Wag publication date
Exciting news! My book, Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy at 1 time has a publication date: tenth March 2020.I met with my publisher’s marketing squad concluding calendar week at their offices inwards Railtown, Vancouver. It was nifty to encounter them together with utter virtually marketing together with publicity for the book. I saw an advance reader re-create which looks *gorgeous* every bit they designed a beautiful cover, but I wasn't allowed to pick out 1 home. I am going to survive real busy over the adjacent half dozen months working to tell people virtually Wag. I can’t hold off to portion my mass with you!
If you're a media mortal together with would similar to have an ARC, y'all tin find details here.
My favourites this month
“Our search for medieval guide dogs leads us to a Book of Hours (a pop type of medieval prayer book)” H5N1 fascinating concern human relationship (complete with pictures of mediaeval art) of guide dogs inwards mediaeval times past times Dr. Krista A. Murchison.“The commercial life of a tiger cub is 100 days,” said Bill Nimmo, the network’s founder. “The employment is uncontrolled, no-limit breeding.” The problem with tigers inwards America past times Karin Brulliard.
They tin solve complex puzzles, they tin concur a grudge, together with they yell back people who ask hold been prissy to them… 13 foreign reasons why crows together with ravens are definitely the smartest birds, hands down past times Michelle Star.
"They're real explorative, real interested inwards everything, quite destructive, together with I tin totally reckon that they similar the dissimilar textures, together with the dissonance that it makes together with simply ripping things out." Cockatiels raiding garbage bins inwards Sydney by Ann Jones.
“Cats inwards shelters, peculiarly adults together with seniors, are oft overlooked past times people seeking pets.” How 2 veterinarians helped relieve 2 1000000 cats past times Kim Campbell Thornton for Fear Free Pets.
“There is a subset of behaviours… that dogs practise fifty-fifty without our reinforcement.” Animal Book Club is reading Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond
past times Alexandra Horowitz. It’s a delightful await at our human relationship with dogs.
You tin uncovering all the books inwards my Amazon store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/animalbookclub
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is opened upward to everyone together with supported past times creature lovers similar you. If y'all would similar to demonstrate your support, y'all tin practise together with then with a monthly or one-off donation via Ko-fi at https://ko-fi.com/companionanimalpsychologyThis month, I would similar to tell a big give thank y'all you to Lisa, Sandy Cooley, together with an anonymous mortal for their support. It is real much appreciated together with y'all are awesome!
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Tomorrow is the official start of autumn, together with it seems the weather condition turned early on hither this year. Luckily the Companion Animal Psychlogy t-shirt also comes inwards long sleeves, every bit a slouchy sweatshirt, together with every bit a hoodie.
H5N1 portion of all proceeds volition become to aid the animals at the BC SPCA Maple Ridge.
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First of all, the owl question: Why does a barred owl maintain flight close me together with my dog? It’s happened 3 times inwards the concluding calendar week inwards precisely the same spot. It is beautiful to reckon but results inwards a lot of barking from Bodger, together with it’s a fleck of a surprise when an owl swooshes over your head. It’s possible the owl has a belatedly brood together with is protecting a nest, but I flora an onetime article inwards the Washington Post that said September owl encounters similar this are typically due to a teenage owl existence rambunctious. What practise y'all think? |
| A barred owl. Photo: Diane Olivier/Pixabay |
As y'all all know, I’m a graduate of the Academy for Dog Trainers together with 1 of the wonderful things virtually the Academy is how supportive it is. I’m real grateful to them for supporting my writing, together with if y'all accept a await at their blog, Good Words: Blogging for Dogs inwards 2019 y'all volition uncovering some of my spider web log posts included alongside some actually nifty posts from other domestic dog trainers that ask hold all been entered into the Dog Writer’s Association of America awards. Take a await together with uncovering some novel blogs to follow!
And inwards other news, I’m delighted that is included inwards this listing of the top 30 pet blogs from CyberPet.
As for this month’s writing, I was thrilled to issue Scent together with Scent-ability, a invitee postal service past times Luisa Dormer together with Sienna Taylor. If y'all desire to know why scent run is expert for all kinds of dogs (even “naughty” ones), or are looking for some tips on your kickoff scent run class, this article is for you.
I wrote virtually the novel shelter programme from Fear Free which aims to cut back stress together with anxiety for cats together with dogs inwards shelters (and is gratis for staff together with volunteers!). I covered enquiry that flora dogs who attended puppy shape are rated to a greater extent than trainable than immature adult dogs than those who didn’t.
And I fifty-fifty wrote virtually truthful cat poop! In a rather fascinating finding, the odours inwards truthful cat poop that cats utilization to grade territory together with position each other come upward non from the cat, but from microbes inwards the cat’s anal sacs. It volition brand y'all reverberate on the purpose of microbes inwards our lives too.
Over at my Psychology Today blog, I looked at how changes inwards how nosotros intend virtually animals together with sentience are at 1 time existence used past times the courts when assessing the purpose of emotional suffering inwards creature cruelty.
If at that topographic point are particular topics y'all would similar to reckon covered on inwards future, practise allow me know.
Animals inwards Art
Isn’t this rhyton beautiful? If you’re wondering what a rhyton is (yes I had to await it up), it’s a type of horn-shaped drinking vessel with constituent inwards the shape of an creature or an animal’s head. This 1 dates from the 1st century BC together with ends inwards the shape of a panther. There is a hole at the exceed every bit y'all tin see, together with also a hole inwards the panther’s breast to allow drinking or pouring of the liquid.
The ivy wreath at the exceed together with the vines simply about the panther are symbols of Dionysius, god of wine.
The rhyton is made of silvery with mercury gilt, together with is inwards the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Zazie Todd, PhD, is the writer of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy
. She is the founder of the pop spider web log , where she writes virtually everything from preparation methods to the human-canine relationship. She also writes a column for Psychology Today together with has received the prestigious Captain Haggerty Award for Best Training Article inwards 2017. Todd lives inwards Maple Ridge, BC, with her husband, 1 dog, together with ii cats.Useful links:
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