Temperament Assessments for Dogs
This presentation will discuss what good mental health in dogs looks like. It will delve into the “how to’s” [or] “nuts and blots” of temperament assessments for dogs and how these can be used as tools to evaluate a dogs emotional state. This webinar will start with the definitions of mental health, discuss common mental health symptoms, go through Sue Sternberg’s “Assess-A-Pet” temperament assessment and end with the Hatfield Canine Mental Health Scale which is used as a quick mental health checklist.
Speaker: Melissa McMath Hatfield, M.S., CBCC-KA
Available as a recording.
This webinar will cover a variety of topics including:
• Mental Health: what is it and what does it look like?
• How can it be identified and assessed?
• The Seven core Emotions and Emotional States of dogs.
• Enrichment for Mental Health
• Mental Health Issues: aggression, anxiety, fear, phobia, obsessive compulsive behaviors, depression, stress, shyness
• Personality v. Temperament
• Sociability v. Socialization
• Temperament Assessments; the who, what, how, when, where, and why?
• Sternberg’s, “Assess-A-Pet”
• The necessity for Operational Definitions
• Hatfield Canine Mental Health Scale
A question and answer session will follow this webinar moderated by Giovanna Rosenlicht, DVM
Available as a recording.
Cost: $25.00
CEU’s Available:
2 IAABC CEU’s
2 CCPDT CEU’s
2 ABCDT-L2 CEU’s
2 NADOI CEU’s
2 PPAB/PPG
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