Paw It Forward

06/10/2022

Our current case is all about keeping the family together. Buggzy’s guardian, through no fault of his own found himself in a tough spot. He is having surgery and won’t be able to take care of Buggzy for 4 weeks. While other community services are taking care of Buggzy’s guardian’s needs, one of our training/boarding partners - House of Dog Training - is taking care of Buggzy. PIF is taking care of the cost, and in the spirit of paying it forward, HoD offers us a reduced rate. Hopefully these two can be back together soon!

03/10/2020

Why we believe in the Power of the Pawsitive!

"In a training context, when a dog experiences something pleasurable (e.g. he smells or tastes food or engages in an activity which is really good fun), dopamine is released, thus creating a feel-good relationship between what he is experiencing and whatever you are training in that moment. (Contrast this with punitive training methods and the emotional responses they generate in dogs.) Furthermore, dopamine causes an individual to “want, desire, seek out, and search” and the dopamine system is “especially sensitive to ‘cues’ that a reward is coming (remember Ivan Pavlov?).” (Weinschenk, 2018)." - from Identifying Positive Reinforcers for the Individual by Anna Bradley, BARKS from the Guild, March 2020, pp.32-34. Please subscribe to read BARKS online and download your March issue (IT’S STILL FREE!). You can also order a print copy: https://barksfromtheguild.com/subscribe/

02/28/2020

Paw It Forward is ramping up to "get to work" this year! In order to fulfill our mission and fully develop our programs, we need and are looking for several Officers, as well as key volunteers in the fields of volunteer coordinating, fundraising, grantwriting, and event organizing. We have posted job postings for the Board of Directors positions. This is your call for the other positions. Please email or message the page!

02/28/2020

Paw It Forward helps save and re-establish relationships between pet parents and their companion animals.

Our organization assists with financial aid to make training and behavior modification accessible to qualified pet parents. We provide education about training and behavior modification to the public and rescue community. Paw It Forward strives to be the building block in establishing or repairing the pet/human relationship.

This is an unpaid volunteer position. Although you will not be having contact with cute puppies, you will still make a difference in a lot of companion animals' lives by keeping them out of shelters and with their loving family.

We need a Secretary to be part of the Board of Directors. Among the duties for this position are preparing and sending out the Board Meeting Agenda as well as meeting minutes, organizing our files on google drive, organizing events and manage attendance.

02/28/2020

Paw It Forward helps save and re-establish relationships between pet parents and their companion animals.

Our organization assists with financial aid to make training and behavior modification accessible to qualified pet parents. We provide education about training and behavior modification to the public and rescue community. Paw It Forward strives to be the building block in establishing or repairing the pet/human relationship.

This is an unpaid volunteer position. Although you will not be having contact with cute puppies, you will still make a difference in a lot of companion animals' lives by keeping them out of shelters and with their loving family.

We need a Services Director to be part of the Board of Directors. The Services Director is responsible to field email and Facebook messages asking for help. They will review and approve applications for assistance. Additionally they will maintain all the files pertaining to applications and follow up after completion of trainings.

02/27/2020

A good reminder!

02/25/2020

Teaching a “Leave It” by choice. Teaching a dog to make their own good choices, so they will leave stuff alone without you giving a cue!

Teaching a dog to make good choices!

02/25/2020

This is an excellent share! It talks about TAGteach, which helps trainers work with their human clients! But it also, in the beginning explains classical and operant conditioning, as well as the Skinner box! It really is an excellent listen!

There can be a lot of psychological noise involved in teaching. But what if we replaced all that mental clutter...with a click? This week, we bring you a 2018 episode exploring an innovative idea about how we learn. It will take us from a dolphin exhibit in Hawaii to a top teaching hospital in New Y...

02/04/2020

Paw It Forward is ramping up to "get to work" this year! In order to fulfill our mission and fully develop our programs, we need and are looking for several Officers, as well as key volunteers in the fields of volunteer coordinating, fundraising, grantwriting, and event organizing. We have posted job postings for the Board of Directors positions. This is your call for the other positions. Please email or message the page! There will be a Board Meeting on Sunday 2/9 at 1pm where we would love to meet you. The location will be TBD until we have a good headcount!

02/04/2020

Paw It Forward helps save and re-establish relationships between pet parents and their companion animals.

Our organization assists with financial aid to make training and behavior modification accessible to qualified pet parents. We provide education about training and behavior modification to the public and rescue community. Paw It Forward strives to be the building block in establishing or repairing the pet/human relationship.

This is an unpaid volunteer position. Although you will not be having contact with cute puppies, you will still make a difference in a lot of companion animals' lives by keeping them out of shelters and with their loving family.

We need a Vice President, who will be the public "face" of PIF. The VP will create and foster helpful partnerships, especially with other trainers that align with our values. In coordination with the President, the VP will also be closely involved in program development and managment.