The Dog Zombie

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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Cuteness interlude

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You all like photos of foster kittens, right? You can only see four of them there. For some reason one is always off doing something el...
Monday, September 24, 2012

The Feral Freedom program: leave outdoor cats where they are!

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Even in parts of the country in which the dog overpopulation problem is mostly under control, the cat overpopulation problem is still rampan...
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Monday, September 17, 2012

Hey, want to get rid of those ovaries, cheap?

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A few months ago I was watching a general practice veterinarian perform a dog spay. And I was surprised by how slow he was. He seemed hesita...
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Monday, September 10, 2012

What breed is my shelter dog?

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I am weekly asked the question “so what kinds of dogs do you have?” People don’t ask this about cats. But it is the first question they ask ...
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Team Dog Zombie shirt

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As requested, shots of the Team Dog Zombie shirt. Every team member had a shirt which had some variation on this theme. My husband kindly of...
Monday, September 3, 2012

Felicia Day and dog training

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I was a geek before I was a dog zombie. I am a fan of The Guild , which is a web-based show produced by Felicia Day. Day also has a YouTube ...
Sunday, September 2, 2012

Ten's company for cats in shelters

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Austin Bouck at Animal Science Review recently posted about the benefits of group housing for cats in shelters . (Well, sort of recently. I ...
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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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