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12/28/12

The Week in Tweets – 29th December 2012

Each week, I blog the links we shared on my twitter account. I also a select a favourite to crown the ‘Tweet of the Week’. It’s a big hunk of links, so get a coffee and enjoy some reading.

 

Tweet of the Week

When I attended a seminar series with Paul McGreevy, he mentioned how studies of guide dogs have shown that the most successful puppies have characteristics that you wouldn’t typically associated with success.  That is, the ‘perfect guide dog puppy’ is right pawed (‘handed’), left eyed, and has hair that whirls in an anti-clockwise direction.  This is seriously the case, as crazy as it sounds, and ABC Catalyst looks into this in more detail in the story “Left Paw Right Paw“.

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12/14/12

Resources for New Puppy Owners

I started compiling this list for my puppy buyers, but realised that it would probably be of use to other people intending on adding a puppy to their lives soon.  I have tried to narrow this list down to the resources that I genuinely think are the best. I understand that many people are strapped for time, so I’ve included, in bold, my favourite of the resources listed.  This means that, if you can’t read all of these links, then just accessing the first one would be my recommendation.

Photo © Ruthless Photos.

 

Books

Before You Get Your Puppy (free download!) by Dr Ian Dunbar

After You Get Your Puppy (free download!) by Dr Ian Dunbar

The Perfect Puppy in 7 Days by Dr Sophia Yin

The Perfect Puppy by Gwen Bailey

First Call for Dogs by Dr Alex Hynes

 

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12/8/12

The Week in Tweets (8th December 2012)

Approximately every week, I make a post detailing the links I shared on my Twitter.  I also use the Tweet of the Week to highlight my favourite link.  This is the post where you get a cup of tea before you start and prepare yourself to waste an hour.

 

Tweet of the Week

The Notes From a Dog Walker blog posted a very thorough round up on why “It’s not how they’re raised” is a problematic mantra in many ways. The post is very well written and not a tiresome read at all, so just have a look yourself: “It’s not how they’re raised, it’s how dogs are managed that matters most“.

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11/30/12

The Week in Tweets (30th November)

Approximately every week, I make a post detailing the links I shared on my Twitter.  I also use the Tweet of the Week to highlight my favourite link.  This is the post where you get a cup of tea before you start and prepare yourself to waste an hour.

 

Tweet of the Week

Sorry for, two weeks in a row, picking a non-doggy link to share with you. But this is really cool!  You’ll be hooked from the first line: “In 1964, a geologist in the Nevada wilderness discovered the oldest living thing on earth, after he killed it.” The story of how a 5,000 year old tree was cut down, and then a description of other awesome old trees. A fascinating article that makes you feel young!  From the Collectors Weekly: Read My Rings: The Oldest Living Tree Tells All.

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11/19/12

The Week in Tweets (19th November)

Each week, I summarise postings from my Twitter account, and pick the best as the ‘Tweet of the Week’.  Some colossal reading for those with a couple of hours on their hands.

 

Tweet of the Week

For something different, it’s not a doggy tweet of the week this week.  Instead, it’s about a little bird called the fairy wren who has developed an incredible mechanism to avoid raising cuckoos.  Fairy wrens sing a particular song to their eggs, and when their eggs hatch, their babies in turn sing this song.  This reassures the parents that they are raising the right chicks.  However, if a cuckoo was to lay its egg in the nest, they generally don’t spend enough time to learn the song.  This means that, when a cuckoo hatches, it neglects to sign the ‘special song’, and the fairy wrens will abandon their nest, thereby not raising the introducer offspring. Pretty cool!  Read more here: Fairy wrens teach secret passwords to their unborn chicks to tell them apart from cuckoo imposters.

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