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The seal pup and yellow Labrador dog, Misha, were shot playing. It was a uncommon and truly amazing Labrador moment in time.

Within seconds, a young seal can be seen jumping out of the water and landing on a river walkway right next to the Misha the Labrador. The seal is really sociable and frolicsome. The Labrador is very curious but clearly a little
cautious. Misha barks at the seal a few times, wagging her tail as she does. The Labrador clearly wants to play, but is not quite sure.

The seal plays hide-and-seek. Ducking under the water and then emerging again. Towards the end, the seal splashes water at the Labrador, clearly enjoying the moment.

This was the best moment.

What was yours? ]]> Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:47:45 -0500 gladiskv41 News 1 https://groupextradiscount.com/story/17384/ https://groupextradiscount.com/story/17343/
The Lab is a patient at Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.

Shots of this dog with unique, but amazing markings, went popular recently.

Bull is believed to be a chimera due to his unique coat.

Wikipedia identifies a chimera as ?a single organism (usually an animal) that is composed of two or more different populations of genetically distinct cells that originated from different zygotes involved in sexual reproduction."

In layman's terms a chimera is one particular animal that genetically is two animals, i.e. a dog that is also his very own twin.
Bull is apparently a chimera both black Labrador and yellow Lab.

Bull has become the dog version of Venus The Amazing Chimera cat, minus the same dead-even colored split in the middle of her face. Venus' the ?two-faced" calico chimera cat caught the Internet's interest 2012.

Another explanation may be that when Bull was conceived a phenomenon called somatic mutation happened. The type of thing tends to occur more commonly in Labrador and Golden Retrievers; no one has found out why, and the mutation is not inherited. ]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2014 02:14:15 -0500 gladiskv41 News 1 https://groupextradiscount.com/story/17343/ https://groupextradiscount.com/story/17331/
An experiment in Russia on eight breeds of dogs has proved that dogs see the world in blue, yellow and lots of shades in between.

For years scientists have known that dogs could see in a range of colours, but it was thought that they used levels of brightness, and not color per se, to distinguish different objects.

New research found out that dogs have two types of cones in their eyes. This led scientists at the Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russia Academy of Sciences to suspect they could identify colors.

Humans, on the other hand, have three kinds of cones. This allows us to see all three primary colors.

With only two cones, dogs must be able to see some colors, but not others. The researchers suspected dogs would for instance have the ability to see shades of blue, green and yellow, but not red and orange. The experiment was designed an experiment to evaluate this theory.

First they trained several dogs to respond to one of four pieces of paper of various colors: light yellow, dark yellow, light blue and dark blue. The sheets of paper were set in pairs in front of feed boxes containing meat.

The dogs soon discovered that certain colors meant a treat.

Next, the scientists placed pieces of paper with the color the dogs had been taught to respond to in front of a feed box, along with another piece of paper that was brighter, but of a different color, to see if a dog trained to respond to light blue would respond to dark blue instead of light yellow.

The majority of the dogs went for the color identifier rather than brightness identifier. The the scientists said this proves they are able to differentiate color and were not counting on brightness to find their food treat.

Three-quarters of dogs selected the right colour more than 90 % of the time. ]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:18:05 -0500 gladiskv41 News 1 https://groupextradiscount.com/story/17331/ https://groupextradiscount.com/story/17294/ Dog study shows that a dog's memory is way more human-like than previously thought. Our doggies can copy our actions, even with delays.

The most recent issue of Animal Cognition outlines the development that dogs have what's called ?declarative memory" talking about memories which can be consciously remembered, like facts or knowledge.

Obviously, mankind possess this skill as well, but it had never been scientifically proven in dogs before. Dog owners and doggy lovers likely have seen the skill first-hand for a long time.

The study was done by Claudia Fugazza and Ad?m Mikl?si of E?tv?s Lor?nd University in Hungary, where people love their pooches. Hungary is also where many dog studies develop and where a number of the world's top canine researchers reside.
The group looked into if dogs could delay imitation: Could they do what their owners did?

Eight adult dogs were trained with the ?Do As I Do" technique. The exercises included copying their owners walking around a bucket and ringing a bell. The question to be answered was: ?Can dogs properly copy what they learned after an approximately ten minute attention distracting break?"

Fugazza explained what happened next with one owner-dog pair:
?The owner, Valentina, got her dog Adila to pay attention to her. She then demonstrated an activity, like ringing a bell with her hand.

Valentina and Adila then took a break, with both doing whatever they wanted to do. Sometimes they played together with a ball, or relaxed on a lawn. Adila happily sniffed around and barked at passersby.

After the break, Valentina went to her original starting position and gave the command ?Do it!" Adila knew exactly what came next. The attentive dog rang the bell. Adila even did this when a human stranger, who didn't even know what the prior activity (bell ringing) was, gave the same command."

Essentially, Adila perfected the test.

The study plays a part in the broadening body of evidence that a lot of animals experience the world in any specific time fairly as people do, having understanding of the past and present under consideration and the possible skill to envision and even foresee potential situations. ]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2014 08:46:36 -0500 gladiskv41 News 1 https://groupextradiscount.com/story/17294/ https://groupextradiscount.com/story/17258/ Dog expert Stanley Coren wonders if Television programs particularly for dogs to watch makes perfect sense? This is the trend that several new television stations are beginning worldwide.
People are convinced that their dogs are generally intrigued with events on the television screen, many believe that their dogs completely ignore what is visible on television. Whether or not your dog pays attention to a TV programme depends on several factors.

How a dog's eye works is a thing to think about. The canine eye is built to easily detect movement. The picture on a typical TV screen is refreshed and redrawn 60 times a second. Given that a human's flicker resolution ability is 55Hz, the image appears continuous and the progressively changing images provide us with the illusion of movement.

Considering that dogs detect flickers at 75Hz, a flickering image would obviously appear to be less real, therefore a lot of dogs don't direct a lot of concentrate on it. Some dogs, however, ignore the apparent flickering of the TV image and seem to respond to dogs and other images on screen.

Current changes in technology are apparently starting out increase the number of dogs watching TV. The elevated accessibility to high-resolution digital screens which are updated at a much higher rate implies that the images are less likely to seem to be flickering to the canine eye and there are more reports of dogs who're extremely enthusiastic about different nature shows that contain images of animals moving.

Nevertheless you will find essential presentation elements too. Dogs are likely to react to images that were caught at the eye-level of another dog. A low camera angle where you can find moving things such as animals or birds is right. However, even when that requirement is met, many dogs don't watch because the TV is frequently placed at a comfortable eye level for people. Dogs usually don't scan upward, and for that reason don't see the TV images up there.

Doggie day care centres often use televisions to entertain their canine clients and they have discovered that the best way to catch the interest of dogs is to put the TV on the floor or perhaps a low platform.

Most people are amazed to comprehend that even when their dog does respond when there's a creature on screen, or perhaps another animal running quickly, it doesn't react to animated images of dogs. Whenever a dog sees a cartoon dog they acknowledge that it must be moving, yet the movements of a cartoon aren't an exact rendering of the pattern of movements of a real animal. So the dog notices something moving, but it's not really a dog or other live animal of interest.

Stanley Coren What Does Your Dog See When Watching TV? is the writer of several books on dogs including Do Dogs Dream? and Born to Bark. ]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:36:22 -0500 gladiskv41 News 1 https://groupextradiscount.com/story/17258/ https://groupextradiscount.com/story/17131/
Knowing how to feed your pet dog, makes keeping them healthy a log easier.

Here's a list of foods that you can safely feed your dog:
Sunflower oil: Besides keeping illness at bay, sunflower oil promotes a healthy and shiny coat. A tablespoon is ideal for any dog breed.
Carrots: Not all kinds of vegetables are advisable for your dog, but carrot is an essential vegetable that needs to be included in your doggy's diet at least once weekly.
Apples: ?An apple a day keeps the doctor away", may apply to dogs as well. Sliced apple with no peel can be included in your pet's diet. Apples help get rid of health problems, like loose stools.
Yogurt: Creamy white yogurt is everybody's favourite. Yogurt combined with your dog's rice is an excellent dairy supplement. Yogurt kills bad germs in your doggy's mouth.
Eggs: An eggwhite is good for dog health problems like Gastric Torsion or bloating. Egg white helps revitalise your dog's energy, thus keeping them fit.
Water: Larger breeds should consume about 2 liters of water daily. Water aids in getting rid of bad toxins inside the body. Just be sure you give clean water at least 3 times in a day.
Leftovers: Some believe that human left overs aren't good for dogs because they are at risk of getting allergies. If you're in the habit of feeding your dog leftovers, non-seasoned food is a better alternative. ]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:29:37 -0500 gladiskv41 News 1 https://groupextradiscount.com/story/17131/