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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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Doglinks News and Events
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1) We are excited to announce that voting for the 2009 NetGuide People's Choice Awards opened to the public. The Doglinks Team would like to ask for your support to help us gain a title this year!

To vote for Doglinks , please follow the links to the NetGuide Voting page. Once you reach the voting page you will see a text box next to a number of categories. To nominate Doglinks, simply type " Doglinks.co.nz " into the text box under the respective category headings (e.g. Best Lifestyle Site) that you feel apply to Doglinks. Once you have finished nominating please scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the send button. Thank you very much for your support, it is very much appreciated.

For a complete view of what's happening around the country, view our Dog Calendar
http://doglinks.co.nz/calendar.htm

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New Zealand Dog News
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• Trials sort out who's top dog
• Molenaar's dog survives the siege
• National cuts Dog Education Programme out of the budget
• No treats in this doggie bag
• Dogs killed after vicious attack
• SPCA sets up emergency line for Napier pet-owners
• Police dog Fi alive and uninjured

and more on http://doglinks.blogspot.com/

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World Dog News
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• Amazing Hero Dogs -- More Than Just Pets
• Victoria Stilwell of 'It's Me or the Dog:' Can she train kids, too?
• New laws to protect teens, dogs
• The dancing bird
• Stem cell treatment used on dogs
• Police dog attacked handler
• Study: Dog Food Tastes Just Like Pâté
• Man dies separating fighting dogs
• Calgary bus driver saves dog from coyotes
• Dog, goat inseparable friends

and more on http://doglinksworldnews.blogspot.com/

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Behaviour Quiz
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What is the most misunderstood word dog owners use when talking to their fearful pet?

A. Okay
B. Alright
C Don't
D. Good 
Answer in the next newsletter.

Last Newsletter Quiz's answer: Question: What was the name of one of Ivan Pavlov's favorite experimental dogs?

C. Brains

She was delightfully pleasant and quick-to-learn. She also taught Pavlov at least one thing about dogs and learning: The "contexts" of learning. She demonstrated that, for some learning to be permanent, it must be taught in more than one setting.

Ivan had set up a great demonstration of "Brain's" talents and called a large lecture in a great hall, but when it came to performing her tasks, Brains simply ignored him and looked out at the students in the hall! Henceforth, Pavlov taught his dogs with many distractions and in different laboratories before his many demonstrations!

This old knowledge should forewarn anyone who adopts a dog that was house-trained in its former home that the dog must usually be re-house-trained in its new home, too.

P.S. Pavlov probably didn't use the actual word "brains" for his genius-dog. He more than likely used his native language and said "nauka."

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Doggy links
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The Dog Trainer's Quick and Dirty Tips for Teaching and Caring for Your Pet
Series of free, short podcasts, is available for download on iTunes as well as on the website
http://dogtrainer. quickanddirtytips.com

"The knee, the knee," said Vince Lombardi. "Why is it always the knee?"

Cruciate ligament repair -- good summary of the various techniques
www.vetcision.com/ rcclrecommend.html

Tightrope, lateral suture
www.metro-vet.com/reference/ ccl_injury.php

More on the "tightrope" method of repairing ligaments (nice video)
www.sciencedaily.com/videos/ 2008/1203-new_surgery_for_ fidos_knees.htm

Agility, Working, & Herding Dogs: Knee Surgery (about NO surgery option)
www.pethealth101.com/Working_ dogs/WorkingKnee.shtml

Dogs Are Aggressive If They Are Trained Badly
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090424114315.htm

If You're Aggressive, Your Dog Will Be Too, Says Veterinary Study And should we be surprised? I guess it's now 'proven'
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217141540.htm

Canine Genetics The Secret to character is bred into a dog.  This was written as a tribute to an old dog but we decided it is also a tribute to the breeders who study genetics and can create such a dog.  This will make you catch your breath, wipe your eyes, and think.
http://www.thedogplace.org/Articles/Breeder/09042-Secret_Gammill.htm

The Agility Whisperer [Very funny]
www.agilitynet.com/ CanineHumour/agilitywhisperer. html

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Non-Doggy Sites
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Irish student hoaxes world's media with fake quote
http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_7731/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=C1nYokcW

Hugh Laurie interviewed and interviewed and interviewed and
interviewed
www.bitsandpieces.us/2009/04/17/stop-boring-hugh-laurie

Online companion to the Oxford Anthology of Modern American Poetry
www.english.illinois.edu/maps

Seduction 101 for Logicians and Economists (John Allen Paulos)
http://abcnews.go.com/ Technology/WhosCounting/story? id=7250901

Lashing Back: Israel's 1947--48 Civil War
www.historynet.com/lashing- back-israel%E2%80%99s-1947- 1948-civil-war.htm

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  Non-Doggy Reading (from Geoff)
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Another of Lee Child Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, No. 1) thrillers. It's customary for the heroes of such series to have various eccentricities -- even implausibly. How did Nero Wolfe manage to avoid a coronary infarction? How does Reacher manage to get two or three days out of the same clothes?

Also, Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language, the latest book on usage and abusage, perhaps less fervid than some others. For myself, I believe people who use the first person nominative as the object of a preposition ("She went with John and I") should be executed ignominiously. JMHO.

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Doggie and non-doggie Videos
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Excellent videos on grooming a double-coated dog. The first series of videos is about grooming tools and how to use them correctly; the second is about the grooming process: http://tinyurl.com/c3kcj5 , http://tinyurl.com/chnsh6

For a refreshing glimpse of the many stories we can tell thanks to User Generated Content and video hosting, look at
http://mediacommons. futureofthebook.org/imr/2009/ 05/01/beyond-broadcast- launching-nitv-and-isuma-tv
Here are the video projects made by indigenous peoples around the world. One presented by the Inuit of Arctic Canada is http://www.isuma.tv/

Wii Remote Hacks Building sophisticated educational tools out of cheap parts, Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote hacks, which turn the $40 video game controller into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/johnny_lee_demos_wii_remote_hacks.html

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Quotes of the Week
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I know a lot about cars. I can look at a car's headlights and tell you exactly which way it's coming.
  - Mitch Hedberg

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
  - Eric Hoffer

What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.
  - Hansell B. Duckett

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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

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