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Monday, February 21, 2011

Living with a shy dog: clicking with Jenny

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I am clicking everything with Jenny now! The click marks the behavior which I want to reward. If I just toss her a treat when she does somet...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

What vet students talk about with their boyfriends

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Me: So I’m trying to schedule this dairy farm welfare elective, but the day all the interested students are free to do it, the faculty memb...
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Euthanasia Day

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Euthanasia is so depressing that at my school, they just teach you about it all in one day to separate it from the rest of the curriculum. A...
Thursday, February 10, 2011

Living with a shy dog: target training with Jenny

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When last I reported on the state of my shy dog Jenny , she was submissively urinating every time I went to put a leash on her. We nicely so...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Cow anesthesia

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Instead of blogging, I have been shovelling snow. And sleeping off being sick. Also maybe there was some studying in there too. But I am ral...
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Friday, January 14, 2011

Links post

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Science Online 2011 is this weekend and I really wish I could be there. Luckily I can attend virtually . A post from this blog will be inc...
Saturday, January 8, 2011

Would you cut off your dog’s leg?

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Yesterday we had a lecture on osteosarcoma, a cancer of the bone. Osteosarcoma is not a good cancer, guys. It is liable to occur in younger ...
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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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