Category Archives: Links of Interest

02/18/13

The Week in Tweets – 18th February 2013

This is our near-weekly segment where we list all the links we’ve shared on Twitter.  It’s always a big post! So grab a coffee and prepare yourself for some serious reading.

 

Tweet of the Week

It’s common knowledge that too many victims of domestic violence stay with their partners because they can’t find temporary accommodation for their pets.  They also often can’t leave their pets with their partners, because they are concerned that they may harm the pets in ‘revenge’ attacks.  It was touching to watch this video on the pet shelter at Rose Brooks Centre.  I truly hope that this sets a trend for women shelter’s internationally.

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02/12/13

The Week In Tweets – 12th February 2013

This is our near-weekly segment where we list all the links we’ve shared on Twitter.  It’s always a big post! So grab a coffee and prepare yourself for some serious reading.

 

Tweet of the Week

A lot of what Roger Abrantes writes is a bit over my head, I admit. It takes a lot of concentrating to read his articles, and I do intend to, at some point, re-write in a simplistic way his latest blog post: “Dog training – let reason prevail over force!” He provides very sensible, rationale, and believable arguments on dominance in dog training. Until I find the time to para phrase this blog post, I suggest you have a read of the original.

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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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01/22/13

The Week in Tweets – 22nd January

This is our near-weekly instalment where we share what we’ve tweeted about in the week gone by. If you don’t like waiting for this post, you can always follow us on Twitter.

 

Tweet of the Week

This week, my favourite link I shared goes to an article written by Karen Peak called “Choosing the Rescue Route“.  She suggests that potential adopters be prepared (e.g. do some research on dog breeds), consider whether to go through a kennel rescue or a foster care rescue, ask themselves “Is this really a rescue?”, and avoid rescues that give guilt trips regarding dogs. A valid resource that explains that rescue is not always the ‘right’ option for everyone.

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01/16/13

The Week in Tweets – 16th January

Each week, we summarise the tweets from my Twitter account, so anyone who’s not on Twitter can still have access to all these great resources. It’s a huge list, so make sure you get yourself a coffee and a seat for an hour so you can really enjoy all this content.
But before we get started, happy birthday to my Mac who turned 11 today!

Photo of Mac from a month ago.

 

The Tweet of the Week

When I re-home dogs, I find it really hard to not just ‘information dump’ on new owners. I have so much to tell them, it’s hard to choose the most important bits – but it’s important that I do, otherwise there is the chance of the new owner becoming ‘overwhelmed’ and just ignoring everything.  Patricia McConnell (who writes the blog “The Other End of the Leash“, as well as a number of dog training books) has written a post on “The 3 Most Important Things to Say to Adopters About Their New Dog“.  It really made me reconsider what I need to do when homing dogs, and also gave me some reassurance in what I’m currently doing. A good read with good advice, and I had no hesitation making it my tweet of the week.

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