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Dog Bite Prevention Contest

After a month of Dog Bite Prevention posts (Be Your Dog's Voice, Keep Kids Safe, What Say You Fido?, Do NOT Pet, To Pet or Not to Pet, How Dogs Say NO!, Numbers Aren't The Whole Story, "Bite Proof" Dogs, So You Have a Biter, and Do's and Don'ts of Greeting a Dog), I...

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DBPM–The Do's and Don'ts of Greeting a Dog

We've talked extensively about dog body language, why dogs bite, how to prevent dog bites, how kids should interact with dogs and more...but one thing I haven't yet touched upon is how people should greet dogs or what to do if you are approached by an unfamiliar dog....

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DBPM–So you have a biter

We've talked extensively about how to read your dog's body language to prevent bites, how to advocate for your dog to prevent bites, and how to prepare your dog for life events to prevent dog bites but what if you already have a dog who bites? I want to talk about...

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DBPM–"Bite Proof" dogs

Okay, so there are no such things as "Bite Proof" dogs--not even close. All dogs are capable of biting but there are certainly things people can do to help create a dog who is comfortable in a wide range of situations and who is less likely to bite. Not going to be...

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DBPM–Numbers aren't the whole story

With the increasing number of publicized dog bite incidents (fatal or not), there are many people spewing out factoids and numbers blaming certain breeds for being man-eaters. These people will quote any number of "studies" and Center for Disease Control statistics...

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DBPM–How Dogs Say No

This is another body language post that I wrote last year for dog bite prevention week. This looks at a variety of ways that dog say no besides very obvious growl, bark, or aggressive tooth display. Even non-dog people can read those very obvious signals but it's the...

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Wordless Wednesday and contest announcement!

Alright, for the wordy part of my Wordless Wednesday post... Announcing the Dog Bite Prevention Month Contest I will be hosting a contest at the end of May through the beginning of June focusing on posts and topics having to do with Dog Bite Prevention. There will be...

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DBPM–To Pet or NOT to Pet

Here is a repost of a very popular Dog Bite Prevention Month post from last year. Keep and eye out, we will be having sponsoring a contest at the end of this month in honor of National Dog Bite Prevention Month! We have some great prizes for the winner! To Pet or Not...

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DBPM–Do NOT Pet!

Last year I wrote two popular photo blogs about reading doggie body language. I'm going to re-post these this week on this blog while perhaps adding additional images along the way because I think they are important and include great examples of body language. Finding...

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