Tidings July 2019

A lesson for the human classroom that comes from domestic dog training, music at the vet's for cats, as well as a dancing parrot... this month's News.

By Zazie Todd, PhD 

My favourites this month 

"“Learning shouldn’t hurt” is an adage amid progressive domestic dog preparation as well as brute behaviour communities, as well as it’s the primary thought I took from preparation dogs that informs my approach to pedagogy." Two novel studies shed low-cal on our early on human relationship amongst dogs past times David Grimm.

"But there’s a sadder story, too, ane that gets less publicity, because each somebody thinks it’s happening exclusively to him or her." 'I am my dog's emotional back upward animal' past times Beth Teitell.

Can dogs heal hearts as well as minds? Recording of a give-and-take at LaTrobe University on how psychological assistance dogs tin aid people amongst as well as the remove for scientific inquiry inwards this area. Features Mia Cobb, Prof. Pauleen Bennett, doc Tiffani Howell, as well as others.

Puppies from a breeder’s perspective. Your Family Dog podcast from Julie Fudge Smith as well as Colleen Pelar speaks to Flat-Coated Retriever breeder Judy Gladson close beingness a breeder as well as real early on puppy development.

Wonderful caprine animal photos by Kevin Horan at The Guardian.

Animal Book Club

The Animal Book Club takes July off, exactly you lot notice a listing of all the books inwards my Amazon store. https://www.amazon.com/shop/animalbookclub

If you lot desire to acquire an early on kickoff on adjacent month’s book, it's What's a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, as well as Politics of Man’s Best Friend By Jon Homans.

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Pets inwards Art

This month's pets inwards fine art is titled Kaufman (dog) as well as dates from 1905-1909. The portrait is past times C.M. Bell, photographer, as well as is inwards the Library of Congress collection.

Zazie Todd, PhD, is the writer of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy. She is the founder of the pop weblog , where she writes close everything from preparation methods to the human-canine relationship. She also writes a column for Psychology Today as well as has received the prestigious Captain Haggerty Award for Best Training Article inwards 2017. Todd lives inwards Maple Ridge, BC, amongst her husband, ane dog, as well as 2 cats.

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