New year, new enhancements to the KC Dog Blog

So, over the holidays I did some much-needed updating to the site. A lot of the stuff will not be recognizable to most without me pointing it out, so gee, I guess I should do that.

More opportunities to follow

First off, the KC Dog Blog is on Facebook. I will be pushing my feeds from the blog to Facebook (although I'm doing it all manually right now while Typepad and the new facebook learn to play nice together) and think the Facebook page will offer another opportunity to continue the dialogue. 

And don't forget, the blog is also on Twitter -- you can follow @kcdogblog there.

Animal Welfare Links

Meanwhile, on the lefthand sidebar, if you scroll down a bit, I've updated my animal welfare links.  There are a lot more really talented writers who are actively posting blogs with a lot of great content.  While I try to include many of them in my weekly roundups, I hadn't updated my the blog listings under the AW Links.  So gone are some of the blogs that are no longer active or are just plain gone, and added are a lot of the new blogs that I am now a regular follower of.

If anyone has any recommendations on other blogs that should be added please post in the comments section and I will likely add some of them. My usual criteria is that the content on the blog must focus on more serious, legislative/sheltering/training issues (so if the blog is mostly about you and your dog, I probably won't provide the link). Also, if you're a schmuck or your opinion is very opposed to the views on this blog, I probably won't promote you blog.  Also, I feel like the blogger must post at least a couple of times a month. I have made some exceptions to that, but overall I think regular posting is crucial.  So if anyone has recommendations on blogs that should be included then please post them in the comments.  

Best of KC Dog Blog

Also, I've updated the Best of KC Dog Blog links on the left hand tool bar. Gone are a few older posts -- and I've replaced them with about 25 of my favorite posts from the past year.  My goal in the "best of" section is to provide someone who is new here a simple way to get a sampling of my point of view and some of my best research so they know what I stand for and what I'm about. 

 

Comments

[elaine]

Thanks for inviting suggestions of other blogs you may want to link to. I recommend Time4Dogs, a relatively new endeavor by several respected people with in-depth experience in many aspects of dog ownership.

http://time4dogs.blogspot.com/

I think you will find these bloggers' point of view compatible with yours.

[Brent]

Elaine,

Great suggestion. I linked to one of their postings a couple of weeks ago -- and that was the first I'd seen of the blog and had forgotten to include it. Thanks for the reminder.

[Lori S.]

I love that you're on Facebook. Used the Suggest to Friends link and sent the suggestiont to every "dog friend" I've got on there. A lot of my FB friends who like dogs don't seem to get around to heading over to blogs (even after multiple recommendations for certain ones), yet seem to take the time to read & share a lot of FB posts (even though I think many are far less informative/relevant than what I've read here). I hope that your FB presence will get a lot more people reading your posts!

[Kel]

Good luck with the blog.
I can see you put a lot of work into it.
I believe education is the best way to reduce animal abuse and neglect.
We must do everything we can to encourage the education authorities to include lessons in their curriculums that teach children throughout their time in school that cruelty to any sentient being is wrong and that people and animals should always be treated with kindness and respect.
In these days of large numbers of single parent families and family’s with both parents working, the only place many children will ever learn anything about how to be kind and responsible is in school.

[Nicole, trainpetdog newsletter reader]

I can't wait to see the changes. I know you have lots of fascinating ideas up your sleeves.