A recent finding by a University of Vienna team shows that dogs have a sense of fairness when it comes to getting treats. If you treat one dog in the presence of another and don’t treat that dog, it knows you did it wrong. Yep, no surprise there. And is it just me or is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dogs’
Dogs don’t want to be left out
Posted: 9 December 2008 in UncategorizedTags: dogs, fairness, werewolves
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Herding Bee
Posted: 23 November 2008 in UncategorizedTags: bucks, deer, dog training, dogs, georgia, herding, sheep, stalking, woods
We took Willow herding yesterday. There is a nice little setup near Cumming, GA that offers herding lessons for beginning and intermediate dogs. We got three sessions in the circular pen with three sheep. Willow did really well the first time and it seemed like her herding instincts had kicked in full-force. She kept trying [...]
Dog of Man
Posted: 11 November 2008 in UncategorizedTags: david firth, demented, dogs, flash, twisted
I’m a big fan of David Firth. His flash animations are the most genuinely demented things I’ve come across. It’s delightful! Warning: Don’t click the image below if utterly twisted crap spooks you.
Daedal on the hunt
Posted: 11 October 2008 in UncategorizedTags: beagles, chipmunks, digging, dog parks, dogs, holes, hunting
Daedalus does a great job of finding where animals are or have been. He tends to let the smells consume his attention, though, and he fails to notice when the animal scurries away, mere feet from him. Today was one such day. I watched the chipmunks he was pursuing all slip away to safer places. [...]
New Dog Park
Posted: 12 September 2008 in UncategorizedTags: atlanta, dog parks, dogs, georgia, jobs, pittsburgh
Well, we have finally completed our move to Atlanta, GA. It amuses me how each city in the US arranges itself differently. Of course, this process can be traced by looking at the city’s history, if you’re really interested, but I’m not going to go into that further. Whereas Pittsburgh was arranged into neighborhoods, Atlanta [...]
Creature Comforts
Posted: 29 August 2008 in UncategorizedTags: blankets, boxes, comfort, dogs, funny dogs, humor, moving
Let’s say you are standing next to a 10-foot tall box filled to the brim with blankets. Wouldn’t you bark at it so the giant could lift you up and put you in it? After a short period of discomfort, because he didn’t know what he was getting himself into, the little buddy is sleeping [...]
The mind of Daedalus
Posted: 23 August 2008 in UncategorizedTags: beagles, dog behavior, dog parks, dogs, moving
Donna is visiting family with Willow, while I have remained behind in Pittsburgh with Daedalus to pack and show the place. The Jason sweepstakes (hat tip for the great term) have ended, and I may talk about that further in the near future. Suffice it to say, it turned out very well for me, and [...]
I tried to get some action shots of Willow catching the frisbee, with limited success. Daedal had his nose to the ground, as usual. I’ve been in high gear preparing for the move and trying to finish up work here by the end of the month, which has left me little time for blogging.
I’ve taken to calling her kitten. I was messing around with obscuring the flash. This shot had the flash obscured by an opaque object. I liked the look on her face, but the lighting was too low and led to noise in the capture. So I hit it with the sepia and film grain. The [...]
While browsing my various photo albums (all of them digital) for a proper head shot of myself, I was struck by my complete absence. I make appearances so rarely, it’s like I don’t exist in the photo history of my life. I’m always the cameraman. Really, I have so few pictures of myself throughout my [...]
