My kennel mates and I try to bark the loudest when we see someone come through the door. Today I think I barked the loudest since I was walked twice and got played with. Yesterday and the day before I was not so lucky.

Last Thursday, Kitsap Humane was visited by a group of trainers from Legacy Canine in Sequim. This group of young people were international students of the Karen Pryor Clicker Academy, and they were being hosted and instructed by Elaine Diedrich at Legacy Canine during a ten day stay in the United States. They came from Hong Kong China, Tel Aviv Israel, and the Philippines. All of the trainers were very interested in ways to promote the humane treatment of animals in their own countries.

People are busy so our pets suffer. We are working more, running from one place to the other, traveling, keeping up with the "other" kids, aging parents, and so much more in our schedules. While we are doing all this, our pets sit at home day after day laying around getting fat. Not everyone has this problem but an estimated 40% of dogs and 60% of cats are obese acording to APOP.