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Lost Souls: Found!

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He was adopted out, but then quickly returned due to his poor psychological state. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 17, 2009. When Mid-America Boston Terrier Rescue took him into their care he was in horrible shape. Overweight and terrified, he simply cowered in the back of his crate. Lost Souls: Found!

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Service Members Get a Second Chance with Service Dogs

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Freedom Service Dogs are essential companions to disabled service members who have physical and psychological needs that are the result of their sacrifices, and make a tremendous difference in the lives of these veterans.”. FSD rescues dogs from shelters and custom trains each dog to assist a person with a disability.

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The Power of Pets Initiative

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Mars Petcare is the world’s largest petcare manufacturer, with 2009 global sales of approximately $12 billion. .; Chicago; and Portland, Ore. About Mars Petcare. Headquartered in Brussels, Mars Petcare produces brands such as PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, SHEBA®, CESAR®, ROYAL CANIN®, NUTRO®, GREENIES®, KITEKAT®, CHAPPI®, and CATSAN®.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

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A team led by cognitive scientist Josef Topál of the Research Institute for Psychology in Hungary recently ran an experiment to study how 10-month-old babies pay attention to people. The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on November 24, 2009. They have us very well trained.

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The Dunning-Kruger Effect as it Relates to Birding

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Or, as Dunning and Kruger wrote when they published their results in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology : People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. This post was originally published on 22 September 2009, but we hate to keep posts this good buried in the archives !