I’ve always been impressed with this breed’s conformation

It’s like a dog that became a lion. Then its lips started to grow. And it got really wrinkled.

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An amazing fact about Malayan tapirs

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Wanna tame fox?

Source. Remember that oft-repeated story about the Soviet silver fox experiment? Every time I mention it, I get a query about where you can get one. When I first started writing about them, I found that they weren’t exporting them to the United States. They were offered for sale as pets, but there were fears [...]

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Red Fox color variations

These look like fur-farmed foxes. The ones that are spotted are definitely fur-farmed.

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A good example of negative reinforcement

This is a demonstration of a “conditioned retrieve,” which is also popularly known as force-breaking or force-fetching. I now prefer the term “conditioned retrieve.” Part I Source. Part II Source Just about everything Robert Milner is doing here is negative reinforcement. What is negative reinforcement? It is NOT punishment. Punishment is anything we do to [...]

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I joined this website

It’s free right now, so why not give it a shot? Source. I like to market.

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Gemsbok in New Mexico

Source. Yes, I know it says “Oryx” in the title of the video. Gemsbok are species of oryx. There are four species in the genus Oryx, and the Gemsbok is Oryx gazella. Now, what are they doing in New Mexico? Well, just like feral horses, feral burros and ring-necked pheasants, these were introduced. In 1969, [...]

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Does this dog look like it has rabies?

Source It is foaming at the mouth, but dogs can foam at the mouth for a lot of other reasons besides rabies. This dog  is super aggressive, but so are many tethered dogs. What do you think?

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The Plague Dogs

Look what I found on youtube: Source. This film is based upon a 1977 novel by Richard Adams. The ending of this film is quite depressing, but the novel ends with the dogs being rescued by Ronald Lockley (who wrote The Private Life of the Rabbit, which Adams uses as his “scientific reference” for Watership [...]

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Korthals Griffon puppies

Source. This is another HPR breed. They were developed in France by a Dutchman named Eduard Karel Korthals (Kor-tals). I refuse to call them Wire-haired pointing griffons for two simple reasons: 1. All griffons are wire-haired. Most are scent hounds. One exception to this rule  is the Petit Brabançon, which is considered a Brussells Griffon [...]

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