{"id":3313,"date":"2013-08-07T09:18:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T22:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/?p=3313"},"modified":"2013-08-07T09:18:16","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T22:48:16","slug":"the-week-in-tweets-7th-august-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/links-of-interest\/the-week-in-tweets-7th-august-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Tweets – 7th August 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is our (almost) weekly segment where we review the content posted on our Twitter over the course of the week. It\u2019s a long post! So make sure you grab a coffee and prepare yourself for some serious reading. We are also proud to announce that we were given a ‘Top Dog Award’, on the right, from Canine Inc<\/a>. Thanks!<\/div>\n
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Our Breaker (Pickwick Ready Break) was awarded ‘Baby Puppy in Group’ at Colomeke Kennel Club under Mr Les Greenall (from Victoria).<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Our favourite tweet of the week is a bit of a different one: It’s a Canine Lameness Learning Module<\/a>. It’s a really thorough selection of videos to help diagnosis of lameness. At the very least, book mark it for the future.<\/p>\n

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Do Something!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m a big one for advocating others ‘do something’ to make change.<\/p>\n

Here’s some things you can DO this week: Make a submission to the Victorian Code of Practice on Breeding and Rearing<\/a>, like the one suggested by Maggie’s Farm.<\/p>\n

Participate in the Childhood Dog Bite Survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Attend the CAWS fundraiser: Movie Night – Red 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Prada the cat<\/a> is available for adoption in SA.<\/p>\n

Jolly Jacques the poodle <\/a>was, but is now on trial.<\/p>\n

Boltraiser – restoring Bolt’s vision<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An irresponsible public alert: Elderly man\u00a0walks 186 miles to find his lost dog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two from Border-Wars: “The Myth of Christmas Puppies<\/a>”\u00a0and “Only 2 % of dogs die in shelters yearly<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Study on length of stay in two NY shelters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From the ever-wondering SavingPets blog: “If veterinarians were kill shelters<\/a>“,\u00a0“Lost Dogs Home lost pet reclaims like winning the lottery<\/a>”\u00a0and “Giving the people what they want<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

YesBiscuit\u00a0CAA sends owner of lost pets to ATM, oops-killing dog while owner is gone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shelter Killing Benefits Puppy Mills<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CommonSense for Cats<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Let your weakness be your strength<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Does punishing a dog after a transgression really work?<\/a><\/p>\n

The Team Unruly Review of Puppybooks, Part I: Leslie McDevitt, Control Unleashed: The Puppy Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shedd Animal Training Seminar: Other Advanced Concepts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From Eileen and Dogs: The Humane Hierarchy, Pat 1 of 2: Overview<\/a>,\u00a0Operant Learning Illustrated by Examples<\/a> and\u00a0But what if your dog runs out into traffic?<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shake, Rattle and Roll: How to introduce the bottle pool<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Myth of Reinforcing Fear<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

So you want a dog?<\/a><\/p>\n

DCM in Doberman Pinschers<\/a> – a video on YouTube that is really worth reading in subtitles.<\/p>\n

The Afghan Hound as Symbol of Conspicuous Consumption<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Health Testing” in Dogs is Limited<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A new study discussing the reliability of visual breed identification<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Dog attack in Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Consumer watch: Tests on Dog Harnesses Show 100 Percent Failure Rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Modern Pet Doors www.modernpetdoors.com.au Compassion for People<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Police Shootings of Dogs or Stuff You Should Not Let Your Dogs Do<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Food Inc – Full Length Film<\/a> – This is not an animal rights video! It’s a video questioning our whole process of growing and consuming food.<\/p>\n

Angelina Jolie, Evolution and Pleiotropy<\/a> – Talking about genes in people and dogs.<\/p>\n

Depression Part Two<\/a> – A really worthwhile comment on depression.<\/p>\n

Animals that you didn’t know existed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Comparative Cognition Society<\/a>\u00a0– society for studying the cognition of people and animals.<\/p>\n

Funniest Horse Act Ever! Tommie Turvey and PokerJoe!<\/a> – I’m waiting for dancing with horses to be the in thing.<\/p>\n

The Most Venomous Animals in the World<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Decapitated Worms Regrow Heads with Memories Still Inside<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Instagram<\/strong><\/p>\n

Breaker in ‘in show’ line up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Breaker, baby in group<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Things we tweeted about this week. A huge list of links with worthwhile doggy readings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[334,333,532,347],"class_list":["post-3313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-of-interest","tag-link","tag-links","tag-the-week-in-tweets","tag-week-in-tweets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3313"}],"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=3313"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3333,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3313\/revisions\/3333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}