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AAHA 2015 Canine and Feline Behavior Management Guidelines

Megan Maxwell, January 20, 2017, General, 0

How about starting the new year with a reading or re-reading of the AAHA 2015 Canine and Feline Behavior Management Guidelines? Here’s the link! https://www.aaha.org/professional/resources/behavior_management_guidelines.aspx

Risk Analysis of Behavior Problems: Owner Factors

Josh Miller, November 11, 2016, General Behavior, 0

In the fourth installment of a series, Dr. Melissa Bain discusses owner factors that play a role when assessing pet behavior problems. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201511/risk-analysis-behavior-problems-owner-factors-4

Factors that Predict Success in Dog Behavior Therapy and Training

Megan Maxwell, November 8, 2016, General, 0

Dr. Megan E. Maxwell, CAAB, discusses some of the factors that impact a dog’s response to behavior therapy: For some dog owners, the question of how much their dog can learn is a challenging but exciting one. They envision fun possibilities in agility, advanced obedience, therapy dog work, or...

Tools for Managing the Aggressive Dog

Megan Maxwell, November 2, 2016, General, 2

In this post from Psychology Today’s Decoding your Pet series, Dr. Liz Stelow, DVM, DACVB, describes some products that can be useful in the management of canine aggression. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201610/tools-managing-the-aggressive-dog

"Science Friday!": A review of cat behavior in relation to disease risk and management options.

Josh Miller, October 30, 2016, Cat Behavior, 0

“Science Friday!”: A review of cat behavior in relation to disease risk and management options.

Canine Sports

Megan Maxwell, October 30, 2016, General, 0

In this post from Psychology Today’s Decoding your Pet series, Dr. Liz Stelow, DVM, DACVB, describes some fun and engaging sports for dogs. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201610/canine-sports

Food Toys and Dispensers for Dogs and Cats

Megan Maxwell, October 27, 2016, General, 0

In this post from Psychology Today’s Decoding your Pet series, Dr. Liz Stelow, DVM, DACVB describes some popular and behaviorally beneficial food dispensing toys for pets. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201609/food-toys-and-dispensers-dogs-and-cats

CAABChats Webinar – Case History Presentation: Resolution of Complex, Dangerous Aggression in a Horse

Megan Maxwell, October 11, 2016, General, 0

With Guest Chatters Ms. Sharon Madere, CHBC and Ms. Nancy Williams, M.A., RVT, ACAAB It’s one thing to work with aggression in dogs. People can be seriously injured. It’s quite another to work with an animal that weighs over 1000 pounds and has a much greater potential to kill you than...

Perfect Pooches in Public Places

Megan Maxwell, October 4, 2016, General, 0

In this excerpt from her pet behavior advice column, The Teacher’s Pets, Dr. Megan Maxwell, CAAB, addresses a reader’s concerns that her own dogs’ behavior doesn’t meet standards she sees in other dogs in public settings. My husband and I were out for dinner recently when we noticed a...

Get With the Program, 2016! Clinical Animal Behavior Conference

Megan Maxwell, September 26, 2016, General, 0

December 9th – 11th, 2016; The Oquendo Center, Las Vegas, NV Register at AnimalBehaviorConference.com; Early bird pricing ends September 30th Spotlight On Sponsors CattleDog Publishing is the self-publishing company founded by the late Dr. Sophia Yin, named after her beloved family Cattle Dogs. She published The Small Animal Veterinary Nerdbook, Low Stress Handling, Restraint and Behavior...