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09/05/2026

🐾Had a wonderful time visiting weewarriorsfl and reading to the kiddos. Love teaching dog safety to all ages-but building these habits at a young age is key🐶

09/05/2026

🐾Great tips from SPCA of Brevard Adoption Center♥️

🐾☀️Labor Day Weekend is here! Before you fire up the grill, hit the water or enjoy one last summer get-together, don’t forget to keep your four-legged family members safe, too!

Whether your weekend includes a backyard BBQ, a beach day or some well-earned couch time, a little preparation can help make sure everyone has a safe and happy Labor Day Weekend! ❤️🐾

From all of us at the SPCA of Brevard, have a safe and pawsome holiday weekend!

Please be advised all SPCA of Brevard locations will be closed to the public on Monday, September 7, 2026.

09/03/2026

🐾Bingo🐾What a fun way to incorporate enrichment and bonding into your cozy Fall days🍂

2026 Fall Bingo is here! 🍂🐾

Pumpkin patches, cozy walks, and campfires... how many can you and your pup check off this season? Screenshot the card, mark your squares, and tag us when you get a bingo.

09/03/2026

🐾🧽Scrub a Dub🧼🫧🐾

09/02/2026

THE FLAWS OF FLOODING

Using flooding to change a behaviour involves exposing a dog to an intense amount of anything that causes fear, anxiety or distress, with the goal of getting them used to it and eliminating that emotional response.

This approach is often recommended as a quick fix that achieves fast results.

Some examples of how flooding is used –

A reactive or nervous dog may be forced to “sit” or walk close to other dogs or people and be punished for any signs of reactivity.

A dog fearful of water might be forced into a pool and prevented from escaping.

A dog afraid of loud noises might be forced to stay in a room while loud sounds play, with no way of escape.

Flooding is traumatic and may cause extreme stress, anxiety, increase negative associations and create even more long-term fear related problems.

Flooding often causes learned helplessness - an emotional coping mechanism that may look like a dog is completely “cured”, but in reality, they have shut down, given up, disengaged, become emotionally numb and detached. There is no other choice because no matter how hard they try there is no longer any point in trying to escape or react.

Flooding can destroy the trust our dogs have in us. Dogs depend on us to advocate for them, protect them and keep them feeling safe.

Flooding prioritizes a quick fix attempt over emotional wellbeing.

Systematic desensitization and counterconditioning allow dogs to cope, think and learn without being overwhelmed. These methods involve gradually exposing a dog to a feared stimulus at a low intensity while pairing it with positive experiences. This allows dogs to form new, positive associations and adapt at their own pace without overwhelming fear.

These methods build trust, confidence, relationship, safety and in turn, true behaviour change.

No training objective is worth the harm that flooding can cause.

08/28/2026

Today, on Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day, we hold space for the dogs we have loved and lost. 🌈

For so many of us, a special dog is the reason we do this work at all. They taught us patience, made us better trainers, and left paw prints on our hearts that time never fades.'

If you are remembering a beloved companion today, we are thinking of you. Their memory lives on in every dog you help and every life you touch.

If you feel moved to, share their name below so we can remember them together. 💙

08/16/2026

🐾Had a great time reading my book and showing a presentation today at Touch of Grey Rescue teaching the kiddos how to safely interact with dogs. The kids really seemed to enjoy the songs and games and I think the adults did as well😎Thank you all for your support🫶🏼
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