Companion Animal Psychology Turns 6
Celebrating six years of writing about the science of our relationship with pets.
By Zazie Todd, PhD
It’s exactly six years since I started Companion Animal Psychology!
The most popular posts of the last year were people mistakenly think anxious dogs are relaxed around baby and the ultimate dog training tip, which won the Captain Haggerty Award from the Dog Writer’s Association of America.
The posts on how to make the world better for dogs and how to make the world better for cats, in which experts weigh in on what would make a difference, have also been incredibly popular. In the last year I spoke to Dr. Lee Dugatkin about How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog), and to Dr. Christy Hoffman about her research in Anthrozoology. And I was thrilled to publish guest posts from Kristi Benson CTC, Gina Bishopp, and Sienna Taylor MSc.
This is post number 355. Regular readers will have noticed posting frequency is down lately. This is because I am busy finishing the manuscript of my book. Look out for more news on that very soon, as well as a return to a regular blogging rhythm.
Meantime, thanks to all of you for the ongoing support. And thank you to those of you who have made use of the advertising on this site, which helps to keep it running.
It's time for coffee and cake now, and a glass of wine later. Cheers!
Zazie
Zazie Todd, PhD, is the author of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy
. She is the founder of the popular blog Companion Animal Psychology, where she writes about everything from training methods to the human-canine relationship. She also writes a column for Psychology Today and has received the prestigious Captain Haggerty Award for Best Training Article in 2017. Todd lives in Maple Ridge, BC, with her husband and two cats.
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By Zazie Todd, PhD
It’s exactly six years since I started Companion Animal Psychology!
The most popular posts of the last year were people mistakenly think anxious dogs are relaxed around baby and the ultimate dog training tip, which won the Captain Haggerty Award from the Dog Writer’s Association of America.
The posts on how to make the world better for dogs and how to make the world better for cats, in which experts weigh in on what would make a difference, have also been incredibly popular. In the last year I spoke to Dr. Lee Dugatkin about How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog), and to Dr. Christy Hoffman about her research in Anthrozoology. And I was thrilled to publish guest posts from Kristi Benson CTC, Gina Bishopp, and Sienna Taylor MSc.
This is post number 355. Regular readers will have noticed posting frequency is down lately. This is because I am busy finishing the manuscript of my book. Look out for more news on that very soon, as well as a return to a regular blogging rhythm.
Meantime, thanks to all of you for the ongoing support. And thank you to those of you who have made use of the advertising on this site, which helps to keep it running.
It's time for coffee and cake now, and a glass of wine later. Cheers!
Zazie
Zazie Todd, PhD, is the author of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy
. She is the founder of the popular blog Companion Animal Psychology, where she writes about everything from training methods to the human-canine relationship. She also writes a column for Psychology Today and has received the prestigious Captain Haggerty Award for Best Training Article in 2017. Todd lives in Maple Ridge, BC, with her husband and two cats.Useful links:
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Congrats on your sixth year!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Allison!
DeleteCongrats! And many thanks for all your work. I'm sure there many others out there like me, silently appreciating every post.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It's good to know the posts are appreciated :-)
DeleteHappy Happy 6th Blogoversary to youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!
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Thank you, Caren!
DeleteGreat blog - congratulations on keeping it so active and interesting for so long
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm glad you like the blog :)
DeleteCongrats Zazie! Being a blogger muself, I know how much work it is. I thouroughly enjoy your blogs and although I am a cat person/behaviorist, I do read many of your dog blogs too :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's always good to know that cat people are reading too - though I'm glad you look at some of the dog blogs as well :-) Do let me know if you need a share for one of your cat blogs.
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