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Showing posts with label canine aggression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label canine aggression. Show all posts
Saturday, July 23, 2016

Ruminations of a dog scientist on a 96-well plate

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I've been doing a lot of bench work in the laboratory lately. This involves filling the tiny little wells on a plate with my ingredients...
Friday, October 16, 2015

Talking about shelter behavior assessments

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Today I presented at APDT's 2015 conference on shelter behavior assessments. It's incredibly important to be able to identify danger...
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Sunday, December 22, 2013

New research on dog bite fatalities

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We’ve known for a while what kinds of dogs are at risk of biting humans: not any particular breed, but dogs who are not well socialized and ...
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Friday, November 4, 2011

Working with Sadie

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Sadie was a rambunctious young shelter dog whom I had been assigned to exercise and train. We were working in an auditorium, the best space ...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Muzzling the real solution to the problem

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Some new legislation has been proposed in Worcester, the city next door to my town. This legislation proposes specific restrictions on pit b...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Responsibility for dogs who bite

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My school has a large, fenced field. Traditionally, people have been free to let their dogs run off leash in this field. I’ve taken advantag...
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Jessica Perry Hekman, DVM, PhD is fascinated by dog brains. She is a postdoctoral associate at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she studies the genetics of dog behavior. Her interests include the stress response in mammals, canine behavior, canine domestication, shelter medicine, animal welfare, and open access publishing. You may learn more about Jessica at www.dogzombie.com, or email her at jph at dogzombie dot com. All opinions expressed here are her own.
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