I’m nearly finished with Pat Shipman’s book ‘The Invaders‘ and thought about writing something on it; during the preliminary research I came across Kevin Behan’s take on this book. His post is the usual pseudo-science babble and mystical energy nonsense but one part caught my attention for its brazen dismissal of well documented history. Behan…
We can divide dog training into two distinct philosophies; and no I don’t mean aversive vs rewarding, I’m thinking of those that divide dogs into active learners and those which favor passive learning. Trainers that create opportunities for the dog to find the answer and trainers that give (often by force) the answer. I thought…
Too often, it is difficult to know what is reliable information and what’s junk. If you read this blog with any regularity then you know I strongly emphasize the importance of going to the primary source because there is a lot of bad, bad, bad stuff out there. While it’s easy to dismiss a one-off…
I once found an interesting article in The Anatomical Record and I’ve been getting their email TOCs and early view alerts ever since. Usually it’s obscure stuff, though occasionally the subscription pays off. Case in point, the third installment of “The Anatomy of the Dog Soft Palate“, yes the appeal is still limited –…
The SPARCS conference was a unique opportunity for people to hear directly from researchers; not restrained by an interviewer, the PIs were able to present their research in whatever way they felt was important. Researchers don’t often get to talk directly to the public and I can’t think of a case where such a distinguished…
Science and Dogs 
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