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Featured animal: Mountain Girl Mountain Girl, formerly named Trixie Joe, is a young Great Dane/Anatolian Shepherd mix, currently residing with the City of Bloomington Animal Shelter. She has been very sweet with all of the shelter staff and quickly became a staff favorite. She can be nervous of loud noises and quick movements. She unfortunately experienced harsh training methods and …

Emily Herr, Outreach Coordinator with the City of Bloomington Animal Shelter, joins us to discuss the significance of using positive reinforcement (rather than aversive tools) to train animals, as well as the importance of early socialization. Herr also explains how declawing can cause both physical and behavioral concerns in cats. — Lil BUB’s Lil Show is a co-production of WFHB and …