This is our (almost) weekly segment where we review the content posted on our Twitter over the course of the week. It’s a long post! So make sure you grab a coffee and prepare yourself for some serious reading.
My matching border terriers – Clover and Myrtle, mother and daughter.
Tweet of the Week
This is my favourite tweet from the week just gone: Puppies taken from litter too soon develop behavior problems as adults. While there’s lots of questions to be asked about the specifics of the conclusions made, it’s still an overall interesting study.
Training and Behaviour
Somersault Dog Trick – Just Jesse the Jack Russell.
Target Stick training video from the Dog Trick Academy.
K9 Body Language – What’s my dog saying?
The Deception of the Dog Whisperer.
Rescue and Sheltering
Think what you could be saving this tax time.
Unhappy with rescue group’s adoption policies.
Know the opposition: Anatomy of a distraction.
Crappy Dog – a story on pet adoption.
Only 2% of dogs die in shelters yearly – an oldie but a goodie from BorderWars.
Non-surgical sterilization: Getting shelters and spay/neuter clinics up to speed.
Why you shouldn’t adopt a dog.
Police Brutality
Cops raid wrong house, threaten children and kill their dog.
Dog Science, Studies, Surveys
How do hand-reared wolves and dogs interact with humans?
Clues to cancer: Golden retriever cancer study (video).
Puppy classes and canine parvovirus.
Interactions between shelter dogs: some new research.
Dog Health
Review: Rose-Hip Vital Canine.
Pfizer Pays for Another Rimadyl Death.
Dr Karen Becker and Dr Ronald Schultz on Pet Vaccines.
Questioning Traditional Neutering Recommendations for Dogs.
Dog Humour
There’s a reason dogs are mans best friend.
15 Dogs Who Don’t Know They’re Big.
Other Stuff
Quirky Lyme Disease Bacteria: Unlike most organisms, they don’t need iron, but crave manganese.
Considerations of a Puppy Buyer – Tips to establishing a relationship with your breeder.
Thanks so much for including my post on your list. Much appreciated! I check out your List of Tweets posts every time. There’s always something interesting. I really liked the Crappy Dog story in this week’s list.
Glad to know you read these, Lindsay. I really liked the Crappy Dog story, too. It shows a ‘non-dog persons’ struggles with rescue… And it’s pretty telling.