Coming Soon from Dog's Best Friend...

Planning Dog's Best Friend's CGC and Basic Manners Classes. CGC is full, but we still have openings for the Basic Manners class starting Sept. 12. If interested, log on to rebeccadogsbestfriend.com for additional information.

The Term Alpha is Wildly Mis-used Says the Scientist who Termed the Phrase...

The way the term ‘alpha’ is used by most people today is wildly incorrect. Here’s a statement by the scientist who actually coined the phrase, wolf ethologist David Mech, where he cops to the misuse of the terminology.

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=tNtFgdwTsbU&feature=player_ embedded

And remember that what applies to wolves does not apply to domestic dogs…

Courtesy of Barbara Davis, Baddogs, Inc.

Congratulations Dog's Best Friend's August Dog of the Month

Dear Dog Lovers,

Congratulations to Rusty Clarke for being crowned Dog's Best Friend's
August Dog of the Month.

Rusty will be featured all month on our Dog of the Month page, will be on the cover of our next newsletter AND will receive a special gift.

To read Rusty's story, please log on to rebeccadogsbestfriend.com.

You can't miss Rusty's adorable photo!

Happy August! A round of apaws for Rusty!

Michael Vick - No Second Chances for Murder

I understand that Michael Vick supposedly has remorse and people do deserve second chances. However, is murder ever forgivable? I'm sick of hearing, "He made a mistake." Uh, no. A mistake is accidentally putting your colored laundry in with the whites. Methodically killing living creatures is not a mistake.

An Important Lesson from Toby, my Golden Retriever

Toby LOVES people and wants to say hi to everyone. Usually, they want to say hi back, but every once in awhile, he'll approach someone that ignores him as he bounces up to them, tail wagging. They clearly DON'T return his affection. When this happens, does Toby lower his head and think, "no one likes me, I'm a loser." No way, he holds his head high and moves on to the next human. Tail wagging!
You gotta love 'em.