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. One of my 2 housemates is an artist, & the 2 of us often befuddle the 3rd, our mutual boss, who cannnot fathom why a particular night sky, or a sunset, or a bird standing on a fencepost, or a sculpture, or a photo, or even a COLOR, gets us so excited, LOL. :D I thot it might be nice to share...

. here in the USA, we still kill between 3 & 5 million ‘surplus’ AKA homeless dogs & cats, each year. :( Try to imagine how many animals that is, on any average day. It’s 8K, 219 daily on the low end, at 3M —- or if 5M died in the year, & the deaths were distributed evenly, 13,698 in a day...

. I hope it’s cooled off in the UK somewhat - yesterday & today reached 90’F & 92’F, respectively, over 100 both days for the heat index (how it “feels” or affects U). Tomm (Wed) is expect to hit 96’F with the same high humidity... I don’t intend to leave the AC, except for a brief excursion...

. Alaska is the only state of the 50 that differentiates between SPORT & SUBSISTENCE hunters; “subsistence” is presumed to mean “need”, as in “I cannot afford to buy meat; I can afford ammo”, & thus the hunter is allowed to use hunting methods that are illegal in other states, often these...

. This time, a football video-gaming tournament in a pizza bar, in Jacksonville, Fla. So far, 15 known victims; 11 wounded, 4 dead, & one of those 4 is a suspect, rumored to have shot himself after opening fire on others. Many ppl are still sheltering in place, in locked rooms within the...

. ... advocating for the Positive Reinforcement side, as always. :emoji_clap: :) Debbie only learned about truly-terrified dogs when Sunny, a male BC from the notorious EDNAH raid, came to her as a foster. He was so completely different from every dog she’d met or owned, she had to learn a...

. Google was hit with Europe’s biggest ever antitrust fine EU trustbusters want a $5 billion penalty, to punish Google's illegal use of their Android mobile O.S. to stifle their competitors. The EU alleges Google uses Android, the OS for 80% of the world’s smartphones, to unfairly favor its...

. this is ClickerSolutions - Yahoo! Groups the list is about 20-years of direct Qs from trainers, dog-owners, & breeders, & the many suggestions in reply - how to fix unwanted behavior, how to shape desired behavior, WHY a particular problematic behavior might pop-up during training, how to...

. a surgically-insertable "FitBit", originally meant for humans, was retooled & converted for livestock - dubbed the EmbedIVet, it tracks: * core temp * pulse * cud-chewing * general activity * bloodborne O2 [O2 saturation] * sudden movement, via an accelerometer Subcutaneous Fitbits? These...

. a newly-minted k9-officer & a support-staff employee who worked at the same prison, were engaged to marry; the couple had a pair of Dogos that they'd bred, previously, who were kept as pets; the dogs lived in the house, not in an I/O run or kennel. [The dogs were not k9-officers, nor...

. these are all Highland cattle; the new cows are all in calf, & the herd owner is retiring his current bull [who is sequestered, B4 the tractor-trailer arrives with the new animals]. the established herd is very calm when the massive truck pulls up, pulls forward, backs into the portable...

. I'm "watching" S 13 / Ep 14 of "Animal Cops Philadelphia", a rebroadcast of a 2009 episode, & while the ACOs are executing a search-warrant of a house where a sick pitbull pup was sold, the agents are faced with removing a human-aggro dog. There are multiple dogs, on the ground floor, in the...

. I don't know if anyone else recalls Koko & her amazing use of hand-gestures & letter signs, plus her own coined labels for novel items, but she followed in the steps, or perhaps the grasp, of a F chimp, who'd begun ASL B4 her. Koko, the Gorilla Who Used Sign Language, Is Dead at 46 Koko...

. vet-hospitals & vet-clinics n the U-S that are members of the AAHA, Am Animal-Hospital Assoc, are required to remove the pet from the owner's presence, which frankly makes me uncomfortable. Unfortunately, many veterinary practices see AAHA accreditation as a stamp of approval, & join -...

. Every year for 6 years, as a phone-volunteer for Wildlife Response Inc in VA, I had to try to suss out whether a particular animal NEEDED to be taken in for rehab. There's one special class of caller: the "do-gooders", who rather than keep their dam*ed cat indoors during Spring nesting &...

. Gallivan owns Upward Dog in N'Awlins [New Orleans, La.] - he's a strong advocate for pos-R training, & an excellent instructor. for his birthday, I thought I'd share his "How to choose a trainer" post - _________________________________________________ HOW TO CHOOSE A DOG TRAINER Some years...

. Melanie Watson is a UK horse trainer who does a lot of excellent work with horses who are head-shy, worried by traffic, don't like to load, etc. Along with the B-Mod, she also does proactive training to pre-condition horses to like or tolerate scary or loud things [like tractors, umbrellas, &...

. Mother Jones mag wants to know why - LINK: Tell us why you quit meat Was it a sudden revelation, a growing distaste, a search for eating cheaper? All 3? - something else entirely? For me it was a car-accident, followed by 2 different antibiotics in under a month - together, the 2 wiped out...

. some cartoons, courtesy of The New Yorker. :) "Don't remind him it's Fathers' Day." .

. I just saw a delightful video-tour of Stoughton, Wisc - a small town with a strong ethnic history of Norwegian & German settlers, where lutefisk is an annual event, rosemaling is seen in many places, & virtually every business, downtown, is owned by an "____son"... son of John, son of Ol, son...