Tidings August 2017

The latest intelligence on dogs too cats from .

By Zazie Todd, PhD

Some of my favourites from merely about the spider web this month

Adding a younger pet to a geriatric household. American Veterinarian speaks to MD Marsha Reiss.

On-leash etiquette, administration too reactivity. Great tips from Allison Wells for the Academy for Dog Trainers.

“So. I did tell most dogs play merely fine. As whatsoever domestic dog trainer volition tell you, some dogs who relish play also appear to be...well, form of bad at it” photos of catios inwards Oregon. For those who are local, the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon too the Portland Audubon Society are hosting a catio tour 10am – 2pm on Saturday, ninth September (details inwards the article).

Get your timing right… Clare Browne PhD interviewed past times Animal Training Academy

A beard, a babe too 3 dogs. The video on this postal service from All Dogs Go to Kevin demonstrates clearly how to instruct sit, down, too rest – 3 foundation behaviours for all dogs.

News

“Nearly 1 inwards 2 High German Shepherds is beingness position downwardly because they are unable to walk.” book club is reading How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists too a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution past times Lee Dugatkin too Lyudmila Trut. Don’t fille it.

When domestic dog trainers larn into arguments nigh methods, they tend to focus on the risks associated amongst aversive techniques. But there’s some other side to consider too: since reward-based grooming is enjoyable for dogs, dogs that are trained amongst aversive methods are missing out on positive experiences. I write nigh the scientific discipline of domestic dog grooming methods too brute welfare inwards a invitee postal service for The Academy for Dog Trainers: The double wages of reward-based training.

At the halt of lastly month, I wrote nigh the sensitive catamenia for socialization inwards puppies too kittens. It’s a useful reference for anyone who wants to empathise this of import fourth dimension for encephalon development.

Also on the blog, I wrote nigh successful outcomes for beagles rehomed later on taking purpose inwards laboratory research (far amend than the alternative!), too the importance of paying attending to our dogs too noticing those subtle signs of stress.

And my annual summer reading list features audio advice on dogs too cats from a hit of authors (all of whom are good worth next on social media).

And finally… 

If things direct maintain seemed a flake tranquillity on this month, it’s because I took a fortnight off to see solid unit of measurement inwards England. I’m dorsum now, having had a lovely time, but amongst a rotten coughing too cold.

One of the things I beloved nigh pubs too cafes inwards the Great Britain is that then many of them are welcoming to dogs. It’s actually prissy to larn for a domestic dog walk through the beautiful English linguistic communication countryside, followed past times a pub dejeuner amongst your dog; or to pop out for java too cake inwards a bookstore too accept the domestic dog amongst you. Below are a twosome of photos I snapped of signs on the door of 2 pubs inwards St Albans.

Sign exterior Ye Olde Fighting Cocks pub inwards St Albans, i of the oldest pubs inwards England

Sign on the door of the John Bunyan pub inwards St Albans

It couldn’t come about here: strict bylaws prohibit dogs from bars, restaurants too cafes – fifty-fifty on the patio. Personally, I intend the café or bar possessor should live allowed to make upwards one's hear for themselves if they desire to permit dogs on the patio or not. It’s prissy for dogs to live able to leave of absence too nigh amongst their people (and continuing social activities similar this are practiced for them too, assuming the domestic dog is non fearful). Plus, of course, it’s prissy for the owner. It’s obvious dogs should non live inwards the kitchen, but the same rules take away non apply to patios.

I wishing to a greater extent than establishments were dog-friendly. What’s it similar where you lot live?

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

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