How dogs identify friend and foe

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...

Benefits to exercising with your four-legged best friend

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...

New Year’s resolution: adopt, don’t shop

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...

Arizona Gives Day

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...
PetSmart Charities Invests in Yavapai Humane Society’s Big Fix Program.

PetSmart Charities Invests in Yavapai Humane Society’s Big Fix Program.

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...

Third annual Mah Jongg for Mutts drew 137 players to help homeless pets!

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...
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