Prairie Dog Lover's Burrow

Prairie Dogs at Wind Cave National Park
A perspective on prairie dogs from where some of the most revealing studies on prairie dog social life were conducted.

Learning to Live With Prairie Dogs

A pair of Montana ranchers is showing that cowherds can exist in harmony with these native animals.

Prairie Home Companions

Neighborly prairie dog clearings provide prime real estate for mountain plovers,

but many dog towns are now ghost towns.

Relocators

P D S - Prairie Dog Specialists, Inc.

A self-funded, dedicated group of professionals that was formed in Denver, Colorado.

This group specializes in compassionate, humane relocation and has been providing training to volunteers since 1998.

Education. Relocation. Advocacy.

Citizens For Prairie Dogs

Who cares? WE care!

A compassionate and humane Texas-based, organization dedicated to the preservation of prairie dogs.

Prairie Dog Pals

Relocation. Advocacy. Education.

Compassionate and humane relocation of prairie dogs in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Recommended Hay

and Supplemental Foods

Grass

(untreated, unfertilized)

orchard

wheat

timothy

oat

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Hay

(best to purchase horse hay if feeding local hay)

timothy

oat

bermuda

brome

orchard

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Supplemental Food

(mixture)

timothy pellets

Healthy Handfuls [Oxbow]

Quaker Old Fashioned oats

raw oats

sunflower seeds in a shell (unsalted, unroasted)

pumpkin seeds (unsalted)

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Treats

soy based dog food nuggets (Nature's Recipe - Vegetarian)

red delicious apple

carrot

green bean

fresh corn on the cob

small slice of sweet potato

snow pea

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Brisky Prairie Pride Pellets

Oxbow

American Pet Diner's Hay

Researchers

John L. Hoogland - Professor, Ph.D. 1977, University of Michigan

Dedicated to black-tailed prairie dog research for over three decades.

E-mail: John

Con Slobodchikoff - Professor, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University

Dedicated to research with Gunnison species for twenty years.

E-mail: Con

Jennifer Verdolin, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University

Dedicated to research with Gunnison species

Recommended Reading

Conservation of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog
(Saving North America's Western Grasslands)
John L. Hoogland

Prairie Dog Empire: A Saga of the Shortgrass Prairie

Paul Johnsgard

The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog: Social Life of a Burrowing Mammal
(Wildlife Behavior and Ecology)
John L. Hoogland

The Prairie Dog: Sentinel of the Plains
Russell A. Graves

The World of the Prairie Dog
David F. Costello

Prairie Dogs
Sharon L. Vanderlip

Prairie Dogs: A Wildlife Handbook
Kim Long

Peeking Prairie Dogs

Christine Zuchora-Walske

Bringing a Prairie Dog Pup Into Your Home

K. Stoica, B.Callis

Prairie Dog Pets

Pat Storer

(book or CD-ROM)

Fun Websites

The Prairie Dog Pages - Bob Atkins

Beautiful photographs of prairie dogs!

Prairie Doggerz Association - ("Prairie Babes") Webring
Welcome to Prairie Doggerz Association - "The Unconditional Love for Prairie Dogs and All Animals".

The Rodent Stones

Welcome to The PD Burrow!

Prairie Dog Registry

A prairie dog community on the internet.