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Butte Humane Society is dedicated to giving each animal another chance at a happy, healthy life. In many cases, fostering an animal outside of a kennel atmosphere is necessary for their optimum health and care. Many animals need foster families, including mother and nursing puppies and kittens, puppies or kittens under six or eight weeks old, those recovering from an illness, those who are overly stressed or depressed, and fospice.
Just this month, Kim H. took on nervous and timid Anala as well as a litter of sick kittens at the same time! BHS needed
someone to foster and medicate three sick kittens and Kim took them on without hesitation. She worked hard to get Anala over her fears of being alone and worked on her potty training. We are so thankful for the time and effort put into Anala, and she was adopted this month! Kim had a full house between her family and her fosters. The month before she took on a very fearful kitten named Bernard to socialize, and that kitten made leaps and bound thanks to her. On top of the time she put into Anala and Bernard, she paid both their adoption fees to help ensure they would find good homes! We are so appreciative she has been so willing to help us out! Thanks to her for all her hard work!
Being a foster family for a dog or cat in need is very rewarding and will give them the love and socialization that they need. Individual attention can be hard to come by in a kennel environment, and we know our animals would be much happier in a home environment.
If you have extra time and space, prior pet experience, or thinking of adopting, please consider becoming a foster parent to give love to animals in need!
Halloween is an exciting time, but pets have no idea what is going on. By taking a look at these Do’s and Don’ts, owners can help their pets have a great night too!
Here are some good things to do for your pets on Halloween:
Here are some things to avoid doing on Halloween:
Butte Humane Society wishes fun and safety to you and your furry loved ones!
Written by Kris L., loving adopter
Coco is such a happy and loving little addition to our family. She continues to bring us much joy. She walks with us and our other two dogs daily along Butte Creek. She is such a playful and happy blessing.
She begins each day out in the back yard with a stroll around the pool with her brothers Max and Bear, just to be sure it is safe for us to get in the water. Once the three of them have checked the pool, backyard, and the 7th green at Butte Creek Country Club for intruders or dangers it is time to head out for their daily walk.
We walk them off leash on the levee between Butte Creek and an almond orchard. Coco takes her time and smells everything. She believes in taking things slow as she explores the terrain. She is very much a lap dog and will not take no for an answer regarding snuggling on your lap anytime you sit down.
She gets along very well with all our animals. Everyone who meets her comments on what a loving, happy, sweet and precious girl she is. We feel so fortunate to have her as part of our family. You call her and she gleefully comes running. She loves to lay on an ottoman we have on the covered back porch and watch the hummingbirds. Coco loves to sleep under the covers on inside a pillow case. She is also a chow hound! She eats faster than the other dogs and loves treats. Coco is much loved and an integral part of our family of three dogs, two cats and two humans!
The trick with annoying behaviors is to train and reward an opposite or competing behavior. Whatever bothersome behavior the dog is engaging in, think of something that would preclude it, and train that behavior consistently.
Patience and consistency are always key in behavioral training. It can take a while for the dog to give up strategies that have worked for him consistently, but if he is no longer rewarded for them and is instead consistently reinforced for an alternative behavior, he will soon choose that new response every time.
Here’s some additional quick tips for training alternate behaviors:
Happy training, pet owners!