Santa Clara Dog Obedience Training Club Links Page

The Internet is full of information about dogs. Here are a couple examples of good links for dog stuff:

www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/raisins.asp you may have heard that many dogs are seriously allergic to raisins? The original story, written by a vet in Ohio, is discussed here on this link by www.snopes.com, a site known for examining "urban legends" and either proving or debunking them. Their conclusion is that this story is true! See also the next link.

http://srdogs.com/ "OLD" - senior dogs - finding them, caring for them, stories, etc

http://animal.discovery.com this is a GOOD REFERENCE, it is the AnimalPlanet section of the Discovery Channel's website. Click on Good Dog U for lots of dog-related information. There are videos and an online Dog Guide that address everything from choosing and taking care of a dog, to behavior and safety issues. This site is definitely worth checking out (and don't miss their A to Zoo Page).

www.massage4k9.com Lalla gives pet-massages at Sara Creek Veterinary Hospital in San Jose. She can come to a client home if necessary. She says that "Canine massage therapy relieves stress, gives comfort, restores mobility and promotes healthier lives for your canine family members." Click Here for Dog Massage Article Dogs, especially older ones, have body-aches too, just like us. This link leads to some massage insights provided by Jörn Oleby, author of the book "Canine Massage and Stretching -- A Dog Owners Manual"

www.westcoastweathervanes.com NEW dog weathervanes (who would have thought it) -- I found one that looks just like Ed (my dog).

www.dog-play.com FUN STUFF - dog play, having fun with your dog, lots of links too

http://iusedtobelieve.com an interesting site focused on childhood beliefs called "i used to believe". Click on animals then click on cats&dogs for some interesting reflections from a child's perspective.

www.petgroomer.com/groomingbasics101.htm LOTS of dog grooming info (nails, ears, shedding, bathing, brushing, etc), PLUS details of grooming for perhaps 100 different dog breeds You'll probably learn something new, whether you do your own grooming or use a professional groomer.

www.dogbreedinfo.com/a-z.htm lots of pictures and general info about breeds, alphabetically arranged by breed name

www.tibetanterrier.ch, Tibetan Terrier (the website is in Switzerland). Click on Nuovo foto, under the picture of Toe-Khaley.

www.damiensworld.zoomshare.com This is the site of an American Bulldog named Damien (a.k.a. Damien D Williams). He was in our June puppy class, and is now in our Beginners Class. There are lots of pictures on his site, and on our gallery page as well.

COOKING FOR DOGS LINKS (there are recipes here for almost everything except greenies")

www.dogsportmagazine.com Dog Sport magazine has several good articles on rally obedience in their back issues, especially for handlers

USEFUL TOOL LINKS -- here are a few sites that can give you in minutes what used to require hours and days in a Library Reference Room. If you haven't tried every one of these sites at least a couple times, you really don't know what you are missing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page NEW Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia, it is often the best sources of overview with depth information about every subject imaginable -- much more powerful and much easier to access than the multi-volume paper books that it replaces. The first time you go there, type "dog training" into the SEARCH box on their home page, to get an idea what it can do. I did it today and found a 10-page well-organized and readable article with many hyperlinks (blue words) and reference links -- e.g., I clicked on the "assistance dogs", "obedience training" and "operant conditioning" hyperlinks to get more information while I was reading about dog training .

The in-depth information you will find here is virtually always more up-to-date than books and magazines, and even fresh newspaper, just off the press. In fact, during the November elections here in San Jose, I looked up several of the candidates, finding many relevant and up-to-date links. And for a current news perspective, try WikiNews.

Would YOU like to be an editor? An absolutely unique feature of this encyclopedia, is that the information can be edited by anyone, e.g. even by you, and by clicking the EditTab at the top of anything you look up, you can find out who actually did the edits and when they were done! This is something you could never do with traditional encyclopedic works like Brittania and Colliers and ... For more information on Wikipedia, type "wikipedia" into it's own SEARCH box. Wikipedia, like google and TIVO, is something that you should know about.

http://www3.youtube.com/watch?v=XE6QntZDim0 NEW You Tube is a bigger than huge collection of videos made, mostly, by amateurs. If you've never looked there, checkout this 1 minute video of Tyson, a bulldog who learned how to skateboard. For a detailed view of history and make up, check out this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Tube, which is wikipedia's entry on You Tube.

www.refdesk.com The Reference Desk contains hundreds of links, very well organized. You can find current news, lookup items in a dictionary / thesaurus, perform a reverse-lookup on a phone number, locate a news service (ABC, CNN, FBI, ...), determine the moon phase, locate your senator or representative, locate facts, get advice, and link to LOTS of reference tools. Armed with refdesk, wikipedia and google, you will be able to locate anything in cyberspace.

www.drudgereport.com has current news frontpage (extremely up to date), like with CNN, and WikiNews, information appears within minutes after it occurs. This particular site has direct links to about 90 newspapers and about 100 columnists, which is handy sometimes.

www.archive.org This is a historical archive site. This site shows you what was on the internet in the past (in contrast, google shows you what is on the Internet right now). The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, it provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. Type a website name into their "Wayback Machine" to see what that website looked like, e.g. 5 years ago.

check out www.glasbergen.com for toons by Randy.

http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ne/fu/attachments/bubblewrap.swf STRESS RELIEF -- they have virtual bubble wrap for you to pop!

www.flightarrivals.com this site is useful if you're flying, or meeting someone who is (use it before you go to the airport). It lets you find the actual arrival/departure time status for any commercial flight in the US. You can do this even when you don't know the flight number or airline, because it lets you find all flights between any two airports, or all flights arriving at a specified airport, etc. This site is also useful when you are planning a trip.

www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages front pages (from 200 of todays newspapers). You can select the MapView tab to see a USA or world map, then you can hover your mouse over a city or state or country and click to see todays front page!

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html NASA pictures and links, it's a nice place to find wallpaper for your monitor screen, if you like NASA kind of stuff. For example check out Sept 21 2006 Sharp Silhouette -- this picture blew me away.

www.amagarea.com Price Comparison site for magazines -- e.g. when I checked, Dog World was available at under $10 (the publishers subscription price is almost $30).

http://traffic.511.org/traffic_map.asp?drivingtimes=1 (live) local traffic maps, i.e. check the hot-spots at rush-hour, or when you plan to drive up to the city (San Jose to San Francisco), the information is continuously updated. You can click your starting and ending points on their map and it will tell you what the expected driving time is!

www.caryn.com/holiday/happy-holidays.html Caryn's Hanukah and Christmas Guides are here. Tsedukah (in the Hanukah Guide) is good for everyone. Canine Christmas, DIY Christmas Crafts, and Christmas traditions from around the world (in the Christmas Guide) are worth a look.

http://members.aol.com/mikefquig/dec25/index.htm contains Night Before Christmas, Yes Virginia... , music, text, etc. You can copy-paste the pictures and text into your docs. Also, this site is a member of several "webrings" (click the Next or List links in the 4 webring boxes at the bottom of the site)