Portugal opens world's longest suspended footbridge
Hanging high above the River Paiva, Portugal has opened the longest suspended walking bridge in the world surpassing the record set in 2017 by the Charles Kuonen Bridge in the Swiss Alps.
Yelling at Your Dog Can Have Long-Term Negative Effects, Study Shows .
An analysis says using
negative commands can result
in long-term stress for your pooch.
The study can be found
in the journal 'BioRxiv.'.
Besides stress, it adds that
a dog's cognitive abilities
can also be affected.
For the study, 92 dogs from training facilities
in Portugal were put into two groups.
One group was trained aggressively
and had choke collars used on them.
The other went through training in a docile manner
with rewards coming in the form of treats.
The three-year study saw the dogs
go through multiple stress tests.
In one, negatively-trained dogs approached
bowls of food slower than the others,
a sign of pessimism.
Dogs trained using aversive-based methods experienced poorer welfare as compared to companion dogs trained using reward-based methods .., Researchers, via study.
Dogs attending schools using aversive-based methods displayed more stress-related behaviors .., Researchers, via study.
It appears saying "Good Dog" may be
more important than previously thought
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World record holder Sebastian Steudtner rides a wave measured at 28.57m in Nazare, Portugal - an unofficial new world record awaiting confirmation. BBC Sport
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