Tag Archives: domestication

New book review out: Dog Sense

By Canis bonus | Published: 17 December 2012

Book review: John Bradshaw’s Dog Sense By Laure-Anne Visele, written Dec 2012. This article is part of my collection of book reviews. AUTHOR: John Bradshaw PUBLISHING YEAR: 2011 SUMMARY: Dog Sense is a giant research literature survey, written in layman’s terms, about dogs’ behaviour through: evolution, domestication, cognitive abilities, emotions, genetics, and training methods. REVIEW It […]

Posted in Dog writing | Also tagged book review, canids, canine behaviour, canine evolution, canis familiaris, Canis lupus, cognitive ethology, comparative psychology, culture clash, dog behaviour, dog evolution, dog sense, dominance, ethology, gray wolf, grey wolf, in defence of dogs, jean donaldson, John Bradshaw, literature survey, sensitive period, socialisation period | Leave a comment

It’s your choice: hate mail or intelligent questions

By Canis bonus | Published: 29 November 2012

E-mail discussion on controversial dog issues By Laure-Anne Visele, written Nov 2012. Theo from Canada I got this wonderful mail from a reader: Theo from Canada. Theo had doubts about some of the stuff I write, so he e-mailed me. This is where it gets interesting… Theo was not mailing me insults –as many do– […]

Posted in Dog writing | Also tagged 'dog breeder', belayev, canid, canis familiaris, Canis lupus, canis lupus familiaris, carnivorous, clutton-brocks, dog breeding, dog genetics, dog phylogeny, dogs and wolves, evolutionary theory, fox, hybrid vigor, omnivorous, raw meat, silver fox | 6 Responses

Scientific literature on dogs and dominance

By Canis bonus | Published: 9 November 2012

Science popularisation article on domestic dogs and dominance By Laure-Anne Visele, written Nov 2012. Dogs, dominance, and science ‘Writing in the sciences‘ just gave us the greatest assignment: strip down an ethology paper into such a smooth summary that even science newbies are gripped. To hear me talk about dominance in The Doghouse radio show, […]

Posted in Dog behaviour | Also tagged agonistic dominance, alpha dog, alpha wolf, canis familiaris, Canis lupus, dog behaviour, dog vs. wolf, dogs, domestic dog, dominance, Dominance in domestic dogs: useful construct or bad habit?, ethology, formal dominance, John Bradshaw, linear hierarchy, misconception, pack, pecking order, resource holding potential, science, wolf | 3 Responses