Category Archives: Animali

Italian Idioms with Animals

Posted on December 16, 2021 by babbityjean

Menare il can per l’aia (literally, to lead the dog through the farmyard) means to talk for a long time without coming to a conclusion, or to change the subject in order to avoid answering a specific question.  English speakers … Continue reading →

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La Search Dog Foundation

Posted on August 19, 2021 by babbityjean

Nel febbraio 2018, in seguito alle frane di Montecito, ho scritto un post sui cani da ricerca. Ho confrontato la struttura di addestramento italiana, che si chiama la Scuola Nazionale di Volpiano, vicino a Torino, con la National Disaster Search … Continue reading →

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Search Dog Foundation

Posted on August 19, 2021 by babbityjean

In February 2018, following the Montecito mudslides, I wrote a post on search dogs. In it, I compared the Italian training facility, called the National School of Volpiano, near Turin with the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF) in Santa … Continue reading →

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