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Predicting Adults from Puppies – in 15 Minutes!
A typical vet consult is just 15 minutes. Is this long enough for a vet to diagnose future behavioural problems in puppies? Vaccination consults seem to be an ideal time for vets to assess puppies and...
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Dog Aggression in a Breeding Program
Should you breed from a dog that is dog-aggressive? “Deez” was surrendered into rescue having almost-exclusively lived in a backyard for 2 years, with minimal interaction with other dogs. Despite this...
View ArticleThe Week In Tweets – 30th January 2014
This is our (almost) weekly segment where we review the content posted on our Twitter over the course of the week. It’s a long post! So make sure you grab a coffee and prepare yourself for some serious...
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How to find a good dog breeder
Purchasing a Dog or Puppy: What to look for in a breeder So you have made a decision to add a dog or puppy to your family. Congratulations! But how do you make sure you’re getting a puppy from an...
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How to choose a rescue or shelter to adopt from
Purchasing a dog or puppy: What to look for in a rescue or shelter Congratulations on choosing to add a new dog or puppy to your family. It is great that you are considering adopting a pet from a...
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Desexed dogs – 2.6 times less likely to bite!
Australian Veterinary Association makes this claim, in its PDF “Dangerous Dogs – a sensible solution“: Entire (undesexed) dogs are 2.6 times more likely to bite than those that are spayed or neutered...
View ArticleThe Week in Tweets – 17th September 2014
The ‘Week in Tweets’ is name in the optimism that I will post a Twitter round up on a weekly basis. This time it was a bit longer than a week… It’s basically my ‘recommended reading’ list. A lot of...
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Novelty (or Practical Habituation)
I have been thinking a lot of late about novelty in dog training. More technically, I’ve been thinking about habituation (i.e. a type of non-associative learning) and how it works in the ‘real world’...
View ArticleMy Say: Proposed Breeder Code of Practice SA
(This is post two in a series of four blog posts on proposed changes to dog laws in South Australia. Post One: Summary. Post Three: D&CMA. Post Four: Mandatory Desexing.) Submissions on the...
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Socialisation: More is Better
You do not have to read my blog for long to know that I’m a big fan of puppy socialisation. If you read my Puppies 2012 series, you can see the kind of effort I put into puppy raising five years ago...
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