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The Dog Zombie: Learn Science free online!
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Learn Science free online! There’s lots of science out there to read about on the internet these days ( so go get reading. Oh yeah. There is way too much of it in the world.). So how do you go about learning Science? Here are some upcoming free online courses that I recommend to you. By the way, if you are a certified trainer or behavior consultant, I recommend you ask your CEU distributor of choice to give you CEUs for taking these classes. They are absolutely relevant. Whenever I...
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The Dog Zombie: November 2014
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Saturday, November 22, 2014. Article, Testing the Tests. Is now available on the web for free. I did a lot of background reading for this story and I learned a lot of interesting stuff about shelter behavioral assessments: how they're designed, how to evaluate whether they work, and new work that's going into improving them. Check it out! Posted by The Dog Zombie. Saturday, November 8, 2014. How antidepressants work: the good parts version. You can buy your very own Prozac bone sticker. So that’s w...
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The Dog Zombie: August 2014
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014. V-FORCE from the AVMA. I was tickled to discover that the AVMA. Published a comic book. V-Force! Veterinarians to the Rescue! Did you know that veterinary superheroes have x-ray vision and use it to diagnose leptospirosis? Did you know that some of them (us? Can I say some of us? Even have microscopic vision so that they can see microbes and diagnose infection with West Nile Virus? Why didn't I get these super powers when I graduated? I want a super hero named OneHealth Man!
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The Dog Zombie: Who funds dog research?
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Who funds dog research? As I move through my training and think ahead to my future career, I wonder: who will pay for all this research I want to do on dogs? I have so many questions to ask! What changes happen in the canine brain as it enters, and then leaves, the socialization period? How is the brain of a fearful dog different from that of a confident dog? What are the genetic differences behind these variations? In other words, what are the mechanisms. We (I am a veterinari...
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The Dog Zombie: March 2015
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Who funds dog research? As I move through my training and think ahead to my future career, I wonder: who will pay for all this research I want to do on dogs? I have so many questions to ask! What changes happen in the canine brain as it enters, and then leaves, the socialization period? How is the brain of a fearful dog different from that of a confident dog? What are the genetic differences behind these variations? In other words, what are the mechanisms. We (I am a veterinari...
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The Dog Zombie: February 2015
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Friday, February 27, 2015. Do spayed and neutered dogs get cancer more often? Note: this post was originally published. At the lovely Julie Hecht's Dog Spies blog. At Scientific American.]. Where I live, in America, it’s taken for granted that responsible owners spay or neuter their dogs. The population of homeless animals is still large enough that risking an unwanted litter is, to many owners, unthinkable. And spay/neuter is just what people. Used a voluntary Internet-based survey to perform a similar ...
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The Dog Zombie: Can a supplement improve a dog's response to training?
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Saturday, May 9, 2015. Can a supplement improve a dog's response to training? Ah, the sharp focus of a German shepherd. When I was in veterinary school, my roommate had a dog nicknamed Mr. C who had some focus issues. (She still has him, but is sadly no longer my roommate.) We used to joke that C had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); he just had an extreme case of not being able to keep his mind on one thing for any length of time. Training him was challenging. He. This hormone which is as...
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The Dog Zombie: December 2014
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Monday, December 29, 2014. I have two new courses being offered online with the APDT that I’m really looking forward to teaching:. Canine Hormones: from molecules to behavior. February 3 - March 11, 2015 (12 CEUs). Hormones — those chemicals that float around the body to pass messages between different organs — have a lot to do with behavior. What exactly is a hormone? How do hormones pass messages around? What is the stress response, how does it work, and what does it tell us about a dog's stress levels?
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The Dog Zombie: July 2014
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Monday, July 28, 2014. The Nature versus Nurture debate is over: we no longer ask if genetics governs personality or if environment does. They work together, and it’s hard to pick their effects apart. But surely we can pick their effects apart a little? Surely there are some numbers we can cite? It’s a tough question, but one that researchers have tackled. The concept is called heritability: the measurement of how much of a trait is due to genetic influences, and how much is due to environment. Did dogs ...
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The Dog Zombie: July 2015
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Dogs and brains link fest. I've been doing a lot of writing, actually, but none of it on this blog. Right now I'm working on an NSF grant proposal. This is really exciting for our lab, but it's a lot of writing! I'm also working on a piece for the writing group I was assigned to as part of attending the upcoming ComSciCon-Chicago. A science communication conference, and I just recently submitted another story to a dog-focused magazine (I'll report here when it's published). Some r...
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