Spring is here!  And with that comes new puppies & kitties and Obedience classes outside.  While we are waiting for our building to even break ground, it is nice to finally have classes outside and have a bit more room ~ and more distractions for the pups.  Distraction training is really the best way to get good, reliable results, it is pretty frustrating for the owners though.  Getting the owners to be more exciting than the "butterfly" is always a challenge.  But, I never back down from a challenge!

TAILS Humane Society just had a big adoption event this past weekend, so we are anticipating an increase in enrollments in the coming weeks.  Puppies got adopted and thankfully a handful of adult dogs too.  Kittens are coming so there were a few adult cat adoptions that happened.

A troublesome event happened over the weekend also.  A young girl got bitten in the face and arm by a alleged Pit Bull.  The mayor of Highland Park is now contemplating a Pit Bull Breed Ban for that city.  This is a very sad situation.  According to the study Which Dogs Bite? A case-control study of risk factors (Gershman, Sacks & Wright 1997)  .The predominant breeds that bite are:  Chow chows, German Shepherd Dogs, Labrador Retrievers and mixes of the these breeds.  It makes me wonder if it had been a Lab Mix, would the mayor still be ready to take such drastic action?

Enjoy the photos and give me your thoughts and comments on the situation in Highland Park.