NEWS AND OPINION, UK: From a lawyer’s point of view this is a slightly strange story. It is also a story which provides us with a lesson. A banker, a senior executive at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Yigit Onkan Sazak, and his wife Belma, …
This is a good example of the power of positive reinforcement training to alter a horse’s attitude to being touched. This ‘paint pony’ (paint coat type being bicolour or piebald – brown and white) did not like to be touched. We are not told why …
News and comment: you may have heard about the alleged surge in bedbug infestations in the UK ostensibly imported from France but I don’t think this is correct because my research indicates that there has been a steady increase in bedbug infestations in the UK …
In the UK (and elsewhere?) enterprises training dogs to sniff for truffles are booming. Yes, truffle hunting is a booming business. And what’s happening is this: businesses engaged in training dogs to sniff out truffles are oversubscribed as it has become very popular because the …
NEWS AND COMMENT: The American XL bully dog story is worse than we thought. This type of dog is going to be banned in the UK because it is killing and injuring people and their pets. The shocking news today is that this dog type …
Well, depressing as it is, bears are still performing in some circuses. Many circuses have dispensed with animal performers because it has been banned and of course it is cruel as the training of these young bears shows. I sense that most of these objectionable …
Yes, sheep can be trained. They are not dumb creatures which is how many people perceive them. This is probably due to years of television presenting them as automatons being chased around a field by a sheepdog. They are more intelligent than many people believe …
I have seen quite a few videos of King’s Guard ceremonial horses, such as the horse carrying a Blues and Royals soldier, and another on Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall, London, gently biting tourists while they capture their precious selfies in front of the horse and …
You can train dogs to be quiet when there is a knock on the door or the doorbell sounds. It’s useful to know why dogs bark under these circumstances. Dogs don’t bark to frighten the person knocking on the door. They bark as a canine …
