Blog Articles
Teaching Name Recognition
Teaching your dog to respond to his or her name is an essential part of establishing clear lines of communication...
Is clicker training the most effective way to train dogs?
Is a word of praise as effective as a clicker sound for dog training? Read more from Dr. Stanley Coren...
How to Select a Dog Trainer, ACVB Guidelines
Follow this link to read the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists' guide to selecting a dog trainer for veterinarians. http://www.dacvb.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-select-a-trainer-A-guide-for-veterinarians.pdf
CAAB Chat: The Education of Will – A Window on Comparative Trauma in People and Dogs
Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist Dr. Patricia McConnell’s new book, a memoir titled The Education of Will, brings up many issues...
Trainers Ring Spring 2017
Welcome back to the Trainers Ring! With warmer temperatures upon us, it’s time to get your spring training plans on...
Amos the Anxious Airedale
In this excerpt from her behavior advice column, The Teacher's Pets, Dr. Megan Maxwell, CAAB, reviews some intervention strategies for...
Research Paper Summary
Echterling-Savage, K., DiGennaro Reed, F.D., Miller, L.K., & Savage, S. (2015). Effects of Caregiver-Implemented Aggression Reduction Procedure on Problem Behavior...
The Secret Life of Pets
The 2016 animated hit The Secret Life of Pets opens with an entertaining montage of scenes depicting how pets behave...
CAAB Chat: How Can Preference Assessments Help Us Evaluate Environmental Enrichment?
A variety of research studies have demonstrated that environmental enrichment improves animal welfare in a variety of settings, from laboratories,...
11th International Veterinary Behavior Meeting
September 14-17, 2017 Samorin, Slovakia Abstract submission instructions Abstracts must be submitted electronically using Microsoft MS Word file. The abstract...