In this excerpt from Dr. Megan Maxwell’s pet behavior advice column The Teacher’s Pets, she discusses how to use a Come command to address a dog’s bolting through the front door. Q: I have a 3 1/2-year-old male silky terrier who is very intelligent and lovable. He has a...
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Kitty Play Saves the Day
In this post from Psychology Today’s Decoding Your Pet series, Dr. Karen Sueda some play options for your feline friend. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201503/kitty-play-saves-the-day
Using Treats: Bribe or Bonus?
In this post from Psychology Today’s Decoding Your Pet series, Dr. Karen Sueda reviews the differences between treats when they have become bribes and treats as effective positive reinforcers. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201503/using-treats-bribe-or-bonus
Resolving Social Conflict Between Familiar Cats
In this post from Psychology Today’s Decoding Your Pet series, Dr. Theresa DePorter discusses how to address social tension and conflict between resident cats. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201502/resolving-social-conflict-between-familiar-cats
HSVMA Webinar Series: Upcoming Webinar
The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association offers a continuing education webinar series. Their upcoming talk by Dr. Page Yaxley is title End of Life Care: Quality of Life Assessment and Hospice Care. For more information or to register, follow the link here: http://www.hsvma.org/webinars#.VQIG3PBfy9g
Upcoming Webinar: Helping Pet Owners Follow through with Behavior Intervention
As a part of the ongoing Chats with CAABs series, Drs. Megan Maxwell and Susan Kapla will be presenting a guest webinar titled Helping Pet Owners Follow Through With Behavior Intervention. The webinar will be aired live on Monday, March 23, at 5:00 PM EST and audience members can...
Paws for thought: Social benefits of walking your dog
Sara Cross reviews a study published in The British Journal of Psychology that demonstrates one of the social benefits of walking one’s dog – people are three times more likely to instigate social interactions with a person accompanied by a dog. Add this to the list of reasons you...
Dog's dinner was key to domestication
A recent study published in Nature demonstrates that dogs are set apart from wolves by way of their possession of genes for digesting starches. The author here reviews some implications of this finding for the timeline and process of early dog domestication. http://www.nature.com/news/dog-s-dinner-was-key-to-domestication-1.12280
Tech Corner Announcement
This year promises to be a busy one for AVBT and SVBT. Here are just some of our 2015 projects: • As you know, AVSAB, SVBT and AVBT are teaming up to present the 2015 Clinical Behavioral Conference. It will be held in Las Vegas, NV on September 25-27,...
Trainers Ring announcement
It sure is hard to believe that March is almost here. Time does fly when we are having fun! Speaking of time, spring is surprisingly right around the corner. Hard to believe, but best to be proactive when it comes to preparing us and our pups for adding adventures...
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