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Events
New Zealand Dog News
World Dog News
Behaviour Quiz
Doggy links
Doggy Reading
Non-Doggy Sites
Non-Doggy Reading
Doggy Videos
Quotes of the Week
Dog Blog
Thanks to...
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Events
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Dog's Day Out in Christchurch
TTouch in Christchurch
Ian Dunbar Seminar in Auckland and Christchurch
MORE>>

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New Zealand Dog News
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• Dog-owner licence idea gets thumbs down
• Trusty dog a key player in Aisling search
• Minogue Park plans anger dog lovers, residents
• Research and Markets: Dog care in New Zealand to 2...
• Dog law debate
• Ditching dogs for the planet not an option
• Save the planet: eat a dog?
• Tougher animal cruelty punishments needed
• Ex-SPCA staff fear policy dooms pets
• Milford goes to the dogs
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World Dog News
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• Maltese terrier on dangerous dog list
• Paintings by dog sell for more than £1,000
• Lethal injection for death-grip dog
• Pimp your dog's ride: 2010 Honda Element is furry-...
• Boy's head crushed in Vic dog attack
• Is Boomer the world's biggest dog?
• Man's best friend: the forgotten victims
• Woman admits cruelty to 99 dogs
• Vets who care for the Disabled, people on limited ...
• Much ado about poo
• MORE>>

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Behaviour Quiz
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Your 10 month old dog is in excellent health, but has had loose stools recently, which he can't control at times. You're feeding him one cup of dry food, 3 times a day; morning 1:00pm and 7:00pm. What should you do?

A. Cut down on the amount food at each feeding.
B. Change his diet.
C. Feed only twice a day.

Last Newsletter Quiz's answer:

Answer:

C. Find out the prevailing wind at the time he went missing, then drive or walk to search that area. Dogs usually follow their noses on their first unsupervised
foray away from home. Then,
B. Scout the areas you have taken him during walks. Then,
D. Call animal regulation authorities. Then, Order the BehavioRx Instructions for "Finding a Lost Dog
: http://www.webtrail.com/petbehavior/bseries.html

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Doggy links
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“A Man's Best Friend is his Dog”: The Senator, the Dog, and the Trial A high profile trial produces an emotional statement about dogs.
Just about everyone has heard the old saying "A man's best friend is his dog," or some variation of that phrase. However I doubt that very many people know where that adage came from. It can be found in the transcript of a trial, and it was part of one of the most memorable closing arguments ever made by a lawyer. The trial was held in Missouri in September of 1870, and it concerned the killing of a dog.

Campaign to improve the health of pedigree dogs With the recent BBC exposure, this lady took it apond herself to help the breed.

Dogs who bark in cars If addressed early it is fairly straightforward to teach most young dogs to relax quietly in the car. However...

The Relationship Between Number of Training Sessions per Week and Learning in Dogs (PDF) research paper. Interesting conclusion!

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Doggy Reading
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Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog   This is a wonderful story about a dog and his companion. Ted writes in such an insightful way, and uses the experience of living with his dog by talking about research in dogdom. If you are gonig to read one dog book this month, this is it! (Available at the Chch library)

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Non-Doggy Sites
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Recipe: Asian roasted carrots

List of 886 Palindromes Palindromes are words, phrases or sentences that read the same backward as forward. Some of them don't make much sense, some are quite cool.

Desert Island Discs Long-time BBC show where guests are asked to name 8 pieces of music to have on a desert isle, which presumably has a gramophone powered by coconut oil. The guests also choose a book, other than the Bible or complete Shakespeare, and a luxury item -- an inanimate object, not for escaping the island or communicating.


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Non- Doggy Reading
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Getting to the end of my stack of books on the Battle of Britain --  Michael Korda's With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain. Doesn't seem to be very original historiography, more like a very bright student's term paper, but nicely written.

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Doggie Videos
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Remember the dog who stole a bone, and got caught on video. He returns to the scene of the crime

Dog walking on two legs up a set of stairs

The U.S. Civil War in 4 Minutes (non-doggie video)

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Quotes of the Week
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The Aberdeen terrier gave me an unpleasant look and said something under his breath in Gaelic.
-- Wodehouse

All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
--Churchill

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it's boldness.
-- Victor Hugo

Men often act knowingly against their interest: For which reason the view of the greatest possible good does not always influence them. -  Hume

There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they are badly argued.
-- Thomas H. Huxley

There comes a time when a man must spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
-- Mencken

        The way of love leads all ways
        to life beyond words, silent
        and secret.
          -- Wendell Berry

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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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