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		<title>Are Dogs and People So Different?</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/07/29/are-dogs-and-people-so-different/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[     Sadie is sometimes snarky. So am I. Aren&#8217;t you? Aren&#8217;t we all?       (I know. Snarky is not a real word. But, it should be. It just so onomatopoetic.)      Have you ever met someone who just rubbed you the wrong way right from the start? At first meeting they enthusiastically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commit Random Acts of Positive Reinforcement!</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/05/04/commit-random-acts-of-positive-reinforcement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 20:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, a pop quiz! 1. Your wild and crazy puppy, Sophie, has settled down in her bed, finally giving you the chance to crack open Edie Jarolim&#8217;s Am I Boring My Dog?, which you have been dying to read. You a) Ignore her. b) Wake her up to be sure she’s really just sleeping and not in [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/11/24/bonfire-of-the-insanities-dumbinance-strikes-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ian Dunbar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karen Pryor]]></category>
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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>And another thing&#8230; Do You Suffer from &#8220;Alpha Anxiety&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/08/16/and-another-thing-do-you-suffer-from-alpha-anxiety/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/08/16/and-another-thing-do-you-suffer-from-alpha-anxiety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Stilwell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(updated below) Do you no longer invite friends to dinner because you worry they will learn the truth&#8211;that Maximus is the real Top Dog and you are a sorry wimp because he has commandeered the living room couch and carved his name into it with his teeth? Are you concerned that Brunhilda is vying for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Positively Orwellian in Dogworld</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/07/31/its-positively-orwellian-in-the-dogworld/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/07/31/its-positively-orwellian-in-the-dogworld/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karen Pryor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(updated below) It&#8217;s positively Orwellian in Dogworld these days. Up is down. War is peace. And, the shark-tooth pinch collar (That IS what it looks like and it does bite the dog&#8217;s neck. See it here.) is called the &#8220;good dog collar.” It is &#8220;gentle&#8221; and &#8220;enhances your relationship with your dog&#8221; and is sold by PetSafe [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/07/18/dismantling-cesars-house-of-domimance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Stilwell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Debbie Wolf]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Dunbar]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boulderdog.net/?p=585</guid>
		<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>Alpha Dogma: Goodbye to All That</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/05/20/alpha-dogma-goodbye-to-all-that/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/05/20/alpha-dogma-goodbye-to-all-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 05:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Mech]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karen Pryor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Temple Grandin]]></category>
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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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