Thank you to everyone who participated in the Holiday Casting Call. We received so many adorable pictures and hope you enjoy our top 15. Happy holidays to you and all of your dogs!
Wyn & Mary Burch, Ph.D.
AKC's Canine Good Citizen and S.T.A.R. Puppy Director, Certified Applied Animal BehavioristCitizen Canine Blog (that’s right, this one!) Wins at Westminster!
Every year, on the Sunday before the Westminster dog show, dog writers from across the country travel to New York City for annual writing awards that are the equivalent of “Best in Show” for dog writers. This year, the Citizen Canine blog (that’s right, this one!) won an award as the Best Blog in a writing competition and the Citizen Canine book won the prestigious Maxwell Medallion in the Dog Writers Association of America (DWAA) contest. For more information on DWAA, see dwaa.org
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Good job with the slideshow! I am new to this forum so I do not know how to start a new thread. I have a question for Mary or any behaviorist. Is jealousy an anthropomorphizing emotion for a dog? or do you classify two dogs vying for an owner’s affection more like resource guarding?
I am so happy Tara made it. Congrats and happy holidays to all the other participants. Happy holidays to all. We are all winners.
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Gracie and Gabriel are honored to be in your Top 15. They are certain that it was a very hard job to just pick 15 and thank you very much for choosing them! They wish everyone a dawg-gone grrrreat holiday season!
So happy Beau made the slideshow. Merry Christmas everyone!
thank you for choosing my alfie for your slide show, that’s made my day …. alfie would like to wish you all a very happy christmas, sending, slurpy doggy kisses and lots of bullie hugs .. x
What a delightful slideshow!! We are so happy to be included!!
Have a happy and healthy holiday season, everyone…
Janet and Hero
Merry Christmas to everyone! What a treat for me to see my “WOOF Pack” in the slideshow! Princess, Forrest, Sadie and Angel are snoozing now, in anticipation of Santa, but I am sure they are proud to be included in the slideshow. Thanks!