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Events
Doggy links
Non-Doggy Sites
Doggy Reading
Non-Doggy Reading
Quotes of the Week
Dog Blog
Thanks to...
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Events
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Parrots, Pouches & People Seminar - Auckland - 12 & 13 July
http://doglinks.co.nz/events/Susan_Friedman/index.htm

Dogs Day Out- Christchurch- Sun 13 July: 11am-3pm.
http://www.doglinks.co.nz/myforums/viewtopic.php?id=187

Junior Petkeeper Animal Care Workshop- Auckland July 2008
http://www.doglinks.co.nz/myforums/viewtopic.php?id=188

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Doggy links
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Glassed Off!
Dog Doors, large & small, supplied & fitted into glass or solid doors (Auckland)
http://www.glassedoff.co.nz

Tessenday We have been breeding for over ten years for soundness, type ,size and above all temperament. We don't breed very often, only if we need to further our breeding programme, so puppies are rarely available but we are always happy to "talk mastiff " as they are our passion.
http://www.nzkc.org.nz/tessenday/

Reading Body Language: Page full of dog pictures in different poses. Explaination to what to see in your dog through his body language.
http://www.diamondsintheruff.com/diagrams.html

Calming Signals - The Art of Survival by Turid Rugaas Very very informative... take notes, and watch your dog.
http://www.canis.no/rugaas/onearticle.php?artid=1

Who's your daddy? DNA testing for dogs
http://biopetvetlab.com /dnahome.htm

Kids and Dogs -- Made for Each Other? Never allow children to take advantage of the tolerance of a dog.
www.monsterdog.net/kidsanddogs .html

Um, Dogs, We Need to Talk
www.caninechronicle.com /Features/Robinson_08/robinson _508.html

Training Thoughts: Bad habits are harder to fix than developing good ones first. Dogs thrive on consistency.
http://www.windstormretrievers.com/tip1remember.htm

The business of dogs: People who continuously achieve high success in their breeding programs over time share certain characteristics.
http://www.caninechronicle.com/Features/jarrell_08/jarrell_608.html

Fix My Street: report dog fouling, and get a map that points to it!
http://www.fixmystreet.com/?id=25240

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Non-Doggy Sites
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The Cheap Petrol Project (NZ) Sick of Petrol companies telling you what to pay for your petrol?
Thousands of people are more powerfull than one, join us now and get discount petrol!
http://www.thecheappetrolproject.co.nz

For Fuel Saving Tips: (NZ)
http://www.fuelsaver.co.nz/ to find out how your vehicle rates for fuel economy
http://www.rightcar.govt.nz/ for tips to help you be transport efficient

SuperMemo algorithm for memorization practice
www.wired.com/medtech/health /magazine/16-05/ff_wozniak

BMW R1150GS Motorcycle
http://jeff.dean.home.att.net /gs.htm

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Doggy Reading
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Control Unleashed: Creating a Focused and Confident Dog by Leslie
McDevitt  seems to be pretty sensible, if somewhat prolix, about desensitizing and counter-conditioning.
Minor annoyance is that the book explains things at the same time it's selling you on "CU" as a kind of product. I'm always
suspicious of people who want to mint new acronyms.

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Non-Doggy Reading
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Quotes of the Week
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A truth that's told with bad intent
  Beats all the lies you can invent.
      -- Blake

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. -- G. B. Stern

Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling
influences of the world. -- Thomas Guthrie

There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less
than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction. -- John F.
Kennedy

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,
unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. --
Gibbon

In international diplomacy there are no permanent friends or permanent
enemies, only permanent interests. --Bismark

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a
camera. -- Dorothea Lange

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Dog Blog
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Thanks to...
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Geoff Stern for providing the links, articles, and quotes.

If you have any interesting links, send them to natalie@doglinks.co.nz and your name will be here:)