Communication between dogs and humans

Speaker:  Mariana Bentosela, Ph.D.

Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) have shown remarkable communicative skills towards humans.  These abilities allow dogs to solve different problems and achieve desired objects in their ordinary lives. However, the mechanisms underlying the communication between dogs and human capacities are still unclear. There is an intense debate between high-level and low-level explanations, regarding the role of domestication and ontogeny (or life history) in the development of these skills.  In this talk I will describe several approaches to study the role of learning and experiences during ontogeny on interspecific communicative responses in dogs.  Specifically, three kinds of studies will be discussed: 1. the effects of some associative learning processes upon communicative behaviors (reinforcement, extinction, omission, and stimulus competence), 2.  the comparison of the performance of dogs with different levels of social contact with humans (shelter vs. pet dogs) and 3. the comparison between dogs and other non-domesticated canids like foxes and wolves.  These investigations not only contribute to the debate regarding the mechanisms of communication between dogs and humans, but also provide relevant information to applied areas where dogs are found.

Recorded LIVE from Argentina! August, 2013

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Wolf Behavior – How it relates to training dogs

Wolf Behavior – How it relates to training dogs is the question at the core of understanding where dogs came from and how they developed from a wild animal to our household pet. We all know through recent genetic analysis that our dog’s ancestors were wolves. How do we use this information to better work with and understand our canine companions? Biologist and trainer, Beth Duman, CPDT-KA, VSPDT will guide you through a lively discussion of wolf behavior and ecology and how this relates to our training methods and interactions with our pet dogs. 

Speaker: Beth Duman, CPDT-KA, VSPDT 

Listen to this fascinating and enlightening lecture from Beth Dumas – Your Dog is a Wolf, but it’s Not!! ….a Day without Pee is a Day without Sunshine! 

Some of the topics to be covered include:

• Wolf domestication from a wolf handler’s point of view
• What gifts and bedevilments do our dogs bring to our relationships?
• Is being “Alpha” what it’s all about?
• Wolf Behavior – How it relates to training dogs

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How to improve adoption of shelter dogs.

Speaker: Alexandra (Sasha) Protopopova, MS, CPDT-KA

Alexandra (Sasha) Protopopova, MS, CPDT-KA, will discuss the various training and behavior modifications programs currently in use and how to improve adoption of shelter dogs. Using scientific findings, she will identify  which of these programs work best to improve the adoption of shelter dogs. With the numerous amounts of training and behavior modification programs out there designed to improve shelter dog adoptions, how do we know which ones to implement at our shelter that will actually improve the rates of successful adoption at a shelter? In this webinar, you will learn what research and science can tell us about adoption. Science has asked questions such as: How do people choose dogs? What do adopters prefer dogs to look and act like at the shelter? What about breed-specific training programs at a shelter?

Learn about past scientific studies that have assessed training programs at shelters as well as our on-going research at the University of Florida on adopter preferences, assessment of current training protocols, as well as our plans for future research that will finally develop a validated, efficient, and effective training program to improve welfare and adoption success of shelter dogs.

Discussion will follow, moderated by Dr. Monique Udell.

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Speaker: Trish King, CDBC, CPDT-KA

Working with aggressive dog cases is one of the most difficult dog behavior problems a dog professional will encounter in their work. There are many reasons a dog may behave aggressively and more often than not, the causes and the solutions will involve the dog, their human family and the dog’s environment. Aggression in any form is a serious behavior problem. Working with aggressive dog cases usually involves a wide variety of people and dogs, both inside and outside the home. As we know, not all people are capable of handling aggressive dogs, and there is some dog aggression which cannot be effectively – and safely – modified. In this presentation,

Trish King will discuss various methods of addressing this issue, as well as assessing owner’s€™ capabilities of successful behavior modification.

Discussion will follow, moderated by Dr. Monique Udell.

Recorded Live:   May 1, 2013

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Understanding Dog Play Behavior

Speaker: Dr. Karen Davis

Play behavior has often been ignored by many biological researchers due to the difficulty in defining what play is, its function, mechanisms, and origin. Many functional hypotheses of play have been advanced but little supporting evidence is available. Most current theories of play come from social play fighting in rodents or social signaling in primates but canines may turn out to be a critical group for understanding play. Dog play behavior is most often observed in non-stressed healthy animals in the wild or captivity. In most mammals the frequency of play behavior decreases as individuals reach adulthood. During this lecture we will investigate how to define play from an ethological perspective so it can be recognized across taxa. Moreover, the different types of play will be defined. Then, we will discuss some of the hypotheses of the function of play and as well as how canines are a timely and useful group for integrating empirical approaches to the study of play behavior. Finally, we will explore some of my current canine developmental play research and its implications for dog trainers and pet owners.

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