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Done with Dog Daddy

AVMA News

Dog trainers that use aversive training methods, including Augusto DeOliveira, also known as "The Dog Daddy," have caught the attention of concerned animal welfare groups, trainers, veterinary behaviorists, and pet owners.

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WVC features AVMA sessions, research results

AVMA News

The AVMA offered sessions at the 2023 WVC Annual Conference as part of a year-old partnership with Viticus Group, the organization that hosts WVC.

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VMX 2023 draws a crowd for 40th anniversary

AVMA News

Several new studies were unveiled at @the_NAVC Veterinary Meeting & Expo this January in Orlando, Florida, including research identifying 30 different bacterial groups in the fecal microbiome of domestic cats and a survey on dog owners’ awareness of osteoarthritis.

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Why do cat lovers prefer cats and not mind dogs while dog lovers absolutely hate cats?

Reddit Animals

I've seen social media posts where dogs have literally mauled the kid in the family to death, and posts about how a cat saved a lid from a dog and on these posts people are obsessively commenting that dogs are better than cats no matter what, or it's not the dogs fault. As most cat owners do.

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Group Seeks to Ban Chinese Fur Trade with Australia

Critter News

The call was issued after the animal rights group discovered that the fur were sourced from the raccoon dog in China, ABC Radio Australia reports. About 10 million dogs in China are killed for their fur, prompting an animal rights group to seek a ban on fur trade to Australia. However, the fur is passed off as sheep skin.

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DOTT: The Smart Dog Tag

4 The Love Of Animals

DOTT: The Smart Dog Tag was created by a group of pet lovers to provide an affordable and active solution to help you locate your pets if they ever get lost. It uses Bluetooth® Smart technology paired with the DOTT … Continue reading → The post DOTT: The Smart Dog Tag appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

10,000 Birds

We are observing a Dhole , also called Asiatic or Indian Wild Dog. A hundred metres down the track, several more Dholes await us, totalling eleven dogs. One Nilgai – the largest of Asian antelopes and a few Sambar deer later, we hit a jackpot: there is one jackal-like animal sitting among the dry leaves!

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