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Five Weird Dog Behaviours Explained Humping, poop eating, reverse sneezing, tail chasing, rolling in stinky stuff—we get to the bottom of it! BY STEVE DUNO
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Saving Lives While Serving Time A prison dog program rehabilitates dogs and inmates, saving shelter dogs and changing lives BY JEN REEDER
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Read Your Breed Get to know the Beagle and the Bulldog. The Shetland Sheepdog The little dog that can do it all. BY KELLY CALDWELL
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26 Mutt-tastic! Mixed breed dogs have their day. PHOTOGRAPHED BY TANYA KING 90 Behind the Scenes: Meet the Models Get the lowdown on the cool mixes featured in our “muttastic” photo shoot.
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True Blood’s Carrie Preston on her True Love An exclusive interview. BY MARY-JO DIONNE
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Feel-Good Beauty; Study Finds Connection Between Spaying/Neutering Pets and Lifespan
76 Build Your Dog’s Vocabulary An interview with Dr. John W. Pilley, author of Chaser: Unlocking the Genius of the Dog Who Knows 1000 Words BY ROSE FROSEK
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A Pets Before Profits Pharmacy; Pantry Patrol; The $4 Device That Will Save Your Life
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Get Involved! Looking to give back? Here’s a great organization helping pets and people.
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Canine Pep Squad A different kind of perfect: disfigured and disabled dogs are making a big difference, touching and, yes, saving lives with their inspirational message.
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Of Mice and Men Which is the more intelligent species, dogs or cats?
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BY STANLEY COREN
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Dog Doppels Get to know five frequently confused breeds.
Our Gotta-Have-It Gift Guide! Fine finds for all the dogs and dog lovers on your list.
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62 Common Kitchen Herbs That Are Good For Dogs BY ELIZABETH PASK & LAURA SCOTT 66
The Doctor Is In Lymphoma, the “Good Cancer.”
LIVING 20
We’re Giving It Away! We’ve got three months of groovy giveaways, from beautiful, super-comfy beds to a nifty poop-scooping solution, and winners every week!
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Stars and Their Dogs Hot in Cleveland’s Wendie Malick.
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6 Ways to Help Your Rescue Dog Settle in to Her New Home Simple tips to help your new dog adapt.
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How I Met My Dog Foster Failure and Finding Jake.
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10 Random Acts of Kindess Spread joy! Small effort, huge karmic payoff.
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Baltimore Shows its Soft Side How one woman has used her skills from a career in adveritsing to tackle animal abuse in Baltimore, one inspiring, heartwarming, poster at a time.
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DIY Craft: Make it! Mason Jar Magic Get crafty with our how-to for turning ubiquitous Mason jars into irresistibly cute, personalized dog-treat containers.
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4 Easy Creative Ways to Get Your Dog to Eat Her Veggies
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DIY Eat: Terrific Gelatin Treats Fun to serve and easy to make, these healthy, wiggly dog treats are good for the skeleton. BY MAXINE MATISHAK
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DIY Eat: Turkey Dinner & Liver Treats Hey good lookin, get home cookin’
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Meet Misa Minnie, Winner of the Modern Dog Star Dog Contest The little Yorkie that could.
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Ask a Trainer: A Biting Dog What to do if your dog bites you. BY NICOLE WILDE
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Ask a Trainer: Training a Timid Dog How to train a timid dog with no food or toy drive.
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Ask a Trainer: Aggressively Possessive Dogs Dealing with resource guarding.
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Art Attack: Tabitha Cottrell A soft touch. Textile designer Tabitha Cottrell’s “textile dogs” top our “want it” list. BY ROSE FROSEK
BY CHRISTINE M. FILARDI
REGULAR FEATURES 6 Editor’s Letter 8 Contributors 10 Our Readers Write 12 Stuff We Love 14 The Scoop 24 Smile! Photo Contest 129 Marketplace
119 COVER LOOK
True Blood’s Carrie Preston with her rescue dog, Poodle-cross Chumley. Photographed by Kharen Hill. Hair and make up by Shawn Flint Blair; Styling by Kimmy Erin. Carrie wears a Mango jacket, Love Sam marigold blouse, Standards & Practices pink jeans, Madewell boots, J. Crew belt. Chumley wears a Cece Kent Ralph Collection woven Italian leather “Santa Fe” collar (cecekent.net).
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BY INGER MARTENS
BY TEOTI ANDERSON
121 Connie’s Book Club Curl up with a good dog and a good book. Editor-in- Chief Connie Wilson’s selection of winter must-read titles. 124
Ask Dog Lady Bothered and bewildered? Crazed and confused? Dog Lady delves into your most dogged dilemmas.
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Last Lick: Mister Pazu A Dog’s Guide to Winter. BY DIANA THUNG
BY MONICA COLLINS
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When you are present, you can sense the spirit, the one consciousness, in every creature and love it as yourself. — Eckhart Tolle, Guardians of Being
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here’s no doubt about it—we love our dogs. Faults and all, they enrich our lives in innumerable ways. (It ought to be noted that our dogs “faults” are most often the result of our own shortcomings.) At any rate, our days would be undeniably smaller and less joyful without them. With their waving tails and soft eyes and even their rounds of barking, they tunnel their way into our hearts, oftentimes commandeering the choicest spot on the sofa along the way. Yes, those three a.m. jaunts to take a gastrically distressed dog outside are less than awesome and, yes, we could do without dog hair marring even our best outfits, but our dogs’ unfailing loyalty, openheartedness, honesty, and devotion are just a few reasons we love them so. Interestingly, we’re seeing documented scientific evidence proving dogs are becoming progressively more intelligent over time, able to increasingly “read” us and understand human communication, gestures, and words. (Turn to p.106 for more on this). In author Gregory Berns’ new book How Dogs Love Us, Berns demonstrates dogs’ social and emotional intelligence, showing how they empathize with human emotions and how they love us (p.123). And then there’s retired psychologist John Pilley’s research involving his dog Chaser, the famous Border Collie who knows over 1000 words; Pilley’s work with Chaser illustrates a new understanding of animal intelligence, revealing our dogs’ capability for deductive reasoning and complex problem solving (p.76). Old-school scientific views expounded that animals don’t experience emotions, but thankfully that archaic thinking has now been proven wrong. (Of course we devoted dog-parents never needed such “proof.”) All of this underscores how deserving dogs are of our love and respect (as are all creatures). All of Modern Dog’s trainers espouse positive, reward-based training methods, as opposed to the outdated Alpha/Pack Leader model that teaches obedience through nega-
tive reinforcement (i.e. do something I don’t like and something bad will happen). For tips on how to positively solve this issue’s highlighted problematic behaviours, turn to p.114. Another instance of all-positivity in this issue is the amazing, transformative Prison Dog Program (p.40), an initiative that does good on so many levels that it’s “positively” heartwarming. The program has inmates train dogs—many of them plucked from shelters—to become assistance dogs for the disabled. Along the way, the offenders gain new life skills as well as experience unconditional love and acceptance, a first for many of the prisoners and dogs alike. We also check in with a veritable canine pep squad—disabled and disfigured dogs whose inspirational “let’s just get on with life” example is inspiring both children and adults facing similar set backs (p. 82). This issue is just chock-full of such stories to lift you up and inspire you. From cool DIYs, recipes your dog will love, and canine wellness, to ways to beautify your home, gear and toys to make your life more fun and easy, and, of course, adorable dog photos (see our shout out to all the magnificent mixed breeds out there on p.46), we’ve got all you need to rock your way straight through the holidays and on to the brand spanking New Year with grace and love and inspiration. Thanks be to our canine cheerleaders, who seem to rescue us just as often as we rescue them. Wishing you a joyous holiday season and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!
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For our Star Dog photo shoot, photographer Lisa Scarsi got to combine her passion for animals with photography, and the sunny, supercharming results are simply delightful. She nailed the So-Cal vibe, and with good reason: Lisa lives in Southern California with her husband John, human children Angelo and Sophia, and a mini-menagerie of permanent and foster fur-children. She often travels for work and has been featured in exhibits, magazines, and books. To see more of her work go to lisascarsi.com. For her wonderfully charming images from our Star Dog shoot, turn to page 88.
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