treats as well. But for now here is my Dog training tip of the day. I created the video immediately after having the idea to make it, so I used my own dogs, it would have been great to have used a puppy. I encourage other dog trainers out there to make How to videos on how to fade a lure when training with food, because it is information that is very important to stop training enthusiasts from getting stuck down the road Quick tips when using a lure: 1 Get RID of the lure as soon as you can! The goal is within 3 trials. 2 If you don’t have a clicker use a very short word like “yes!” or “yep!” 3 Always make it harder and harder, don’t get stuck at the same level of criteria 4 If you go to far to quickly you can always go back a step 5 If your dog is not following the lure, get a smellier lure- real meat! ———————— Dog training clicker training training with food how to train a dog how to train a puppy how to get rid of a lure how to stop having food in your hand how to get rid of the food in your hand when training a dog dog how to get the focus off of the treat and onto WORKING for the reinforcement how to use treats when training how to use food when training cool tricks How to teach spin how to teach a dog to spin in a circle how to teach a dog to twirl

Whether from a trainer or from your own dog, is there a specific instance that you can recall that changed something about the way you train for the better?
*WOW* – some great answers here! Very cool!