The dog-human experience: Coevolution

What makes dogs the quintessential best friend to humanity? Why not any other domesticated animal? Cats? Goats? Chickens? What is it about our canine companions that gives us a sense that they KNOW us? Well, Happy Thoughts Agility wanted to find out and take you on the journey with us! Studies Referenced: 1. Clutton-Brock J (1995)  Origin of the dog: domestication and early  history. In:  Serpell J, editor. The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution,  Behaviour and Interaction with People. Cambridge: Cambridge University  Press 2. G Wang, W Zhai, H Yang, R Fan, X Cao, L Zhong, at el. "The genomics of selection in dogs and the parallel evolution between dogs and humans". Nature communications, 2013 3.Nikolai D. Ovodov,Susan J. Crockford,Yaroslav V. Kuzmin  ,Thomas F. G. Higham,Gregory W. L. Hodgins,Gregory W. L. Hodgins,Johannes van der Plicht. "A 33,000 Year Old Incipient dog from the altai mountains of siberia: evidence of the earliest domestication disrupted by the last glacial maximum." PLOS One July 28, 2011 Music: Happy Clappy Castagnette by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5125-happy-clappy-castagnette License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Need ideas of things to do during the stay at home order for the coronavirus? Britney & Sarah talk about ways to help keep you and your dog mentally & physically engaged during this time. Stay safe, stay healthy, stay HAPPY!  Music from https://filmmusic.io "Happy Clappy Castagnette" by Sascha Ende (https://www.sascha-ende.de) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Join us for an honest conversation with an agility judge. We discuss everything from course design, kindness in the sport, to the table! Music from https://filmmusic.io "Happy Clappy Castagnette" by Sascha Ende (https://www.sascha-ende.de) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

How do you react when an agility run is "ruff"? In this episode Britney & Sarah discuss three ways to thrive on failure. Dr. Markley's survey: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8nRrN1J9RNSsvdj?fbclid=IwAR2nDwkGBUgkrv6b_l-GCETEfxZup6hHfnHDkoeb7uF0kRjUTPN8Dvp57-0 Music from https://filmmusic.io "Happy Clappy Castagnette" by Sascha Ende (https://www.sascha-ende.de) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Join Britney and Sarah as they discuss the upcoming US Open.  Britney is the founder of Happy Thoughts Agility and is a National and International dog agility champion. Music from https://filmmusic.io "Happy Clappy Castagnette" by Sascha Ende (https://www.sascha-ende.de) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)