http://mysmelly.com/Archive/DogBehaviour/Forum68.htmDog behaviour discussions from usenet group <a href="news://rec.pets.dogs.behavior">rec.pets.dogs.behavior</a> en-gbxC 7.1.24326http://mysmelly.com/Archive/ParrotWorkedToDeath/cblmr/post.htmFri, 19 Oct 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ParrotWorkedToDeath/cblmr/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ParrotWorkedToDeath/cblmr/post.htmIs this what you did to the poor creature, Ms Irene Pepperberg? Have him worked to death by your research? 8-12 hours a day, every day, of gruelling mental exercise, just to find out where the limits of avian intelligence exist! No wonder Alex died so young. Both you and Brandeis University should be ashamed of yourselves! Bird Brain Dies After Years of Research WALTHAM, Mass. - Alex, a parrot that could count to six, identify colors and even express frustration with repetitive scientific trials, has died after 30 years of helping researchers better understand the avian brain. The cause of Alex's death was unknown. The African grey parrot's average life span is 50 years, Brandeis University scientist Irene Pepperberg said. Alex was...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/QuickLearnerFreeHome/cblwz/post.htmMon, 19 Nov 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/QuickLearnerFreeHome/cblwz/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/QuickLearnerFreeHome/cblwz/post.htmScooter has the annoying habit of taking a long time to poop when first let out in the morning even though he pees right away. I don't like standing around outside forever, so I have been teaching him a new command. "Go potty" already gets him to pee, so now I tell him after he goes potty to "go poopies" and praise him when he poops. We just started this routine yesterday. So this morning, when my daughter was taking the dogs out for morning potty duty, I figured I should remind her of the new routine. "Be sure to tell him to go poopies!" I called as she headed for the door. Scooter turned around, looked at me with his biggest good dog grin and squatted right there on the kitchen floor. When he'd done his business, he ran up to me to...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/OlderDogAndNewDog/cblqq/post.htmWed, 19 Sep 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/OlderDogAndNewDog/cblqq/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/OlderDogAndNewDog/cblqq/post.htmOkay, here goes... Many years ago I adopted a dog from the pound, she was the most incredibly good dog and has been with me for over ten years. She is now in her teens. Maybe 12-13? A large breed dog, part Keeshund and possibly part Shepherd. She is very well trained and knows over 60 different commands/phrases. Her name is Gypsy Rose. We knew we'd get another dog when her time came, and debated on whether to get one now, or after. The logic was that now, she could help us train a new dog by example, and supposedly younger dogs breathe life into older ones. But we didn't make the decision, we looked around but never really decided. Until one day we encountered a dog unexpectedly and adopted her, another dog pound special. The logic was...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/AgressiveDog/cblmc/post.htmMon, 19 Nov 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/AgressiveDog/cblmc/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/AgressiveDog/cblmc/post.htmHi We rescued a young (11months old) female rottweiler/beauceron cross bred, about two months ago from our local dog pound. We chose her because at the pound when all mayhem was breaking out she stayed very calm. She is very gentle and is great with our young children (1 year and two years). However we have a problem with aggressive behaviour towards strangers in the street and other strange dogs(particularly those who are barking behind fences) ( to the point of biting one of our neighbours we met in the road in front of our house at the end of a walk!. I try to restrain her and make her sit ..she has none of it and will pull and jump on the leash. If she is off the leash she will run up to the person barking and snarling (and already...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/LastDaysLuckyDogsPaul/cblxd/post.htmWed, 19 Dec 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/LastDaysLuckyDogsPaul/cblxd/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/LastDaysLuckyDogsPaul/cblxd/post.htmLast week, finally, I was able to get through to Defenders of Animal Rights, and I got an appointment to bring Lucky in on Monday for them to enter into their adoption program. There is a $70 surrender donation, which I would be glad to give if I can be assured of her best interests. They said it would be OK if I visited her once in a while at the shelter, to take her for a walk, and for that I would give them additional donations. My fear is that I have heard they will sometimes euthanize dogs that do not appear to be generating interest for adoption. They told me that they would notify me if she displayed dangerous aggression, and would allow me to take her back, but otherwise she would be PTS. The main reason for my seeking a new home...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/ReleaseWords/cbjwn/post.htmWed, 19 Sep 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ReleaseWords/cbjwn/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ReleaseWords/cbjwn/post.htmAm a the only duntz who's ever done this - - I'm teaching my Rusty tricks... and I realize I've been teaching him the tricks but haven't been forgetting to include proper markers and releases... I say... "Sit..." or atleast I think that's what I say... he sits but pops up instantly - - almost like a spring is under him. I say... "Down..." he goes down and pops up instantly like a jack-in- the box. Every trick he pops up... and I'm thinking, "You duntz... STAY... STAY... STAY.." I even say STAY... "What is the dog hyperactive or something?" I'm thinking... Then last night I was listening to a podcast where the owner was talking about markers and releases... and I note to myself that I tend to say "Good boy!" after he does a trick......http://mysmelly.com/Archive/PetpacSupportsDogFighting/cbkqc/post.htmWed, 19 Sep 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/PetpacSupportsDogFighting/cbkqc/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/PetpacSupportsDogFighting/cbkqc/post.htmI am ashamed to say but I have a cousin in California who has friends that are obsessed with dogfighting. I've been urging my cousin to report them, but he says they'll know who did it. He's afraid because some of them are in law enforcement (hard to believe I know). Now here?s the outrageous thing. My cousin Luke said that there is an organization looking after the interests of people who breed and fight pit bulls. It's called PetPac. He said that literally thousands of people in the dogfighting business are joining PetPAC. How do they get away with this? Is this organization an underground group? He also said the people in dogfighting are worried about a law that PetPAC is trying to stop. I think its Assembly Bill 1634 (number may be...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/ProblemsBreedSpecificBanning/cblbc/post.htmWed, 19 Dec 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ProblemsBreedSpecificBanning/cblbc/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ProblemsBreedSpecificBanning/cblbc/post.htmAreas that try to ban specific breeds run into the problem that the owners of the dog are protected by the fourteenth amendment in the USA. [link]http://mysmelly.com/Archive/ContactJudgeSentencMicheal-Vick/cbljn/post.htmFri, 19 Oct 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ContactJudgeSentencMicheal-Vick/cbljn/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ContactJudgeSentencMicheal-Vick/cbljn/post.htmJudges read all the pre-sentencing mail. Do You Want to Contact the Judge Who Will Sentence Vick? By Joy in Laws and Dogs/Cats, Crimes Against Dogs and Cats, Dogs and Celebrities, Group Barks Thanks to Attorney General Rosie Moondog of President Isabel's Animal Abuse Commission for barking out the contact information for the man responsible for sentencing Michael Vick. If you decide to contact Judge Hudson PLEASE be polite, succinct and use NO profanity. If you swear or otherwise make a bad impression on Judge Hudson it will only make Vick look better. Here is the contact information for Judge Henry E. Hudson. When writing please address as The Honorable Judge Henry E. Hudson. This is the man who will sentence Vick. It's up to him to...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/ThingsAboutInteresting/cbjzn/post.htmWed, 19 Dec 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ThingsAboutInteresting/cbjzn/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ThingsAboutInteresting/cbjzn/post.htmMaui, Cali and I live in a bi-level house. The dogs and I are upstairs99.9% of the time. If the dogs go downstairs it's very rare and only for abrief time. Cali used to try to go down there when she was still housebreaking so I'd tell her no. Now they don't even try to go down there, even though its not really off limits. Anyway, I am moving to the bedroom downstairs so I can be up later at night (doing grad school work) without bothering my parents. Also, I can claim the family room which gives the dogs more room to run around when they need to be confined (to the whole downstairs instead of just to the bedroom like they are now when I am doing school work or on the computer). I have been cleaning and getting things moved around and...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/ToesToesWhereDidTheyGo/cblld/post.htmFri, 19 Oct 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ToesToesWhereDidTheyGo/cblld/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/ToesToesWhereDidTheyGo/cblld/post.htmGabby is now 5 months old and has been interested in toes as long as I can remember. Well I completely baffled her last night. It was chilly here and I put on a pair of socks which completely confused her. OMG it was funny as soon as she saw me with them on she jumped back startled then slowly approached to sniff them. Then everytime I got up to walk around I had her walking beside me with her nose to my feet..LOL Celeste Unique one of a kind beaded Jewelry By Celeste [link]http://mysmelly.com/Archive/PostPicsGreatSite/cblkc/post.htmFri, 19 Oct 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/PostPicsGreatSite/cblkc/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/PostPicsGreatSite/cblkc/post.htmThey are here in Albuquerque New Mexico. They have an under construction... but mostly there... web site at retrodogbakery.com. They hold contest based on dog pictures and also have a bunch of cool stuff like team gear for your dog. Well good luck on the contest. retrodogbakery.comhttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/QuestionsAboutDogsCats/cbldl/post.htmWed, 19 Sep 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/QuestionsAboutDogsCats/cbldl/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/QuestionsAboutDogsCats/cbldl/post.htmSorry to bother you, but I couldn't find anything on the web. 1) Do male wolves, foxes, hyenas, coyotes, jackals, dingoes, andAfrican wild dogs lift their rear leg when taking a leak, or is this practice limited to domesticated dogs? 2) Other than the domesticated house cat, do other cats try to coverup their poop deposits?http://mysmelly.com/Archive/AnotherPeanutThing/cblhn/post.htmWed, 19 Dec 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/AnotherPeanutThing/cblhn/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/AnotherPeanutThing/cblhn/post.htmMost nights, Peanut starts out curled up between us, up by our pillows, and then moves down by our feet to finish out the night. Last night, he started out normally, and then turn around so that he was half under the covers...but only the front half. His butt was sticking out from under the covers and he slept quite comfortably that way for several hours (not that I stayed awake to notice, but every time I woke up he was like that). Eventually he did move down to the foot of the bed like he normally does. He originally wanted to go all the way under the covers and sleep by our feet, but we managed to talk him out of that! He's still the most normal dog I've ever lived with, which is kind of a scary thought. Bright eyes/burning like...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/WhyLoveHottestCannieNewsLetterFree-Copy/cblwh/post.htmWed, 19 Dec 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/WhyLoveHottestCannieNewsLetterFree-Copy/cblwh/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/WhyLoveHottestCannieNewsLetterFree-Copy/cblwh/post.htm1)I Guess You Really Never Own A Dog, You Just rent them, And you haveto be thankful You had a long lease. 2) You really Know You're A Creep If A DOG rejects you. 3) I'm Married, But my Real Partner Is my dog. 4) If you ever tell me I love My dog More than YOU , You are @@#$Right. 5)There Has never been Yet a Dog who Learned to DOUBLE Cross you, NorCatered to you when YOU won , NOR Dropped you When You Lost. Visit this must see site: The Canine Gazette at [link]. Their mission statement is that: "The Average Dog has only ONE request of Humankind, to please Understand me." Filled to the brim with not only highly ethical breeder listings, but deeply informative canine sections, with training tips from the renowned Charlie Petrizzo, and a...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/BeginningTracking/cbldw/post.htmMon, 19 Nov 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/BeginningTracking/cbldw/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/BeginningTracking/cbldw/post.htmOkay, Sassy definitely has a strained muscle. We saw both the orthopedic vet and the canine physical therapist (who knew they had such things?) and they agree. Probably a very specific muscle, left hind, used for jumping. And she is pretty heavily muscled. Witness at [link]/ So she's on leash rest for four weeks, with Metacam. If she can't do it on a leash, she's not allowed to do it. Then we meet again in a month and the restrictions probably extend for another four weeks. It's looking like it will be at least the first of the year before we can start her back doing any sort of agility. We can handle that. There are still four trials that we're entered in but she can go and watch Spenser from the sidelines. It'll probably be easier...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/HowThingsChangedWithoutBlack/cbkpd/post.htmMon, 19 Nov 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/HowThingsChangedWithoutBlack/cbkpd/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/HowThingsChangedWithoutBlack/cbkpd/post.htmI always knew Franklin was a huge presence here, from the moment he walked in the door at 8 weeks old. Since Lucy was here first, her behavior has stayed pretty much the same over the years. Rudy, OTOH, hadn't know life here without Franklin. I think it will be interesting to watch him evolve and eventually become the big brother. One thing is that I thought Rudy was an early riser. Our alarm goes off at 6 M-F, so he gets up then, which I expect from the pee-machine. Here it is Saturday, with no alarm, and there was no big black tail thumping against the bedroom wall at 6:45-7. I think we slept until 8:30, and then it was DH who needed to get up, not Rudy. DH dripped some latte foam on Rudy this morning, and there was nobody to lick it...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/OnLineLicenseApplication-Questionnaire/cbhdl/post.htmMon, 19 Nov 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/OnLineLicenseApplication-Questionnaire/cbhdl/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/OnLineLicenseApplication-Questionnaire/cbhdl/post.htmI have developed a draft version of an on-line Dog License Application, using basic HTML, and also some JScript (as a learning exercise). You can try it at: [link] You might need to enable the script if your settings block it. You can view the code to see that there is nothing malicious. It's pretty simple, and you can change some of the values if you think there is a more reasonable method of determining fees. There are possibly other factors that could be added, but this might be enough. I left out any breed-specific qualifiers. I might also add an adjustment for no incidents within a year, but that would be best for renewals. This is meant to be an initial fee; renewals would be less. I might show this to my friend at AC, but I don't...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/FunArticle/cbldk/post.htmWed, 19 Sep 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/FunArticle/cbldk/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/FunArticle/cbldk/post.htm() For serious scientists, Lassie and her friends were deemed little more than dumbed-down ancestors of the wolf, degenerated into panting morons by millennia of breeding. But a younger generation of researchers has set out to restore the reputations of our beloved pets. "Dogs can do things that we long believed only humans had mastered," says Juliane Kaminski of the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Evolutionary Anthropology in the eastern German city of Leipzig. It is precisely their proximity to people which disqualified our four-legged friends as a model for so long that now makes them interesting to animal researchers. "When it comes to understanding human behavior, no mammal comes even close to the dog," says Kaminski. Her Leipzig...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/TheDangersCommercialFood/cbldh/post.htmMon, 19 Nov 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/TheDangersCommercialFood/cbldh/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/TheDangersCommercialFood/cbldh/post.htmCommercial pet food can be very dangerous to our dogs. They contain a number of chemicals that are banned from human foods and can cause cancer. Also, each year millions of dead American dogs and cats are processed along with other animal materials. The products of this then serve as raw materials which are used in making pet food. I have a blog on this topic that has more information about this: [link]/ I prefer the idea of feeding dogs table scraps and meat from the butcherhttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/AtLeastGivesAbout/cblrh/post.htmFri, 19 Oct 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/AtLeastGivesAbout/cblrh/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/AtLeastGivesAbout/cblrh/post.htmI've lost dogs before. It's never any better, but it has always been different. When I lost my first dog, he was an only dog, and was 15.5 yo. He had been with me since I was 14, so his impact on my life was huge. I had 2 cats at home, but caring for them was not the same as caring for adog. I got a loaner dog for a bit (my sister's lab who stayed a lot anyway), and then got a new puppy about 2 months later. The second time I lost a dog, she was one of 2. I hated how hard it hit the remaining dog, along with us. I adopted an adult dog very quickly afterward, although that was not my plan. She was just the right dog at the right time. Not too far off when I lost dog #3. He was one of 2 and when he passed, I brought a new puppy home in...http://mysmelly.com/Archive/MapleManseStaymanRules2000-2007/cbkhv/post.htmFri, 19 Oct 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/MapleManseStaymanRules2000-2007/cbkhv/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/MapleManseStaymanRules2000-2007/cbkhv/post.htmWe lost my sweet boy today. I was still there with Lucy (who had gotten to lick him and say hi) when they started the splenectomy, or what was going to be the splenectomy. He had two large tumors in his intestine. One was massive and inoperable and bleeding, hence the anemia. I wanted him to go in peace, so we didn't wake him up, but said goodbye then. I feel hollow. I thank you all for your thoughts and wishes and wish I could report a better outcome. Janet Boss www.bestfriendsdogobedience.comhttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/UnderWaterSwimmingDog/cblbq/post.htmFri, 19 Oct 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/UnderWaterSwimmingDog/cblbq/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/UnderWaterSwimmingDog/cblbq/post.htmCheck out this video of my Amazing Boxer Dog Paris that actually sticks her head under water in my swimming pool and then she starts diving too.. I wanted to teach her to swim to give her exercise because we have such a small back yard and now I can't keep her out of the pool.. Check out the video here [link] Thanks Michaelhttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/GoodBookAboutADog/cblrq/post.htmFri, 19 Oct 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/GoodBookAboutADog/cblrq/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/GoodBookAboutADog/cblrq/post.htm"Merle's Door" by Ted Kerasote. The author finds a dog living in the wild and takes him in. The book is about the author learning about dogs and nature from the dog.http://mysmelly.com/Archive/NeverFeedYourPet/cbjjr/post.htmFri, 19 Oct 2012 19:49:40 GMThttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/NeverFeedYourPet/cbjjr/post.htmUsenethttp://mysmelly.com/Archive/NeverFeedYourPet/cbjjr/post.htmYesterday's Parade Magazine gave the following list of foods never to feed your pet: Alcohol Apple cores Avocado Bones Caffeine Cheese Chocolate Dough Fat Garlic Grapes Ham Liver Milk Moldy foods Mushrooms Onions Potato peels Raisins Tuna. What's wrong with cheese, ham, mushrooms, potato peels and tuna? I'm especially curious bout the cheese. We've been wrapping Cubbe's meds in cheese. Lia