Monday, April 1, 2013
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Natasha Rose Can D'Ijuma: Campeona de Argentina, 24, Marzo 2013
OUR NATASHA ROSE CAN D'JUMA
2013 CHAMPION OF ARGENTINA!
Federación Cinologica Argentina
Fecha: 21 al 24 de Marzo 2013 - Lugar: La Rural Predio Ferial de Palermo
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| CH. .JOV. CHI. CH. ARG. Natasha Rose Can D'Ijuma with handler, Dr. Fernando Burgos |
Judges for Group 7
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3/21 3/22 3/23 3/24
1/CAC
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CATEGORIA: 9° INTERMEDIA - HEMBRAS DE 15 A 24 MESES
262. NATASHA ROSE CAN D'IJUMA - KCC 381146 - I - Born/ NAC: 22/08/11 - H - Lineage/ POR: ROCKY OF BANFIELD y CEILA CAN D'IJUMA - Owner/EXP. JORGE MARTINEZ |
Monday, March 4, 2013
Dog body language- Are you listening to what your pet is telling you?
Our Natasha has no trouble getting her thoughts across to us- especially if we are too slow in offering her a chewy pig's ear treat. Same with our maltese, Samson. He can let it be know clearly that he's just not up for play right now. But how do we know what's being thought, felt, and well yes, said? We just listen, look, and watch. Dogs are very expressive and we must be attentive to their expressions.
Dogs are a whole body communicator, not just one part or another. It is important to view the whole picture, your dog and the situation or context he’s in, in order to accurately determine what he’s trying to say to get the complete message your dog is telling you. They use facial expressions, ear set, tail carriage and overall demeanor to signal their intentions and feelings to others.
In Summary:
Each body part makes up the whole very expressive dog. Here is a list of things to remember about a dog's body language:
Approach
- Advancing: indicates dominance or aggression
- Retreating: indicates fear or anxiety
- Facing squarely: indicates confidence, dominance or aggression
- Standing sideways: indicates confidence without asserting dominance
Posture
- Leaning forward: indicates confidence and interest
- Leaning forward with stiff legged stance: indicates dominance or aggressive intention
- Leaning backward: indicates fear or submission
- Body or head lowered: indicates fear, anxiety or submission
- Body or head lowered and twisted: indicates submission
- Body lowered on front end only: indicates playfulness
- Body twisted upside down: indicates extreme submission or fear
- Body upside down and rolling: indicates pleasure
- Head turned away: indicates submission or a truce
- Head held high, arched neck: indicates confidence or challenge
Interaction
- Paw placed on another's back: indicates dominance or aggression
- Head and neck placed over another's back: indicates dominance or aggression
- Shoulder or hip bump into another: indicates dominance or playfulness
Tail Position
- Tail held horizontal or naturally: indicates interest
- Tail raised, held stiffly and quivering: indicates dominance or aggressive intention
- Tail tucked: indicates fear, anxiety or submission
- Tail tucked but wagging: indicates submission
- Tail wagging slowly but broadly: indicates relaxation, playfulness or anticipation
- Tail wagging quickly and broadly: indicates submission or pleasure
Ears
Ears forward: indicates interest, dominance, playfulness or aggression
Ears back: indicates fear
Ears down: indicates submission
Eyes
- Note: Dogs don't like to be stared at directly in the eye. It can frighten a timid dog, or be seen as a challenge to a dominant dog, and either case can end up in a dog bite for you.
- Eyes opened wide and staring: indicates aggression
- Eyes turned away and squinting: indicates submission
- Eyes blinking rapidly: indicates stress
- Eyes with dilated pupils: indicates arousal, often from fear or aggression
Mouth
- Mouth agape with lip corner forward: indicates aggression
- Mouth slightly open with lip corner pulled back, all teeth showing: indicates fear
- Mouth open with lip corner pulled upward, often with tongue showing: indicates relaxation or playfulness
- Mouth licking the air or toward you or another dog rapidly: indicates submission
- Mouth licking lips: may indicate stress. Or maybe he's just getting ready to eat!
- Face, nose or lips wrinkled, teeth showing: indicates aggression
- Front teeth showing but no signs of aggression: indicates submission (the "canine grin")
- Mouth yawning: indicates nervousness or serves to reduce tension in aggressive situations
- Muzzle push: indicates submission, affection
- Panting: if not hot or tired, may indicate anxiety or pain
Hackles
Hackles raised: indicates arousal associated with aggression or fear
Here is a great pictorial chart of doggy messages by Lilli Chin, http://doggiedrawings.net/
Learn more about dogs and their body language here:
ASPCA/Canine Body Language
Dog Body Language
An Easier Way to Speak Dog
Wouldn't be so much simpler in the ende to have a translator collar like the dogs in Pixar's movie "Up?"Seems you can now purchase one too! It's called Bowlingual Dog Translator:
Take the translation test
Now that you've learned how to speak dog, test yourself to see how accurate your are typing a word into the handy canine translator to see what your pooch is trying to tell you: Click here to take the test- http://talkingpets.ca/en/speakdog.aspxWhat has your dog been trying to tell you lately and how have you responded?
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Cornell Vizsla Mast Cell Research Project: Sample Collection on March 16, 2013
What: Cornell University Veterinary School DNA Bank in partnership with the Vizsla Club of America Welfare Foundation (VCA WF) is collecting blood samples from affected and non-affected (8 years old or older) vizslas to identify a gene or multiple genes that may predict a predisposition for mast cell tumor cancer (MCT). This is the first vizsla-specific study of its kind and could result in a genetic test to detect the genetic susceptibility in breeding stock prior to breeding. This is a free health clinic to gather as many samples as possible for this project.
FMI: http://www.vet.cornell.edu/news/vizsla.cfm
When: Saturday March 16, 2013, 9am – 4pm.
Where: Cornell University Veterinary Specialists, Stamford CT
880 Canal Street
Stamford, CT 06902
For more information and directions: http://www.cuvs.org
Eligible:
+ Any Vizslas who have been previously diagnosed with MCT. Please bring a copy of the affected dog's histopathology report.
+ Any Vizslas—8 years or older— who have not been previously diagnosed with MCT. These dogs will be examined by Cornell staff veterinarians to make sure they qualify as controls (non-affected).
Cost: Blood draws and examinations are free-of-charge.
Registration: Please register for the clinic in advance by contacting Liz Corey (DNA Bank) by email (dnabank@cornell.edu ) or by phone (607/253.3446).
What to bring: your dog(s), a copy of a histopathology report (if applicable), a three-generation pedigree and any OFA/PennHip information for each dog.
FMI: vcawf2000@gmail.com
Friday, February 15, 2013
Gauge the Vizsla and Betsy need your help
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| Gauge and Betsy need your help- Donate today! |
Once you have made your donation you will see on the PayPal "Review of donation" page under TVCV Rescue a line that states:
Add special instructions to the seller:
Click on that line to open a box to write in a special instructions note that your donation is for the Gauge Fund.
Megan assures me that Betsy has been a great ally to the Vizsla and assists with the Secondhand Hound Rescue program as a foster owner. Betsy also helped TVCV by taking in the Weimaraner brother to a Vizsla that TVCV had in rescue by finding him a new home. Megan encourages all who are able to give Betsy and Gauge a hand by making a donation today! Any amount will be a great help.
Please let me know if you have issues donating or if you would like to donate by check and I will e-mail you the address mail directly.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
New study suggests neutering affects dog health
Neutering, and the age at which a dog is neutered, may affect the animal’s risk for developing certain cancers and joint diseases, according to a new study of golden retrievers by a team of researchers at the University of California, Davis.
The study, which examined the health records of 759 golden retrievers, found a surprising doubling of hip dysplasia among male dogs neutered before one year of age. This and other results will be published today (Feb. 13) in the online scientific journal PLOS ONE.
“The study results indicate that dog owners and service-dog trainers should carefully consider when to have their male or female dogs neutered,” said lead investigator Benjamin Hart, a distinguished professor emeritus in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
“It is important to remember, however, that because different dog breeds have different vulnerabilities to various diseases, the effects of early and late neutering also may vary from breed to breed,” he said.
While results of the new study are revealing, Hart said the relationship between neutering and disease-risk remains a complex issue. For example, the increased incidence of joint diseases among early-neutered dogs is likely a combination of the effect of neutering on the young dog’s growth plates as well as the increase in weight on the joints that is commonly seen in neutered dogs.
Dog owners in the United States are overwhelmingly choosing to neuter their dogs, in large part to prevent pet overpopulation or avoid unwanted behaviors. In the U.S., surgical neutering — known as spaying in females — is usually done when the dog is less than one year old.
In Europe, however, neutering is generally avoided by owners and trainers and not promoted by animal health authorities, Hart said.
During the past decade, some studies have indicated that neutering can have several adverse health effects for certain dog breeds. Those studies examined individual diseases using data drawn from one breed or pooled from several breeds.
Against that backdrop, Hart and colleagues launched their study, using a single hospital database. The study was designed to examine the effects of neutering on the risks of several diseases in the same breed, distinguishing between males and females and between early or late neutering and non-neutering.
The researchers chose to focus on the golden retriever because it is one of the most popular breeds in the U.S. and Europe and is vulnerable to various cancers and joint disorders. The breed also is favored for work as a service dog.
The research team reviewed the records of female and male golden retrievers, ranging in age from 1 to 8 years, that had been examined at UC Davis’ William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital for two joint disorders and three cancers: hip dysplasia, cranial cruciate ligament tear, lymphosarcoma, hemangiosarcoma and mast cell tumor. The dogs were classified as intact (not neutered), neutered early (before 12 months age), or neutered late (at or after 12 months age).
Joint disorders and cancers are of particular interest because neutering removes the male dog’s testes and the female’s ovaries, interrupting production of certain hormones that play key roles in important body processes such as closure of bone growth plates, and regulation of the estrous cycle in female dogs.
The study revealed that, for all five diseases analyzed, the disease rates were significantly higher in both males and females that were neutered either early or late compared with intact (non-neutered) dogs.
Specifically, early neutering was associated with an increase in the occurrence of hip dysplasia, cranial cruciate ligament tear and lymphosarcoma in males and of cranial cruciate ligament tear in females. Late neutering was associated with the subsequent occurrence of mast cell tumors and hemangiosarcoma in females.
In most areas, the findings of this study were consistent with earlier studies, suggesting similar increases in disease risks. The new study, however, was the first to specifically report an increased risk of late neutering for mast cell tumors and hemangiosarcoma.
Furthermore, the new study showed a surprising 100 percent increase, or doubling, of the incidence of hip dysplasia among early-neutered males. Earlier studies had reported a 17 percent increase among all neutered dogs compared to all non-neutered dogs, indicating the importance of the new study in making gender and age-of-neutering comparisons.
Other researchers on this UC Davis study were: Gretel Torres de la Riva, Thomas Farver and Lynette Hart, School of Veterinary Medicine; Anita Oberbauer, Department of Animal Science; Locksley Messam, Department of Public Health Sciences; and Neil Willits, Department of Statistics.
About UC Davis
For more than 100 years, UC Davis has engaged in teaching, research and public service that matter to California and transform the world. Located close to the state capital, UC Davis has more than 33,000 students, more than 2,500 faculty and more than 21,000 staff, an annual research budget of nearly $750 million, a comprehensive health system and 13 specialized research centers. The university offers interdisciplinary graduate study and more than 100 undergraduate majors in four colleges — Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science. It also houses six professional schools — Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.
Media contact(s):
- Benjamin Hart, School of Veterinary Medicine, (530) 752-1555, blhart@ucdavis.edu
- Pat Bailey, UC Davis News Service, (530) 752-9843, pjbailey@ucdavis.edu
Abstract
In contrast to European countries, the overwhelming majority of dogs in the U.S. are neutered (including spaying), usually done before one year of age. Given the importance of gonadal hormones in growth and development, this cultural contrast invites an analysis of the multiple organ systems that may be adversely affected by neutering. Using a single breed-specific dataset, the objective was to examine the variables of gender and age at the time of neutering versus leaving dogs gonadally intact, on all diseases occurring with sufficient frequency for statistical analyses. Given its popularity and vulnerability to various cancers and joint disorders, the Golden Retriever was chosen for this study. Veterinary hospital records of 759 client-owned, intact and neutered female and male dogs, 1–8 years old, were examined for diagnoses of hip dysplasia (HD), cranial cruciate ligament tear (CCL), lymphosarcoma (LSA), hemangiosarcoma (HSA), and mast cell tumor (MCT). Patients were classified as intact, or neutered early (<12 mo) or late (≥12 mo). Statistical analyses involved survival analyses and incidence rate comparisons. Outcomes at the 5 percent level of significance are reported. Of early-neutered males, 10 percent were diagnosed with HD, double the occurrence in intact males. There were no cases of CCL diagnosed in intact males or females, but in early-neutered males and females the occurrences were 5 percent and 8 percent, respectively. Almost 10 percent of early-neutered males were diagnosed with LSA, 3 times more than intact males. The percentage of HSA cases in late-neutered females (about 8 percent) was 4 times more than intact and early-neutered females. There were no cases of MCT in intact females, but the occurrence was nearly 6 percent in late-neutered females. The results have health implications for Golden Retriever companion and service dogs, and for oncologists using dogs as models of cancers that occur in humans.
Dogs and depth perception: Dog Falls 5 Stories & Survives
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| Natasha posing outside on the balcony of our 16th floor apartment |
We live on the 16th floor in apartment that has balconies that nearly surround it. Families of small children often put safety netting around to keep their children from tumbling over the edge. You can see by the photo above that the bar comes just to the top of a chair, about to the middle of a person. There have been times I've worried that a ball tossed may go over the edge with Natasha Rose dutifully following after it. We've been smart to make sure that doesn't happen, keeping all toys inside, training her to stay away from the edge and not to jump onto the balcony bars surround it.
Or have we simply been lucky?
Gauge a vizsla in the Twin Cities was not so lucky, falling five stories, shattering his hip on impact and sustaining internal bleeding. His owner owner, Betsy Strachota, who brought him into work with her one Saturday explains “We have a rooftop deck on our office. When I let him out to go to the bathroom, he looked across the roof and it looked like it continued. He couldn’t see it dropped off, and he jumped.”
However, with a dog's increased peripheral vision their binocular vision is compromised. Binocular vision occurs where the field of view of each eye overlaps. Binocular vision aids in jumping, leaping, catching, and many other activities fundamental to predators' survival. Dogs with wider-set eyes have less overlap and less binocular vision -- thus less depth perception. Dogs’ depth perception is best when they look straight ahead. This is not an ideal situation as their nose often interferes. While a dog's binocular vision provides them a sense of depth, as to recognizing danger, that would probably depend on the strength of their prey drive, training, and experience.
But what happened to poor Gauge you may be worrying!
He was lucky to be saved by veterinarians at the University of Minnesota. Using their new 3-D CT scan the surgical team was able to have a much more in-depth picture of his injuries and save his life. Currently the dog continues to undergo costly physical therapy and will be evaluated for possible further surgery. His owner says it is worth it.
You may read the full story here and watch that video of Gauge in therapy:
Dog Falls 5 Stories & Survives Thanks To U Of M Technology « CBS Minnesota
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