I keep this on for my dogs while I work from home and all this time, I didn't know they were shelter dogs. That makes me so happy to see they get to have so much fun together. 💗
Yes, they get a lot from the playgroups. They spend most of their time stuck in their kennels with nothing to do. Going to playgroup gives them exercise, but it also gives them a lot to think about after they go back, so it's not as boring.
I kinda remember that dog. Dogs who act overly aggressively to the other dogs usually get corrected by the dogs. And the playgroup dogs are good at fixing a lot of behavior issues. I've seen a lot of dogs improve over time after several playgroup sessions.
FIrst I started putting on these videos to entertain my rescue dog. Now I find myself watching too. Love seeing the dogs play and the witty comments from the director.
It's the Sesame Street strategy. They work at appealing to the adults as well as the kids so the parents will watch with their kids, which gets the kids even more engaged with the show. That's why they have all sorts of famous people on the show and make jokes only the adults will understand. I try to appeal to both the dogs and the humans. I hope this will make it more meaningful for the dogs, but it will also prevent advertisers from thinking that only dogs are watching.
My black lab has to be in my apartment alone for 9 hrs a day while I work, so I play this video on the TV all day, along with the radio on very quiet, and make sure she's got toys and stuff. It's not the ideal life for a black lab, but I keep it clean and safe for her, and she's loved and taken good care of by me.
You might feel bad, but I can guarantee you it's better than being locked inside a cage at a shelter all day and night having to listen to other poor doggies barking incessantly! Your lab appreciates all the love it gets when you get home, rather than the bare minimum amount of love it might get in a shelter 🙂
I'm not sure which dog you're referring to with the leg problem. A lot of dogs get valley fever and end up with a limp. Some dogs come in as strays that have been hit by a car and the shelter clinic does a good job of giving them good medical care.
I'm so glad these videos exist... my puppy is always getting into stuff and so putting these on really gets her attention when I'm too tired to keep getting up all the time...
I just started a training programm to become a dog trainer. We started by looking at, analysing, and interpreting dog communication and this video is GOLD. Thank you =)
Wonderful! It's been very educating for me working with these dogs and especially creating the videos. Try watching key parts in slow motion (you can adjust the playback speed of the video), especially when one dog corrects another dog or when dogs are playing rough. There are very quick reactions that are easy to miss.
I have 3 dogs that love these video's, so everyday I put the video on for 3 hours for them. Keep the good work up on taking good care of these dogs, I love it.
Thanks! I like watching the videos, too. It's fun being in the play yard recording, but I need to concentrate so much on following with the camera that I don't really get the full effect.
Yeah, thanks! Lots of people enjoy watching these. Lots of dogs do, too. I think the dogs get a lot of valuable info on how dogs interact with each other which helps them in their everyday life.
I put on this exact video everyday while I'm at work for my pup. this is the one video that keeps his attention, and he loves. I'm happy to know that the views are helping out the shelter dogs. 🤍 would love if you uploaded more long ones like this!
That's great to hear your dog enjoys the video. I'll be recording two days this week and that should be enough to finish the 2nd video. I hope to make up to 21 of these (three for each day of the week), so the dog viewers would go for at least three weeks before seeing the same video again. But that'll take over a year to create, so it might be fewer videos than that.
Just found this video and my GSD watched it until he fell asleep. Thank you for the upload, and your seemingly endless patience with educating people in the comments.
Major thanks and glad to hear the video worked well. I wasn't sure if anyone noticed the various comments accusing the staff and volunteers of not knowing what they're doing.
It's interesting how much you can learn about dog body language through this video. There were definitely a couple pups who probably would do better in a smaller group, ones that need dogs of other energy levels and play styles, and ones that probably would just prefer to be let out with just the human and themselves.
We try to bring out dogs in groups based on their play style: gentle/dainty, push/pull (herding dogs, dogs that like running), rough and rowdy. Some dogs can do multiple play styles and sometimes they stay in for multiple groups. Unfortunately we've been getting away from strict play style based groups somewhat. I don't know the reason why.
When I chose the name "Dog Playgroup Stories" it was because I could see that there are so many little stories going on in the playgroup as the dogs interacted.
I'm very happy that you find this video useful. I plan to make more of them so the dogs don't get bored with the same thing: first will be all the days of the week.
Some of them have battle scars, both visible and invisible, but the staff and volunteers love each and every one. People *are* adopting them (eventually) but so many come into the shelter every day: strays, abuse cases, hoarding cases. A single hoarding case could bring in 50 dogs that are all under-socialized with people.
I'm trying to overcome my prejudice against pitbulls. Most of the dogs in that video are pitbulls or pit mixes, yet they all play well together. Is that common or not?
@@JohnKline-cg5vp I spent two years walking hundreds of dogs at the shelter. At least half of them were pit bulls. My experience is that pit bulls are notoriously affectionate "wiggle butts". I'm actually more afraid of german shepherds than pit bulls. The border collies/cattle dogs/aussies can get very anxious being stuck in a shelter kennel for 23 hours a day.
thank you so much for these. my boxer mix doggies eyes are GLUED to the screen for over an hour with these videos. when i was sick this week i felt so bad they were under stimulated and this helped so so much. it wore their minds out watching these other pups play lol
My sharpei pit lab mix loves this it puts him to sleep since he was a pup he loves watching old yeller. Think we can see the German Shepard is the most dominant & the oh so agressive pit bulls are just chilling even when the Shepard won’t leave them alone. The dog with the hurt leg I just want to bring home!
Great to hear you dog enjoys this video! A lot of dogs at this shelter have suffered from Valley Fever, which can leave a dog with a limp or other impaired movement. It's really sad. I'm not sure if that's the case with the dog in the video. The notes weren't clear to me, but the vet has checked the dog for issues, including X-rays. I think the German Shepard you're referring to is Homer. All dogs need to respect the corrections ("Back off!" signals) of all other dogs. If they don't, it's a big problem. Homer in this video is sometimes not respecting those signals and what's best is for the other dogs to correct him even more, rather than having the human handlers correct him.
That's wonderful that dogs can watch these videos when they're not able to get out to a real dog park! If anybody is wondering whether that's Fahrenheit or Celsius, the answer is both.
We put doggie TV on for our 3 dogs all the time. This is great exposure for dogs needing homes. Just wish you would put a bucket of water and a few balls/ tug of war toys in the play areas to make play time a little more enjoyable for the furbabies ❤️🐶 I wish all shelters would do this!!! We will definitely be keeping this on during the day for our girls to watch. Thank you 💕
I'm glad your dogs enjoy these videos! And yes, these dogs sometimes get adopted based on people seeing them in the videos. I create videos for individual dogs and put them on the dog's adoption page and the videos play in the shelter lobby. Rambo and Bryan recently found homes this way. The handlers and I totally agree about needing water in the play yard. But the shelter head veterinarian won't allow it (yet) due to the possible spread of disease. When the weather gets hot we will need water out there. We don't allow toys or treats in the yard because some dogs will resource guard (fight over) them. Dogs Playing for Life has been working with hundreds of animal shelters to set up playgroups like this, so it's been catching on over the last 10 years or so.
I was thinking the same on both counts. But I figured there would be some reason pertaining to disease or fighting. Still would be nice to see water out there....
I’m training my own assistance dog (service dog in the USA) and while I’ve had lots of opportunities to desensitise her to other noises and humans, I’ve been really struggling with other dogs (she is excitable around other dogs) and these videos have been perfect, thank you for uploading ❤
A)I wish this was my job. B)Your video work is really, really good 👍 You never make me wish you'd followed a different dog. I only wish you might introduce each dog as they come in, and say goodbye as each leaves....It would help it feel more like a story ❤❤
@cmk1626 Thanks! In the newer videos I do introduce each dog (the dog's name appears on the screen). I don't say goodbye because they very often leave while I'm focused on something else. Yes, I work hard to follow the dogs that I think viewers would want to follow.
Awww. We see a lot of good dogs that had bad things happen to them: abuse, neglect, hoarding, strays that were hit by cars, dogs crippled by valley fever.
@DogPlaygroupStories thank you for all you do!! My pupper is a rescue too. She's from Istanbul. She was found all alone on a frozen lake, had fallen through the ice...was only 12 weeks old. Now she's a happy, and (mostly) well mannered😉 , sweet lil Canadian doggo ❤️ Rescues are the BEST!
I recently rescued a very reactive dog, and have been doing my best to desensitize her, we've done great on vacuum, hair dryer, and squirrel reactivity but I've been having a hard time finding a consistent and controlled environment to work on her dog reactivty since our interactions with them are unpredictable (neighbors open the door and suddenly a dog is there, we walk past people on a busy street and she thinks their dog is walking right at her and I don't have room to move aside, someone else's dog starts reacting to her, etc). I take her to open parks, and it helps some with giving us space but I can't control if there are other dogs there or how long they'll stay. Most of my friends in the area have cats and can't help. This is helping immensely with training, I could see genuine improvement after just a few hours. She loves her new reality show. Thanks for this, we appreciate it💖
😃This is wonderful! I'm really glad your rescue dog is becoming less reactive with training and that these videos are helping. I hope that they provide meaningful entertainment and education for her and that she'll have fun out there with the other dogs. Thanks for sharing this!
I have a Dogo Argentino and he’s really nervous around dogs. I turned this on his tv in the living room and he actually watched it lol! He was so amazed and kind of scared of the German shepard 😂 should have seen his face. Hilarious. He is currently adjusting from moving from a 23 acre property to a normal house with a normal sized backyard so sort of scared of dogs. After watching this though my bf took him out for a walk, and he wasn’t barking as much, walking somewhat normally. Idk sounds weird lol but I think this possibly is making him WANT to socialize with dogs!
My almost 1 year old loves dogs, but we can't have any in our current apartment (we're moving in May, hopefully then we can get a dog 🤞). She loves this. When I put it on she happy squeals.
Yes, this was pioneered by a group called Dogs Playing for Life and it's improved the lives of countless shelter dogs; made them more adoptable. Now I'm working on letting dogs at home experience this (somewhat) by watching their TV while their human is away.
@@DogPlaygroupStories I have a 15 month male GSD who is confined to the house when the weather is bad. I found this video and he was entertained. Thanks for your work...
I try to make the videos watchable by humans as well as dogs so people will watch with their dog. That one dog eventually got to stop wearing a muzzle at the playgroups.
@@brandysanders7616 Awesome! If you're okay with it, you can send one or more of them to my email address: DogPlaygroupStories@gmail.com If you're okay with it, I can post one or more on the Community Page.
Maddy in the mussel breaks my heart 😢 I have a reactive dog so I know how it goes but it still makes me sad. I’m glad she’s getting interactions though 😊
my Shitzu loves to bark at the dogs. Are there ever smaller furry dogs? My Wheaten doesn't appear interested or maybe she knows it's not the dog park. All the dogs are short hair, similar breeds? And why did you say you keep leashes on? What state are you in? How does my viewing your site help with your animal care center? Love this as it as least gives my little dog some exercise as she is barking at the screen Thank you
Wow, lots of great questions! The playgroup dogs are all larger breeds. We did try some playgroups for small breeds but they get adopted quickly so I think that's why we focus on large breeds. Some dogs don't have an interest in the videos. I think you're right that some dogs know it's just a video. This shelter is in Tucson, Arizona (USA for international people who might not know. It's this place: 🌵🌵🌵) We actually remove the leashes that are used to transport the dogs and then have them wear a clip lead leash on a Martingale collar. If a fight breaks out, it's necessary to separate the dogs fighting as well as any dogs that are "conflict driven", possibly jumping into the fight and causing more damage. The latest video had a mild altercation between dogs. I was thinking about leaving it in the video to show why we keep the leashes on, but it was a bit too much. Dogs at home could get overstimulated and start ripping up the furniture. We also use the leashes to catch the dogs to remove them from the playgroup. Some dogs really don't want to go and we use an extra long leash for them. Your views provide funding for the dogs through the advertisements that RUclips displays. If you have RUclips Premium, then the channel collects a small part of the fee that you pay directly to RUclips. The amount of money the shelter receives from these videos is thousands of dollars per month. People at the shelter are very happy I'm doing this. I hope your dog isn't barking at the screen the whole time the video is playing. I think 10% of the time would be ideal. 100% of the time might be overstimulation.
It also could be the frame rate. I'm using 60fps and dogs supposedly can see in 70fps, so it probably looks a bit choppy. I'm trying to increase the rate, but probably not until September at the earliest (depends on GoPro capabilities).
Hi Dogplayground the dog on time stamp 50:55 🐕🦺 with the blue string. If you were to make an offer, which breed is it most pronounced in percentage? Reason I have adopted a shelter dog in Denmark and no one can say what breed it is! It looks a lot like the one you have... Thank you
It would've been great if at 3:56 I didnt hear one of the workers call a dog stupid. That's actually pretty sad we immediately turn it off. It's absolutely ridiculous
@AM-qw7xu That's actually a long-time volunteer, not a staff member. She puts in probably something like 10 hours a week walking each dog, reporting any problems the dogs have, doing that year after year. Since the shelter is way over capacity, the staff select a lucky dog to leave in the volunteer office with a temporary toddler fence to keep the dog from running out of the office when you open the door. It's great for the dog since it's quiet and they get to interact with lots of people. Since the dog needs to co-exist with volunteers using the office, the selected dog shouldn't be one that misbehaves (such as consistently jumping over the toddler fence, snapping at volunteers, chewing up things, consistently peeing on the floor despite being walked more often than the other dogs, etc). So the volunteer's complaint is more directed at whoever selected this dog to be in the volunteer office rather than a regular kennel. That volunteer routinely handles very badly behaved dogs and I've never seen her mistreat a dog.
I had the same reaction the first time I saw them playing. The thing is that you don't see the times when the leashes are extremely important: the videos would be frightening and traumatic for dogs to watch, and some people as well. I do show mild conflicts between dogs (that usually don't require humans having to grab the leashes) and I believe that helps dogs learn about handling conflict. Serious fights are very rare, but they have happened.
Thanks for the appreciation! If you want to donate, the best way is to go directly to the non-profit associated with the shelter, Friends of Pima Animal Care Center: www.friendsofpacc.org/
I looked at his notes and the shelter vet has evaluated him and looked at his leg at different times. Based on my understanding of the notes, it seems to be a joint problem. He had the problem when he arrived at the shelter in early January..
@CDHpetcare Yes! Shelters have all kinds of dogs with unknown behaviors. Some are conflict driven and jump into a fight. Even if there are only two dogs involved, it's way safer to grab the leashes and try to get the dog who's latched on to let go. We use the radio to bring in lots of dog handlers to separate dogs. In one case I was in, there were 7 dogs attacking another dog.
I'm always happy when dogs enjoy these videos! Did you find it on a RUclips search for "dog tv" or some other search term? Yes, these dogs are all up for adoption.
That was basically a "correction". The gray dog was annoying the brown dog who then said "enough!" and then walked away. The gray dog started following and the brown dog hid behind the human handlers. There are lots and lots of corrections in dog interactions. Sometimes dogs over-correct. Sometimes dogs fail to respect another dog's corrections. It sounds like the gray dog had been too forward too many times, so the brown dog's correction was severe: "I said, ENOUGH!!!"
WHAT HAPPEND TO THE LITTLE DOGS BACK PAW ? was he injured when he fell running from Alsatian or was it like this to start with as I heard a Yelp and no one seemed to go and investigate ? :-(
I'm not sure which dog you're referring to, but it could be Jack who came to the shelter with hind leg problems and had trouble putting weight on it. The notes show the shelter vets looked at it multiple times in detail but I don't see a clear diagnosis (at least not to me). I've only seen dogs get injured in the playgroup a few times and it's always been very loud and frightening altercations between dogs that require people to rush to the play yard and help separate dogs.
Do you work with any rescues? Do you guys have IG account to get these dogs seen? I would love to show the one dog with the hind leg viewed for someone to rescue and get further treatment. He's adorable 😍
@@OO-qc7di We work with a lot of rescues and they take a lot of dogs. The dog with the bad hind leg, Jack Jack, was checked out by the shelter vets on March 16 and they're doing what they can. He's been enjoying playgroups when he goes. The shelter dogs get good treatment and the staff and volunteers are monitoring each dog.
What is the the brown dog breed with the white leash I think my dog is the same breed but I never knew what breed he is and the dna test are expensive lol
Unfortunately with the 9-hour videos, I didn't keep track of who the dogs were. Most of the other dogs show the name of each dog and the description contains links to their adoption pages. If you manage to hear the dog's name, I might be able to find out.
This video was recorded during a deadly strep zoo outbreak at the shelter. Dogs would die within hours of detecting the disease. The staff and volunteers did a lot of heroic efforts to minimize the spread of the disease. With the playgroups, there was a huge problem: dogs needed to socialize in order to minimize their stress level (and the disease affects stressed out dogs, especially in an animal shelter). The lead shelter veterinarian made the decision to remove the water from the playgroup to limit the possible spread of the disease while still allowing the dogs to attend the playgroups, and the playgroups were early in the morning before the temperature was too high and the dogs had limited time in the yard and were monitored for signs of dehydration. The strep zoo outbreak was very well contained, thanks to all the various efforts we undertook. I continued to record videos and donate revenue to the shelter to help pay for things like expensive, urgent medicines and disposable protective gear we all had to wear.
Here's a response I've made a few times in the past: Based on experience with many thousands of shelter dogs (across hundreds of animal shelters), these leashes are very important for the dogs' safety. I've actually been in the yard when the leashes saved a dog's life. Many of these dogs come in as strays and we don't know their history. We get abuse cases, hoarding cases, neglected dogs, and dogs with hidden psychological issues. [leashes allow us to safely separate dogs quickly during and after a fight] On the other hand, I've never seen or heard of an injury due to the leashes. However, in cases where a 3-legged dog comes into the play yard, if that dog is known to not be conflict driven and is known to be easy to catch (for whatever reason they need to be caught), then I ask if we can take the leash off because it's difficult for a 3-legged dog to walk and run with the drag line.
Why ate their leashes still on at the beginning of this? They have a 2 gate system. Dragging the leashes through pee and poop and Possible for a dod to trip or get tangled up and hurt themselves. With 2 gate system they don't need to do that. Am I missing something?
These are animal shelter dogs: strays, abuse cases, neglect cases, hoarding cases. Many of them have behavior issues that don't show up right away, often only after they're in the playgroup. Some dogs are conflict driven and will jump into a fight among dogs. It's possible to have several dogs attacking one dog with very little warning. In those cases many dog handlers will rush to the yard and help separate the dogs using the leashes. If you put your hands near a dog's mouth while they're extremely frightened and agitated, you risk getting seriously bitten. Not only does this hurt a lot, but it makes the dog much less adoptable when it gets a bite record. This shelter has worked with many thousands of dogs in these playgroups and there haven't been any issues of dogs being harmed by the leashes. On the other hand, there's a saying in heavy industrial workplaces that the safety rules are written in blood. The group that pioneered shelter dog playgroups, Dogs Playing for Life, discovered the importance of drag lines (leashes) with shelter dogs in playgroups, along with many other procedures. They've rolled out playgroups to over 400 different shelters and rescues with fantastic results. Based on my own experience recording these playgroups for the past 2.5 years, I would NOT want to take the leashes off the dogs, except for dogs that meet very specific behavior criteria. Given that we have around 500 dogs in the shelter and dogs are adopted every day and brought to the shelter every day, we don't know which dogs clearly meet those criteria. I do advocate for taking the leashes off any 3-legged dogs. Note that I'm a volunteer and not a staff member. I don't speak for the shelter itself.
Are these dogs available for adoption?? There was a dog that caught my eye... it's a black dog with a white belly. 1:56:21 it's sitting infront of the gate with a bright green collar and white leash... 🥰 there's something about it...!
YES! these dogs are available for adoption! The dog you mentioned is Strudel in kennel #144. ruclips.net/video/3DcbN4vr5-k/видео.html From the notes: Strudel was bored at home, so hopped the fence and stayed with a neighbor for about three weeks before heading to the shelter. The neighbor said that Strudel is extremely lovable, loves car rides, and is great with people (including kids as young as 10). He’s a big lapdog who is not a fan of cats. In his future home, Strudel will need a place indoors by his family’s side and a secure yard to keep him safe and sound at home. Strudel shares his kennel with another PACC pup and was social and tolerant when meeting other dogs in playgroup.
The leashes aren't there to identify them (although I created my own leashes to do that). The purpose of them is to separate dogs during a dog fight when multiple conflict driven dogs can attack another dog. An air horn and a radio can be used to summon a whole lot of people who run into the yard and each grab a leash. Note that you never pull dogs apart if one is latched onto another, it'll just do more damage. It's also important not to get your hand/arm close to a dog's mouth, which would happen if you tried to grab a dog's collar. They can re-direct a bite onto you without thinking. These situations are rare, but they do happen and the leashes save dogs' lives.
This comment is for youtube. After watching 45-56 seconds of ads it plays the video for about 10 seconds then has another round of 45-56 minute ads. My dog watches this. He doesn't understand why the dogs went away after waiting so patiently. Ugh
Sorry this is happening for you. I just tried watching it on my computer in incognito mode and not skipping the ads (as well as trying it by skipping the ads). It worked fine in the case. It could be due to RUclips getting confused on whatever setup you're using (smart TV model, Roku box, Firestick, etc.).
That's good responsible thinking. Animal shelters are always looking for dog walkers. It requires training, but you get to walk lots of different dogs.
We spent months dealing with this issue. The shelter was having outbreaks of Strep Zoo which would quickly kill dogs when their lungs fill with blood (We also had other disease outbreaks). The problem is that the disease is opportunistic so the more you stress out the dogs, the more you get outbreaks, so it's important for dogs to be able to play in the yard together. If you let the dogs share water, it creates a pathway to spread disease among lots of dogs. The shelter tried a number of different solutions, such as having cohorts of dogs in the play yard and sterilizing the water pools in between, but in the end we ended up with relying on the water in the kennels and trying not to leave the dogs in the yard for long. We never had dogs suffer from any kind of serious dehydration but we did avoid having many serious outbreaks of disease. Within the shelter there are so many counterbalancing factors in every decision. I seriously didn't like the decision not to have water in the yard, but hindsight has pretty much proven me wrong.
That's Jack. He came to the shelter with that leg problem, the shelter vets have examined him at least 4 times based on his notes and he's been allowed to go to the playgroups. I'm not sure if he still goes or not. I can see that the last two days he's gone for one gentle walk and no playgroups.
Yeah, we get the aggressive dogs and hope that the other dogs will correct them. The handlers will eventually either correct them or move them into the side yard or back to their kennel.
Why does that baby have a face mask on. Made me sad. I put this on for my babies to watch when not here. Not judging just asking. Made really sad. 😢Love the videos. Does help my babies ❤when I’m mot here. ❤
If it's not clear how a dog will behave in the group, they typically wear a muzzle. If they do well, then the handler will remove the muzzle, sometimes after multiple sessions. I don't like it when dogs have to wear a muzzle, but it's usually better than completely avoiding the play group. Often the muzzle allows them to enter a whole new world of dog social interactions. While some things in the videos are sad, it's not as sad as what most of the dogs deal with in the kennels 24/7. At best it's very boring. At times it's terrifying with all the emotional barking. UPDATE: During one session we had a dog that required a muzzle. It was very well behaved so the handler took off the muzzle, which is normal. There was an altercation and the dog bit one of the handlers' leg. So now the dog has a legal bite record (making it harder for her to get adopted) and is spending a mandatory 10 days in a rabies isolation kennel. In that case, the muzzle was sad but taking it off was sadder.
I think you mean Jack with a bad leg. The handlers view dogs in terms of whether they respect corrections or not. If a dog doesn't respect corrections from other dogs, then it either gets a muzzle or is taken out from the other dogs. Sometimes dogs will pester another dog for a while. Ideally that other dog should correct the dog (assuming it doesn't consent to the behavior) and that's something it should learn to do. But eventually the offending dog will be removed.
It turns out the people who run the playgroups *are* experts and their procedures are based on extensive experience across hundreds of animal shelters, several years, and thousands of dogs, just in our own shelter. It works very well. The dog you mentioned attended many playgroups without any issues and was just recently adopted.
Is this all they do at doggy day care? There's no toys or grass just dirt? No human interaction ; playing w them? Just a bunch of dogs in cage . I wouldn't take my dog to this place. Hearing the voices of the employees doesn't make me feel they are dog lovers . Place is pretty depressing. 8:03:44
This isn't a dog daycare, it's an animal shelter. The dogs get human interactions from volunteers who walk the dogs separately from the playgroups. These dogs come from all kinds of backgrounds: strays, abuse cases, neglect, hoarding cases, etc. We've had dogs come in with gunshot wounds. Some dogs have very poor social skills. We don't allow toys in the yard to avoid resource guarding which can lead to dangerous fights. We usually don't interact with the dogs because they can resource guard people and cause a fight. Everything we do is based on experience with thousands of these shelter dogs over many years. The procedures were developed by Dogs Playing for Life who works with 400+ shelters to create a safe way for shelter dogs to socialize, which helps them get adopted and out of the shelter. There's no grass because it's Tucson and very dry desert. Sand actually works well for the dogs. If this video was at the beach, it would seem wonderful.
It's actually meant to be daycare for dogs at home, with the entertainment provided by shelter dogs who receive large amount of funding each month from the revenues.
That German shepherd needs training BIG TIME he is so aggressive and rough, looks like playing, but he’s just trying to control the other dogs. wants to be dominant against all other dogs. Almost looks like he’s ready to fight notice how other dogs get defensive when he acts a certain way. He dosent know what gentle means you have to use a stern voice. This can be corrected, but if not, he can turn aggressive in the future. Seems to be a good dog. He just needs training from a good trainer.
The handlers work with thousands of dogs. They're trained in dog behavior and have years of experience with these shelter dogs. We get dogs from every background: strays, abuse cases, etc. These playgroups are one of the ways that these dogs learn social skills. With 500+ dogs, it's difficult to spend a lot of time with any one dog. We encourage people such as yourself to foster or adopt these dogs to give them the attention they need.
That's because it is essentially a prison. This is the Pima County animal shelter. The dogs here have been discarded by society: strays, abuse cases, hoarding cases, neglect, owner surrendered dogs.... We have over 500 dogs and do everything possible to treat the dogs well. Volunteers walk the dogs every day regardless of weather or holidays (we try to get every dog out every day, but with the extreme overcrowding the volunteers can't do it so we make sure to get every dog out every other day). We have these playgroups every day to help get dogs out of their kennels. This is Tucson, Arizona and any grass in the yard wouldn't last long. The leashes are for the dogs' safety based on experience with many thousands of these shelter dogs. Many of these dogs come from very bad backgrounds (think of the difference between a kindergarten and a prison yard). I've personally seen the leashes save a dog's life.
The shelter vet must have cleared it and the behavior team tried him out and he enjoyed it and did fine. He's now a playgroup regular. It's better than sitting in a stressful noisy kennel. We had a dog Osso with a hind leg that wouldn't bend and he really enjoyed playgroup.
...also, some dogs in the shelter suffer from the lingering effects of valley fever, which is common here in the Sonoran Desert. So you'll see more than the usual number of dogs with limping in shelter dogs.
@ds3356 These are animal shelter dogs and we have over 400 of them right now. They've been discarded by society and taken in by the county. They live in kennels until they're fostered or adopted (they're lucky that Pima County in Arizona USA has a very high live release rate and euthanasia is rare, considering the extreme overcrowding we've been having). If they didn't live in individual kennels many of them would be killed by the other dogs. Volunteers walk these dogs and give them individualized attention, ideally twice a day, but with the overcrowding we've been having it's now at least once every other day, but often every day for the dogs who really need it. We have these playgroups in this play yard for dogs to socialize and play every day. It looks like this because it's actually not that different from a prison yard. Dogs often try to escape and the few that do are often hit by cars and die before we find and catch them. These playgroups are also used to evaluate how new dogs behave with other dogs. Dogs come in as strays, abuse/neglect/hoarding cases, owner surrenders, dogs with gunshot wounds. The staff, volunteers, and clinic help them with whatever they need and try to adopt them out or at least get them fostered. A lot of their effort is truly heroic and they treat the dogs extremely well and advocate for them. I record these playgroups and put the videos on RUclips which provides thousands of dollars of funding for the shelter every month, as well as providing enrichment for lucky dogs in comfy homes where they can watch these videos. I also use the playgroup footage to create short videos for individual dogs to help them get adopted/fostered. I'm actually much more sickened by how humans treat dogs outside of the animal shelter than the amazing work the staff and volunteers do within the shelter.
This makes for very uneasy viewing. Dogs are being put in and forced together clearly a lot not sociable some very timid some very dominant should a fight break out it would be absolute carnage pack instinct and humans would struggle to stop it absolutely insane makes me so uneasy lots of powerful bully breeds in there as well
These playgroups have been going on daily at this animal shelter and hundreds of other animal shelters for years. It was pioneered by Dogs Playing for Life many years ago and it has been hugely successful with amazingly good results for the dogs. Every dog in the playgroup has been carefully evaluated in a controlled playgroup using helper dogs. Yes, some dogs are afraid (I would be if I was a dog), but most of them eventually enjoy or at least tolerate being in playgroups after a few days of trying it out. If they don't, then they don't come back after a few attempts. Any dogs with genuinely bad behavior such as not respecting--or worse, protesting-- the corrections of other dogs are removed from the yard. The handlers in the playgroup are trained and have done very well over the course of about a thousand playgroups at this shelter.
Your area is entirely TOO SMALL for all those animals. The Sally port and the *yard* area. Just like prison. The dogs aren't socializing, they're surviving a stressful fkn situation. Behaviors will change due to this. Don't get me started on the dog with a muzzle. How do you live with yourselves or sleep at night. OMG. There still a LONG way to go before the human species redeems itself regarding the Animal Kingdom and the endless fkry being done to them all.
These playgroups save shelter dogs' lives and greatly improve their lives. That's based on experience with many thousands of dogs in this shelter plus thousands of dogs in hundreds of other shelters. The techniques were pioneered by Dogs Playing for Life many years ago and the results have been absolutely fantastic for dogs. Last I heard they've worked with over 400 shelters, including ours (twice). The size of the play yard, the use of muzzles, and lots of other things are based on extensive actual experience rather than one person's opinion, who may not have spent all these years working with so many shelter dogs. The staff and volunteers at our shelter go to truly heroic lengths to do what's best for these 500 dogs that society has discarded and left for us to rehabilitate and get them fostered/adopted back into the community. I've spent well over 1,000 hours of my time volunteering to do the hard work in working with these dogs, not counting all the hours I've spent creating these videos (which provide many thousands of dollars for the shelter). I sleep just fine at night.
Every now and then someone will swoop in here full of righteous indignation about something and rant about it, clearly not from the perspective of someone who has done a lot of work in animal shelters. "Why is that dog wearing a muzzle?!" A good answer would be: [Fool] around and find out, after which they limp away with a level 3 redirect bite and the dog gets sent to rabies isolation for 10 days and becomes even less adoptable (possibly even euthanized for legal reasons). Or perhaps take the leashes off and let them play in a big beautiful grassy meadow where you'll never catch the dog that's attacking the other dogs and ripping big gashes in their ears, or the conflict driven dogs that jump in during the attacks and add to the damage.
I don't understand how there's dogs that are clearly getting along well, but have their Ball's. I thought balls made the male dogs aggressive? In my country neutering is very uncommon except for strays. But I would like to have a well behaved dog like in this video, but without mutilating what God gave them! Beautiful creatures, and great job with the shelter,
That's a very good point. I don't know a lot about it. A fair number of admitted dogs are unaltered and I haven't seen a big difference in behavior. But I know that if there were multiple intact males and an intact female in heat in the play yard, things would get serious. Also, neutered males can actually behave aggressively towards intact males. The handlers who run the playgroups go through this before making the playgroup list for the day which includes the order of bringing dogs in. They spend about an hour working on it before the playgroup.
The clinic veterinarians examine the dogs and do whatever they can for both pain and healing. The volunteers walk the dogs each day and are very good for identifying issues, bringing them up with the clinic, and following up on how they're doing. The contract workers who clean the kennels and feed the dogs also identify issues to the clinic. Despite having over 400 dogs, I doubt if there are any cases where a dog goes for any length of time without having major issues addressed (even minor issues). A lot of the dogs here get valley fever and never fully recover. When you see a dog limping in the video, that's usually the cause and the clinic does whatever possible to help them and minimize their pain.
I keep this on for my dogs while I work from home and all this time, I didn't know they were shelter dogs. That makes me so happy to see they get to have so much fun together. 💗
Yes, they get a lot from the playgroups. They spend most of their time stuck in their kennels with nothing to do. Going to playgroup gives them exercise, but it also gives them a lot to think about after they go back, so it's not as boring.
Awee I pray all of them get adopted very soon❤❤❤🙏 thank you guys for being their for these cute fur babies!!!
Aw, very interesting
I love that German Shepherd! He is like a gentle giant having a ball. Its great to see shelter dogs enjoy each others company
Only thing I didn’t like was trying to dominate
I kinda remember that dog. Dogs who act overly aggressively to the other dogs usually get corrected by the dogs. And the playgroup dogs are good at fixing a lot of behavior issues. I've seen a lot of dogs improve over time after several playgroup sessions.
FIrst I started putting on these videos to entertain my rescue dog. Now I find myself watching too. Love seeing the dogs play and the witty comments from the director.
It's the Sesame Street strategy. They work at appealing to the adults as well as the kids so the parents will watch with their kids, which gets the kids even more engaged with the show. That's why they have all sorts of famous people on the show and make jokes only the adults will understand. I try to appeal to both the dogs and the humans. I hope this will make it more meaningful for the dogs, but it will also prevent advertisers from thinking that only dogs are watching.
I’m working from home and it’s raining so our dogs are having a quiet morning. This video has been a saviour ❤
Wonderful!
My black lab has to be in my apartment alone for 9 hrs a day while I work, so I play this video on the TV all day, along with the radio on very quiet, and make sure she's got toys and stuff. It's not the ideal life for a black lab, but I keep it clean and safe for her, and she's loved and taken good care of by me.
I'm glad that my videos give her some enrichment and entertainment while you're having to work!
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Same.
😂I On 😊
You might feel bad, but I can guarantee you it's better than being locked inside a cage at a shelter all day and night having to listen to other poor doggies barking incessantly! Your lab appreciates all the love it gets when you get home, rather than the bare minimum amount of love it might get in a shelter 🙂
love this! yall are fantastic giving these gorgeous dogs a damn break from shelter life !!!! i wish every shelter did this!
More amd more shelters are doing this thanks to the great work of Dogs Playing for Life.
POOR LITTLE BUDDY!! 🥺 Omg he was so precious I could cry. I hope his leg got better!
I'm not sure which dog you're referring to with the leg problem. A lot of dogs get valley fever and end up with a limp. Some dogs come in as strays that have been hit by a car and the shelter clinic does a good job of giving them good medical care.
I'm so glad these videos exist... my puppy is always getting into stuff and so putting these on really gets her attention when I'm too tired to keep getting up all the time...
That's great! Another happy viewer dog.
My little dog loves these videos. I've tried videos from other channels but these are his absolute favorite. Thanks for entertaining him for me!
I'm happy your dog enjoys these videos!
I just started a training programm to become a dog trainer. We started by looking at, analysing, and interpreting dog communication and this video is GOLD. Thank you =)
Wonderful! It's been very educating for me working with these dogs and especially creating the videos. Try watching key parts in slow motion (you can adjust the playback speed of the video), especially when one dog corrects another dog or when dogs are playing rough. There are very quick reactions that are easy to miss.
@@DogPlaygroupStories pro tip: you can use the , and . key to switch single frames! At 0:52 it's super exciting to observe the looks the dogs exchange
@@shammerHammer Cool! I did not know that.
I have 3 dogs that love these video's, so everyday I put the video on for 3 hours for them. Keep the good work up on taking good care of these dogs, I love it.
Thanks! So would 4 dogs need four hours of video?
😂😂😂
my dog is completely ignoring it but I like it. Such a nice place for them to get together, especially in a shelter,
Thanks! I like watching the videos, too. It's fun being in the play yard recording, but I need to concentrate so much on following with the camera that I don't really get the full effect.
It's actually in the shelter
Another fur mama leaving this video on for my pup so she's entertained. Thank you
Wonderful! I hope your dog finds it enriching and entertaining.
This is the ONLY channel I leave on for my Doods now. My girl loves it. Thank you so much for what you do for these dogs.
Awesome! I'm glad your Doods enjoy these videos.
It's so cool to just record and which dogs playing together, such a dynamic for us and relaxing and positive for me & everyone in my opinion.
Yeah, thanks! Lots of people enjoy watching these. Lots of dogs do, too. I think the dogs get a lot of valuable info on how dogs interact with each other which helps them in their everyday life.
I put on this exact video everyday while I'm at work for my pup. this is the one video that keeps his attention, and he loves.
I'm happy to know that the views are helping out the shelter dogs. 🤍 would love if you uploaded more long ones like this!
That's great to hear your dog enjoys the video.
I'll be recording two days this week and that should be enough to finish the 2nd video. I hope to make up to 21 of these (three for each day of the week), so the dog viewers would go for at least three weeks before seeing the same video again. But that'll take over a year to create, so it might be fewer videos than that.
Just found this video and my GSD watched it until he fell asleep. Thank you for the upload, and your seemingly endless patience with educating people in the comments.
Major thanks and glad to hear the video worked well. I wasn't sure if anyone noticed the various comments accusing the staff and volunteers of not knowing what they're doing.
It's interesting how much you can learn about dog body language through this video. There were definitely a couple pups who probably would do better in a smaller group, ones that need dogs of other energy levels and play styles, and ones that probably would just prefer to be let out with just the human and themselves.
We try to bring out dogs in groups based on their play style: gentle/dainty, push/pull (herding dogs, dogs that like running), rough and rowdy. Some dogs can do multiple play styles and sometimes they stay in for multiple groups. Unfortunately we've been getting away from strict play style based groups somewhat. I don't know the reason why.
Awww. When the pups saw Little Buddy was hurt, they left him alone ... love dogs.
When I chose the name "Dog Playgroup Stories" it was because I could see that there are so many little stories going on in the playgroup as the dogs interacted.
My dog loves watching these videos
Glad to hear that!
This is amazing, my dogs love it. Even the one who never watches TV is hooked. Thank you!!
Awesome! Always happy when dogs enjoy these videos.
This is amazing! I play your videos every day for my puppy while I WFH to keep him entertained. A 9hr video is perfect😇
I'm very happy that you find this video useful. I plan to make more of them so the dogs don't get bored with the same thing: first will be all the days of the week.
They're all so healthy looking and well behaved. Why aren't people adopting them? I would take that german shepherd in a heartbeat if I could!
Some of them have battle scars, both visible and invisible, but the staff and volunteers love each and every one. People *are* adopting them (eventually) but so many come into the shelter every day: strays, abuse cases, hoarding cases. A single hoarding case could bring in 50 dogs that are all under-socialized with people.
I'm trying to overcome my prejudice against pitbulls. Most of the dogs in that video are pitbulls or pit mixes, yet they all play well together. Is that common or not?
@@JohnKline-cg5vp I spent two years walking hundreds of dogs at the shelter. At least half of them were pit bulls. My experience is that pit bulls are notoriously affectionate "wiggle butts". I'm actually more afraid of german shepherds than pit bulls. The border collies/cattle dogs/aussies can get very anxious being stuck in a shelter kennel for 23 hours a day.
Thank you for taking the time to reply. I really respect you for investing so much of your time to help all of those dogs.
thank you so much for these. my boxer mix doggies eyes are GLUED to the screen for over an hour with these videos. when i was sick this week i felt so bad they were under stimulated and this helped so so much. it wore their minds out watching these other pups play lol
Haha, glad to hear it!
My sharpei pit lab mix loves this it puts him to sleep since he was a pup he loves watching old yeller. Think we can see the German Shepard is the most dominant & the oh so agressive pit bulls are just chilling even when the Shepard won’t leave them alone. The dog with the hurt leg I just want to bring home!
Great to hear you dog enjoys this video!
A lot of dogs at this shelter have suffered from Valley Fever, which can leave a dog with a limp or other impaired movement. It's really sad. I'm not sure if that's the case with the dog in the video. The notes weren't clear to me, but the vet has checked the dog for issues, including X-rays.
I think the German Shepard you're referring to is Homer. All dogs need to respect the corrections ("Back off!" signals) of all other dogs. If they don't, it's a big problem. Homer in this video is sometimes not respecting those signals and what's best is for the other dogs to correct him even more, rather than having the human handlers correct him.
Best dog tv i love it keep posting more and helping animals out thank you so much
Thanks! I plan to keep making more, hopefully enough so that dogs don't notice they're repeating if you rotate through them all.
Hi love your videos, my dogs are actually Watching it. -40 here the last few day. Can't take them out glad I found this.😊
That's wonderful that dogs can watch these videos when they're not able to get out to a real dog park! If anybody is wondering whether that's Fahrenheit or Celsius, the answer is both.
We put doggie TV on for our 3 dogs all the time. This is great exposure for dogs needing homes. Just wish you would put a bucket of water and a few balls/ tug of war toys in the play areas to make play time a little more enjoyable for the furbabies ❤️🐶 I wish all shelters would do this!!! We will definitely be keeping this on during the day for our girls to watch. Thank you 💕
I'm glad your dogs enjoy these videos! And yes, these dogs sometimes get adopted based on people seeing them in the videos. I create videos for individual dogs and put them on the dog's adoption page and the videos play in the shelter lobby. Rambo and Bryan recently found homes this way.
The handlers and I totally agree about needing water in the play yard. But the shelter head veterinarian won't allow it (yet) due to the possible spread of disease. When the weather gets hot we will need water out there.
We don't allow toys or treats in the yard because some dogs will resource guard (fight over) them.
Dogs Playing for Life has been working with hundreds of animal shelters to set up playgroups like this, so it's been catching on over the last 10 years or so.
I was thinking the same on both counts. But I figured there would be some reason pertaining to disease or fighting. Still would be nice to see water out there....
It’s so cool how different dogs greet each other
Yeah, all sorts of ways. It's great when they know each other well and run up to each other and get all wiggly.
I’m training my own assistance dog (service dog in the USA) and while I’ve had lots of opportunities to desensitise her to other noises and humans, I’ve been really struggling with other dogs (she is excitable around other dogs) and these videos have been perfect, thank you for uploading ❤
I'm very glad these videos are helping he4 with training!
My dog loves this channel.
Always happy to hear when dogs like these videos.
My dogs love watching these videos!! ✨
Glad to hear it again!
I love your videos ❤🎉
Wonderful!
A)I wish this was my job.
B)Your video work is really, really good 👍
You never make me wish you'd followed a different dog.
I only wish you might introduce each dog as they come in, and say goodbye as each leaves....It would help it feel more like a story ❤❤
@cmk1626 Thanks! In the newer videos I do introduce each dog (the dog's name appears on the screen). I don't say goodbye because they very often leave while I'm focused on something else. Yes, I work hard to follow the dogs that I think viewers would want to follow.
@@DogPlaygroupStories Well, you do a really great job....
@@cmk1626 Thanks!
My dog was SO concerned a out little Buddy with the sore leg! ❤
Awww. We see a lot of good dogs that had bad things happen to them: abuse, neglect, hoarding, strays that were hit by cars, dogs crippled by valley fever.
@DogPlaygroupStories thank you for all you do!! My pupper is a rescue too. She's from Istanbul. She was found all alone on a frozen lake, had fallen through the ice...was only 12 weeks old. Now she's a happy, and (mostly) well mannered😉 , sweet lil Canadian doggo ❤️
Rescues are the BEST!
@@categlynn9356 That's great! Glad you rescued her!
I recently rescued a very reactive dog, and have been doing my best to desensitize her, we've done great on vacuum, hair dryer, and squirrel reactivity but I've been having a hard time finding a consistent and controlled environment to work on her dog reactivty since our interactions with them are unpredictable (neighbors open the door and suddenly a dog is there, we walk past people on a busy street and she thinks their dog is walking right at her and I don't have room to move aside, someone else's dog starts reacting to her, etc).
I take her to open parks, and it helps some with giving us space but I can't control if there are other dogs there or how long they'll stay. Most of my friends in the area have cats and can't help.
This is helping immensely with training, I could see genuine improvement after just a few hours. She loves her new reality show. Thanks for this, we appreciate it💖
😃This is wonderful! I'm really glad your rescue dog is becoming less reactive with training and that these videos are helping. I hope that they provide meaningful entertainment and education for her and that she'll have fun out there with the other dogs. Thanks for sharing this!
If i were to host a house party
would have this in the background 😊
That's a really good idea!!!
I have a Dogo Argentino and he’s really nervous around dogs. I turned this on his tv in the living room and he actually watched it lol! He was so amazed and kind of scared of the German shepard 😂 should have seen his face. Hilarious. He is currently adjusting from moving from a 23 acre property to a normal house with a normal sized backyard so sort of scared of dogs. After watching this though my bf took him out for a walk, and he wasn’t barking as much, walking somewhat normally. Idk sounds weird lol but I think this possibly is making him WANT to socialize with dogs!
That's wonderful! I hope these videos help your dog understand dog socialization better and want to socialize with other dogs.
My almost 1 year old loves dogs, but we can't have any in our current apartment (we're moving in May, hopefully then we can get a dog 🤞). She loves this. When I put it on she happy squeals.
Wonderful! I don't know why anyone wouldn't like these videos. Dogs are so fun and interesting to watch.
Great how they have a large common area to romp around and socialize.
Yes, this was pioneered by a group called Dogs Playing for Life and it's improved the lives of countless shelter dogs; made them more adoptable. Now I'm working on letting dogs at home experience this (somewhat) by watching their TV while their human is away.
@@DogPlaygroupStories I have a 15 month male GSD who is confined to the house when the weather is bad. I found this video and he was entertained. Thanks for your work...
@@davidlee8989 Glad it helped!
Well this looks cool and entertaining! So mom can get a break from her two coonhounds and get some housework done!! Ty
Wonderful!
Not me and my dog watching this before work everyday 😊 Poor Hannibal Lector puppy with the muzzle ❤️
I try to make the videos watchable by humans as well as dogs so people will watch with their dog. That one dog eventually got to stop wearing a muzzle at the playgroups.
@@DogPlaygroupStories I have videos of my dog watching your channel if you are interested
@@brandysanders7616 Awesome! If you're okay with it, you can send one or more of them to my email address: DogPlaygroupStories@gmail.com
If you're okay with it, I can post one or more on the Community Page.
Awesome ... And they don´t BARK at all ... Keep up the good work. Blessings
Great to hear!
My dog loves this videos ❤❤❤
That's great!
Maddy in the mussel breaks my heart 😢 I have a reactive dog so I know how it goes but it still makes me sad. I’m glad she’s getting interactions though 😊
These playgroups help the reactive dogs quite a bit.
My dog loves this 🦙🦒👍
Wonderful! So many dogs get enrichment from these videos.
my Shitzu loves to bark at the dogs. Are there ever smaller furry dogs? My Wheaten doesn't appear interested or maybe she knows it's not the dog park.
All the dogs are short hair, similar breeds? And why did you say you keep leashes on? What state are you in? How does my viewing your site help with your animal care center? Love this as it as least gives my little dog some exercise as she is barking at the screen Thank you
Wow, lots of great questions!
The playgroup dogs are all larger breeds. We did try some playgroups for small breeds but they get adopted quickly so I think that's why we focus on large breeds.
Some dogs don't have an interest in the videos. I think you're right that some dogs know it's just a video.
This shelter is in Tucson, Arizona (USA for international people who might not know. It's this place: 🌵🌵🌵)
We actually remove the leashes that are used to transport the dogs and then have them wear a clip lead leash on a Martingale collar. If a fight breaks out, it's necessary to separate the dogs fighting as well as any dogs that are "conflict driven", possibly jumping into the fight and causing more damage. The latest video had a mild altercation between dogs. I was thinking about leaving it in the video to show why we keep the leashes on, but it was a bit too much. Dogs at home could get overstimulated and start ripping up the furniture. We also use the leashes to catch the dogs to remove them from the playgroup. Some dogs really don't want to go and we use an extra long leash for them.
Your views provide funding for the dogs through the advertisements that RUclips displays. If you have RUclips Premium, then the channel collects a small part of the fee that you pay directly to RUclips. The amount of money the shelter receives from these videos is thousands of dollars per month. People at the shelter are very happy I'm doing this.
I hope your dog isn't barking at the screen the whole time the video is playing. I think 10% of the time would be ideal. 100% of the time might be overstimulation.
My dog loves this show
Glad to hear that!
Love this I keep this on my for doggy at home and he lovesssss it 🫶
That's great to hear!
My dog is too smart for this 😂 he knows the dogs are not really there 😂
It also could be the frame rate. I'm using 60fps and dogs supposedly can see in 70fps, so it probably looks a bit choppy. I'm trying to increase the rate, but probably not until September at the earliest (depends on GoPro capabilities).
my dogs love watching this
I'm always happy to hear when dogs enjoy these videos!
Hi Dogplayground the dog on time stamp 50:55 🐕🦺 with the blue string. If you were to make an offer, which breed is it most pronounced in percentage? Reason I have adopted a shelter dog in Denmark and no one can say what breed it is! It looks a lot like the one you have... Thank you
I'm not an expert in dog breeds, but I would guess a Basenji Lab mix.
@@DogPlaygroupStories 🦮 Thank you so much for always giving an answer. absolutely amazing... I TOTALLY AGREE, Excatly a Basenji lab mix
@@karinamiafamme349Dk So we'll call it... a Labrasenji?
😂😂👍🏻My Words Labrasenji🦮🐾
❤super amazing 😊❤❤
Thanks!
It would've been great if at 3:56 I didnt hear one of the workers call a dog stupid. That's actually pretty sad we immediately turn it off. It's absolutely ridiculous
@AM-qw7xu That's actually a long-time volunteer, not a staff member. She puts in probably something like 10 hours a week walking each dog, reporting any problems the dogs have, doing that year after year. Since the shelter is way over capacity, the staff select a lucky dog to leave in the volunteer office with a temporary toddler fence to keep the dog from running out of the office when you open the door. It's great for the dog since it's quiet and they get to interact with lots of people. Since the dog needs to co-exist with volunteers using the office, the selected dog shouldn't be one that misbehaves (such as consistently jumping over the toddler fence, snapping at volunteers, chewing up things, consistently peeing on the floor despite being walked more often than the other dogs, etc).
So the volunteer's complaint is more directed at whoever selected this dog to be in the volunteer office rather than a regular kennel. That volunteer routinely handles very badly behaved dogs and I've never seen her mistreat a dog.
Great. My dog loved it.
Always happy when dogs enjoy these videos!
Thank you
Cuties 😍😍
Yeah, plus a few wiseguys.
My ocd when I realized they all still have their leashes on😂
I had the same reaction the first time I saw them playing. The thing is that you don't see the times when the leashes are extremely important: the videos would be frightening and traumatic for dogs to watch, and some people as well. I do show mild conflicts between dogs (that usually don't require humans having to grab the leashes) and I believe that helps dogs learn about handling conflict. Serious fights are very rare, but they have happened.
@@DogPlaygroupStories Thanks for the explanation. I was asking myself the same question. I was sure there was a good reason.
Thank you so much for these videos! Is there anywhere people can donate to the shelter?
Thanks for the appreciation! If you want to donate, the best way is to go directly to the non-profit associated with the shelter, Friends of Pima Animal Care Center:
www.friendsofpacc.org/
My one year old loves to watch before bed😂
Wonderful!
6:51 why was the doggy limping? And is it easier to have leashes on so you can grab them?
I looked at his notes and the shelter vet has evaluated him and looked at his leg at different times. Based on my understanding of the notes, it seems to be a joint problem. He had the problem when he arrived at the shelter in early January..
@@DogPlaygroupStories Daww poor baby
i notice the dogs keep their leads on. is that to make it easy to break up potential fights?
@CDHpetcare Yes! Shelters have all kinds of dogs with unknown behaviors. Some are conflict driven and jump into a fight. Even if there are only two dogs involved, it's way safer to grab the leashes and try to get the dog who's latched on to let go. We use the radio to bring in lots of dog handlers to separate dogs. In one case I was in, there were 7 dogs attacking another dog.
We just found this watching with our furbaby she loves it 🐕❤They are Beautiful Furbabys are they up for adoption
I'm always happy when dogs enjoy these videos! Did you find it on a RUclips search for "dog tv" or some other search term?
Yes, these dogs are all up for adoption.
4:12:00 how did you break this tangle up sp quickly???
That was basically a "correction". The gray dog was annoying the brown dog who then said "enough!" and then walked away. The gray dog started following and the brown dog hid behind the human handlers. There are lots and lots of corrections in dog interactions. Sometimes dogs over-correct. Sometimes dogs fail to respect another dog's corrections. It sounds like the gray dog had been too forward too many times, so the brown dog's correction was severe: "I said, ENOUGH!!!"
WHAT HAPPEND TO THE LITTLE DOGS BACK PAW ? was he injured when he fell running from Alsatian or was it like this to start with as I heard a Yelp and no one seemed to go and investigate ? :-(
I'm not sure which dog you're referring to, but it could be Jack who came to the shelter with hind leg problems and had trouble putting weight on it. The notes show the shelter vets looked at it multiple times in detail but I don't see a clear diagnosis (at least not to me). I've only seen dogs get injured in the playgroup a few times and it's always been very loud and frightening altercations between dogs that require people to rush to the play yard and help separate dogs.
Do you work with any rescues? Do you guys have IG account to get these dogs seen? I would love to show the one dog with the hind leg viewed for someone to rescue and get further treatment. He's adorable 😍
@@OO-qc7di We work with a lot of rescues and they take a lot of dogs. The dog with the bad hind leg, Jack Jack, was checked out by the shelter vets on March 16 and they're doing what they can. He's been enjoying playgroups when he goes. The shelter dogs get good treatment and the staff and volunteers are monitoring each dog.
UPDATE: Jack was just adopted.
@@DogPlaygroupStories xxxxxxx
What is the the brown dog breed with the white leash I think my dog is the same breed but I never knew what breed he is and the dna test are expensive lol
Unfortunately with the 9-hour videos, I didn't keep track of who the dogs were. Most of the other dogs show the name of each dog and the description contains links to their adoption pages. If you manage to hear the dog's name, I might be able to find out.
Trying to understand why there is no water dish for them, they look thirsty.
This video was recorded during a deadly strep zoo outbreak at the shelter. Dogs would die within hours of detecting the disease. The staff and volunteers did a lot of heroic efforts to minimize the spread of the disease. With the playgroups, there was a huge problem: dogs needed to socialize in order to minimize their stress level (and the disease affects stressed out dogs, especially in an animal shelter). The lead shelter veterinarian made the decision to remove the water from the playgroup to limit the possible spread of the disease while still allowing the dogs to attend the playgroups, and the playgroups were early in the morning before the temperature was too high and the dogs had limited time in the yard and were monitored for signs of dehydration. The strep zoo outbreak was very well contained, thanks to all the various efforts we undertook. I continued to record videos and donate revenue to the shelter to help pay for things like expensive, urgent medicines and disposable protective gear we all had to wear.
I’m curious why they allow the dogs to run around with the leases still on them and the dog pen
Here's a response I've made a few times in the past:
Based on experience with many thousands of shelter dogs (across hundreds of animal shelters), these leashes are very important for the dogs' safety. I've actually been in the yard when the leashes saved a dog's life. Many of these dogs come in as strays and we don't know their history. We get abuse cases, hoarding cases, neglected dogs, and dogs with hidden psychological issues. [leashes allow us to safely separate dogs quickly during and after a fight]
On the other hand, I've never seen or heard of an injury due to the leashes. However, in cases where a 3-legged dog comes into the play yard, if that dog is known to not be conflict driven and is known to be easy to catch (for whatever reason they need to be caught), then I ask if we can take the leash off because it's difficult for a 3-legged dog to walk and run with the drag line.
Why ate their leashes still on at the beginning of this? They have a 2 gate system. Dragging the leashes through pee and poop and Possible for a dod to trip or get tangled up and hurt themselves. With 2 gate system they don't need to do that. Am I missing something?
These are animal shelter dogs: strays, abuse cases, neglect cases, hoarding cases. Many of them have behavior issues that don't show up right away, often only after they're in the playgroup. Some dogs are conflict driven and will jump into a fight among dogs. It's possible to have several dogs attacking one dog with very little warning. In those cases many dog handlers will rush to the yard and help separate the dogs using the leashes. If you put your hands near a dog's mouth while they're extremely frightened and agitated, you risk getting seriously bitten. Not only does this hurt a lot, but it makes the dog much less adoptable when it gets a bite record.
This shelter has worked with many thousands of dogs in these playgroups and there haven't been any issues of dogs being harmed by the leashes. On the other hand, there's a saying in heavy industrial workplaces that the safety rules are written in blood. The group that pioneered shelter dog playgroups, Dogs Playing for Life, discovered the importance of drag lines (leashes) with shelter dogs in playgroups, along with many other procedures. They've rolled out playgroups to over 400 different shelters and rescues with fantastic results.
Based on my own experience recording these playgroups for the past 2.5 years, I would NOT want to take the leashes off the dogs, except for dogs that meet very specific behavior criteria. Given that we have around 500 dogs in the shelter and dogs are adopted every day and brought to the shelter every day, we don't know which dogs clearly meet those criteria. I do advocate for taking the leashes off any 3-legged dogs.
Note that I'm a volunteer and not a staff member. I don't speak for the shelter itself.
Shorter leashes maybe not dragging on the ground then.
Are these dogs available for adoption?? There was a dog that caught my eye... it's a black dog with a white belly. 1:56:21 it's sitting infront of the gate with a bright green collar and white leash... 🥰 there's something about it...!
YES! these dogs are available for adoption! The dog you mentioned is Strudel in kennel #144.
ruclips.net/video/3DcbN4vr5-k/видео.html
From the notes:
Strudel was bored at home, so hopped the fence and stayed with a neighbor for about three weeks before heading to the shelter. The neighbor said that Strudel is extremely lovable, loves car rides, and is great with people (including kids as young as 10). He’s a big lapdog who is not a fan of cats. In his future home, Strudel will need a place indoors by his family’s side and a secure yard to keep him safe and sound at home. Strudel shares his kennel with another PACC pup and was social and tolerant when meeting other dogs in playgroup.
@@DogPlaygroupStories this channel is amazing, keep it up
@@Kay_mf I hope to keep doing this for a while. It's fun recording the dogs in the play yard.
What's the deal with the super long leashes? Need to find a better way to identify them?
The leashes aren't there to identify them (although I created my own leashes to do that). The purpose of them is to separate dogs during a dog fight when multiple conflict driven dogs can attack another dog. An air horn and a radio can be used to summon a whole lot of people who run into the yard and each grab a leash. Note that you never pull dogs apart if one is latched onto another, it'll just do more damage. It's also important not to get your hand/arm close to a dog's mouth, which would happen if you tried to grab a dog's collar. They can re-direct a bite onto you without thinking. These situations are rare, but they do happen and the leashes save dogs' lives.
@@DogPlaygroupStories oh wow great! Yup that's true because I tried to break up a fight (going in for the collar) and ended up with 12 stitches.
Poor little buddy.
This comment is for youtube. After watching 45-56 seconds of ads it plays the video for about 10 seconds then has another round of 45-56 minute ads. My dog watches this. He doesn't understand why the dogs went away after waiting so patiently. Ugh
Sorry this is happening for you. I just tried watching it on my computer in incognito mode and not skipping the ads (as well as trying it by skipping the ads). It worked fine in the case. It could be due to RUclips getting confused on whatever setup you're using (smart TV model, Roku box, Firestick, etc.).
I wish I could have a doggy. I just got to get my life in order a little more before I can do that
That's good responsible thinking. Animal shelters are always looking for dog walkers. It requires training, but you get to walk lots of different dogs.
Where are you guys located?
Tucson, Arizona USA. 🌵🌵🌵
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Dog TV Daycare for Mondays
When see were the dogs come out from
One of the earlier videos shows a dog leaving the kennel and walking to the play yard. I forget which video has this. I think it was after Episode 55.
.......and where is the water for the dogs to have a drink?
We spent months dealing with this issue. The shelter was having outbreaks of Strep Zoo which would quickly kill dogs when their lungs fill with blood (We also had other disease outbreaks). The problem is that the disease is opportunistic so the more you stress out the dogs, the more you get outbreaks, so it's important for dogs to be able to play in the yard together. If you let the dogs share water, it creates a pathway to spread disease among lots of dogs. The shelter tried a number of different solutions, such as having cohorts of dogs in the play yard and sterilizing the water pools in between, but in the end we ended up with relying on the water in the kennels and trying not to leave the dogs in the yard for long. We never had dogs suffer from any kind of serious dehydration but we did avoid having many serious outbreaks of disease. Within the shelter there are so many counterbalancing factors in every decision. I seriously didn't like the decision not to have water in the yard, but hindsight has pretty much proven me wrong.
@@DogPlaygroupStories I thank you your comprehensive response and for your devotion to the dogs in your care.
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What's wrong with the pup that is limping? Looks terrified!
That's Jack. He came to the shelter with that leg problem, the shelter vets have examined him at least 4 times based on his notes and he's been allowed to go to the playgroups. I'm not sure if he still goes or not. I can see that the last two days he's gone for one gentle walk and no playgroups.
Jack (aka Jack Jack) who was limping in the video has just been adopted!
Over or rover don’t believe in personal space 😂
Yeah, we get the aggressive dogs and hope that the other dogs will correct them. The handlers will eventually either correct them or move them into the side yard or back to their kennel.
Why does that baby have a face mask on. Made me sad. I put this on for my babies to watch when not here. Not judging just asking. Made really sad. 😢Love the videos. Does help my babies ❤when I’m mot here. ❤
If it's not clear how a dog will behave in the group, they typically wear a muzzle. If they do well, then the handler will remove the muzzle, sometimes after multiple sessions. I don't like it when dogs have to wear a muzzle, but it's usually better than completely avoiding the play group. Often the muzzle allows them to enter a whole new world of dog social interactions.
While some things in the videos are sad, it's not as sad as what most of the dogs deal with in the kennels 24/7. At best it's very boring. At times it's terrifying with all the emotional barking.
UPDATE: During one session we had a dog that required a muzzle. It was very well behaved so the handler took off the muzzle, which is normal. There was an altercation and the dog bit one of the handlers' leg. So now the dog has a legal bite record (making it harder for her to get adopted) and is spending a mandatory 10 days in a rabies isolation kennel. In that case, the muzzle was sad but taking it off was sadder.
I am no expert but I'm wondering why you would put a dog with an injured leg all by itself with a very happy, dominant Shepherd.
I think you mean Jack with a bad leg. The handlers view dogs in terms of whether they respect corrections or not. If a dog doesn't respect corrections from other dogs, then it either gets a muzzle or is taken out from the other dogs. Sometimes dogs will pester another dog for a while. Ideally that other dog should correct the dog (assuming it doesn't consent to the behavior) and that's something it should learn to do. But eventually the offending dog will be removed.
It turns out the people who run the playgroups *are* experts and their procedures are based on extensive experience across hundreds of animal shelters, several years, and thousands of dogs, just in our own shelter. It works very well. The dog you mentioned attended many playgroups without any issues and was just recently adopted.
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Hearing that woman call one of the dogs stupid 🥴
Yeah, I stopped recording videos with that particular handler.
Is this all they do at doggy day care? There's no toys or grass just dirt? No human interaction ; playing w them? Just a bunch of dogs in cage . I wouldn't take my dog to this place. Hearing the voices of the employees doesn't make me feel they are dog lovers . Place is pretty depressing. 8:03:44
This isn't a dog daycare, it's an animal shelter. The dogs get human interactions from volunteers who walk the dogs separately from the playgroups. These dogs come from all kinds of backgrounds: strays, abuse cases, neglect, hoarding cases, etc. We've had dogs come in with gunshot wounds. Some dogs have very poor social skills. We don't allow toys in the yard to avoid resource guarding which can lead to dangerous fights. We usually don't interact with the dogs because they can resource guard people and cause a fight. Everything we do is based on experience with thousands of these shelter dogs over many years. The procedures were developed by Dogs Playing for Life who works with 400+ shelters to create a safe way for shelter dogs to socialize, which helps them get adopted and out of the shelter. There's no grass because it's Tucson and very dry desert. Sand actually works well for the dogs. If this video was at the beach, it would seem wonderful.
@@DogPlaygroupStories I commented according to the title of the video-The Title says Dog TV Daycare for Mondays. It does'nt say shelter.
It's actually meant to be daycare for dogs at home, with the entertainment provided by shelter dogs who receive large amount of funding each month from the revenues.
That German shepherd needs training BIG TIME he is so aggressive and rough, looks like playing, but he’s just trying to control the other dogs. wants to be dominant against all other dogs. Almost looks like he’s ready to fight notice how other dogs get defensive when he acts a certain way. He dosent know what gentle means you have to use a stern voice. This can be corrected, but if not, he can turn aggressive in the future. Seems to be a good dog. He just needs training from a good trainer.
The handlers work with thousands of dogs. They're trained in dog behavior and have years of experience with these shelter dogs. We get dogs from every background: strays, abuse cases, etc. These playgroups are one of the ways that these dogs learn social skills. With 500+ dogs, it's difficult to spend a lot of time with any one dog. We encourage people such as yourself to foster or adopt these dogs to give them the attention they need.
I'd put Homer in a cage by himself. He's a big bully and agitater.
Does this shit actually work?! 😹
Well, about 10,000 dogs a day watch. Seems to work for them.
@@DogPlaygroupStoriescause I left my boy at home with it. I have no idea if it has any effect
@@DogPlaygroupStoriesbet u thought I was being a smart ass huh💀
This looks like a prison yard. No grass, no trees, brick walls, dragging leashes?
That's because it is essentially a prison. This is the Pima County animal shelter. The dogs here have been discarded by society: strays, abuse cases, hoarding cases, neglect, owner surrendered dogs....
We have over 500 dogs and do everything possible to treat the dogs well. Volunteers walk the dogs every day regardless of weather or holidays (we try to get every dog out every day, but with the extreme overcrowding the volunteers can't do it so we make sure to get every dog out every other day). We have these playgroups every day to help get dogs out of their kennels. This is Tucson, Arizona and any grass in the yard wouldn't last long.
The leashes are for the dogs' safety based on experience with many thousands of these shelter dogs. Many of these dogs come from very bad backgrounds (think of the difference between a kindergarten and a prison yard). I've personally seen the leashes save a dog's life.
If the dog had a bad leg why is he in there. Wtf
The shelter vet must have cleared it and the behavior team tried him out and he enjoyed it and did fine.
He's now a playgroup regular. It's better than sitting in a stressful noisy kennel. We had a dog Osso with a hind leg that wouldn't bend and he really enjoyed playgroup.
...also, some dogs in the shelter suffer from the lingering effects of valley fever, which is common here in the Sonoran Desert. So you'll see more than the usual number of dogs with limping in shelter dogs.
UPDATE: That dog was just adopted. It's very possible that wouldn't have happened if he didn't spend a lot of time with the other dogs in playgroups.
looks like doggy prison to me! how you think cages are ok for any living thing is sickening
@ds3356 These are animal shelter dogs and we have over 400 of them right now. They've been discarded by society and taken in by the county. They live in kennels until they're fostered or adopted (they're lucky that Pima County in Arizona USA has a very high live release rate and euthanasia is rare, considering the extreme overcrowding we've been having). If they didn't live in individual kennels many of them would be killed by the other dogs. Volunteers walk these dogs and give them individualized attention, ideally twice a day, but with the overcrowding we've been having it's now at least once every other day, but often every day for the dogs who really need it.
We have these playgroups in this play yard for dogs to socialize and play every day. It looks like this because it's actually not that different from a prison yard. Dogs often try to escape and the few that do are often hit by cars and die before we find and catch them. These playgroups are also used to evaluate how new dogs behave with other dogs. Dogs come in as strays, abuse/neglect/hoarding cases, owner surrenders, dogs with gunshot wounds. The staff, volunteers, and clinic help them with whatever they need and try to adopt them out or at least get them fostered. A lot of their effort is truly heroic and they treat the dogs extremely well and advocate for them.
I record these playgroups and put the videos on RUclips which provides thousands of dollars of funding for the shelter every month, as well as providing enrichment for lucky dogs in comfy homes where they can watch these videos. I also use the playgroup footage to create short videos for individual dogs to help them get adopted/fostered.
I'm actually much more sickened by how humans treat dogs outside of the animal shelter than the amazing work the staff and volunteers do within the shelter.
This makes for very uneasy viewing. Dogs are being put in and forced together clearly a lot not sociable some very timid some very dominant should a fight break out it would be absolute carnage pack instinct and humans would struggle to stop it absolutely insane makes me so uneasy lots of powerful bully breeds in there as well
These playgroups have been going on daily at this animal shelter and hundreds of other animal shelters for years. It was pioneered by Dogs Playing for Life many years ago and it has been hugely successful with amazingly good results for the dogs. Every dog in the playgroup has been carefully evaluated in a controlled playgroup using helper dogs. Yes, some dogs are afraid (I would be if I was a dog), but most of them eventually enjoy or at least tolerate being in playgroups after a few days of trying it out. If they don't, then they don't come back after a few attempts. Any dogs with genuinely bad behavior such as not respecting--or worse, protesting-- the corrections of other dogs are removed from the yard. The handlers in the playgroup are trained and have done very well over the course of about a thousand playgroups at this shelter.
Your area is entirely TOO SMALL for all those animals. The Sally port and the *yard* area. Just like prison. The dogs aren't socializing, they're surviving a stressful fkn situation. Behaviors will change due to this. Don't get me started on the dog with a muzzle. How do you live with yourselves or sleep at night. OMG. There still a LONG way to go before the human species redeems itself regarding the Animal Kingdom and the endless fkry being done to them all.
Cool. How much land are you donating to them?
These playgroups save shelter dogs' lives and greatly improve their lives. That's based on experience with many thousands of dogs in this shelter plus thousands of dogs in hundreds of other shelters. The techniques were pioneered by Dogs Playing for Life many years ago and the results have been absolutely fantastic for dogs. Last I heard they've worked with over 400 shelters, including ours (twice). The size of the play yard, the use of muzzles, and lots of other things are based on extensive actual experience rather than one person's opinion, who may not have spent all these years working with so many shelter dogs. The staff and volunteers at our shelter go to truly heroic lengths to do what's best for these 500 dogs that society has discarded and left for us to rehabilitate and get them fostered/adopted back into the community. I've spent well over 1,000 hours of my time volunteering to do the hard work in working with these dogs, not counting all the hours I've spent creating these videos (which provide many thousands of dollars for the shelter). I sleep just fine at night.
Every now and then someone will swoop in here full of righteous indignation about something and rant about it, clearly not from the perspective of someone who has done a lot of work in animal shelters. "Why is that dog wearing a muzzle?!" A good answer would be: [Fool] around and find out, after which they limp away with a level 3 redirect bite and the dog gets sent to rabies isolation for 10 days and becomes even less adoptable (possibly even euthanized for legal reasons). Or perhaps take the leashes off and let them play in a big beautiful grassy meadow where you'll never catch the dog that's attacking the other dogs and ripping big gashes in their ears, or the conflict driven dogs that jump in during the attacks and add to the damage.
no it's not. Are you kidding. Not many shelter have anything near as nice as this.
Rediculous comment. Sometimes I forget that those Karen's out there also exist on youtube. You ever just think to NOT inject your negative opinions?
I don't understand how there's dogs that are clearly getting along well, but have their Ball's. I thought balls made the male dogs aggressive? In my country neutering is very uncommon except for strays. But I would like to have a well behaved dog like in this video, but without mutilating what God gave them! Beautiful creatures, and great job with the shelter,
That's a very good point. I don't know a lot about it. A fair number of admitted dogs are unaltered and I haven't seen a big difference in behavior. But I know that if there were multiple intact males and an intact female in heat in the play yard, things would get serious. Also, neutered males can actually behave aggressively towards intact males. The handlers who run the playgroups go through this before making the playgroup list for the day which includes the order of bringing dogs in. They spend about an hour working on it before the playgroup.
DO SOMETHING ABOUT LITTLE BUDDY"S LEG ! I DONT WANT TO SEE A DOG IN PAIN LIKE THAT!
The clinic veterinarians examine the dogs and do whatever they can for both pain and healing. The volunteers walk the dogs each day and are very good for identifying issues, bringing them up with the clinic, and following up on how they're doing. The contract workers who clean the kennels and feed the dogs also identify issues to the clinic. Despite having over 400 dogs, I doubt if there are any cases where a dog goes for any length of time without having major issues addressed (even minor issues). A lot of the dogs here get valley fever and never fully recover. When you see a dog limping in the video, that's usually the cause and the clinic does whatever possible to help them and minimize their pain.