Category: Articles By Dr. Sophia Yin

Jonesy the Jack Russell Terrier Learns to Stow Away His Toys

Howdy Ya’ll! Like I promised, today I’m going to demonstrate how you to can perform one of the death defying stunts as seen on my Christmas Video: A Jack Russell Christmas.  Actually I’ll start with a potentially delicate one that can also be used for household clean-up tasks. You saw in the video where I put…

Jonesy the Jack Russell Terrier Recaps His Awesome Christmas Movie Stunts

December 18, 2013Articles by Dr. Sophia Yin

Now that you’ve seen my Christmas special and are in complete awe, I’ll give you a little recap of my death-defying stunts. Then in the next 3 blogs I’ll actually show you step-by-step how I learned some of them.      Jonesy      First of all, remember how I was practicing my jumping skills? That’s because…

Jonesy the Jack Russell Terrier Takes Center Stage

December 16, 2013Articles by Dr. Sophia Yin

It’s a two-day countdown to my Christmas special video and I know my fans have lots of questions about it and about how to become a superstar actor.  First, I have to tell you, it’s not for everyone. Acting is very demanding. Our recent shoot lasted 10 grueling hours. Here are some of the activities…

A Jack Russell Christmas: Jonesy’s Big Video Debut

December 13, 2013Articles by Dr. Sophia Yin Dogs

As you probably know by now, my first full-length Christmas webisode, “A Jack Russell Christmas,” airs next week. I’m practically a star already! Rightly so, because not only did I have to act, I had to do my own stunts too! And let me tell you, the action-packed script required me to be in tip-top…

My Puppy Won’t Walk on Leash! 3 Ways to Train Your Puppy to Love Her Leash

My general rule of thumb is that we should use methods that focus on rewarding the correct behavior, starting with steps the dog can easily perform and quickly moving on to steps that are closer and closer to our goal behavior.

Six Strategies for Increasing Animal Adoptions at Shelters

During busy seasons some shelters are filled beyond capacity and the best way to remedy this is to get pets adopted out quickly. Besides ensuring that pets are healthy and the environment low stress so that the animals will be comfortable and engaged, what else can shelters do to get these pets adopted out quickly?…

Low Stress Handling® Silver-Level Certification

Individual Certification at this level demonstrates to clients and employers the individual’s dedicated interest in Low Stress Handling®. Hospital Certification at this level demonstrates to clients and staff the hospital’s commitment to appropriately training staff in Low Stress Handling® methods.

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