Presbucket PSA 05.28.2010

"Trick time."

"Dogs possess a 2-year-old child's capacity to understand human pointing gestures, with dogs requiring next to zero learning time to figure out the visual communication ..." [1]

"Dogs, unlike most animals, can be taught to reliably use the pointing gesture as an indication of the location of far away objects. This rare ability has been attributed to their long history of domestication – researchers think that humans might have selectively bred dogs to understand pointing." [2]

[1] "Dogs understand gestures as well as toddlers." Today.com. Retrieved on January 23, 2010 from http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/31897694/ns/health-pet_health/#ixzz0oo0rqX6P

[2] "Dolphins get the point." (June 4, 2007). Dolphin Communication Project. Retrieved on May 23, 2010 from http://www.dolphincommunicationproject.org/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1084:dolphins-get-the-point&catid=48:the-dolphin-pod&Itemid=285.

"Target Practice 2"

"Target Practice"

Perception v. Reality: What goes on when we're not home

Perception v. reality ... what our pets think when we're not there.

According to MyTopDogs.com, "Dogs' internal clocks are really magnificent. They know when it's time for you to arrive home, feed them, or go to bed if you are normally on a schedule." [1]

[1] MyTopDogs.com. (n.d.). Dog Facts. Retrieved May 16, 2010, from MyTopDogs.com: http://www.mytopdogs.com/dogfacts2.shtml

"Angel"

Presbucket Cartoons Coming Soon

I have always wanted to do cartoons and this is going to be my perfect vehicle for doing it ... finally. The plan is to feature a new cartoon each week entitled "Presbucket" that deals w/ many aspects of dog ownership such as perception v. reality and the many nuances of what goes through that little brain of his and mine.

It will be a light strip, sometimes featuring many panels and more often than not a single panel (a la "Far Side"). Stay tooned.

Portraits

This is one of my favorite pictures of Presbucket that I have made into a Powerpoint piece.