October | 2020 | The Teachings of Sisco Miyagi

Learning on the fly, work-life boundaries, podcasts, and my daily commute

Posted on 30/10/2020
/Under Animal Behaviour, Education

Inspired by the high quality of listening material during my recent commutes to work and some advice from a friend to try writing about something a little lighter, I thought this week it might be fun to share some great and easy to access resources for animal welfare and management...Read more

Pet Adoption – stacking the odds of success!

Posted on 23/10/2020
/Under Animal Behaviour, Education, Pet ownerships, Sheltering

This week’s Sisco Miyagi post is a little belated. I went into last week with full intentions of staying on track with my weekly posts, then a few long days at work coincided with the 2nd anniversary of Sisco’s passing and I chose to curl up on my recliner covered...Read more

How much suffering is hope worth?

Posted on 09/10/2020
/Under Uncategorized

“I feel like I spend half my life telling rehomers that X behaviour is not a legitimate reason for killing a pet, and the other half telling rehomers that they absolutely should not be placing the animal in question as a pet” If I had a $5 for every time...Read more

Making the Impossible Choice…

Posted on 02/10/2020
/Under Animal Behaviour, Pet ownerships

To say that 2020 has been a weird year is an obvious understatement. However, it’s the best I can come up with to describe the duality of extreme lows and brilliant highs of human nature that have punctuated the last 10 months. I’m not sure whether it’s due to the...Read more