Today we traveled to Wildwood to attend a dog show. We saw lots of different types of dogs! The takeaway for our week of studying canine social intelligence is summed up in the following question, to which we asked students to respond: Canines are unique among non-human animals in establishing strong social ties with...
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Puppies on Patrol
Today we visited the Penn Vet Working Dog Center. It is a research center that trains scent working dogs, including cancer detection dogs, diabetes detection dogs, search and rescue dogs, bomb detection dogs, and more. We got a tour of the facilities. We even got to help socialize the 8 week old German...
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Of bulldogs and border collies … and shelter dogs
Yesterday’s destinations were visited by different groups; we had some canine visitors to cheer us!...
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Today started off when we met Alex Van Meter (19) and Abigail Van Meter (14), who showed up to talk to us about handling and showing dogs with their champion English Setter dogs, Juniper and Haley. They are both prize winning Junior Handlers. Alex showed us how to pose the dogs and what was...
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Lions and tigers and … dogs, oh my!
Monster Pet was indeed monstrous – in terms of SIZE of facility and VARIETY of products to purchase. The bunnies looked tired (Easter work) but the koi were active and awesome. Tim R. (manager) taught us how to read the ingredients of a kibble bag. Back at school, Lini Federici and terriers (Thor and...
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Canine Intelligence
Welcome! – Dress each day for canine encounters; sneakers are advised. – Fill out and have your parents sign the THREE release waivers that were distributed today. – Bring in $10 for CI T-shirts if you wish to purchase. – Check your school e-mail for snack assignments. – Get pumped for a week of...
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