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The Dreaded Tick Check
If you are someone who lives in an area where there are ticks at certain (read: all but frozen) times of the year, you know the importance of checking your dog for ticks after coming in from time spent outside. Tick-borne illnesses can be devastating for humans and dogs alike, so this is really a critical part of the care and wellbeing of your dog. And, if you’re a dog-loving human and you’re really into dog training, you probably already have lots of things both fun and important to work on with your dog. Tick checking may be something that you fumble your way through - I know I did. At least until Kerby.
Dreams Do Come True: A Day Trip to Wolf Park
I’m sure it will come as no surprise that Ran and I (Stephanie) are animal lovers. Of course we love dogs, but we are also fond of basically all the animals out there, including one of our dogs’ closest relatives: the wolf. So you can imagine our excitement when we met Ryan Talbot at a behavior analysis conference last year. Ryan is the Behavioral Enrichment and Training Manager at Wolf Park: a leading center for research, conservation, and education of wolves and other canid species in Battleground, Indiana. Ran and I were familiar with Wolf Park, as the animals there frequently participate in published research, and we were delighted to learn more about the work that Ryan and his colleagues do. Ryan kindly extended an invitation for us to come visit.