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I discover bunny herding

August 15th, 2009 urbanherder No comments

I am a big fan of twitter. You can ‘hang out’ with all types of people. Mine are hockey, cycling and dog fans. Below is a grab of the conversation. And below that the very cool demonstration of urban bunny herding. Please note the very excellent backup work by the boy . . .

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New info on domesticated dogs

August 4th, 2009 urbanherder No comments

from National Geographic: “DNA from scrappy dogs in African villages is raising doubts about a theory that dogs first became “man’s best friend” in East Asia. Based on DNA evidence, scientists believe that domestic dogs originated from Eurasian gray wolves sometime between 15,000 and 40,000 years ago.” -bike-guy

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Oh so very true!

August 1st, 2009 urbanherder No comments

Another gem from Dave: THE FOUR TYPES OF DOG VOMIT! YELLOW URKA-GURKAS–Dog runs around the house and hides under furniture while making a prolonged ‘uuuurka-guuurka, uuurka-guuurka’ noise. ( this noise is the only thing guaranteed to wake up a true dog lover who is hungover from a post dog show celebration at 3:30 am ) [...]

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