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Metta Dog Training and Behavior Consultation provides private in-home dog training and behavior evaluation sessions. We can help you set up a training or behavior modification program to increase obedience and fun, or deal with common issues like excessive barking, food/toy guarding, potty training, digging, and others. Our ethic is one of positive reinforcement and communication, with the goal of the most positive possible environment for pets and their people!

http://www.mettadogtraining.com

Email: <mettadogs AT gmail DOT com>.

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2008-05-30 15:12:33   Howdy, and welcome to the wiki! You're adding some great information, but it doesn't look like it is yours to add: you can't simply copy somebody else's words unless they have told you that you can. You can copy from the wiki, because that's allowed by the copyright for the wiki, but you can't just take other people's works and put them on the wiki. You either need to get permission or have written it yourself: the wiki as you see it today has been written by people like you over the course of several years. —Evan 'JabberWokky' Edwards

2008-05-30 15:22:33   Thanks, Evan. I'm a volunteer with United Animal Nations Emergency Animal Rescue Service (UAN EARS), and one of our "jobs" as volunteers is to provide disaster preparedness information in our local communities. The wiki seemed a perfect candidate for that. Since it is an official part of my duties with EARS, do I need more permission that just a credit on the page? —MettaDogTraining

• Nope, if the site you are copying the text from is releasing the text as public domain (which they don't appear to be, as they say at the bottom of every page "© 2006 UNITED ANIMAL NATION"), then you can copy it... otherwise you simply can't. You'll have to rewrite it in your own words. On the other hand, the nice thing is that anybody will be able to copy your version from then on. There are some similar entries already on the wiki... check out the links from the entry on dogs, for instance. It's a *great* idea, and there are already a couple points here and there on disaster planning that mention animals and their care, but no single resource. The nice thing about writing it is that you can make it specific to Davis, Yolo County and the region, so people can find local resources for assistance or locally relevant tips. For instance, there's little reason to have information about how to survive a blizzard, but it would be really useful to list which Yolo county shelters accept animals. —Evan 'JabberWokky' Edwards
  

2008-05-30 15:37:41   Thanks for the clarification. Now I'm confused! ;) I'll be working at an EARS booth this weekend at the Sacramento Doggie Dash, so I'll ask them to clarify how/what materials we can use verbatim to promote disaster planning in our communities, and how that translates to their website content (since education is a major part of our volunteer duties during non-disaster times, which is most of the time). And I can re-write the info fairly easily, make it Davis specific, and look into local and regional pet-friendly hotels, etc. Thanks! —MettaDogTraining

• No problem. You basically need to know if you can release the text under Creative Commons (there's a link at the *very* bottom of every wiki page in a box that links to the actual license, and there's a link from there to the legalese version). Good luck, and enjoy the Doggie Dash! —jw
  

• Thanks. The pages have been removed for now. Have a great weekend.