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This is the second newsletter for our school. It is our way of keeping you up-to-date on when our next dog class, as well as giving you some useful tips on dog behaviour. We hope you enjoy it. Please forward this to your friend.
If you would like to send us your dog stories, we would be more than happy to share your story in our next newsletter. Write to natalie@nakeddog.co.nz
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Next classes
Behaviour tip of the Month
Behaviour Quiz
Doggy links
Non-Doggy Reading
Non-Doggy Videos
Dog Events
How to unsubscribe
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Naked Dog's Next Class
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Puppy School and Socialisation -- starts Sunday September 27th 9:45 to 10:45pm
Please note: We will offer the class on a Thursday evening if there is enough interest.
Teenage/ Adult Dog Classes - includes Loose Leash Walking & Really Reliable Recall
-- starts Sunday September 27 11:00 to 12:00noon
This is an excellent first class for the newly adopted dog, for puppy class graduates, or as a refresher for older dogs. You will learn how to teach your dog desirable behaviours while learning how to better prevent unwanted behaviours by focusing your dog on learning.
Kids and Dog Tricks Club- start date for our regualr class... September 27 12:15 to 1:15pm This is a course especially designed for kids. Adults must accompany their children, but it's the children who teach their dog. This course will be given during the school holidays, and regularly on a Sunday. Check our website for more dates to come.
More information and registration on the following page: http://nakeddog.co.nz/group_classes.htm
Remember, we are quite flexible. We will deliver courses on a Thursday evening especially since the days are getting longer. When you register, let us know which days you'd prefer.
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Behaviour tip of the Month
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Be smarter than I am. Your dog does things for a reason. The behaviour works for him by providing him something he wants or needs. Work out the "why" of his behaviour before deciding what to do about it. Don't jump in with discipline as your first oronly choice.
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Behaviour Quiz
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Who was the first to publish studies about pecking orders and "dominance" in animals?
A. Ivan Pavlov
B. Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe
C. John Scott and John Fuller
D. Konrad Lorenz
E. B.F. Skinner
Last Newsletter Quiz's answer:
C. Virtually 'nowhere' for "profiles," since most breeds of dogs suffer from being behaviorally stereotyped in nearly every medium of human communication. Your most reliable source would be to find some families like yours with dogs obtained at 6 to 8 weeks of age and asking or meeting them and their dogs. Then you can meet with the dog's breeders and discuss things before making a fairly enlightened choice.
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Doggy links
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Why Bo Obama has curly hair
John Fisher's Two Reward System For dealing with on-leash aggression
Geocaching Geocaching can be not only a great means of bonding with and exercising your dog, but every new cache you pursue can lead you to a new and different part of your neighbourhood, perhaps even some places you didn't know were there. How to Geocache?
Linda Koutsky on stays
Interesting point: If her dog breaks a stay -- say, at home, practicing -- Koutsky doesn't say anything to the dog, doesn't take the dog back to where he was when he broke. Instead, she goes to wherever dog is and puts him into a stay right there. She argues that teaching the dog to hold the position is what's important; eventually the dog will hold this position in a given location, which is what we mean by "Stay." Taking the dog back to the original location wastes time and causes undue stress.
Euthanasia : Guilt and Disenfranchisement Originally in Dogs in Canada, 7/06
Separation anxiety : prevention and solutions
Bad taste: Poop and grass eating Why do dogs eat grass and poop? If you ask five veterinarians, you'll get five different answers. It's a topic everyone has a view on, but no facts to back up that view, at least until recently.
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Non- Doggy Reading
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For word lovers, Foyle's Philavery and Foyle's Further Philavery , two collections of more or less unusual words, compiled by Christopher Foyle, the owner of the famous London bookshop.
I didn't expect to like A Summer Bright and Terrible: Winston Churchill, Lord Dowding, Radar, and the Impossible Triumph of the Battle of Britain by David E. Fisher, figured it would be a dry account of the technology. But Fisher writes in a lively, blunt-spoken way, clearly listing his heroes (Dowding, Keith Park), villains (Hitler and Göring, of course, but in another sense, Leigh-Mallory and Sholto Douglas), and fools (Lindemann, Douglas Bader, and, in some ways, Churchill). The Battle itself gets somewhat compressed coverage, but the background wheeling-dealing and the unusual personalities of some of the principal players are quite well presented.
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Non-Doggie Videos
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Julie London -- who really was a terrific singer -- singing "Cry Me a River" (video)
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Dog Events
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