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
DoggieBuddy shared a post featuring information and video of the first dog movie star! It’s actually not a bad silent movie, considering it’s time period, and a nice little bit of history. Head over to watch “Rescued by Rover” on the DoggieBuddy blog.
Animal Sheltering
The rally the pet lovers of Melboune have been waiting for – against the Lost Dog’s Home. If you’re in Melbourne, please make the time to attend! And more from SavingPets: “Shelter ‘overpopulation’ a function of design” and “Study of Australian cat admissions confirms – shelters are bad for cats“.
For those wanting to know more about the No-Kill movement, there are a couple of US conferences coming up: “No Kill Buffalo-Niagara” and “American Pets Alive 2013 No Kill Conference“.
Clerical errors, computer mishaps killing animals at Miami-Dad Animal Services.
Bob Kerridge replies to Gareth Morgan’s challenge – audio (on cats).
Dog killing commerce city officer faces charges.
In the News
Rally against compulsory dog desexing (that we, are Some Thoughts About Dogs, organised!).
Owner gives dying dog an epic last meal.
Dog Breeds
From Terrierman: “A bit more on the border-patterdale connection“, “One hundred years of border terriers” and “A brief history of the patterdale terrier“.
And from Piper the Basenji, a post on Portuguese Podengos and Chinook Dogs.
Dog Training and Behaviour
From Suzanne Clothier: “Do I believe in clickers?” and “That darned dominance debate“.
Denise Fenzi talks about “End on a positive” in dog training.
Dog Science
“No, dogs were not derived from self-domesticated scavengers from the early days of agriculture” from RetrieverMan.
Does experience help people recognize emotion in dogs?
Canine Behavioral Genetics Project.
Other Dog and Animal Stuff
The backyard breed vs the resposible hobby breeder (this one was very close to being the tweet of the week!).
The Zoomies from the Dog Lovers Digest.
Vital statistics on pet ownership.
Help! My vet is scaring my dog! from Dr Sophia Yin.
Dogs and cats in the home: happiness for all?
Great roundup of tweets and posts. I checked out the flea and tick treatment one, and the one about clicker training. I am working to improve my training techniques with Brooks and Kelly.
Thanks for stopping by, Peggy! Have a look at Dog Trick Academy for some great dog training stuff – including videos!