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Dressing your Pet is Wrong…..Or is it? 2009-01-17 04:07:38
Many people react strongly to a pet in clothes. “Demeaning, stupid, absurd, ridiculous…”
The basis for this reaction is primarily the notion that the animal is embarrassed by wearing the clothes, and the owner who put the clothes on is irrationally anthropomorphizing an animal into a child or a Barbie doll.
Let me suggest an [...] Read more:Dressing
, Wrong
The day Saga did not swim… 2009-01-15 05:08:02 Lauren and I took several dogs for a hike to the waterfall and a lovely picnic. Saga had a scene to film the next day, and we did not want him to get too tired on the long hike, so we left him home, but promised to take him for a walk when we got [...]
The Marley Fallacy 2009-01-15 04:20:58 There is a conceptual fallacy that has existed for many years but seems to have recently increased in popularity. It is the notion of the bad puppy: my puppy is so bad he ate my favorite shoe, knocked over grandma, chewed through a wall, dug up the yard, destroyed a pillow, drug a table around, pooped in [...] Read more:Marley
Dog Fighting Busts and Due Process 2009-01-15 03:23:14 In February, Pat Patrick and Emily Dennis were arrested on charges of dog fighting. Ostensibly damning evidence was also seized—treadmills, antibiotics, etc. Their animals were rescued from their enclosures by the humane society and taken to be put in other small enclosures.
Numerous media stories talked about the glorious rescue of these dogs by the heroic [...] Read more:Fighting
, Busts
, Process
How did the desire to save animals go so wrong? 2009-01-10 21:18:46 The AR movement started out with some excellent welfare/protection ideals: people saw that research animals were being treated horribly and resolved to change the world so that people would not abuse animals. From that excellent beginning was born one of the most divisive and negative movements in the history of mankind, and interestingly that transformation [...]
Fencing Thoughts 2009-01-10 15:12:56 One of the most important tools utilized by most animal owners is fencing. Fencing
keeps your animal where you want it and keeps other people and animals away. Depending on your needs, fencing can also provide a visual barrier or reduce sound transmission. Fencing is vital to protecting your animal, your neighbors, and yourself.
Fence [...]
Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs to Know 2009-01-06 03:15:16 Many people assume when they hear about animal issues that the pro-animal people are on one side and anti-animal people are on the other side. This is rarely the case—almost always the disagreement is between two groups each believing that they are protecting animals and improving their lives. Millions of votes are cast and millions [...] Read more:Animal
, Rights
, Needs
Captivity: Good or Bad for Animals? 2009-01-05 19:15:17 The central notion of the Animal Rights movement is that “animals deserve consideration of their interests”. Let us consider captivity as it relates to the interests of animals:
There are an wide range of natural lives and captive lives, and one can easily and misleadingly look at the best example of either and compare it to [...] Read more:Animals
Keeping your Pet Safe 2009-01-03 21:51:22 You have entered into a very exciting moral contract with a dog. It will be a rewarding adventure full of joy and learning, and in all likelihood you will get far more than you give. But it is also a serious lifelong commitment to caring for another being. While that commitment has many components, one [...]
Dogs Who Bark in Cars 2009-01-03 16:01:12
If addressed early it is fairly straightforward to teach most young dogs to relax quietly in the car. However, I am frequently asked about fixing this problem in adult dogs that had spent years rehearsing the behavior, and it is then somewhat more challenging to resolve. Offering suggestions on how to handle this behavior is [...]
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