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-------------- When should a dog be praised with "Good Dog" for responding positively to the command to "Rover, Sit?" Answer in the next newsletter. -------------- Zoo active products- There are a lot of sites that sell dog products that want a link to them, but they all seem to sell the same types of products. However, not this site. Check out how you can keep your dog's mind active Top 10 plants that poison pets-- you'll be surprised what is listed! Ottawa's Humane Society's (CBC Ottawa broadcast) YOUCAN (Youth Connecting with Animals) session wrapped up in March and was a resounding success for all the participants involved. The program is a dog-training initiative that takes place at a local correctional facility and promotes the psychological development of selected at-risk participants through an interactive triad of youth, facilitator and dog. Our volunteers and dogs partnered with young women at the Roberts Smart Centre, who spent time training four shelter dogs, including Cruzer The training helped make the dogs more adoptable and the program works to develop empathy in at-risk youth in our community. Dogs Get Found, Cats Stay Lost Why? Because man's best friend is more likely to have identification tags and dog owners are more prompt in searching for their missing pets , according to a new study. Aggression research "It is well known that dopamine is produced in response to rewarding stimuli such as food, sex and drugs of abuse," Maria Couppis, who conducted the study as her doctoral thesis at Vanderbilt, said. "What we have now found is that it also serves as positive reinforcement for aggression." ------------------- DrugWatch database: It reveals the side effects and herbal interactions of more than 540 popular brand name drugs . Wagon Stays in Christchurch If I weren't living in Chch already, I'd probably spend the night there. I wonder if it gets pulled by horses? ------------------- -------------------- Extraordinary dogs -- you never know when your dog will save you for a house fire! What a tenacious cat! Amazing to see what a dog will put up with! Dog Robs Store for Bone On Christmas(Dog Steals a Bone) ON CBS TV in America. I love the part where when he's confronted, he takes off through the door. By the way, there is no way a dog would have the concept of "shop lifting". -------------------- I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself. The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action. -------------------- Here in this house... -------------------- Geoff Stern for insert in Non-Doggy Reading If you have any interesting links, send them to natalie@doglinks.co.nz and your name will be here:) |
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