Oral Chemical Capture of Street Dogs – Part 2

Summary Fatal Plus should not be used to orally drug street dogs for the purpose of spaying or neutering.  We are still searching for safe and reliable oral chemical capture drugs for dogs. This past month, a reader described using Fatal Plus to orally drug a street dog who could not be captured any other [...]

One Step at a Time – A Testimony from an ACO

I recently received the following wonderful email from an ACO who took my course in Massachusetts last month. “I just wanted to tell you that last night I used the “quiet” technique you taught us in class. Unfortunately I couldn’t use the Y pole as the dog could have bolted (not fenced in) and with [...]

Oral Chemical Capture for Street Dogs – Part 1

Note: I am creating the following comment and my reply as a post so people can search this by category under “Chemical Capture”.  In general, oral drugging is inconsistent, unreliable, and ineffective. That is one reason why it is not commonly used.  We are still searching for safe and reliable oral chemical capture drugs for [...]

Street Dogs Instantly Barking at the Dog Catchers – from a mere smell.

Dear Sujatha, Thank you very much for your valuable question. In my opinion, the important challenge may not be to address how dogs can smell the dog handlers, but how to change how the dogs are reacting when they are aware of the catchers.  Most dog catchers have very high and aggressive energy when catching [...]