{"id":2486,"date":"2013-02-24T09:47:52","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T23:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/?p=2486"},"modified":"2021-08-02T17:40:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T07:10:25","slug":"the-week-in-tweets-24th-february-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/links-of-interest\/the-week-in-tweets-24th-february-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Tweets – 24th February 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is our near-weekly segment where we list all the links we\u2019ve shared on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>. \u00a0It\u2019s always a big post! So grab a coffee and prepare yourself for some serious reading.<\/p>\n

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Tweet of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n

DoggieBuddy shared a post featuring information and video of the first dog movie star! \u00a0It’s actually not a bad silent movie, considering it’s time period, and a nice little bit of history. \u00a0Head over to watch “Rescued by Rover<\/a>” on the DoggieBuddy blog.<\/p>\n

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

The rally the pet lovers of Melboune have been waiting for<\/a> – against the Lost Dog’s Home. If you’re in Melbourne, please make the time to attend! \u00a0And more from SavingPets: “Shelter ‘overpopulation’ a function of design<\/a>” and “Study of Australian cat admissions confirms – shelters are bad for cats<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

For those wanting to know more about the No-Kill movement, there are a couple of US conferences coming up: “No Kill Buffalo-Niagara<\/a>” and “American Pets Alive 2013 No Kill Conference<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Clerical errors, computer mishaps killing animals at Miami-Dad Animal Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bob Kerridge replies to Gareth Morgan’s challenge<\/a> – audio (on cats).<\/p>\n

Dog killing commerce city officer faces charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Rally against compulsory dog desexing<\/a> (that we, are Some Thoughts About Dogs, organised!).<\/p>\n

True doggie devotion: Owner prints 15,000 posters, sends out 35,000 business cards, and offers $10,000 reward and remortgages in hunt for stolen pet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Owner gives dying dog an epic last meal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dog Breeds<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Terrierman: “A bit more on the border-patterdale connection<\/a>“, “One hundred years of border terriers<\/a>” and “A brief history of the patterdale terrier<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

And from Piper the Basenji, a post on\u00a0Portuguese Podengos<\/a> and\u00a0Chinook Dogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dog Training and Behaviour<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is dog socialization?<\/a><\/p>\n

From Suzanne Clothier: “Do I believe in clickers?<\/a>” and “That darned dominance debate<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Denise Fenzi talks about “End on a positive<\/a>” in dog training.<\/p>\n

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Dog Science<\/strong><\/p>\n

“No, dogs were not derived from self-domesticated scavengers from the early days of agriculture<\/a>” from RetrieverMan.<\/p>\n

Does experience help people recognize emotion in dogs?<\/a><\/p>\n

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Canine Behavioral Genetics Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

The backyard breed vs the resposible hobby breeder<\/a> (this one was very close to being the tweet of the week!).<\/p>\n

The Zoomies<\/a> from the Dog Lovers Digest.<\/p>\n

Vital statistics on pet ownership<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Help! My vet is scaring my dog!<\/a> from Dr Sophia Yin.<\/p>\n

Dogs and cats in the home: happiness for all?<\/a><\/p>\n

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The dangers of flea and trick products<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gelatinous animals<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What we tweeted about 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-2486","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\/2486"}],"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=2486"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5021,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486\/revisions\/5021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}