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Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Charlestown, New Hampshire
I am a veterinary ethologist and author interested in the interaction of health, behavior, and the... Full Bio
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Meandering With Myrn: Episode 179 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Dead Zones and the Subconscious Mind Young human and nonhuman animals possess less experience and, as a result, possess less data in their subconscious data bases. Or ... Read on »
More on the Benefits of Play by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Apparently the cybergods think play is an important subject too, because this link just showed up in a veterinary news service I receive. Enjoy. Play. Smile. Read on »
February, 2012 Commentary Now Available by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Requiem for Companion Animal Play Wow! How’s that for a morose title for a dead-of-winter commentary? I could blame it on a fascinating article by Paul Tullis in ... Read on »
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 178 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health  Animal Laughter You can see what I consider a likely example of a laughing dog here and read an article about the increased scientific interest in ticklish animals he ... Read on »
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 177 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health  Dognapping Baboons Dognapping baboons? If you don’t believe me, check out this  video clip . Aside from being fascinating, this is the kind of clip that makes me glad ... Read on »
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 176 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Meditation on Animal Play When you listen to this podcast, you’ll notice that there’s no mention of Bamboo the cat’s behavior during these intervals. This is because f ... Read on »
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 175 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Rewriting the Rules Even though I recognize the need for rules in order for a society to function (regardless of species) I also recognize that, like all behavior thei ... Read on »
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 174 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Behavioral Webs Sometimes when I listen to these podcasts after I’ve recorded and edited them, it strikes me that I may have meandered a little bit more off the path t ... Read on »
January, 2012 Commentary Now Available by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health There are many sayings and phenomena in human behavior that remind us that connections between fact and fiction, art and life, and perception exist even if we don’t notic ... Read on »
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 173 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Triple Resolutions 2012 I have a love-hate relationship with New Year’s. Because I’m a morning person who doesn’t enjoy late night events during which people get loude ... Read on »
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 172 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Holiday Greetings, 2011 Right after I recorded this, I heard a linguist talking about how often we forget the source of the words we use every day. One of the  example ... Read on »
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 171 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Human-Avian Encounters For those who never heard of parahawking (which I’ve since discovered has been demoted to a sport), here’s a trailer for a film on the subject. ... Read on »
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 170 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Treatment Obesity My guess is that once you listen to this podcast, you’ll be able to think of other trends that occur in physical health that have parallels in behavi ... Read on »
December, 2011 Commentary Now Available by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Holiday Cheer Would it surprise you to learn that I was once an angel? For those considering renouncing your faith if the likes of me can achieve such status, pe ... Read on »
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 169 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Unifying Challenges For those who have never read any of Edward O. Wilson’s groundbreaking books about nature and the environment, you can find them here . Although I ... Read on »
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 168 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Thanksgiving – 2011 Just a few meandering thoughts about my favorite holiday.This year I again get to lounge about while my treasured daughter-in-law does more than th ... Read on »
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 167 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health Semantic Contagion Redux The other part of this subject that I’ll leave you to think about is whether animals do the same thing.  It’s seem they must. But how would it ... Read on »
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 166 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health About Books The links mentioned in this podcast can be found here . The new book has working title and no cover, but here’s a picture of a group of animals, Bamboo and ... Read on »
A fun message about a serious topic by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health   I receive a fair number of video links, but living in the a dead zone with a dial-up connection prevents me from opening most of them. Either I can’t open a clip at ... Read on »
Meandering With Myrn: Episode 165 by Myrna M. Doctor of Veterinary MedicineHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Pet Health The Power of Nonverbal Communication Click here to hear the interview with biologist and conservationist Alan Rabinowitz that I was listening to during my early Sunday ... Read on »