The Dog Zombie

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

I'm not dead

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Dear everybody: I'm not dead, I'm just spending all my writing energy writing other things than blog posts. I keep asking my brain f...
Monday, March 17, 2014

Learn about the genetics of dog behavior with me

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As promised, my big announcement: I will be teaching two online courses for the Association of Professional Dog Trainers this summer. DN...
Saturday, March 15, 2014

The state of the Zombieverse: spring 2014

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No matter how many times I resolve that I will post at least once a week, life always seems to get in the way. So I figured I’d make lemonad...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

The spectrum of hoarding

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There was almost no furniture in the entire house. This was unusual for hoarder houses, which are usually packed full of stuff or just of tr...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Shelter dogs, movement, and stress

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The always-awesome group of researchers at the Center for Shelter Dogs (associated with the Animal Rescue League of Boston , MA) has just p...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

The thing about shelter consulting

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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about shelter consulting over the last few weeks. The thing is, shelters need help. There is a massive amo...
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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Designing stress studies, part 3: how do you get the pee?

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Having discussed how to choose what substance to test for cortisol (blood, saliva, urine, feces, hair), and how to get the blood or saliva ...
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Marlborough, MA, United States
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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