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I think I'm going to try since Toledo isn't too far from me. (Assuming that Bear's breeder is interested, that is).
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Wohoo, only a two hour drive!
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While we're posting articles, there's also a study out of Penn Vet that backs up Jess and Brad's points (summary and article). The conclusion basically is that dogs trained with "confrontational" (authors' term) methods such as alpha rolls…
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I'd take it with a large boulder of salt. Their study population is nowhere near large enough to draw the sort of conclusions they're going after. The full study here gives a bit more detail. Basically, they find that dogs who have been vaccinat…
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While I agree with Brad that in many cases, shock collars are used incorrectly or unnecessarily, the campaign doesn't really distinguish that it's not a purely a black and white moral issue. Granted, that's probably slogans along the lines of "…
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Crossposting from the shiba-side: While I agree with Jessica that it's important to monitor what ingredients are in your dog's kibble (if that's what you're using), I'm not sure this is really a smoking-gun indictment against kibble. The article c…
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Count me in :)
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Random question (since I'm moving to Ohio in the near future): is the NIPPO show there a recurring event, or was last year's a one-off? (I seem to remember hearing about a NIPPO show in the US that rotated between 2 or 3 locations, but I wasn't sure…
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I'd have to measure, but Violet has gotten out of her collar, which I thought was ~12". Of course, this could also be my inability to accurately estimate circumferences from memory. :-\ Will have to check tonight and see (she's 18 lbs for refe…
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Looks great, but it seems like it's only meant for 12-28" necks, which rules out using it on our shiba. Drat. If anyone sees a smaller one somewhere, do post it.
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Also, some dogs are just harder on their teeth than other dogs. Our pup doesn't really chomp down too hard on anything, but there are some dogs that just don't know enough to avoid chewing hard enough to break teeth. (Our trainer had to keep one of …
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I'm sure I've posted this before, but it seems appropriate to link here: A study from Penn Vet that shows that aversive techniques lead to bad behavior. (The full version, likely requires library/university access is at Applied Animal Behaviour Sci…
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Well, to be fair, it says that he's "considered" to be... which unfortunately does seem to be more true than I would like.
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For shibas (at least for the litter Vi came from), it was 4-6 weeks. Phil (Vi's breeder) mentioned that the longer they took to come up, the pointier they ended up being. At 4 weeks: (Image) 5 weeks: 6 weeks: (Image)
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Have you guys tried this site? http://www.petmicrochiplookup.org (Violet is registered with HomeAgain, and it recognizes her chip number.) It looks like they're partnered with all the big players.
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So, as a chemical engineer, I have to say, I think the plausibility of this working as advertised is somewhere between mildly unlikely and utterly implausible. Diatomaceous earth does have some efficacy as an insecticide, but the way it works on pla…
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Violet has run of our bedroom while Janie and I are work, although we try to occasionally pop home for lunch and take her out (since we both walk to work). Eventually that'll probably expand to run of the house, but it'll probably wait until she's o…
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Hi Nico, At the risk of side-tracking the discussion, I do have to take issue with a few statements you made. While vaccines do introduce some form of antigen into one's system (since the whole goal is to train the immune system to respond to th…
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Perhaps someone can correct me on this, but as far as I know, there actually isn't a difference between the 1-year and 3-year rabies shots (see this link for more info - which does make sense since increasing the dosage or adding an adjuvant won't c…
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That was strange. Apparently google maps won't give driving directions within mexico at all. Even from two places a few miles apart.
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Here's some adorable puppy spam from Violet and her brother and sister (Lily and Trapper). (Image) Lily and Trapper Vi and Lily (Image) Vi & Lily All the siblings (Image) Vi Lily & Trapper playing with their Big Sis Tassie (Imag…
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There was a study out of Penn Vet last year on this sort of thing in Animal Behavior: it basically verified that aversive techniques were more likely to lead to behavior problems. Not sure if people have seen it, so attaching it here.
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So, it turns out that this was just a pushing boundaries issues. We upped her exercise, with no impact on the crying. But once we ignored her (it took 20-25 minutes), she quieted down and went to bed. Hopefully she'll go back to being an angel at be…