Stephen, our farrier, visited today. He arrived early while I was getting all the Minions inside, one at a time, hosing their legs and hooves down to get the mud off – clean legs makes it much nicer for Stephen and I felt it was a bit of a must as everyone was so digusting. […]
How Pets Benefit Our Brains with RNZ’s Sunday Morning
I spoke with Jim Mora about how pets can benefit people and other new research on dogs and cats. Photo: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock By Zazie Todd PhD I joined Jim Mora on Radio New Zealand’s Sunday Morning to talk about some recent news articles that cover research that finds that pets can have benefits for […]
Starting the Morning | My Shetland
This morning (and possibly every morning) the Minions all came rushing over for their breakfast. Vitamin at the lead and Fivla at the back – she has been slow her entire life. Heads down and eat! Silver finished first – he always does – and therefore exerted his rights to “clean the bowl” (well, that’s […]
Are We Pathologizing Normal Pooch Behaviour? with RNZ’s Sunday Morning
I spoke with Jim Mora about fear and anxiety in dogs. By Zazie Todd PhD This page contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you. A recent article in The Atlantic says that too many people have dogs and they can’t take care of them […]
Every Morning | My Shetland
Every morning, without fail, I drag three buckets over to Clothie, the five acre field, where the Minions, Fivla and Vitamin are currently living. They know I’m coming. They wait by the gate, playing with their bowls, bickering gently between themselves. I put the six rubber bowls out properly (ie not stacked close to each […]
Morning Round | My Shetland
During my morning round, the one after breakfast where I just check everyone is ok while putting away outside things that might get blown away in the oncoming Autumn Equinox, which is guaranteed a doozer, I found this lot. They were all having a snooze in the sunshine. It was a lovely morning. The two […]
Pepper’s Morning | My Shetland
This morning I had to take the buckets to the horses. They couldn’t be bothered to wait at the gate close by. So, off I trudged along with my trusty companion, Pepper. The sheep, already fed, were ignoring us and trying to slip past the horses to go into the hill without being noticed. They […]
More Cat Chat with Radio New Zealand’s Sunday Morning
How cats were domesticated, whether to keep your cat indoors at night, and other cat questions answered. Photo: Anna Pasichnyk/Shutterstock By Zazie Todd PhD This page contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you. Get Companion Animal Psychology in your inbox. On Sunday Morning, I […]
Morning Faces | My Shetland
I am currently writing this blog while a constant and tiring Force 10 rages outside – today has been tough and I have run out of waterproofs and patience. Anywho, this is the sunrise from yesterday, before the storm started. Feeding the Old Men and Lady is a 2-man job. OH helps – we take […]
Glorious Morning | My Shetland
A glorious morning (weather-wise) makes up for last week’s debacle. It really does. However, it does not make up for Newt’s Napoleon complex which is defined as “a domineering or aggressive attitude perceived as a form of overcompensation for being physically small or short.“. Well, that’s Newt to a tee. Silver is, of course, the […]