According to a recent study reported in the journal Current Biology, dogs can pick up emotional cues from another dog by watching the direction of its wagging tail. In a series of lab experiments, dogs became anxious when they saw an image of a dog wagging its tail to...
Are you having trouble sticking to your new year’s resolution of exercising more? Maybe you need a good physical trainer to help you meet your fitness goals: your best friend! Research shows that dogs are actually nature’s perfect personal trainers. Dogs...
The national media appropriately focuses much needed attention on the “puppy-mill” industry. Puppy-mills provide an unending supply of often purebred puppies to a public with an appetite that creates a situation ripe for abuse. Puppy-mills force dogs to...
When choosing Yavapai Humane Society this Arizona Gives Day you are investing in life-saving programs serving our community’s neediest pets…pets like Cheese (the handsome kitty pictured above). Cheese was fighting for his life when he was found by a kind...
Grant of $50,000 supports efforts to reduce homeless animal population in Yavapai County Yavapai Humane Society (YHS) is excited to announce it has been awarded an $50,000 grant from PetSmart Charities to support our work in the subsidized spay and neuter surgeries of...
What would you say if someone told you that you could do a hobby you love, and benefit a charity at the same time? It’s not too good to be true. A month ago, August 30, a group of 137 ladies (and a few gentleman) did just that. They filled three rooms to full capacity...