Monthly Archives: February 2013

02/9/13

Can breeders breed better?

In June last year, I attended a webinar run by ASAP Labratory run by Dr Jacqui Ley on breeding better dogs. I was particularly excited that ASAP ran a webinar as I missed out on a live seminar in Adelaide a few weeks prior.

The seminar was called, “Behaviour = Genetics + Learning + Environment – raising even better dogs“.

Jacqui wanted to challenge breeders: Can we make improvements to the way we breed dogs?

Screenshot from Breeding Better Dogs webinar.

Screenshot from Breeding Better Dogs webinar.

Jacqui’s personal experience with two dogs (pictured above) with anxiety and aggression problems has lead to her being passionate about breeders producing ‘good’ dogs. Continue reading →

02/7/13

Desex the bad ones!

The Dog and Cat Management Board in South Australia made a proposal that hit the news this weekend.  You can read all about it here, but basically the sub headline sums it up nicely: Every dog will be desexed unless they can pass a test proving they are good natured under a proposal aimed at reducing attacks.

I find it hard to start where this type of proposal is concerning, but I’ll try!

 

A litter of Brittany puppies, 1 year old, most of them entire (not desexed).

A litter of Brittany puppies, 1 year old, most of them entire (not desexed).

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02/5/13

The Week In Tweets – 1st February 2013

Each week I share our favourite links on my twitter, and then collate them into a blog post for easy reference. This is a big lot of links, so make sure you get a cuppa and an hour up your sleeve to do some reading.

 

Tweet of the Week

I really enjoyed reading Captive Animals Act Smarter.  It looks at reasons why captive animals test ‘smarter’ on some tasks. An interesting read.

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