Rehabilitation Program | caringheartsrescue

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Sadly, CHR receives emails daily from owners asking for help managing their aggressive dogs. Aggression is one of the main reasons that dogs are surrendered or euthanized. As an animal rescue, CHR has a responsibility to keep the public, our rescue dogs, and our foster parents safe, which is the number one reason we started our “Paws of Zen” rehabilitation program. This rehabilitation program allows us to use positive reinforcement strategies to address snapping and biting behavior in dogs. The rehabilitation program has been very successful in rehoming dogs that would otherwise face the possibility of euthanasia.

By allowing dogs to decompress in our foster program, we are able to closely monitor any concerning behaviors they may exhibit and deal with those behaviors head-on with a tailored management and behavioral plan. We don't only focus on addressing problem behaviors in the short-term; we are also concerned about the long-term needs of the rescue dog and their owner’s capacity to handle their behavioral needs. This is why we provide our adopters with a detailed behavioral plan outlining the training needed to desensitize and counter-condition the negative behaviors. We also provide our adopters with behavioral support and counseling. This ensures that our rescue dogs go to homes where the new owner has a full understanding of their new dog and a plan in place in case problems arise.

We will be highlighting in videos some of the more complex cases of dogs with behavioral problems that we have rehabilitated.

We need your help supporting our special behavioral cases. One way you can do this is by donating to help support our dogs during the many months they are being rehabilitated. Even the smallest donation helps!

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How we rehabilitate our rescue dogs

Keeping the public safe is the number one reason we rehabilitate our dogs prior to adoption. In this video we give an overview of how our rehabilitation process works and why we feel it’s so important to rehabilitate a rescue dog prior to adoption. We rely on donations to support the medical care and behavioral support we give our rescue dogs. Please consider a donation to support our mission to rehabilitate these special dogs. We can't thank you enough for helping with this very important mission! Donation page: For tax-deductible donations options, visit https://www.caringheartsrescue.org/money-donations Our secure online credit system can be accessed here: https://www.classy.org/give/266560/#!/donation/checkout To pay via Paypal, visit: https://www.caringheartsrescue.org/money-donations and go to the bottom of the page on the right-hand side and click on Paypal donations. Checks can be mailed to: Caring Hearts Rescue P.O. Box 6592 Springfield, VA 22150 Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:15 Supporting Medical Needs 4:10 Nutrition Support 7:12 Behavior Program

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Cougar's Rehabilitation Before Adoption

After 9 months of rehab, Cougar is ready for adoption! Cougar came to us from a local shelter. He was not deemed adoptable to the general public due to his aggressive attempts to bite. On top of biting, Cougar would defecate and urinate any time he was approached. Because of these behaviors, we put him in a home with an experienced foster parent who knew how to handle him safely. Finally, after 9 months of targeted and continuous training, we feel this special boy is ready for adoption.

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Buddy's Rehabilitation Prior to Adoption

Watch Buddy's transformation from a snappy dog to a dog who is now adopted and will be forever loved! Please consider donating so we can support more dogs like Buddy. We can't thank you enough for helping with this very important mission! For tax-deductible donations options, visit https://www.caringheartsrescue.org/money-donations Our secure online credit system can be accessed here: https://www.classy.org/give/266560/#!/donation/checkout To pay via Paypal, visit: https://www.caringheartsrescue.org/money-donations and go to the bottom of the page on the right-hand side and click on Paypal donations. Thank you for your support! www.caringheartsrescue.org Please consider donating so we can support more dogs like Buddy. We can't thank you enough for helping with this very important mission! For tax-deductible donations options, visit https://www.caringheartsrescue.org/money-donations Our secure online credit system can be accessed here: https://www.classy.org/give/266560/#!/donation/checkout To pay via Paypal, visit: https://www.caringheartsrescue.org/money-donations and go to the bottom of the page on the right-hand side and click on Paypal donations.

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Over 20 years supporting dogs with behavioral issues

With over two decades of experience rehabilitating dogs with a bite history, we have seen the struggles involved in changing behavior in a dog who bites. Rehabilitating our rescue dogs before adoption keeps our adopters and the public safe.

Grooming Support for Adopters

Providing grooming support for our adopters has been a game changer for one of the most complex dilemmas we have faced for the last 15 years—How do we support aggressive rescue dogs when groomed?

Read more about the grooming programs we have created to support our past adopters.