Written by Samary Birkline, © 2020 Canines are born with incredible noses. With even the weakest canine nose sporting four times the smell receptors and an area in the brain dedicated to smell four times larger than the corresponding area in the human brain. Even more impressive, dogs can use their noses (and their observationContinue reading “Early Scent Introduction: Creation of the Canine Super Nose”
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Doberman is Just Another Name for Lassie: The Truth About Doberman Pinschers
Written by Samary Birkline, © 2020 In 1997 I wrote my parents a document, entitled 101 Reasons Why I Need a Big Dog. To date, it remains the most life-impacting document I’ve ever written. I was sixteen. My father grew up in livestock and scaled down the farmers’s education to fit into our suburban life:Continue reading “Doberman is Just Another Name for Lassie: The Truth About Doberman Pinschers”
“Dobermans are All Brave Guard Dogs.” And 9 Other Breed Lies Debunked
In the early 1970s, there was a movie about an amazing dog trainer who trained a pack of six Doberman Pinschers to commit a bank robbery. The Doberman Gang was sucessful enough to validate a sequel released the next eyar. Also released in the same few years was a movie called They Only Kill TheirContinue reading ““Dobermans are All Brave Guard Dogs.” And 9 Other Breed Lies Debunked”