PET WORLD: Positive reinforcement can help with a dog that bites

 By Marc Morrone

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Q: We have a 5-year-old male cockapoo dog that bites. We do not hit him. We got him at 8 weeks from a family breeder. We can't remove anything from his mouth or groom him without concern. If we pet him he can snap. He growls and attacks at times. 

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$2M grant to help youngest students learn science

It's often thought that kindergarten is too early to learn science. But with the right approach to teaching, even the youngest students can learn to think and talk like scientists, Michigan State University researchers say.

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Keep Your Home Heating System Humming with an Annual Check Up Preventive Furnace Maintenance Offers Energy Efficiency and Safety

 As the weather has turned colder, now is the best time for an inspection and tune up of your home heating system by a properly licensed mechanical contractor to make sure your system is operating safely and efficiently to keep you and your family warm all season.

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The Fatherhood Project: Manish Madan: My Two I’s and The Joy of Fatherhood

 

 Enjoying summer bliss with his girls, Irena, 2 years and Ivannah, 4.5 years. Dr. Manish Madan gives shares his life lessons to his children.

 
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PET WORLD: How dog food has evolved and pet crow

  By Marc Morrone

Tribune Content Agency
 
  Q: When I was a child it seems that we were able to feed our dogs any food my mother bought at the supermarket that week and they all lived long lives. Now both my dogs – a poodle mix and a yellow lab – have food allergies. Other friends of mine that have dogs seem to have many of these same issues and I wondered why things have changed so much with dogs in the last 40 years? Has dog food changed so much since then? – Pat Flynn, Las Vegas, NV

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MSU data breach exposed records

EAST LANSING, MI —   Michigan State University has confirmed that on November 13 an unauthorized party gained access to a university server containing certain sensitive data.
 

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