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Melissa Starling

@dogoptimism

PhD in dog behaviour, Animal behaviourist, blogger, and hund lover.

 Sydney, Australia
creatureteacher.com.au
Joined June 2014
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How can you be your dog’s best friend and make them happy? Why not ask Dr. Melissa Starling! @DogOptimism 🐶 #TMS7

The PAWfect Companion

How to become best friends with your pup! Dr. Melissa Starling joins us to discuss.

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New post: How do antidepressants work (in dogs and the rest of us)? bit.ly/1pg4mmz
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Why whip horses if it doesn't make them go faster, or win races? Time to reassess their use? #melbcup #science bit.ly/1wVXoUL
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"According to a study, dogs can actually be pessimists..." #FallonTonight
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Dogs prefer pats to verbal praise, new research from UF Canine Cognition and Behavior Lab: fb.me/6JrLPhRyC
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Exciting PhD Opportunity in Anthrozoology · Are you interested in understanding how psychological... fb.me/3gOf8DYIA
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Pet Tutor@PetTutor22 Aug 2014
How bored is your dog? @SmartAnimal buff.ly/1rMUEE8
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Dr Rachel Orritt@RachelOrritt28 Jul 2014
What do you think about the #dogs you've owned? Tell us and win an IPad Air! bit.ly/lincolndog #science #research #getinvolved
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Q. D Mills asks how do hierarchies emerge in free ranging dogs? A. Disruptions to group stability cause increases to disputes #CSFFSF2014
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Pet dogs (B/Collies) show variable reactions to ambiguous social situations that relate to oxytocin receptor gene differences #CSFFSF2014
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Dogs can discriminate happy and angry emotional expressions in people, but do not rely on eyes/frown lines #CSFFSF2014 INTERESTING!
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"We sometimes make our dogs less healthy than wolves" B. Hart #CSFFSF2014 New research about effects of neutering plosone.org/article/info%3Ad…
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Impulse control – the 6 keys to teaching dogs calm and polite behavior @JenniferCattet buff.ly/1julSus
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Dr Jo Righetti@JoanneRighetti24 Jun 2014
Does your dog have itchy, scratchy skin? Here are some tips on managing this... petproblemsolved.com.au/cani…
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Pictures of crows pulling tails at The Corvid Blog corvidblog.tumblr.com/post/3…
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#SPARCS2014 Assessment of the factorial structures of the C-BARQ in Japan. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2134…
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Dr. Debra Horwitz@DebraHDVM21 Jun 2014
#SPARCS2014 Need to map the terrain to know how to describe dogs, multi dimensional, facets within descriptions Sam Gosling
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SPARCS@CanineScience21 Jun 2014
Internal motivation overrides even negative outcomes with many motor patterns. Ray Coppinger #SPARCS2014
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Dr. Debra Horwitz@DebraHDVM20 Jun 2014
McConnell-healthy play needs a lot of pauses to let arousal level diminish. some dogs need help with this. #SPARCS2014
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Add your dog to the #CBARQ Canine Behavioral Assessment & Research Questionnaire database: vetapps.vet.upenn.edu/cbarq/… #SPARCS2014
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