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News, Advice, & Everything Pets

Berkeley Humane’s blog is filled with helpful tips and resources for our animal-loving community, as well as exciting news about our shelter’s animals, programs and events!

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Going Back to School is for the Dogs

By: Nancy Frensley, CPDT-KA, CAP2, CGC Evaluator, AKC Scent Work Judge, Berkeley Humane’s Manager of Behavior and Training This is the time of year when families all across the Bay Area embrace going back to school, and it’s a good time to remember your canine companions as well. Berkeley Humane’s professional trainers would like to remind the Bay Area community that your four-legged friends, young

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Alumni Update: Atticus

We like to check in with our animals and see how they are doing after being adopted from Berkeley Humane! “Myself and Rohith adopted Atticus from Berkeley Humane. He is a bundle of extreme happiness. He is always happy and needs to be loved. He is partially deaf but he has started to understand us very well. We were first time pet owners so it

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Paddington Gets to Start Over

When Paddington first arrived at Berkeley Humane, the medical team was extremely concerned over his poor physical condition which would require extensive medical treatment.

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