Resource Articles And Fact Sheets
Cats/Kittens
Adopting a Cat: Getting Started
- How to Care for your Adopted Cat
- Introducing a Cat to a Dog
- Introducing a New Cat to your Resident Cat
- Adopting a Spirit Cat
Basic Care & Health Tips
- Routine Vet Care for your Cat
- The benefits to spay/neutering your cat
- About Declawing
- Facts on FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis)
- Facts on FIV +
- How to Trim your Cat’s Nails
- Controlling Pests in your Pet
- Close Encounters of the Tick Kind
- Facts About Declawing: The Pet Project
Behaviour and Enrichment
- Indoor Enrichment for your Cat
- The Talkative Cat
- Spirit Cats (aka Scaredy-Cats)
- Cats prone to Over-stimulation
- Litterbox Issues
- Inappropriate Scratching
- Cat to Cat Aggression
- Feline Anxiety
- High Energy Cats & Play Aggression
- Training Cats
- Behaviour Disclosure – Overstimulated
- Behaviour Disclosure – Spirit Cat
- Cat Scratching Furniture Resource
- Cat to Cat Aggression Resource
Outdoor or Barn Cats
Pet Safety
- The Benefits of Microchipping Your Pet
- Pandemic Planning
- No Hot Pets
- Dogs and Heat
- Cold Weather Safety
- Travelling Safely with your Pet
- Guide to Dog Bite Prevention
- Halloween Pet Safety Tips
- Holiday Safety Tips
Tips & Training Videos
Dogs/Puppy
Adopting a Dog: Getting Started
- How to Care for your Adopted Dog
- Introducing a Cat to a Dog
- Introducing Your New Dog to Your Resident Dog
- Welcoming Home a New Puppy
- FDSA Puppy Resource and Training
- Implementing Structure
- How Kids SHOULD Interact with Dogs
- How Kids SHOULD NOT Interact with Dogs
Basic Care & Health Tips
- Routine Vet Care for your Dog
- The benefits of spay/neutering your dog
- How to Trim your Dog’s Nails
- Health and Sickness in your Dog
- Holistic Veterinary Options for your Pet
- Canine Dermatology
- Controlling Pests in your Pet
- Heartworm Prevention
- Close Encounters of the Tick Kind
- Games to Play with Dogs
Common Behavioural Challenges & Basic Training
- Local Trainers and Dog Services
- Potty Training Issues
- GTHS Recommended Tools for Walking Your Dog
- Dog Body Language
- Managing Resource Guarding
- Stranger Danger
- Dog Reactivity
- Separation Distress
- Canine Confidence Building
- Destructive Behaviour
- Eating Non-Food Items
- Desensitizing to Common Stimuli
- Walking Techniques
- Loose Leash Walking
- Muzzle Conditioning
- Car & Bike Reactivity
- Counter Surfing
- Tug
- Mouthing
- Recall (“come!”)
- Barrier Frustration
- Crate Training
- “Drop It!”
- Dog Interactions
- Excited and Appeasement Urination
- Overstimulation
- Dog and Child Safety
- Jumpy Mouthy Behaviour
- Jumping Up
- Nothing in Life is Free Philosophy
- Calming Signals
- Door Dashing