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Pit bulls,  history,  & sociology

December 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bulls, history, & sociology  •“English bulldog”: two dog breeds, one name, & a rising body count • Pit bulls, greenhouse gases, & poop: the solution is not dilution • Pit hags, rescue angels, crazy cat ladies, dog men & chicken fighters: what’s in a name? • Unleashed:  The Phenonena of Status Dogs and Weapon […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Alexandra Semyonova, Barbara Kay, Beth Clifton, Branwyn Finch, Douglas Anthony Cooper, Merritt Clifton, Michael Northrup

The science of how behavior is inherited in aggressive dogs

November 10, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Alexandra Semyonova Probably most people recognize that every dog breed results from human manipulation of inherited physical traits. Until recently,  most people probably also recognized that much dog behavior is also a result of manipulating inheritance:  if you want to do sheep trials,  you get a border collie.  If you get a beagle,  he […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom Tagged With: Alexandra Semyonova, Dmitry Kontanovich Beljaev, Kathelijne Peremans, Linda Van Den Berg

Police dogs should be trained as officers, not equipment

January 5, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Alexandra Semyonova On Friday, October 24, 2014, in Hustisford, Wisconsin, seven-year-old Logan T. Meyer was mauled to death by a Rottweiler ‘family protection dog’, trained by Vohne Liche Kennels. Less than eight weeks later, on Sunday, December 21, in Douglas County Colorado, a police dog trained and sold by Vohne Liche Kennels leaped from […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Opinion, Police & military, Training, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Alexandra Semyonova, schutzhund, Vohne Liche

Pit bulls, immigrants, & the alleged Islamic jihad against dogs

July 15, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Alexandra Semyonova comments from The Netherlands: Every once in a while allegations that Muslim immigrants to Europe are anti-dog erupt again in the media, sometimes due to a real declaration by a radical Muslim group,  but more often due to a widely publicized incident involving someone who happens to be Muslim objecting to the presence of a dog somewhere. […]

Filed Under: Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Islam, Netherlands, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Other dog topics, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: Alexandra Semyonova, Muslim, pit bull

The 2011 Dutch “animal police” plan, viewed in 2014

March 14, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

by Alexandra Semyonova                    The politics of assembling the present Dutch coalition government were expected to put 100 new “animal cops” on the beat in the Netherlands by the end of 2011,  and to eventually increase the Dutch animal police force to 500 officers,  according to election […]

Filed Under: Central Europe, Europe, Netherlands Tagged With: Alexandra Semyonova

Review: Decoding Your Dog, edited by Debra Horwitz & John Cirbassi

March 14, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Decoding Your Dog: The Ultimate Experts Explain Common Dog Behaviors and Reveal How to Prevent or Change Unwanted Ones Edited by Debra Horwitz & John Cirbassi Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (215 Park Avenue South, New York,  NY 10003),  2012. 347 pages hardback,  $27.00. The study of animal behavior has been around for a long time. […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Training Tagged With: Alexandra Semyonova

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