Summer Break / Summer Reading
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By Zazie Todd, PhD
Companion Animal Psychology Blog is taking a summer break. Meanwhile,
on twitter
and facebook
we continue to share links to the best writing about companion animals and
their people. Why not join us?
If you’re looking for some summer reading (and listening and viewing), these are some of
our favourites:
We’re delighted that some CAPB stories now appear in Pacific
Standard, including Dog Training, Animal Welfare and the Human-Canine Relationship
Wild behaviour: The science of cats in boxes
is explored in this Human Animal Science podcast with Sandra McCune.
We can’t resist this video from Japan of a cat falling asleep on a watermelon.
What the pug is going on? by Mia Cobb at Do You Believe in Dog.
The First Thing to Teach Your Puppy by Eileen and Dogs
Five Things You Can Do to Bite-Proof your Puppy
by Anne Springer of Paws for Praise
Fading Food Lures
by Lori Nanan at Your Pit Bull and You.
A Contract with Your Dog by Maureen Backman at Mutt AboutTown
Muzzle Up! Presents Muzzle Soccer
by The Muzzle Up Project.
In Husbandry for Paws: The Finale
Heidi Steinbeck of Great Shakes Dog Training demonstrates how to trim a dog’s
nails.
Catch up on SPARCS with Canine Science Summer Camp by Julie Hecht and When science and Dogtraining come together – SPARCS 2014
by Jennifer Cattet.
Can a father’s stressful experiences affect his offspring’s stress system? Jessica Perry Hekman investigates epigenetics.
Finally, every week Malcolm Campbell publishes a list of the
best science writing on the web in Morsels for the Mind. There are always plenty of great animal stories. On his own blog, we especially
enjoyed Seeing eye to eye – humans, dogs and squid stare across an evolutionary divide
Companion Animal Psychology Blog will be back on
3rd September.
