{"id":1305,"date":"2012-04-26T22:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2021-08-02T17:36:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T07:06:39","slug":"the-week-in-tweets-26th-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/links-of-interest\/the-week-in-tweets-26th-april\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week In Tweets (26th April)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a near-daily basis on my Twitter account<\/a>, I tweet numerous doggy links. Each week(ish) I compile them to share. \u00a0This week, there is a new feature: I jumped into Instragram and you can find me at MacDogald. Would love to have some new followers!<\/p>\n

Training<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roger Abrantes describes life with Petrine, his dog trained by modern methods in the time of Barbara Woodhouse: A Dog’s Self Respect<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How do I train my dog to stop chasing the chickens, cat, rat… and our other pets?<\/a><\/p>\n

Does Dr Dunbar hate adult dogs?<\/a><\/p>\n

A great post by Crystal at Reactive Champion: Reactivity is a Spectrum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dog bites and biting dogs<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Parents Against Dog Chaining<\/a>: \u00a0Fighting against chaining of dogs that is known to increase aggression.<\/p>\n

A story that shows that dog bites happen to the best of us: Dog training and dinner disasters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A loving tribute to “Busta” the golden retriever<\/a> from K9 Pro. \u00a0Busta drew much media attention after mauling his family in March 2011.<\/p>\n

Why does Doggone Safe teach that panting dogs are safe?<\/a><\/p>\n

Another seminar I wish I was in the USA to attend:\u00a0National Dog Bite Investigation, Treatment and Prevention Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Health<\/strong><\/p>\n

New dog breeding restrictions could decrease genetic diversity and result in the health problems we’re concerned about! Time4Dogs blogs about Genetic Diversity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Able Mable<\/a>: A unexaggerated, purebred bulldog, featured on the Pedigree Dogs Exposed blog. (Also from PDE blog:\u00a0Truffle hound helps root out childhood epilepsy gene<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The eye specialists – their view on ectropion and entropion<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

A number of environmental factors can affect the incidence of hip dyplasia in dogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kennel Cough Vaccine Exposed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So you think your dog has allergies? Part I<\/a> and\u00a0Part II<\/a> from Reactive Champion.<\/p>\n

How dangerous is Trifexis?<\/a><\/p>\n

In the News<\/strong><\/p>\n

Benefits of taking your dog to work may not be far-fetched<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Government to take more control over farm inspections<\/a>, taking over from the RSPCA. This is great news. I have huge concerns that the RSPCA, a charity, is repsonsible for upholding legislation. I hope that one day they will only be responsible for running shelters (and doing so well!) instead of being a ‘jack of all trades’.<\/p>\n

In Israel, a battle to save the ancient Canaan dog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Choking dog saves its own life<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rescue pets and the gay community: A natural match?<\/a><\/p>\n

$10,000 reward for Millaa Milla dog murderers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rescue<\/strong><\/p>\n

Animal control or animal welfare: Are we doing it right?<\/a><\/p>\n

Lovely photos of Pommie from Ruthless Photos<\/a>, a dog available for adoption in Sydney through Fetching Dogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Power to Kill<\/a>: A sad story about a cat called Funny Face.<\/p>\n

Professional portraits reveal shelter animals’ true selves<\/a><\/p>\n

Thoughts on a sign on a shelter wall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fill in the blanks<\/a> at YesBiscuit: How does a good shelter act?<\/p>\n

Multimedia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Might your dog like to play ‘belly ball’?<\/a><\/p>\n

I enjoyed this video on teaching puppies not to resource guard: Give and Take<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Dog We Trust podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n

Cool dog trick: Back flip!<\/a><\/p>\n

Other Dog Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you heard of a telomian<\/a>?<\/p>\n

South Aussies: Please download and distribute this petition<\/a> from CAWS Inc. seeking to ban the sale of dogs and cats in pet shops.<\/p>\n

Stop chasing that dog!<\/a><\/p>\n

Cute blog featuring a dog breed illustration daily: Daily Dog Breed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Does your dog park need a ‘let’s talk dog’ awareness sign<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Our Pets: Property or Family Members?<\/a><\/p>\n

From my Instagram (Username: MacDogald)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clover at the Adelaide Animal Expo, at the weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jake, our new foster greyhound, on his first night here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Myrtle in between shows over the Easter break<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Animal Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n

A mind-bogglingly cute pygmy hippo<\/a> as appeared on the Featured Creature.<\/p>\n

Banker rescues duckling in the most heartwarming way<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Why research mice being ‘nestless’ may be a bad thing for science (and for mice)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Links that I tweeted this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[334,333,347],"class_list":["post-1305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-of-interest","tag-link","tag-links","tag-week-in-tweets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1305"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4950,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305\/revisions\/4950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}