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Meandering With Myrn: Episode 313
Ditch the Sits This picture of Frica (brown) and the most submissive pup in her first litter demonstrates the inherent role of the sit command. (http://www.mmilani.com/blog/wp-content/AUT_1517_thumb.jpg) Â This was taken one the first days I took the
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 312
Cat and Human Perception Last week I meandering primarily about canine versus human perception so it seemed only natural to look at this same situation as it relates to cats and us. Unfortunately because cats are so out-of-box behaviorally I found myself
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 311
Fast- and Slo-Mo Perception In keeping with the variable rate of perception theme of this podcast, it’s a little shorter than usual. I had trouble recording it because I kept trying to mentally envision what it meant to see reality at the faster canine
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 310
Learning to Fly Here’s how the baby phoebes looked before their eyes opened:  (http://www.mmilani.com/blog/wp-content/IMG_1486_thumb.jpg)  Because I had to use the flash to get the picture, once their eyes opened that ended the picture-taking bec
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 309
Dog-Tired and Cat-Frazzled When I edited this podcast I realized that I referred to dogs instead of dogs and cats in my examples. In retrospect, that might explain why the cat made it so clear that he wanted out when I was recording this. In may admitt
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 308
Firefly Factoids Among my most favorite scientists and engineers are those who explore how animals solve certain problems as valuable sources of information regarding the solution to similar problems in the human world. That science now looks to the an
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 307
Too Much of a Good Thing Imagine you took your dog to the veterinary clinic and the veterinarian used treatments and techniques based on studies conducted in the 1940s and 50s. Preventives and treatments now available weren’t offered to you. Most of us
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 306
Mirrors, Windows, and the Human-Animal Bond I’m the first to admit that how open I or my animals are to recognizing the full potential of the bond varies from day to day. Relative to capturing that connection photographically, I realized that for me a
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 305
The Double Cat-Dog Standard The different ways our society views dyed-in-the-wool cat people compared to similarly devoted dog people and the way those in these two groups view each other is an on-going source of interest to me. This podcast explores a f
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 304
When Animals Just Say No While I was working on this podcast my wood-guy, Steve, delivered four cords of wood. As usual we caught up on that we’d been doing in the last year and while we talked his old dog wandered around the yard claiming it as her ow