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Meandering With Myrn – Episode 66 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Reality Roulette When I was a little kid, one of the stories I distinctly remember from my second or third grade reading book was about a little boy who got new copper-toed ... Read on »

December 2009 Commentary Now Available by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Free Holiday Gifts for Pets and Their Owners It’s that time of year again when thoughts about holiday gifts creep into our minds more and more often. Only this year as last, ... Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 65 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health The Ups and Downs of Inside Out LearningAfter I recorded this I realized I hadn’t mentioned what I learned from cockroaches. I’ll save that for another podcast. Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 64 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Empathy and the BondSince I recorded this I’ve been thinking a lot about mood contagion, embodied cognition, and body mapping as these apply to our interactions with companion ... Read on »

More Worm Tales by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health I got an email from my friend Pam telling me she had about 15,000 worms doing their magic at her house. I knew Pam was a multi-talented person—singer, drummer, great raconteur ... Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 63 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Worm MagicI apologize for the variable quality of this recording. Part was switching between computers, part was me. Hopefully, I’ll get it all sorted out.The article mentione ... Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 62 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Limits and Plant PoliticsIf you’d like to read more about some of the latest plant studies I mentioned and their implications, check out this link.And here are a few pictures ... Read on »

October and November Commentaries Available by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health I blew it. I didn’t realize until I started to prepare the blog for this month’s commentary that I never uploaded one for last month’s. So in keeping with all the sales the ec ... Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 61 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Leaning, Kids, and DogsCould you resist playing with this dog?Bamboo’s post-visit response. Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 60 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Love Them MousiesThe title of this podcast comes from the caption of a famous cartoon that depicted a cat singing “Love them mousies, mousies that I love to eat.” The newslet ... Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 58 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health The Om of the Semi-WildThis is a podcast I did just for fun and I’ll admit up-front that I wasn’t at my peak the day I recorded this. Still, it will give you an idea of how va ... Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 57 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Speaking for Animals?This podcast meanders a bit about that old bumper sticker sentiment, “I speak for the animals.” Fortunately, it seems to have disappeared but the thoughts ... Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 56 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Propagated Errors and TruthI believe that it was Mark Twain who noticed what dunderheads his parents were when he was young, and how much wiser they became as he got older. I’ ... Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 55 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Vet Help for HumansThis podcast is a tongue-in-cheek response to the announcement of this new magazine and website sent to me by a friend:In keeping with the rationale of this ... Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 54 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health So Ya Gotta Big BrainOur bigger brain is usually touted as evidence of the human species superiority, but it turns out that it’s actually the result of our physiological and b ... Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 53 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Sound Bite ThinkingIn addition to the discussion about sound bites you may notice that the sound track accompanying this podcast is different. It’s not that there’s no longer ... Read on »

September Commentary Now Available by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Eating My Words: Redefining the human-companion animal bond—againOne nice thing about not being a commercial success is that I can change my mind about things as I gain more k ... Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 52 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Semantic ContagionSemantic contagion: should we be worried about it or not? I’ll let you be the judge of that.Even though a discussion about pit bull-related issues trigger t ... Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 51 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Knowing NotThe article that precipitated this podcast was “Self-Reported Comprehension Ratings of Dog Behavior by Puppy Owners” by Keven J. Kerswell, Pauleen Bennett, Kym L. B ... Read on »

Meandering With Myrn – Episode 50 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Play and SurvivalFirst, a link to Stewart Brown’s interview that you can listen to here.Second, I am NOT advocating people idly standing by while dogs or other animals destroy ... Read on »

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