Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Texas Court Puts Another Nail in the Scent Lineup Coffin, but Should the Concept Be Buried Entirely?

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A recent appellate decision continues the trend of Texas courts to reject scent lineup evidence, as to which those courts were once the most...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Communication Across the Species Divide Helps Find Game, and Food Bowls

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When Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote in The Common Law that “even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked,” I believe ...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Great Danes and Gunpowder

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The Great Dane Club of America provides an official standard for the breed, which under the heading of Temperament states that the dog “mus...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Changing One Word in Definition Assures Dogs Helping Autistic Children Can Be Service Animals

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The definition of service animal in the regulations issued by the Department of Justice under the Americans with Disabilities Act has been c...
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Changing Preconceptions on Breed Aesthetics May Be Necessary to Stop Docking and Cropping

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In 2005, my wife and I were in Germany where we saw Doberman pinschers with floppy ears and long tails, cropping and docking hav...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Black Lab Detects 12 Types of Cancer: An Odor Signature Common to All Cancers?

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Twelve researchers at various institutions in Japan have described what may be one of the most promising uses of dogs for cancer screening, ...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

Farewell to Jack

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Perhaps there is nothing more profound that our pets do for us than teach us how to die. Joan and I got Jack from the East 92nd Street ASP...