All Articles and Blogs
— by Roger Abrantes
(ordered by date)
[104] A Relationship is a Natural Thing — (2018-02-26) – [ Bonding, Children, Communication ]
[103] Evolutionarily Stable Strategies and Behavior — (2018-02-15) – [ Animal Behavior, Ethology, Evolution ]
[102] Are You Teaching Your Pet Superstitious Behavior? — (2017-06-27) – [ Animal Behavior, Behaviorism, Superstitious Behavior ]
[101] The Function of Champing Behavior — (2017-04-12) – [ Animal Behavior, Canine Behavior, Pacifying Behavior ]
[100] The Ocean Accepts no Sham — (2017-03-29) – [ Critical Reasoning, Life, Philosophy ]
[99] Changing the World with Knowledge and Kindness — (2017-03-23) – [ Life, Philosophy, Rational Behavior ]
[98] Do Animals Have Feelings? — (2017-03-08) – [ Critical Reasoning, Ethology, Philosophy ]
[97] The Magic Words ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ — (2017-03-03) – [ Animal Communication, Communication, Critical Reasoning, Philosophy ]
[96] Critical Reasoning—on Aggression and Dominance — (2017-02-22) – [ Aggressive Behavior, Critical Reasoning, Definitions, Dominant Behavior ]
[95] Should We Reinforce the Effort or the Result? — (2017-02-13) – [ Animal Behavior, Animal Training, Learning ]
[94] Laughter is the shortest distance… — (2017-02-05) – [ Animal Behavior, Canine Behavior, Ethology, Evolution ]
[93] How Wolves Change Rivers — (2017-01-13) – [ Ecology, Evolution, Wolf ]
[92] Signal and Cue—What is the Difference? — (2017-01-03) – [ Animal Behavior, Animal Communication, Signal ]
[91] Avoid Dog Problems After Christmas — (2016-12-15) – [ Canine Home Alone Problems, Dog Owners, Holidays ]
[90] Ear Cropping and Tail Docking—Is it Right? — (2016-07-14) – [ Dogs, Ear Cropping, Morality, Tail Docking ]
[89] Bonding with Your Dog—Are You Doing it Properly? — (2016-06-06) – [ Animal Behavior, Bonding, stress ]
[88] Should Dog Owners Worry about this Behavior? — (2016-03-16) – [ Biting, Canine Behavior, Canine Muzzle Grasp ]
[87] Why Does My Dog Eat Poop? — (2016-03-11) – [ Canine Behavior, Coprophagia ]
[86] Protected: When Left is Right and Right is Wrong — (2016-03-10) – [ Dilemma, Evolution, Morality, Philosophy ]
[85] The King and His Dog — (2016-02-21) – [ Cultures, Dogs, Thailand ]
[84] The 20 Principles of Genes, Environment and Breeding — (2015-07-28) – [ Animal Behavior, Breeding, Dogs, Evolution ]
[83] Canine Ethogram—Social and Agonistic Behavior — (2015-07-09) – [ Animal Behavior, Animal Communication, Dogs, Evolution ]
[82] Pacifying Behavior—Origin, Function and Evolution — (2015-06-01) – [ Abrantes, Animal Behavior, Animal Communication, Dogs, Evolution ]
[81] Is it possible for all of us to become givers—no takers at all? — (2015-05-18) – [ Abrantes, Animal Behavior, Evolution, Life ]
[80] The Mathematician Rat—An Evolutionary Explanation — (2015-04-23) – [ Abrantes, Animal Behavior, Apopo, Evolution, Rat ]
[79] My Last Love Letter—We Love Too Much and We Love Nothing — (2015-04-11) – [ Abrantes, Happiness, Life, Love, Sex ]
[78] The Final Walk — (2015-03-06) – [ Abrantes, Bonding, Dogs, Life, Love, Thailand ]
[77] 19 Things You Can Do To Be Happy Today — (2015-02-25) – [ Abrantes, Carpe Diem, Happiness, Life, Love ]
[76] The Wolf Within—The Truth About Why We Fear the Wolf — (2015-01-30) – [ Abrantes, Animal Behavior, Animals, Wolf ]
[75] The Thai Rikki-Tikki-Tavi — (2014-12-08) – [ Abrantes, Animal Behavior, Bonding, Children, Dogs, Thailand ]
[74] 16 Things You Should Stop Doing in Order to Be Happy with Your Dog — (2014-12-01) – [ Bonding, Critical Reasoning, Dogs ]
[73] Bonding and Stress — (2014-11-24) – [ Animal Behavior, Bonding, Dogs, stress ]
[72] Superstitious Behavior in Animal Training — (2014-11-09) – [ Animal Training, Behaviorism, Superstitious Behavior ]
[71] The Misadventures of Bongo — (2014-11-07) – [ Canine Home Alone Problems, Dog Owners ]
[70] A Dog’s Self-Respect — (2014-10-26) – [ Dogs, Intelligence, Philosophy, Self-respect ]
[69] Odie The Pekinese: Awaiting On Death Row — (2014-10-19) – [ Dog Owners, Dogs, Life, Philosophy ]
[68] Cultural Differences in Dogs—Our Responsibility — (2014-10-16) – [ Breeding, Canine Behavior, Cultures, Natural Selection ]
[67] Fearful Behavior—Genetics and the Environment — (2014-06-21) – [ Fearful Behavior, Genetics ]
[66] Fearful Behavior—the Making of a Definition — (2014-06-19) – [ Critical Reasoning, Fearful Behavior ]
[65] Aggressive Behavior—Inheritance and Environment — (2014-06-16) – [ Aggressive Behavior, Genetics ]
[64] Love Your Dog the Whole Year — (2014-06-14) – [ Canine Home Alone Problems, Holidays, Love ]
[63] Aggressive Behavior—the Making of a Definition — (2014-06-12) – [ Aggressive Behavior, Critical Reasoning, Dominant Behavior ]
[62] The Dog’s Color Vision and What It Means for Our Training — (2014-06-10) – [ Color Vision, Dog Training, Scent Detection ]
[61] Why Do Dogs Eat Poop?—an Evolutionary Approach — (2014-06-08) – [ Canine Behavior, Coprophagia, Evolution ]
[60] Canine Muzzle Nudge, Muzzle Grasp and Regurgitation Behavior — (2014-06-06) – [ Canine Behavior, Muzzle Grasp, Muzzle Nudge, Regurgitation Behavior ]
[59] Animal Training — I Didn’t Fail, Just Discovered 34 Ways That Don’t Work! — (2014-06-04) – [ Failure, Horse Training, Philosophy, Success ]
[58] The Perfect Relationship — (2014-06-02) – [ Children, Dogs, Life, Philosophy ]
[57] Live as If You Were to Die Tomorrow—Learn as If You Were to Live Forever — (2014-06-01) – [ Learning, Life, Philosophy ]
[56] Waltzing at the Rhythm of Life — (2014-05-31) – [ Dogs, Fish, Guinea Pigs, Horses, The Rhythm of Life ]
[55] Motivation—Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way — (2014-05-30) – [ Drive, Instinct, Motivation ]
[54] Once a While We Should Focus on What Our Animals Can Teach Us — (2014-05-29) – [ Animal Learning, Behaviorism, Ethology ]
[53] The Problem in Animal Training Is Not Technique but Attitude — (2014-05-28) – [ Animal Training, Critical Reasoning, Science ]
[52] How to Correct Superstitious Behavior — (2014-05-27) – [ Extinction, Reinforcers, Superstitious Behavior ]
[51] Warning—You May Be Teaching Your Pet to Be Superstitious — (2014-05-26) – [ Canine Home Alone Problems, Superstitious Behavior ]
[50] Dramatic second day Guinea Pig Camp — (2014-05-25) – [ Animal Training, Guinea Pigs, Life ]
[49] How Splendid They Are—or the Importance of Imprinting — (2014-05-24) – [ Animal Training, Ethology, Guinea Pigs, Imprinting ]
[48] Did You Know that Stress Helps Learning? — (2014-05-23) – [ Bonding, Epigenetics, Learning, stress ]
[47] Are You Bonding Properly with Your Dog? — (2014-05-22) – [ Bonding, Dog Training, Guinea Pigs, Imprinting ]
[46] Do Dogs Show Cultural Differences? — (2014-05-21) – [ no tags ]
[45] On My Way to LA for Guinea Pig Camp — (2014-05-20) – [ Animal Training, Emotional Behavior, Guinea Pigs ]
[44] Are Our Dogs Stressed? — (2014-05-19) – [ Cultures, Dog Owners ]
[43] Treat me as a dog, honey! — (2014-05-18) – [ Cultures, Dog Owners ]
[42] Do Dogs Understand What We Say? — (2014-05-17) – [ Animal Communication, Inter-species Communication ]
[41] Recipe for answering questions and enjoy life — (2014-05-16) – [ Critical Reasoning, Life, Philosophy ]
[40] Your Dog Understands Your Yawn — (2014-05-15) – [ Animal Behavior, Animal Communication, Canine Yawn Behavior, Dogs ]
[39] Do We Understand What Behavior Is? — (2014-05-14) – [ Behavior, Critical Reasoning, Philosophy ]
[38] Canine Muzzle Grasp Behavior—Advanced Dog Language — (2014-05-13) – [ Animal Communication, Canine Behavior, Canine Muzzle Grasp ]
[37] The Little Boy and His Dog — (2014-05-12) – [ Bonding, Children, Dogs ]
[36] Do You Want to Become a Better Dog Trainer? — (2014-05-11) – [ Animal Communication, Animal Training, Guinea Pigs ]
[35] Does Your Dog Show Allelomimetic Behavior? — (2014-05-10) – [ Allelomimetic Behavior, Animal Behavior, Canine Behavior ]
[34] How to Avoid Problems with Children and Dogs — (2014-05-09) – [ Children, Dog Training, Dogs ]
[33] The Evolution of Life in 60 Seconds — (2014-05-08) – [ Evolution, Life, Survival of the Fittest ]
[32] Why Do Dogs Like to Lick Our Faces? — (2014-05-07) – [ Animal Communication, Canine Behavior, Face Licking ]
[31] Do You Like Canine Scent Detection? — (2014-05-06) – [ Canine Behavior, Dog Training, Scent Detection ]
[30] He Told Me a Story of Freedom and Eternity, Togetherness and Solitude — (2014-05-05) – [ Life, Love, Wolf ]
[29] The Importance of Confidence in Animal Training — (2014-05-04) – [ Animal Communication, Animal Training, Dog Training ]
[28] Do You Know What the Canine Hip Nudge Behavior Means? — (2014-05-03) – [ Canine Behavior, Canine Hip Nudge Behavior, Dogs ]
[27] Can Animals of Different Species Bond like They Were Conspecifics? — (2014-05-02) – [ Animal Behavior, Animal Communication, Bonding ]
[26] Can Two Training Methods Be Equally Good? — (2014-05-01) – [ Animal Behavior, Animal Training, Behaviorism, Ethology, Philosophy ]
[25] Animal Training—When Doing Nothing is Doing Right — (2014-04-30) – [ Animal Communication, Equine Behavior, Horse Training ]
[24] “Life of Pi” — Read the Book, Watch the Movie — (2014-04-29) – [ Bonding, Life, Philosophy ]
[23] Canine Maternal Behavior — (2014-04-28) – [ Canine Behavior, Dogs, Maternal Behavior ]
[22] Time for Those You Love — (2014-04-27) – [ Life, Philosophy ]
[21] Facts and Morality: Tail Docking and Ear Cropping—is it Right? — (2014-04-26) – [ Critical Reasoning, Ethics, Science ]
[20] Do You Know What the Dog’s Twist Behavior Means? — (2014-04-25) – [ Animal Communication, Canine Behavior, Canine Twist Behavior ]
[19] I’m Alive and I Have Only One Option — (2014-04-24) – [ Life, Philosophy, Simplicity ]
[18] Laughter is the Shortest Distance Between Two People — (2014-04-23) – [ Ethology, Evolution, Laughter ]
[17] How Difficult Can It Be to Be a Dog Owner? — (2014-04-22) – [ Bonding, Critical Reasoning, Life ]
[16] An Invaluable Lesson—a Relationship is a Natural Thing — (2014-04-21) – [ Bonding, Children, Communication ]
[15] Evolutionary Strategies — (2014-04-20) – [ Biology, Ethology, Evolution ]
[14] Life Is a Rainbow — (2014-04-19) – [ Critical Reasoning, Life, Philosophy ]
[13] We Talk Too Much and Say Too Little — (2014-04-18) – [ Animal Behavior, Communication ]
[12] Why Do We Keep Pets? — (2014-04-17) – [ Life, Philosophy ]
[11] The Single Most Damaging Belief of Ours — (2014-04-16) – [ Life, Philosophy ]
[10] The Spectrum of Behavior — (2014-04-15) – [ Ethology, Philosophy ]
[9] Be Open-Minded and Healthily Skeptical — (2014-04-14) – [ Philosophy, Rational Behavior ]
[8] I Do Enjoy Being Kind to Other Animals — (2014-04-13) – [ Ethics, Philosophy, Rational Behavior ]
[7] The Most Powerful Training Tool — (2014-04-12) – [ Animal Training, Bonding, Wolf ]
[6] I’m a Citizen of the World — (2014-04-11) – [ Cultures, Life, Philosophy ]
[5] Can My Dog Be Happy or Sad? — (2014-04-10) – [ Animal Behavior, Animals, Anthropomorphism, Dogs ]
[4] The Biggest Difference between Humans and Dogs — (2014-04-09) – [ Behaviorism, Dogs, Emotional Behavior, Rational Behavior ]
[3] We All Say We Love Dogs — (2014-04-08) – [ Dogs, Love ]
[2] Dogs Are Better Trainers than We Are — (2014-04-07) – [ Dog Training, Dogs ]
[1] Knowledge to Everyone… Everywhere — (2013-10-20) – [ no tags ]