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Pets LOST AND FOUND AND REHOMING Blandford & Sturminster Newton Branch Cats Protection Cats looking for new homes: Milly (11) tabby/white timid fluffy girl looking for quiet home with no children Pepper (1) tortie sweet but very lively girl looking for home in safe location with no small children Arthur & Merlin (7mth) tabby brothers looking to home together Our lost & found cats These are the most recent cats that have been lost or found please check out our Facebook page or give us a call. Lost Cats: Shaftesbury - Ginger tabby boy since 21/11 Found cats: If you are regularly seeing a cat in your
Merlin & Arthur
Pepper
Milly
garden or down your street that you don’t think has an owner please give us a call it might be a lost cat that could be reunited with its owner. Salisbury Rd / Damory Garage area of Blandford black unneutered boy. We are still offering neutering and micro-chipping for £5 in postcode areas DT10, DT11, SP5, SP7, BH21 and now also in SP8 call 01258 268695
Tel 01258 858644 blandford.cats.org.uk
BLANDFORD & STURMINSTER CATS PROTECTION Loving homes needed for cats and kittens in our care. For more details, please call our helpline 01258 858644 or visit our website: www.blandford.cats.org.uk Sponsored by Longmead Veterinary Practice Ltd
Companions at Peace Pet Cremation Independent family run business offering a very personal, caring pet cremation service to bereaved pet owners. Collection Service Farewell Room Out of Hours Service provided Located in a rural countryside setting on the Somerset Dorset border Contact us on: 07900 654 440 www.companionsatpeace.co.uk
BEHAVIOUR TIPS Tip#5 What’s in a name? Dogs have no concept of names. Just like any other word or cue we use with our dogs, to him a ‘name’ is just a sound that he has learned to recognise as having a specific meaning. What that meaning is, and whether it is positive or negative is entirely up to the owner. Your dog’s name is basically a means of getting his attention onto you briefly so you can then ask him to do something else (for which he may earn a possible reward). This is actually one of the easiest, but most important ‘cues’ we can teach our dogs. After all, if you can’t get his attention reliably when you call his name, you have little chance of him responding to more complex requests – not least because he may not even know you are talking to him! Practice calling your dog’s name in many different situations and - when he makes eye contact – throw him a low-value reward. Never, ever allow anyone to use his name as a reprimand or a nag, or to repeat it endlessly for no positive purpose – or your dog may quickly learn that his “name” is best ignored!. Helen Taylor BSc(Hons) ADipCBM Certificated Clinical Animal Behaviourist (CCAB) Full Member APBC & APDT (881) 07951 985193 help@helentaylordorset.co.uk (incoming) or help@dorsetdogbehaviour.co.uk (outgoing) helentaylordorset.co.uk Helping your best friend to be even better...
