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HELPLINES- personal assistance

Best Friends Animal Society

http://bestfriends.org/Resources/Pet-Care/General-Pet-Care/Behavior-and-Training/Behavior-Helplines/

The Best Friends link includes the following BEHAVIOR HELPLINES:

  • University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Behavior Clinic  (215) 898-3347  If the clinic is not open at the time of your call, their recorded message will give you their call-in hours for the week.
  • Denver Dumb Friends League  At http://www.ddfl.org/ , click on the Education menu and then “Behavior Helpline.” You’ll be directed to the Animal Behavior Helpline Online Counsel Request Form, which you can use to reach a trained behavior counselor at the Dumb Friends League. The counselor will contact you by phone or e-mail (whichever you choose) to help solve the behavior problem you’re experiencing. Expect a response within two to four days. This service is free.
  • Feline Health Center, Cornell University Dr. Louis J. Camuti Feline Consultation and Diagnostic Service (800) KITTYDR   They are available Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 am to 12 pm and 2 to 4 pm EST, except holidays. You will be charged a fee.
  • The Best Friends link also includes information about what to do when the Behavior Helpline hasn’t helped. Sherry Woodard, Best Friends’ animal consultant, writes about alternatives, such as consulting with:
    • a traditional or holistic veterinarian
    • a pet trainer
    • a behavior counselor
    • a certified applied animal behaviorist
    • a board-certified veterinary behaviorist

ONLINE VIDEOS

The Pet Professional Guild

http://www.petprofessionalguild.com/forcefreetrainingvideos

A selection of dog training videos from The Association for Force-Free Pet Professionals

Urban Dogs

http://www.youtube.com/urbandawgs

Positive and reward based training for all dogs. A Youtube channel to view their training videos.

Dogmantics

http://www.youtube.com/user/kikopup

More than 400 videos of different clicker and positive reinforcement training scenarios people can use to train their own dogs.

ARTICLES (handouts, online articles)

ASPCA- virtual pet behaviorist

http://www.aspca.org/Pet-care/virtual-pet-behaviorist

Answers to questions/problems with cats or dogs. Search feature for extensive library.

Best Friends Animal Society

http://bestfriends.org/Resources/Pet-Care/

Dog and Cat Behavior and Training Resources

Dr. Sophia Yin

http://drsophiayin.com/resources/cat_behavior/

Cat training and behavior resources. Includes some videos

Dr. Sophia Yin

http://drsophiayin.com/resources/dog_behavior/

Dog training and behavior resources. Includes some videos

Humane Society of Southern Arizona

http://hssaz.org/adopt/pet-behavior

Dog and cat training and behavior resources

Urban Dawgs

http://www.urbandawgs.com/articles.html

Positive and reward based training for all age/types of dogs. Many of the articles are from San Francisco SPCA.

Perfect Paws

http://www.perfectpaws.com/pupstuff.html

Focus on training for puppies

Best Paw Forward Dog Education

http://www.freedogtraininginfo.com

Wide range of topics/articles with a search tool

Dog Star Daily

http://www.dogstardaily.com/free-downloads

Free Dog Training Downloads