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Posted in calming signals, Puppy kindergarten, Turid Rugaas, Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2009
Tweet Tears, no, make that sobs, shattered my usual I-am-a-rational-person persona. The quesadilla I was eating momentarily stuck in my throat, caught in the crosscurrents of my trying to swallow against erupting emotion that seemed to come out of nowhere. It all began very innocently. Turid Rugaas and I were seated alone at adjacent tables […]
Posted in And another thing, Treats, Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2009
Tweet (updated below) The stranger kindly consents to give Sadie a little piece of salmon jerky. I place the goodie in his hand expecting him immediately to offer it to her. But, no! As soon as the fish hits his palm it dawns on him that he’s now in possession of something valuable; he has […]
Posted in Behavior, Jean Donaldson, Suzanne Clothier, Uncategorized, Victoria Stilwell on Sep 6th, 2009
Tweet Twitter is all a flutter. The now notorious, 2007 YouTube video of Jean Donaldson’s Chow, Buffy, vigorously humping her extended leg on cue, has resurfaced. You can see it here. Reactions to the video when it first appeared were swift and caustic. (And, they are still coming! The last one on YouTube was posted two […]
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