- Oct 16 Fri 2009 02:03
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宿營關卡
- Oct 14 Wed 2009 21:53
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[試用] PERRO全效清葉．天然草本抗菌洗毛精
請忽略糟糕的技術
久聞PERRO洗毛精的盛名
但是都不知道在哪邊可以買到
這次剛好看到官網有試用活動
寫信索取後，很快就寄來了～
拿到罐子的時候有點傻眼
因為我家兩隻都是中大型犬
一隻黃金、一隻中長毛又很濃密的米克斯
還想說這罐到底夠不夠他們用
兩隻狗猜拳(？)後，決定是由米克斯小蹦來擔任試用的工作啦！
米克斯小蹦，媽媽是虎斑土狗，爸爸合理懷疑是拉拉
有拉拉常見又濃又密的雙層毛
至於洗澡的照片....
不好意思，因為本人是單親媽媽又只有手機可以照
所以沒有洗澡的照片
我把試用的洗髮精擠到稀釋瓶中（我用Bio-Groom的稀釋瓶）
再加水到約四分之三瓶
聞一聞，是淡淡的清香，覺得味道很熟悉但是又不知怎麼形容
不過很清新，不會有不舒服的感覺
倒在小蹦身上，泡泡不多，但是很好起泡跟搓揉
這樣四分之三瓶洗他剛剛好，之前用別牌都要用到一瓶半
也非常好沖洗，不會沖半天還黏黏的感覺沖不乾淨
洗完吹乾後，身上殘留淡淡的香味
不明顯，要靠近點聞才聞得到
沒有濃重的香味，代表沒有添加太多人工香精
之前買過幾個牌子，洗澡完的味道都讓人感覺"很假"
而且毛變的比較柔細，蓬蓬的
因為前陣子台東一直在下雨
小蹦又開始他的老毛病-啃腿排
啃到脫毛、還啃出傷口
用了清葉之後，似乎不那麼癢了
啃腿排的情況幾乎沒有，傷口也慢慢癒合中
現在洗澡完已經三天了
雖然身上沒有香味，但是狗味也沒跑出來
唯一缺點就是
到底怎樣才買得到PERRO阿.....
p.s. 剛剛上官網，好像有預購活動了，好心動～
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- Oct 07 Wed 2009 01:36
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是車禍還是？
- Oct 04 Sun 2009 22:14
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Questions about ‘aversive’ training
By Tim Hyland
http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/research/030509.html
Cesar Millan is one of the superstars of the canine world.
As the host of the National Geographic Channel show, “Dog Whisperer,” Millan has rocketed to fame based on his ability to reform and save misbehaving, over-aggressive dogs. It’s something he accomplishes through “firm” discipline—a “firm correction, a firm grab on the neck, which is what dogs do to each other,” as he says on his web site.
Millan’s show attests to his success, and he’s earned millions of loyal followers.
But according to a new study from Penn’s School of Veterinary Science, Millan’s approach may not be quite so effective as he makes it out to be. In fact, the study suggests “firm” discipline—and so-called “aversive” discipline techniques, in which dogs are corrected using aggressive measures—may actually backfire, making dogs more likely to lash out at other dogs, people and even their owners.
According to the study, published in the journal Applied Animal Behavior Science, 25 percent of dogs trained with “aversive” techniques react to their training with an aggressive response of their own. Dogs trained in a more positive, encouraging manner, by contrast, showed almost no aggressive behavior.
“It’s really the first study of its kind—it’s a kind of pilot study,” says Meghan Herron, a Penn Vet resident and the lead author of the study. “But it’s just the start of the science that needs to happen.”
Herron says the idea for the study came from her experience at Penn Vet, where aggressive behavior is far and away the No. 1 reason why people seek the help of behavioral veterinarians.
To attempt to understand the roots of this aggression, Herron and her colleagues—Frances S. Shofer and Ilana R. Reisner, both from the Department of Clinical Studies—wrote up a 30-question survey for dog owners who visited the hospital. The survey asked the owners what kind of techniques they used to control their dogs’ aggression and what kind of results they had seen. The owners were also asked where they had learned about the training techniques they used.
In total, 140 surveys were collected. The researchers found that the most commonly used methods of training included such aggressive techniques as hitting the dog (43 percent), growling at the dog (41 percent) and physically forcing the dog onto its back (31 percent). This, despite the fact that these techniques showed the tendency to produce the direct opposite response owners sought. A quarter of the dogs trained with aversive techniques showed aggressive behavior in response.
Herron says these techniques can fail because, rather than helping owners exert “dominance” over their pets, they instead make dogs fearful. That fear, then, manifests itself in aggression.
Even still, the aversive methods persist, simply because they’ve been around so long. The popularity of “Dog Whisperer” doesn’t help matters.
“It’s a very popular [school of thought],” she says. “If you look in the old textbooks, they basically say if your dog is aggressive you need to assert your dominance. This idea has been around for a long time.”
That’s why Herron says it will likely take years of work to begin to convince owners of the potential flaws in aversive training. That work will most likely take the form of studies like hers, as others in her field work to produce evidence supporting an idea that she and her colleagues already believe in: That positive training is more effective than negative training.
“In the behavioral field, they’re cheering [about this paper],” she says. “But we’ve been on this page for years. It’s the public … and the vets that we want to reach.”
http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/research/030509.html
Cesar Millan is one of the superstars of the canine world.
As the host of the National Geographic Channel show, “Dog Whisperer,” Millan has rocketed to fame based on his ability to reform and save misbehaving, over-aggressive dogs. It’s something he accomplishes through “firm” discipline—a “firm correction, a firm grab on the neck, which is what dogs do to each other,” as he says on his web site.
Millan’s show attests to his success, and he’s earned millions of loyal followers.
But according to a new study from Penn’s School of Veterinary Science, Millan’s approach may not be quite so effective as he makes it out to be. In fact, the study suggests “firm” discipline—and so-called “aversive” discipline techniques, in which dogs are corrected using aggressive measures—may actually backfire, making dogs more likely to lash out at other dogs, people and even their owners.
According to the study, published in the journal Applied Animal Behavior Science, 25 percent of dogs trained with “aversive” techniques react to their training with an aggressive response of their own. Dogs trained in a more positive, encouraging manner, by contrast, showed almost no aggressive behavior.
“It’s really the first study of its kind—it’s a kind of pilot study,” says Meghan Herron, a Penn Vet resident and the lead author of the study. “But it’s just the start of the science that needs to happen.”
Herron says the idea for the study came from her experience at Penn Vet, where aggressive behavior is far and away the No. 1 reason why people seek the help of behavioral veterinarians.
To attempt to understand the roots of this aggression, Herron and her colleagues—Frances S. Shofer and Ilana R. Reisner, both from the Department of Clinical Studies—wrote up a 30-question survey for dog owners who visited the hospital. The survey asked the owners what kind of techniques they used to control their dogs’ aggression and what kind of results they had seen. The owners were also asked where they had learned about the training techniques they used.
In total, 140 surveys were collected. The researchers found that the most commonly used methods of training included such aggressive techniques as hitting the dog (43 percent), growling at the dog (41 percent) and physically forcing the dog onto its back (31 percent). This, despite the fact that these techniques showed the tendency to produce the direct opposite response owners sought. A quarter of the dogs trained with aversive techniques showed aggressive behavior in response.
Herron says these techniques can fail because, rather than helping owners exert “dominance” over their pets, they instead make dogs fearful. That fear, then, manifests itself in aggression.
Even still, the aversive methods persist, simply because they’ve been around so long. The popularity of “Dog Whisperer” doesn’t help matters.
“It’s a very popular [school of thought],” she says. “If you look in the old textbooks, they basically say if your dog is aggressive you need to assert your dominance. This idea has been around for a long time.”
That’s why Herron says it will likely take years of work to begin to convince owners of the potential flaws in aversive training. That work will most likely take the form of studies like hers, as others in her field work to produce evidence supporting an idea that she and her colleagues already believe in: That positive training is more effective than negative training.
“In the behavioral field, they’re cheering [about this paper],” she says. “But we’ve been on this page for years. It’s the public … and the vets that we want to reach.”
- Oct 04 Sun 2009 22:02
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8 Sure-Fire Ways to Shorten Your Dog’s Life--8種讓你家狗短命的方法
這是一篇充滿反諷的文章
請仔細閱讀並瞭解這篇文章
不要斷章取義或只拿其中一段來大做文章！
Written by Grisha Stewart, Ahimsa Dog Training, Seattle
原出處http://ahimsadogtraining.com/blog/2009/08/10/8-sure-fire-ways-to-shorten-your-dogs-life/
I know some of you just can’t stand that fluffy new puppy who adores you, and want to get rid of her as soon as possible. If you can’t find anyone to take this cute bundle of fur, here’s how you can at least make sure she doesn’t live out her natural life. Unfortunately, most of these also make your neighbors mad at you, but whatever.
Now, if you’re one of those *crazy* people who just wants to keep their dog safe and happy, do the opposite of the suggestions below.
請仔細閱讀並瞭解這篇文章
不要斷章取義或只拿其中一段來大做文章！
Written by Grisha Stewart, Ahimsa Dog Training, Seattle
原出處http://ahimsadogtraining.com/blog/2009/08/10/8-sure-fire-ways-to-shorten-your-dogs-life/
I know some of you just can’t stand that fluffy new puppy who adores you, and want to get rid of her as soon as possible. If you can’t find anyone to take this cute bundle of fur, here’s how you can at least make sure she doesn’t live out her natural life. Unfortunately, most of these also make your neighbors mad at you, but whatever.
Now, if you’re one of those *crazy* people who just wants to keep their dog safe and happy, do the opposite of the suggestions below.
- Oct 04 Sun 2009 02:43
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撿便宜之寵物雙面梳
今天中秋節，不免俗地一定要烤個肉
雖然說這傳統（？）不知道是從哪一年開始的
所以傍晚我們就到大潤發去買烤肉的東西
結果一到大潤發，發現根本沒東西可以買... =.=
所有的肉類都被搶購一空
剩下黑輪米血還有看起來不是很吸引人的海鮮....
我們在大潤發把配備都買一買之後
當然要去寵物區逛一下
台東寵物店只有幾間，東西又貴到X背
大賣場的寵物區就成了我常去光顧的地方
大潤發寵物區的優點就是有SEED'S（聖萊西）的零食
特價時通常很便宜
可惜這次去的時候特價品裡面沒有想要買的東西
不過我卻在角落的小箱子看見了這個好物
噹噹～雙面梳
而且才39 、39元耶！
立刻丟進手推車裡
上面的說明非常簡潔有力 XD
一面是圓點針梳
一面是鬃梳
會買這個梳子的原因也是因為PUPIN啦
他算是我中途的第一隻長毛狗
之前也有撿過黃金跟哈士奇
不過哈士奇很快就被認養、而黃金則是因為皮膚病也沒剩幾根毛
PUPIN雖被剃了獅子造型，不過兩個多月來毛也長長不少
而且他頭上的毛超～級～多～，很怕吹不乾他的黴菌會復發
本來想買伸縮針梳的，現在正好看到這個就先買起來
伸縮針梳等我月底去台北時再說吧 XD
- Sep 29 Tue 2009 22:23
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[新聞] 臨盆母鯊剖腹 30多尾幼鯊活潑亂跳
（中央社記者盧太城台東縣27日電）「第一次當保母，不知小老虎鯊喜歡吃什麼？」台東漁民捕獲即將臨盆的老虎鯊，剖腹後取出30幾尾幼鯊，水試所東部海洋生物研究中心雖順利搶救，但不知該餵食什麼，很傷腦筋。
- Sep 26 Sat 2009 22:27
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幼犬的預防針以及社會化-回覆
- Sep 22 Tue 2009 23:41
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Puppy Vaccination and Socialization Should Go Together-預防針與社會化
By Robert K. Anderson DVM
TO: My Colleagues in Veterinary Medicine:
Common questions I receive from puppy owners, dog trainers and veterinarians concern: 1) what is the most favorable age or period of time when puppies learn best? 2) what are the health implications of my advice that veterinarians and trainers should offer socialization programs for puppies starting at 8 to 9 weeks of age.
Puppies begin learning at birth and their brains appear to be particularly responsive to learning and retaining experiences that are encountered during the first 13 to 16 weeks after birth [Dr. Anderson is saying that the prime time for puppy socialization stops somewhere between 13 and 16 weeks, although more socialization occurs after that time]. This means that breeders, new puppy owners, veterinarians, trainers and behaviorists have a responsibility to assist in providing these learning/socialization experiences with other puppies/dogs, with children/adults and with various environmental situations during this optimal period from birth to 16 weeks.
Many veterinarians are making this early socialization and learning program part of a total wellness plan for breeders and new owners of puppies during the first 16 weeks of a puppy’s life -- the first 7-8 weeks with the breeder and the next 8 weeks with the new owners. This socialization program should enroll puppies from 8 to 12 weeks of age as a key part of any preventive medicine program to improve the bond between pets and their people and keep dogs as valued members of the family for 12 to 18 years.
To take full advantage of this early special learning period, many veterinarians recommend that new owners take their puppies to puppy socialization classes, beginning at 8 to 9 weeks of age. At this age they should have (and can be required to have) received a minimum of their first series of vaccines for protection against infectious diseases. This provides the basis for increasing immunity by further repeated exposure to these antigens either through natural exposure in small doses or artificial exposure with vaccines during the next 8 to 12 weeks. In addition the owner and people offering puppy socialization should take precautions to have the environment and the participating puppies as free of natural exposure as possible by good hygiene and caring by careful instructors and owners.
Experience and epidemiologic data support the relative safety and lack of transmission of disease in these puppy socialization classes over the past 10 years in many parts of the United States. In fact; the risk of a dog dying because of infection with distemper or parvo disease is far less than the much higher risk of a dog dying (euthanasia) because of a behavior problem. Many veterinarians are now offering new puppy owners puppy socialization classes in their hospitals or nearby training facilities in conjunction with trainers and behaviorists because they want socialization and training to be very important parts of a wellness plan for every puppy. We need to recognize that this special sensitive period for learning is the best opportunity we have to influence behavior for dogs and the most important and longest lasting part of a total wellness plan.
Are there risks? Yes. But 10 years of good experience and data, with few exceptions, offers veterinarians the opportunity to generally recommend early socialization and training classes, beginning when puppies are 8 to 9 weeks of age. However, we always follow a veterinarian’s professional judgment, in individual cases or situations, where special circumstances warrant further immunization for a special puppy before starting such classes. During any period of delay for puppy classes, owners should begin a program of socialization with children and adults, outside their family, to take advantage of this special period in a puppy’s life.
If there are further questions, veterinarians may call me at 651-644-7400 for discussion and clarification.
- Robert K. Anderson DVM, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and Diplomate of American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
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簡單來說
很多人有疑問的是 打完三劑預防針之前能不能讓狗狗出門？
幼犬社會化的最佳時間是在約四個月大之前
但是那時候多數小狗都還沒打完三劑預防針
早期獸醫大多建議不要讓狗狗出門
不過現在有新研究及新觀念 都支持小狗及早開始社會化訓練
在美國 每年因為行為問題被安樂死或遺棄的狗狗數量遠多於死於犬瘟或小病毒腸炎的狗
但是飼主必須小心環境以及傳染原
例如不要帶去太多狗狗聚集的地方或是參加狗聚
TO: My Colleagues in Veterinary Medicine:
Common questions I receive from puppy owners, dog trainers and veterinarians concern: 1) what is the most favorable age or period of time when puppies learn best? 2) what are the health implications of my advice that veterinarians and trainers should offer socialization programs for puppies starting at 8 to 9 weeks of age.
Puppies begin learning at birth and their brains appear to be particularly responsive to learning and retaining experiences that are encountered during the first 13 to 16 weeks after birth [Dr. Anderson is saying that the prime time for puppy socialization stops somewhere between 13 and 16 weeks, although more socialization occurs after that time]. This means that breeders, new puppy owners, veterinarians, trainers and behaviorists have a responsibility to assist in providing these learning/socialization experiences with other puppies/dogs, with children/adults and with various environmental situations during this optimal period from birth to 16 weeks.
Many veterinarians are making this early socialization and learning program part of a total wellness plan for breeders and new owners of puppies during the first 16 weeks of a puppy’s life -- the first 7-8 weeks with the breeder and the next 8 weeks with the new owners. This socialization program should enroll puppies from 8 to 12 weeks of age as a key part of any preventive medicine program to improve the bond between pets and their people and keep dogs as valued members of the family for 12 to 18 years.
To take full advantage of this early special learning period, many veterinarians recommend that new owners take their puppies to puppy socialization classes, beginning at 8 to 9 weeks of age. At this age they should have (and can be required to have) received a minimum of their first series of vaccines for protection against infectious diseases. This provides the basis for increasing immunity by further repeated exposure to these antigens either through natural exposure in small doses or artificial exposure with vaccines during the next 8 to 12 weeks. In addition the owner and people offering puppy socialization should take precautions to have the environment and the participating puppies as free of natural exposure as possible by good hygiene and caring by careful instructors and owners.
Experience and epidemiologic data support the relative safety and lack of transmission of disease in these puppy socialization classes over the past 10 years in many parts of the United States. In fact; the risk of a dog dying because of infection with distemper or parvo disease is far less than the much higher risk of a dog dying (euthanasia) because of a behavior problem. Many veterinarians are now offering new puppy owners puppy socialization classes in their hospitals or nearby training facilities in conjunction with trainers and behaviorists because they want socialization and training to be very important parts of a wellness plan for every puppy. We need to recognize that this special sensitive period for learning is the best opportunity we have to influence behavior for dogs and the most important and longest lasting part of a total wellness plan.
Are there risks? Yes. But 10 years of good experience and data, with few exceptions, offers veterinarians the opportunity to generally recommend early socialization and training classes, beginning when puppies are 8 to 9 weeks of age. However, we always follow a veterinarian’s professional judgment, in individual cases or situations, where special circumstances warrant further immunization for a special puppy before starting such classes. During any period of delay for puppy classes, owners should begin a program of socialization with children and adults, outside their family, to take advantage of this special period in a puppy’s life.
If there are further questions, veterinarians may call me at 651-644-7400 for discussion and clarification.
- Robert K. Anderson DVM, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and Diplomate of American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
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簡單來說
很多人有疑問的是 打完三劑預防針之前能不能讓狗狗出門？
幼犬社會化的最佳時間是在約四個月大之前
但是那時候多數小狗都還沒打完三劑預防針
早期獸醫大多建議不要讓狗狗出門
不過現在有新研究及新觀念 都支持小狗及早開始社會化訓練
在美國 每年因為行為問題被安樂死或遺棄的狗狗數量遠多於死於犬瘟或小病毒腸炎的狗
但是飼主必須小心環境以及傳染原
例如不要帶去太多狗狗聚集的地方或是參加狗聚
- Sep 16 Wed 2009 00:06
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兩隻的洗澡新東西
