Here's a brief post from one of the many fascinating talks at IFAAB... brief because I'm afraid I came home with a killer influenza, couldn't even stand up on Tuesday, much less sit up. So boring to be sick, seems like I've been sick that too much this winter. Enough already. One of the best talks at IFAAB (Interdisciplinary Forum on Applied Animal Behavior) was from Dr. Anneke Lisberg whose dissertation was on scent marking and urine investigation in dogs. [And was also my Teaching Assistant for several years, a truly great house sitter and now a dear friend and colleague, so am I objective? Not even close. But based on the comments after her talk, I'm quite sure the rest of the group concurs with my assessment.] Anneke and I talked long and hard about what she should study for her Read More