The UK’s Daily Mail is reporting on a study out of Bristol University that involved over 4,000 dogs and their families. They asked how often people play with their dogs and found that about 20% say they play six times a day. Half of the families said they play 2 or 3 times a day, and 10% play one time each day.
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Wagging the Dog’s Tail
Have you checked out doggies.com’s new Facebook page yet? If you had, you would have found this interesting story from LiveScience, where they tell you what your dog’s tail posture means.
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Using Pheromones to Calm Your Dog
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Tuesday Top Ten: Dog Rules for Humans
We all have lots of rules for our dogs, but here’s a list of the stuff they expect from us.
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January is Train Your Dog Month
The Association of Pet Dog Trainers has designated January as Train Your Dog Month. 
To celebrate, they are offering webinars and Facebook chats to help you get your dog behaving like a champ.
Check out the APDT web site, where they have a searchable database of dog trainers, as well as lots of helpful resources.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Saturday Survey: Does Your Dog Like Cats?
Greetings from beautiful Bowling Green, Ohio, where my son’s basketball team just took second place in the Special Olympics state championship. (Just a little bit of mom pride.)
Anyway, we spent most of the weekend with the coach’s family, and they have four cats! Made me wonder how my dogs and their cats would get along. Do you have both dogs and cats in your home?
Saturday Survey: What’s the Cutest Thing Your Dog Does?
I’m watching a show on Animal Planet that has the five best dogs doing x, y, and z – several different categories. So, what’s the cutest thing your dog does?
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