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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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http://doglinks.co.nz/calendar.htm

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Doggy links
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AVSAB Position Statement The Use of Punishment for Behavior Modification in Animals

Canine genetics- a fascinating topic since we all deal
with the results of intentional and by chance breedings:
http://www.breedingbetterdogs. com/articles.html
http://www.netpets.com/dogs/ healthspa/bragg.html
http://www.canine-genetics. com/

Excerpt from *The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on
Love, Death, and Happiness* by Mark Rowlands
www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main. jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/11/08/sm_ philosophe
rwolf.xml

"Something About Harry: Old Dogs are the Best Dogs" by Gene Weingarten
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ content/article/2008/09/26/ AR20080926028
60.html

[Originally in *Washington Post*, 10/5/08

"Choosing the Best Dog for Your Family" by the Rt. Hon. Kathy Lang
www.familydogonline.com/ Articles_&_Links/Articles/ Choosing_the_Best_Do
g_for_Your_Family.htm


Are You a Vending Machine or a Slot Machine? (Rachel Flatley)
www.pawsitivelyfundogtraining. com/articlevending.htm

"Realigning the Groups" by Gerry G. Meisels
www.caninechronicle.com/ Features/meisels_08/ meisels1008.html
[Proposed rearrangement of AKC conformation groups]

Embrace Cloning
http://borderwars.blogspot. com/2008/09/embrace-cloning. html
[Interesting reading. "[I]t's been over 10 years since there has been
even a single dog registered with the ISDS that is NOT related to
Wiston Cap. And Wiston Cap was himself a product of line breeding,
going back to Wilson's Cap #3036 more than 30 times in his pedigree."
With that kind of line-breeding in demand, why not clone?. Well, see
also www.reason.com/news/show/ 128654.html ]

Territorial Marking (Myra Milani, DVM)
www.mmilani.com/canine- territorial-marking.html AND
canine-territorial-marking2. html

Safedog crash-tested dog crates
www.safedog.co.uk

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Non-Doggy Sites
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Reading Test- The paomnnehel pweor of the hmuan mnid
http://readingtest.sytes.org/

Be irrepressible Chat rooms monitored. Blogs deleted. Websites blocked. Search engines restricted. People imprisoned for simply posting and sharing information. http://irrepressible.info/

Will it blend? These guys put anything in a blender to see if it will be blend?
http://www.willitblend.com/

Colour Lovers Colours for inspiration. Great to figure out the colour scheme of a new website.


The Western
www.imagesjournal.com/issue06/ infocus/western.htm AND issue10/infocus
[Illustrated introduction to the western movie]

Best Westerns (movies, not motels)
www.cinemacom.com/westerns. html

100 Skills Everyone Should Know
www.popularmechanics.com/home_ journal/how_to/4284709.html

Raven Maps
www.ravenmaps.com
http://www.colourlovers.com

 

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Doggy Reading
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I didn't expect to like *A Dog Who's Always Welcome* by Lorie Long --
figured it was just another trng book, another paean to positivism.
But it turns out to be very well written and very instructive. This is
one of the better trng books I've read in a while. Long tries to adapt
techniques and methods from assistance dog trainers, esp. for social
skills -- SOAPs:

        . Situations
        . Objects
        . Animals
        . People

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Non-Doggy Reading
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Quotes of the Week
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One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.
  - Andrew Carnegie

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
  - Gustave Flaubert

War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.
  - Georges Clemenceau

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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:)