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Events
Doggy links
Non-Doggy Sites
Doggy Reading
Non-Doggy Reading
Quotes of the Week
Dog Jokes
Thanks to...
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Events
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Check our calendar for the latest dog events
http://doglinks.co.nz/calendar.htm

Send in your dog events. No charge for listings...

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Doggy links
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"Parsley for Your Canine" by Diane Jansey
www.caninechronicle.com/ Features/jansey_08/jansey_ 1108.html
[If nothing else, it may help with "dog breath"]

Mind Games (Shirley Chong)
www.shirleychong.com/keepers/ mindgames.html
[Foundation trng]

Fearful Dogs -- help for scared or shy dogs
www.fearfuldogs.com

It's Magic! Picking the Perfect Hunting/Field Puppy
Three words of wisdom: Pedigree, Pedigree, Pedigree. Second, there are some reliable indicators of temperament and trainability that can be tested in puppies. Third, consider your intended goals for the puppy.
http://www.grca.org/events/field/field-pup.html

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Non-Doggy Sites
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Secunia vulnerability scanning
www.secunia.com/vulnerability_ scanning
[Nice. You can run the applet over the net to scan your system for
applications vulnerable to computer malice -- for example, unprotected
versions of Firefox or Adobe Flash, etc.]

Moleskine notebooks
www.moleskinerie.com

DIY laptop stand using a coat hanger
www.lifehacker.com/5067892/ diy-coat-hanger-laptop-stand

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Doggy Reading
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Watched a Sandra Ladwig video -- three discs Beyond Puppy Training: The Next Level. The production qualities are good. However, Ladwig has, ostensibly, a "system," so she's always saying that something or other was covered on a previous tape, and you come away a little dizzy, a little unsure of what she has or hasn't explained.

What Ladwig does, and does explain, is quite impressive. Gorgeous heeling, very precise, with exceptional attentiveness on the dog's
part, on Ladwig's part. Her method is fairly compulsional. She seems to wean the dog off food treats early; she does a lot of force
corrections, albeit somewhat mild -- more like annoying reminders -- and seems to introduce or incorporate proofing and discrimination
early in the trng. The section on scent articles was very intriguing. Oh, one more thing. Disconcertingly for me, Ladwig's voice and accent were irresistibly reminiscent of Sarah Palin's -- same Midwestern vowels and pitch.

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Non-Doggy Reading
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The latest "Spenser" from Robert B. Parker. The series has become much more manufactured, sort of stamped out in a kind of template, rather
than written. The books aren't unpleasant, and they're hard to resist, but they're not really satisfying -- sort of like fast food. Here and
there, Parker finds himself actually writing a plot and actually sketching a character, but for the most part, the Spenser series has
become a kind of repetitive exercise, like a jogging route.

Also re-reading a couple of "Nero Wolfe" mysteries by Rex Stout -- one of the most consistently good series in detective fiction.
Occasionally, Stout's syntax (in the voice of his narrator, Archie Goodwin) is a little strained, but for the most part, both Archie and
Wolfe are models of standard English, among their other virtues. In some ways, the suppleness of the pros and of course the interactions
of the characters are more of an attraction than the whodunit.

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Quotes of the Week
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Habit creates the appearance of justice; progress has no greater enemy
than habit. -- José Martí y Perez

Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as
the sign of virtue and intellect. -- Lionel Trilling, *The Liberal
Imagination*

The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings
left -- the King of England, the King of Spades, the King of Clubs,
the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds. -- King Farouk of Egypt

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Dog Jokes
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The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of business than any other.
--Josh Billings.

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.
--Ogden Nash

Both humans and dogs love to play well in adulthood, and individuals from both species occasionally display evidence of having a conscience.
--John Winokur, American Writer

Oh, what is the matter with poor Puggy-Wug? Pet him and kiss him and give him a hug. Run and fetch him a suitable drug. Wrap him up tenderly all in a rug. That is the way to cure Puggy-Wug.
--Winston Churchill, on his daughter Mary's pet pug.

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Thanks to...
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Geoff Stern for providing the links, articles, and quotes.

If you have any interesting links, send them to natalie@doglinks.co.nz and your name will be here:)