Beth's Blog – September 2009 Archive (2)

Water Corgis!

Does your Corgi love the water?

Jack has always loved the water. He is thrilled to splash into any stream or puddle he can find. However, he won't go in past here:

He knows how to swim but is reluctant to do so. Our own mistake, because despite the fact that we socialized him to all manner of things, we never took him somewhere where we could wade in the water with him and encourage him to swim. Admittedly, such places are… Continue

Added by Beth on September 27, 2009 at 7:00pm — 16 Comments

Great article about the social intelligence of dogs

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1921614-1,00.html

Dogs, unlike much-smarter chimps, are very good at reading human signals and gestures, as we are all aware! This article contains some interesting insights as to why that is. It mentions the fox study that John posted awhile ago.

"The Russians began by breeding a group of foxes according to one simple rule: they would walk up to a cage and put a hand on the bars. Foxes that slunk back in fear and… Continue

Added by Beth on September 19, 2009 at 10:23am — 2 Comments