Anthropomorphism of Dogs

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Members of APDT, CCPDT, IAABC, ABCDT-L2 or NADOI receive over 25% off. All Lecture Series Webinars are only $18.00 each. You must email me for the Code for your discount: cheryl@e-trainingfordogs.com (Please also include your CPDT or CBCC Certificant number in the email if you are a CCPDT Certificant).

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Speaker: Nicole Dorey, Ph.D.

Description: With so many different training methods available to dog trainers, research in dog training is very important. This lecture will discuss some of the research that has been conducted to date and that is currently being conducting by Dr. Nicole Dorey. The hope is that this information will inspire dog trainers to think critically about the methods that they use and to investigate which is the best method for optimal learning.

Excerpt-

Blackwell et al. (2008) reported that out of 192 owners who completed their survey 88% of them reported that their dog received some kind of training. However, over half of the owners that reported training their dog preferred to do it themselves rather than hiring a professional dog trainer (Blackwell, et al., 2008). This trend could result in more dogs being relinquished to shelters if the training methods used are not effective.

There is a joke among dog trainers which goes “The only thing that two dog trainers can agree on is what a third one is doing wrong”. This is evident in dog training books were the author promotes their way of training as the right and only way to train. To further this problem, veterinary medicine is plagued with myths and antidotal information on the behavior of animals and decreasing problem behaviors (Tynes, 2008). With all this miss information it is no surprise that New, et al., 2000 found that 31.8% of dog owners believe it is “helpful” to rub their dog’s nose in feces to get it to stop eliminating in the house.

In recent decades there has been wider dissemination of basic scientific principles of behavior, there has been very little empirical research on important aspects of dog behavior.

Today I will present on some of my recent studies on dog behavioral problems and investigations of training methods.

Cost: $25.00

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Members of APDT, CCPDT, IAABC, ABCDT-L2 or NADOI receive over 25% off. All Lecture Series Webinars are only $18.00 each. You must email me for the Code for your discount: cheryl@e-trainingfordogs.com (Please also include your CPDT or CBCC Certificant number in the email if you are a CCPDT Certificant).

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Speaker: Holly Miller, Ph.D.

Description: Research with humans and dogs suggests that executive control relies on a limited resource and that invoking executive control depletes this resource. Once depleted, subsequent efforts to control behavior are impaired and greater impulsivity, memory impairment, and aggression are observed. Research suggests that these deficits associated with depletion can be eliminated if subjects consume a glucose (but not a calorie-free) drink.studies self-control in humans and dogs. As a graduate student at the University of Kentucky, Holly helped develop the Canine Cognition Lab and Science Dog Daycare at the University of Kentucky.

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Canine Executive Control

• When sitting still becomes exhausting
•  The effects of self-regulation on persistence
•  Executive control induced fatigue affects memory
• Too dog-tired to walk away from a fight
•  A spoonful of glucose can make a big difference
• Intervention vs. prevention: how diet affects executive control by dogs

Cost: $25.00 USD

CEU’s Available:
2 IAABC CEU’s
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Members of APDT, CCPDT, IAABC, ABCDT-L2 or NADOI receive over 25% off. All Lecture Series Webinars are only $18.00 each. You must email me for the Code for your discount: cheryl@e-trainingfordogs.com (Please also include your CPDT or CBCC Certificant number in the email if you are a CCPDT Certificant).

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Description: In this lecture the following subjects are discussed in-depth, with accompanying illustrations in the form of photographs and videotapes of dogs interacting: Distance increasing signals; Distance decreasing signals; Play invitation behaviors; Metasignals (how the dogs know it really is still play); and, Indicators of stress: ranging from mild to extreme. (Photo courtesy of © Marco de Kloet)

Excerpt-

Some Notes About Stress

• Not all stress is negative. Fear, excitement, anxiety, playful, sexual, and aggressive arousal are all closely related.
• Duration of the feeling state and environmental factors can cause arousal to increase or change form.
• What starts as pleasure may transform into fear or aggression.
• Responses to both positive and negative stressors share some of the same behavioral characteristics and appearance.
• They cause some of the same neuro-chemical stress related changes in the brain.
• Both positive and negative stress responses may occur simultaneously.
• Indicators of stress rarely occur in isolation, but can still be classified as “mild, moderate, and severe.”
• Any combination of three or more simultaneously occurring signs of moderate stress combine to indicate extreme stress.

Cost: $25 USD

CEU’s Available:
2 IAABC CEU’s
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2 PPAB/PPG

Professional Member Discounts

Members of APDT, CCPDT, IAABC, ABCDT-L2 or NADOI receive over 25% off. All Lecture Series Webinars are only $18.00 each. You must email me for the Code for your discount: cheryl@e-trainingfordogs.com (Please also include your CPDT or CBCC Certificant number in the email if you are a CCPDT Certificant).

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