Resources

Adopting a New Dog

• What to expect when bringing your new dog home
• New dog owner shopping list
• Should you buy pet insurance? One adopter’s perspective
• Introducing the new dog to other dogs in the home
• Caring for dogs at different life stages

Aggression

• When your dog bites — Understanding and correcting aggressive behavior
• What to do when your dog is aggressive with your children
• How to break up a dog fight

Bloat

• Also known as gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV), gastric torsion and twisted stomach, bloat is a medical emergency and can be fatal. Find out more about it and how to prevent it from happening.

Children (Interactions with)

• Introducing a dog to the new baby
• Interactions with children
• Why supervising dogs and kids doesn’t work
• What to do when your dog is aggressive with your children
• Teaching kids appropriate ways to approach dogs can help prevent bites

Communication

• Canine vocal communication
• Canine body language video
• Canine body language (Dogster)
• Canine body language (ASPCA)

Conjunctivitis

Crate training

• How to prepare the crate and introduce the dog to it

Growling

• Reasons dogs growl

Heartworm

• American Veterinary Medical Association video
• American Heartworm Society website and infographic

Leash Reactivity

• Leash Reactivity Training Guide

Lost Dog?

• What to do if you lose your dog

Microchipping

• Register your City Dogs or City Kitty’s microchip with Petstablished. 
• Universal Pet Microchip Lookup

Registration documentation / How to transfer you microchip.

Mouthing

Puppy mouthing is very common, as a puppy is developing new teeth in its mouth. The pup needs to learn correct social behavior. There are ways of combating the mouthing. We do not endorse any type of punishment to any dogs. The videos and a trainer can help a puppy easily overcome this issue while still a puppy. Older dogs may mouth too.

Multidog households

• Introductions: how to correct dogs, how/when to give attention, how you need to be the pack leader and more
• How to break up a dog fight

Puppies

• What to expect when adopting a puppy
• Housebreaking
• Puppy-proofing your home

Parvo

• Parvo information

Resource Guarding

• Help! My dog doesn’t like to share my affections with other dogs!
• Resource guarding (including in multidog households)

Senior Dogs

• Canine urinary incontinence
• Idiopathic or “Old Dog” vestibular disease

Separation Anxiety

• How to reduce separation anxiety
• Canine Separation Anxiety

Spay/Neuter

• Reasons to spay/neuter
• Fewer pets killed because of Spay & Neuter program

Tick Removal

• ASPCA removal

Toxic Foods/Poisoning

• ASPCA List: Toxic foods
• Pet poison helpline
• ASPCA poison emergency hotline

Training

• Interpreting canine body language, equipment, handling techniques, videos
• Dog Training Services (Used by CDR)

Veterinarians

• Area veterinarians who support City Dogs Rescue.