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		<title>&#8220;Alpha Dogma: Good-bye to All That&#8221;: The Greatest Hit</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/04/17/alpha-dogma-good-bye-to-all-that-the-greatest-hit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boulder Dog Blog is one year old today and to commemorate the occasion I&#8217;d like to share with you Boulder Dog&#8217;s greatest hits. Now, there are a few ways we can sniff out the best posts. I could highlight the most popular posts according to the number of views they received from you, my readers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And another thing&#8230; Kindness Trumps Dominance!</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/12/10/and-another-thing-kindness-trumps-dominance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter is all aflutter. Tweeps are tweeting and re-tweeting good news for dogs! Since my last post was all about the insanity of dumbinance, ah, dominance, I couldn&#8217;t pass up this opportunity offer some refreshing good cheer.  Within a few minutes of each other earlier today, some terrific dog tweeps I follow (and you should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bonfire of the Insanities: Dumbinance Strikes Again</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/11/24/bonfire-of-the-insanities-dumbinance-strikes-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dominance theory, or dumbinance theory as I prefer to call it, reared its howling head again, this time as a prescription for child rearing—“Becoming the Alpha Dog in Your Own Home.” (As of today, the most popular article in the NYT.) Meet Cesar Millan, the new no-nonsense nanny. Here. In the New York Times. Again. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L&#8217;Shana Tova: Wishing You a Good Year</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/09/19/lshana-tova-wishing-you-a-good-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the new Jewish year 5770. I should tell you that I am not Jewish. My husband, Ira, is. Through him and his family, over the years I have come to appreciate the spirit of this holiday&#8211;its joyousness and its call for reflection. So whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dismantling Cesar&#8217;s House of Dominance</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/07/18/dismantling-cesars-house-of-domimance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m feeling a little sick to my stomach this morning having just spoken with a friend who has a friend who worships Cesar Millan. Let&#8217;s name her Melissa. Melissa has totally bought into CM&#8217;s simplistic and wrong-headed belief that just about all the problems you have with your dog can be ridiculously reduced to one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And another thing&#8230; I Do Not Want My Dog To Be &#8216;Calm-Submissive&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/06/14/and-another-thing-i-do-not-want-my-dog-to-be-calm-submissive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today begins a new series of blog entries entitled &#8216;And another thing’—brief &#8216;shout outs&#8217; shorter than my typical blog post and too long for a tweet. Some things grind away at my thoughts like a dog that refuses to give up gnawing a bare bone. Others things make me feel so happy, I swear could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha Dogma: Goodbye to All That</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/05/20/alpha-dogma-goodbye-to-all-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 05:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alpha dog here, alpha dog there, alpha dog everywhere. I thought, if I hear one more shout-out to showing your dog that you are the alpha leader of the pack by all manner of growling and man-handling, surely I will take Karen Pryor&#8216;s advice to not shoot the dog, and shoot myself instead. Then, I [...]]]></description>
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