Animal Care Center Mariposa

05/09/2025

Be considerate of service dogs. Just saying that your dog is your service animal or an emotional support animal to be able to take them with you may do a disservice to someone who has and needs the training of a true service animal. https://www.facebook.com/reel/683586484155276

09/23/2024

The Balanced Canine Sydney
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𝗕𝗬 𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗚𝗘, 𝗗𝗢𝗚𝗦 𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗
One of the most common myths is that rescue/rehome dogs for example have been hit if they shy away from head pats.
Nope, dogs by large don't actually like being touched on the head by strangers and sometimes even by their humans.
Most dogs who accept head patting simply have learned to tolerate our weird ways. Of course, there are outliers, the more social individuals who love any kind of pat.
If you have a rescue/rehome, they don't need stories of why they do and don't do things, they need, training, leadership (rules & boundaries), consistency & clarity...maybe more so than dogs who grew up in the one home especially at the start of your relationship.
Yes, some dogs have had abusive backgrounds but unless you know what happened, the story doesn’t benefit your dog.

08/29/2024

https://www.rvc.ac.uk/vetcompass/news/new-rvc-research-debunks-belief-that-designer-crossbreed-dogs-are-healthier-than-purebreds?fbclid=IwY2xjawE9UbpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQNcRbgUS1_f7TF5oues2HUdJ5CWwwBrd7Np9mtJ5oQ1kdP5T5gIPVRkQg_aem_8JF4-YxG6UFBGXJkHSeUDQ

New RVC research debunks belief that designer crossbreed dogs are healthier than purebreds  Published: 28 Aug 2024 | Last Updated: 28 Aug 2024 19:00:24 The RVC has undertaken the world’s largest study into the health of designer crossbreed dogs and revealed that the overall health of three common...

04/05/2024

Science of dog aging

12/21/2023

11/19/2023

Yelling louder for the people in the back

My dog is not my child.

My dog is not my furbaby.

I am not her mother, I am her trainer. The word trainer is not a bad word, it means leader, supporter,disciplinary.. and friend.

My dog is my friend. She is my partner and my companion. To treat her like a child, to infantilize her and make it seem as though she needs my constant coddling or protection, would be unfair to her.

She is an adult carnivore that I have brought into my human world. Because of that it is my responsibility as her owner:

1) To communicate with her in a way she can understand.

2) To provide leadership, discipline and mutual respect.

3) To understand her instincts and needs, and provide appropriate outlets for them.

4) To train her and provide her the skills to function effectively in our human world, including acceptable manners and behaviors including the veterinarian.

Our dogs deserve to be given responsibility and allowed to be adult creatures, not perpetual babies. Please, don't try to make them tiny humans, they aren't and they don't want to be. Dogs are wonderful because they are dogs. Let them be dogs.

Teach them to be good ones.

I couldn’t live a day without them..

11/01/2023

SPCA of Mariposa, SPCA of Eastern Madera County, Mariposa County Animal Control ... please talk to your shelter vets about this possibility. You will still be complying with state law and will NOT be damaging the future health of every young dog you are currently robbing of their natural hormonal development.

10/29/2023

This study affects mostly large and giant breed dogs. With a smaller breed that reaches puberty at a younger age you would not need to wait as long. If you cannot be a responsible owner and prevent unplanned breeding, then by all means spay/neuter. But if you care for your pet's future health and are able to do everything necessary to prevent unplanned breeding, then wait to spay/neuter until your large breed dog has reach maturity and his/her skeletal development is complete,

"The results suggested that … g***d retention during the first 24 months of life—are strongly associated with lifelong avoidance of bilateral CCL rupture…Risk for CCL rupture was not influenced when g***d removal took place after the 24-month developmental period."

CCL injuries are one of the most common causes of pain and arthritis in dogs. Today at 12pm ET we're discussing how to prevent injury and available CCL treatment options.

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10/29/2023

"The results suggested that … g***d retention during the first 24 months of life—are strongly associated with lifelong avoidance of bilateral CCL rupture…Risk for CCL rupture was not influenced when g***d removal took place after the 24-month developmental period."

CCL injuries are one of the most common causes of pain and arthritis in dogs. Today at 12pm ET we're discussing how to prevent injury and available CCL treatment options.

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