Although lost animal cases are tough, I really like working on them. It is so rewarding to help people reunite with their  lost animal. Over many years I have developed a strategy and facility for this kind of difficult case, so please feel free to refer people with lost animals my way. While intuitive tracking can be right on, it is always desirable to get what I call real data. Real data most often comes in the form of sightings. If I intuitively get a certain direction and distance for a lost animal and then we get a sighting in the area I described, it confirms the intuitive data and makes it easier to continue working with the animal to effect recovery, since I know I am on the right track.

Another great real data generator in lost animal cases is a search dog. I have worked quiet a few cases with successful outcomes, where the search dog and I are aiding each other in the search. I always recommend that people employ a search dog if one is available in their area and if they can afford it. There is now a nonprofit in Seattle, WA that trains people and their dogs to search for lost pets: http://www.missingpetpartnership.org/index.php

I think the human/dog search teams coming out of this program are excellent. Three of my students are certified by missingpetpartnership and have had exceptional success. Check out their websites below:

Cathy Orde – Wyoming  website – http://www.coldnoseinvestigators.com/

Jackie Phillips – California  website – http://www.thesocialpet.com/

Teresa  Bressoud – California website – http://hillbillyhoundhunter.com/

 

 Psycho Cats

Here is another hysterically funny YouTube.

  

 

 

 Slow Food

This lady is the queen of the slow food movement, which refers to food grown organically, without pesticides or genetically modified organisms (GMO)/ seeds. Why should you care about her or what she says? Well do you want to be healthy? Do you want organic food available and uncontaminated by pesticides and genetically modified crops? Join the center for food safety ( http://truefoodnow.org/ ), s upport them and get involved.

 

A new study shows that GMO food is destructive to your liver and kidneys. This would also include the food we feed to our dogs, cats, and horses that is GMO…..and thanks to Monsanto most everything is GMO unless the package explicitly says its organic. Haven’t seen too much horse feed labeled organic…have you?

 http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19843.cfm

Happy Holidays

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