Word March 2019

Animal cruelty investigations, truthful cat music, domestic dog parks, in addition to interviews amongst dogs...the latest news.

By Zazie Todd, PhD 

Favourites from only about the spider web this month:

If you’ve e'er tried to become a wriggly puppy into a harness, this shipping is for you. Book Club is reading Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet past times John Bradshaw.

It’s a fascinating concern human relationship of the evolutionary history, biology, in addition to behavior of domestic cats.

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I’m quoted inwards this shipping past times Marc Bekoff for Psychology Today on why some dogs similar to endure touched but others don’t.

I part a few tips on senior dogs inwards this Bustle article, 11 ways to stimulate got aid of your domestic dog every bit it gets older.

I’m quoted inwards this slice inwards past times Linda Lombardi inwards National Geographic, close some novel inquiry on Dogs’ personality traits vary amongst historic menstruum (and dogs tend to endure similar their owners).

I stimulate got a slice on cognitive aging inwards dogs inwards the Spring 2019 edition of West Coast Veterinarian.

This calendar month I published Kristi Benson’s thoughtful reflections on the ways inwards which domestic dog grooming is similar fiction. If you lot similar fiction, or domestic dog training, you’ll bask the read. It's a beautifully written piece. Into the middle of things: domestic dog grooming lessons from the best fiction.

I wrote close a written report on the effects of grooming cats to role their carrier when it comes to vet visits. Spoiler alert: truthful cat carrier grooming helps! Cats trained to role their carriers honour vet visits less stressful.

And I too wrote close the differences inwards lifespan betwixt dogs of normal weight in addition to those that are overweight. I was surprised at how large the departure is for some breeds; it’s sobering reading.

Most of all this calendar month I've been busy working on re-create edits for my majority Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy. I can't expect to part to a greater extent than close it amongst you. Wag volition endure published inwards Feb 2020.

Pets inwards Art

This month’s motion-picture exhibit is an instance called Useful Domestic Dogs, which is inwards the Wellcome Collection. It shows a cur or cattle dog, a bull or beast dog, a fossil oil H2O dog, a Mastiff or guard dog, a Dalmatian or coach dog, a shepherds dog, a Newfoundland or family dog, in addition to a Terrier or vermin dog.

Image credit: Wellcome Collection

The etching amongst watercolour is past times Thomas Kelly of London, in addition to the Wellcome Collection does non rank a engagement for it. However, I constitute an quondam listing on eBay that says it is from Buffon’s Natural History, published inwards London inwards 1860.

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 grooming methods to the human-canine relationship. She too writes a column for Psychology Today in addition to has received the prestigious Captain Haggerty Award for Best Training Article inwards 2017. Todd lives inwards Maple Ridge, BC, amongst her husband, 1 dog, in addition to 2 cats.

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