Unleashed: The Phenomena of Status Dogs and Weapon Dogs, by Simon Harding
Reviewed by Alexandra Semyonova 2016
I first saw an American Staffordshire, better known as a pit bull, during a 1989 visit to Baltimore. Three youths had stolen a cocker spaniel and were encouraging their three unleashed pit bulls to tear the spaniel apart alive. The spaniel tried desperately to escape…
The Science of How Behavior is Inherited in Aggressive Dogs
Alexandra Semyonova 2015
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…
Police Dogs should be Trained as Officers, Not Equipment
Alexandra Semyonova 2015
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…
Pit bulls, immigrants, & the alleged Islamic jihad against dogs
Alexandra Semyonova 2014
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 2011 Dutch “animal police” plan, viewed in 2014
Alexandra Semyonova 2014
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 promises. But the Dutch…
Deaf Dog Border Collie Observations & Comments
Hal Gale, PhD, August 2010
These ‘Observations and Comments’ combine illustrative personal observations of a deaf Border Collie (BC) dog and her hearing mother in our home and vicinity, with an collection of anecdotes from the DeafDogs Yahoo Internet group. Section 4 lists ‘best’ books and training…
The Deaf Dogs’ Manifesto
Hal Gale, PhD, August 2010
Speculation: Do you think that the decent dog owning humans of the world, with the humans of the deaf dogs community will support an “official position” consensus that: “Genetic Deafness is a non-medical feature of healthy dogs of all recognized dog breeds, just as are for example…