In Episode 497, I pondered the effects of human-induced rapid evolutionary change or HIREC in wild animals; but could this occur in purebred dogs too?
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Content from two newsletters got me thinking about balancing the costs and benefits of canine companionship in public settings.
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Did you ever encounter a dog who left you with mixed feelings? This podcast explores some of the mixed feelings that resulted when I had such a canine encounter.
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When most people think about wildlife evolution, the interface where today’s modern metropolis meets Darwin’s Galopagos Islands seldom comes to mind. This podcast may cause you to rethink that.
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Just as the confidence and bourgeois effects influence wild animal behavior, they also influence companion animal behavior and the bond. But as so often happens, how these effects play out in companion animal behavior may differ a great deal. This podcast explores some of those differences and how these my influence our bonds with our animals too.
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Human habitat destruction paradoxes take surprising forms. Like human habitat destroyers and preservers working together to help endangered species.
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This podcast explores some of the most common training mistakes that can contribute to problem behaviors that I’ve encountered during my career. Often those who made these mistakes became so wrapped up in what a particular training approach said about them, they lost sight of what it and they were communicating to their dogs.
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Writing this month’s commentary about equine learning got me thinking more about how inductive and deductive learning plays out in dogs and cats.
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Do behavioral seizures occur in companion animals, specifically in dogs and cats? This podcast considers this possibility and the challenges diagnosing and treating such seizures present.
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