Irish Knows His Dogs

Man challenges Calaveras on animal adoptions By Francis P. Garland Lode Bureau Chies SAN ANDREAS–Dan Irish finds Dixie to be an intelligent, well-mannered dog that, in the proper hands, would be a “total delight.” That’s not how Calaveras County Animal Control officials view the 2-year-old female Dalmatian mix. They say her former owners gave her […]

Rescue Success Stories

MEET ANIMAL BEHAVIORIST DAN IRISH & TWO OF HIS CATC By Kimberley Harper Ella and Amos came to the CATC Rescue in need of understanding, socialization, and good new homes. The two dogs started out life together, going from the same litter into the same shared home. As they grew up and took on personalities […]

Training Dogs The Irish Way

by Julie Deforest One of Bethel Island’s newest residents is Dan Irish, a consultant on dog behavior and dog bite prevention. Irish moved to the Island four months ago from Concord, where he works as a maintenance supervisor at Blanchi Schools. For the past seven years, Irish, 35, has trained and demonstrated attack dog techniques for police […]

Do’s and Don’ts Around Dogs

Bianchi students get some pointers on bite prevention By Terri Weintraub CONCORD – Bianchi Elementery School student Jack Mullins was playing with his golden retriever a few weeks ago whan the dog jumped up and bit him on the cheek. Mullins, 11, was teasing the dog by holding her squeeze-toy newspaper up in the air. […]