Christine Hibbard, CTC, CPDT Maybe it’s social networking, all the yahoo group memberships, Facebook and Twitter but about once a week someone sends me a story about police officers shooting a dog. I even saw that Pat Miller wrote an article about this in the most recent edition of Whole Dog Journal. Then I got… [Read More]
Behavioral Ecology & Evolution of Dogs
Christine Hibbard, CTC, CPDT A few weeks ago, I attended a day long lecture by Ray Coppinger, PhD and co-author of Dogs: A New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior and Evolution. This book was published in 2002 and I read it several years ago. I remembered how much I enjoyed the book and how much… [Read More]
But Sometimes, It’s Really the People
Greta Kaplan, CPDT, CDBC It’s a truism among people who do what I do that “it’s not the dogs, it’s the people.” In fact, there’s even a good book by that title about running a behavior consulting business. (The author is Nicole Wilde, CPDT). The truism reflects that it’s generally pretty easy to get the… [Read More]
National Veterinary Technician Week
Louisa Beal, DVM This is National Veterinary Technician Week. NVTW has been an annual tradition beginning in June of 1993 when the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America passed a resolution declaring the third week in October as NVTW. The National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America (NAVTA) was formed in East Lansing, Michigan… [Read More]
Invisible Fences: Not a Recommended Solution
Christine Hibbard, CTC, CPDT I’ve been wanting to write an article about “invisible” fences, aka electric fences for some time. I was spurred to action after reading an article by an esteemed colleague, Laurie Luck at Smart Dog University. She got herself and her dogs home safely after one of her neighbor’s dogs broke through… [Read More]
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