During my morning hop through the blogosphere, I learned that today is National Dog Fighting Awareness Day, and feel compelled to contribute. I’ve never known any fighting dogs, and until recently, I didn’t really know any pit bulls very well. I’ve been a fan of Pit Bulls and Parolees since it started, and I’ve beenContinue reading “Pit Bulls are Lovers, Not Fighters”
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G is for Grrrrrrr
. . . and Grrrrrrr is dog for “Growl.” As the wonderful dog behaviorist and author Nicole Wilde explains: Growling is a perfectly acceptable canine warning. It’s a dog’s way of saying, “Hey, I don’t like that,” “Don’t come any closer!” or “Please stop what you’re doing.” … Whether a dog is growling at another dog orContinue reading “G is for Grrrrrrr”
F is for Fighting Fleas by Feeding Raw
I’m embarrassed to admit that during Isis’s first flea outbreak, I actually blogged the words Frontline is way cool. Ugh. I’m ashamed of nearly everything I thought or did during those early years, and am tempted to delete all my blog posts from that era. It was cool, in a setting-fire-to-ants kind of way, to watchContinue reading “F is for Fighting Fleas by Feeding Raw”
Evolution of Dogs and Wolves
Do you think Noah had two of every single dog breed on the ark? Or do you believe that dogs evolved from wolves? The latest research from PLOS Genetics suggests that today’s dogs and gray wolves share a common ancestor in an extinct wolf lineage that lived thousands of years ago. The researchers found no clear genetic link betweenContinue reading “Evolution of Dogs and Wolves”
D is for Dominance
I’m so encouraged that Bark and Lunge has received the following endorsement: Bark and Lunge is worth reading slowly for the details and for the joy of it. The book recognizes the inappropriate use of simple dominance theory, which is so common and so wrong for dogs. Many dog owners will recognize some of the questionsContinue reading “D is for Dominance”
Choke Collars, Corrections, Classical Conditioning, and Clickers
I was dimly aware of clickers being used in animal training from the time I was a child and went to the Animal Actors show at Universal Studios. I remember hearing the clicks while the trainers made the animals perform tricks, and my brother explaining that’s how they got animals to do things. When IContinue reading “Choke Collars, Corrections, Classical Conditioning, and Clickers”
Five doggies looking for new Best Friends
My writer friend Pam is doing the Blogging A-Z challenge, and when I saw some of my Wordless Wednesday friends doing it as a blog hop, I wanted to join in. I’d already posted this, and realized that it fits perfectly. B is for Best Friends! Two weeks ago, I posted pics of three dogsContinue reading “Five doggies looking for new Best Friends”
The Notorious B.U.G.
Leo has a new nickname. Leo stands for Leonidas, but we call him Leo Bug most of the time. Sometimes Buggie. You see where this is going. Rob’s been listening to Notorious B.I.G. in the car on the way to his jogs with Leo, also known as the Bug Jog. Leo, much like his mother,Continue reading “The Notorious B.U.G.”
Nose Work in Action
As promised in this post, here’s a video of my pups’ nose work progress: Music: Twirl Me (Pumpkin Remix) (Wildlight) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Powered by Linky Tools Click here to enter your link and view this Linky Tools list…
What the “normal” dogs do
While on my walk with Mia last night on the lovely first evening of spring, I started mentally composing a post quite similar to this one. Shoot. Turns out I’ve already written it. But the question remains, what are we supposed to do when we pass another dog on a narrow path? I mean, ifContinue reading “What the “normal” dogs do”
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