Archive for September, 2007

In the past ten years, there’s been an increase in the numbers and sources of street dogs being adopted by Americans as pets. In a moment of fancy, I found myself thinking about what might go through these dogs’ minds relative to the human species when they make this transition. I imagined myself a young [...]

Stop by the website in October and meet my new addition, BeeBee, and get the inside scoop on why I decided to give her her own category. Then watch this space as the saga unfolds.

Test and Label: Companion Animal Evaluations Revisited An article in the August 20-27, 2007 Newsweek by science writer Sharon Begley, entitled “The Puzzle of Hidden Ability” describes the use of a common and a less familiar test to determine the intelligence of autistic children. I’ve been interested in autism for years because of its relationship [...]