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Dogs in the Margin of a Medieval Jewish Manuscript
Haggadah of Barcelona, c. 1340There is a page of the mid-fourteenth century Haggadah of Barcelona, presently on display in the Prado Museum in Madrid, which depicts a section of the Passover Seder, Ha...
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The Dog at the Feet of Archbishop Tenorio
Fig. 1. Tomb of Archbishop Pedro Tenorio (d. 1399) (taken by the author, October 2016).Pedro Tenorio, born about 1328, was archbishop of Toledo from 1377 until his death in 1399. His tomb is in the...
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April 29, 2020
April 29, 2020, was perhaps the worst day of my life. Chloe was scheduled to die. I had made an appointment for her to be euthanized by our veterinarian, Dr. R, who had been treating Chloe for most of...
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Was the Battle of Vega Real Really a Battle, or Just the Beginning of a...
There is something uncomfortable about the Battle of Vega Real. If one accepts the accounts of Bartolomé de las Casas and Ferdinand Columbus, it should be listed as the first major battle between...
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From the Battle of Vega Real to Birmingham: The Lasting Legacy of the Dogs of...
John J. Ensminger (2022). From hunters to hell hounds: the dogs of Columbus and transformations of the human-canine relationship in the early Spanish Caribbean. Colonial Latin American Review,...
View ArticleVA Issues Final Animal Access Rules for Facilities; Allows Service Dogs for...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued final rules regarding animals, including service and therapy animals, on VA property. 80 Fed. Reg. 49157 (August 17, 2015). The proposed rules were...
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Service Dogs Sometimes Belong in Shopping Carts: Justice Department Amends a FAQ
In a webpage the Department of Justice has posted, Frequently Asked Questions about Service Animals and the ADA, one question and DOJ answer now read as follows: Q31: Are stores required to allow...
View ArticleAll Major U.S. Airport Terminals Will Soon Have Service Animal Relief Areas
All but the smallest airports will soon have one service animal relief area in each terminal, and most will be inside the secured sections of the airport so that service animal users who have already...
View ArticleNew Definition of "Service Dog" May Get SDs for PTSD into VA Buildings, but...
Additional Note: The regulations.gov website now indicates that final rules will be issued in October 2016. Since I was the only commenter, this lengthy finalization stage is more likely an...
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VA Secretary Puts Service Dog Rules Revision on Fast Track
Additional Note: The Monday, August 17, 2015, edition of the Federal Register contains the VA's final rules regarding animals on VA property. 80 Fed. Reg. 49157. Those rules will be the subject of...
View ArticleVA Advisory Committee to Discuss Service Dogs on May 19
On May 19 and 20, the Federal Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs will hold meetings at the VA Central Office, 810 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20420. Meetings will...
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BOOK REVIEW:Hazuki Kajiwara, Surviving with Companion Animals in Japan: Life After a Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster. Palgrave Studies in Animals and Social Problems. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2020)....
View ArticleOnline Survey of the Effects of the Pandemic on Pets and Pet Owners
My colleague and frequent collaborator, Tadeusz Jezierski, is working with a group of other scientists in Europe to conduct an international survey regarding dog and cat welfare during the COVID-19...
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Gnosticism in Corinth
I have published the books of Jacob Watts, of which I am the editor, as kindle books on Amazon. The Field of Ghosts and Memoirs of the Destruction are works of historical fiction that take place in...
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The Dog at the Last Supper (Franciscan Monastery, Hvar, Croatia)
Detail of Last Supper of Matteo Ingoli, HvarMatteo Ingoli, born in Ravenna between 1585 and 1587, worked in and near Venice, but died young when a plague hit northern Italy in 1631. Among the...
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Monograph on Dogs of California Aboriginal Cultures Published
I have completed a monograph, published by the Land of Oaks Institute in the California Cultures Monograph Series (ISSN 2333-9667), which can be downloaded at no cost in iBook or pdf format. Go the the...
View ArticleApology to Readers
Some readers have noticed that I have not been keeping up this blog in recent months. This has been the result of pressure from several publishers to meet overdue deadlines. I had hoped to resume...
View ArticleCanine Scent Identifications and Lineups in U.S. Courts: Updated Version
Canine scent identifications in the U.S. began with tracking cases where the perpetrator was encountered along the trail and the dogs alerted to him. Sometimes the alert followed a failed effort to...
View ArticleCalifornia Supreme Court Brings Flawed Station Identification Procedure Back...
On May 13, 2001, Geraldine Myers disappeared from her home in Riverside, California. Her car was found in Las Vegas, Nevada, but her body has never been found. Myers was 82 years old. In the early...
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Supreme Court Takes Case of Girl Whose Mobility Impairment Dog Was Barred...
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorariin Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools, 788 F.3d 622 (2015), a case where a girl with cerebral palsy was prevented for two years from bringing her service...
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