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Events
New Zealand Dog News
World Dog News
Behaviour Quiz
Doggy links
Non-Doggy Sites
Non-Doggy Reading
Doggy Videos
Quotes of the Week
Dog Blog
Thanks to...
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Thanks to our sponsor
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Doggy DNA provides K9 DNA tests to identify the breed makeup of an animal.
http://www.doggydna.co.nz
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Events
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Auckland Botanic Garden Dog Run Around! July 5
Christchurch KidsFest Dogs Day Out July 12, 2009
Doglinks and School of the Naked Dog will be there!!
Auckland Dog Romp for 'Oodle Owners- last Sunday of every month
Christchurch, Dunkleys Pet Expo August
Ian Dunbar, 2010
Edie Jane Eaton, 2010
Ray Coppinger and
Susan Friedman, 2010
Dr. Patricia
McConnell, 2010
For a complete view of what's happening around the country, view our Dog Calendar
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New Zealand Dog News
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World Dog News
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Behaviour Quiz
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Can dogs be "cured" of Attention Deficit Hyper-activity Disorders?
And... can they be treated successfully for it?
A. No
B. Yes
Last Newsletter Quiz's answer:
B. Dachshund. Dachshund popularity appears to be getting bigger, while the breed stays small!
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Doggy links
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Help for Thunder-Phobic Dogs:
Veterinarians Show Consoling Dogs Does Not Relieve Their Panic (includes video)
A 2006 study shows that dogs can get very upset during thunderstorms, whether or not their owner holds them. The study measured the stress hormone cortisol to be up to three times normal levels while the dogs heard recordings of a thunderstorm. The company of other dogs did help, though vets say medications may be more effective. The GPS Homing Device Use it on your dog
National Geographic Dive into this photo-mosaic of dogs made up of hundreds of photos submitted by users to My Shot Dogs .
New Flu Vaccine Approved - for Dogs It is the H3N8 dog flu. The virus, scientists believe, jumped from horses to dogs at least five years ago, but it has never infected a human. Fun fact: a human flea is easiest to train (I wonder why) So you don't need to look around for stray dogs to put an acting troop together - however, human fleas are also the hardest to find... thank goodness!..
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Non-Doggy Sites
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How to e-mail a text message to someone's cell phone
Constitution Finder
[Constitutions, charters, and other related documents for the nations of the world]
The Deadly Virus: The Influenza Epidemic of 1918
[Killed more than 20M people, rather more than died inWW1]
At the movies: Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in *Heat*
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Doggy Reading (from Geoff)
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Non-Doggy Reading (from Geoff)
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I think I mentioned I'm re-reading Pamela Reid's Excel-Erated Learning: Explaining in Plain English How Dogs Learn and How Best to Teach Them
which is quite good, but needs some updating (on the latest in bridge & target trng, behavior research, and so on), and esp. needs an index and glossary. One of the dangers in reading books like this is that you get swamped by doubts that any dawgg ever learns anything you try to teach -- "Oh, migawd, what if my reinforcers aren't salient? What if my cues are blocked (or blocking)?" Makes you wonder how any dawggs were trained for the 10,000 years before clickers. |
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Doggie Videos
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Truely amazing dog show. You'll sent it to your friends :)
ABRI Podcasts by some of the most known dog trainers'behaviouralists Dogs sniff out human illness (video)
Jun 23 - They've long been regarded as man's best friend and now dogs in England are helping scientists sniff out human cancers. Some dogs can also smell when a diabetic person is about to have a hypoglycemic attack.
Excellent routine- dog trick Watch without the soundtrack!
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Quotes of the Week
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Konrad Lorenz quotes:
"The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be."
"I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man: It is we."
"Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot"
"Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one."
"It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young."
"I believe that present day civilized man suffers from insufficient discharge of his aggressive drive."
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Thanks to...
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Geoff Stern for insert in Non-Doggy Reading
Behaviour Quiz- taken from http://www.webtrail.com/petbehavior/quiz.html
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