We are just at the beginning of a golden age of genetics. We are learning more and more about how environmental differences affect animals at a genetic level, and we are realizing that genes aren’t the whole story as we originally thought.
Archive: March, 2017
Lights, Camera, Wait … Where’d My Dog Go?
Want to get great photos of your dog? Dog trainer Susan Mitchell explains in a fun and entertaining way, how to train a camera-shy dog to be a camera hog.
Counter-Conditioning, desensitization, Positive TrainingStreeties: A Photo Essay of Street Dogs–Goa, India
Street dogs of Goa, India from a tourist’s-eye view. Photos by Nepali photographer, Karna Dura.
The Incredible Genesis of a SAR Dog Team on the Roof of the World
I am SARdog trainer, examiner and doghandler for 27 years and live in Germany. My profession is veterinarian for small animals. My former SAR unit was involved in international Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) missions after earthquakes. In 1999, we faced two heavy earthquakes in Turkey. For the second one, I was choosen as doghandler with my famous dog Amigo, and as team leader. We were fast on the spot, but we still came too late. Amigo only found dead bodies.