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22/07/2025

Are you looking to better understand what dogs in your care are feeling and how those emotions affect their welfare?

Join me for a fascinating new webinar, "Welfare Starts Within: Emotions, Stress & Shelter Life," featuring Tom Candy of Simplifying Shelter Behaviour.

📆 Monday, July 28th at 4:00 PM EST

In this session, we will explore how understanding the emotional states of shelter dogs can improve both welfare outcomes and behavior support strategies. Drawing on a multi-dimensional model of emotion assessment, Tom will help attendees go beyond surface behavior to better recognize what dogs are experiencing on the inside.

As both a certified behaviorist and passionate educator, Tom brings a global perspective and a heart for shelter work. Register now and join us to deepen your understanding of canine emotion and take your behavior lens to the next level.

Register at: https://laurielawless.com/lawless-off-leash

And yes, the replay will be available to all registrants… even if you can’t make it live 🐾

22/07/2025

Este es el temario propuesto por la Ley de Protección animal para el curso de tenencia de perros.

O sea, para quienes vayan a tener perro en un futuro (más bien lejano, teniendo en cuenta los plazos que se dan en la propia ley).

Como mínimo durará 4 horas. Por lo que incluye, yo creo que se van a necesitar mucho más de 4 horas para hacerlo.

Van los temas que incluye:

1. Cuestiones previas a plantearse antes de tener un perro.

a) Introducción a las obligaciones en la tenencia de un perro, incluyendo los específicos para los PPP.
b) Costes económicos (alimentación, veterinario, seguro, etc.)
c) Necesidades de espacio y tiempo.
d) Longevidad.
e) Compatibilidad con la tenencia de otros animales en el hogar.
f) El papel del perro en la familia.

2. Cómo elegir mi futuro perro.

a) Requisitos específicos de la adopción y la compra. ¿Adoptar o comprar?
b) Características del perro: edad, tamaño, raza, s**o, carácter, necesidades y esperanza de vida.
c) Convivencia en hogares con niños, personas mayores o personas dependientes.

3. Salud y cuidados.

a) Fisiología básica del perro.
b) Vacunaciones, desparasitaciones y revisiones de salud.
c) Urgencias veterinarias: síntomas frecuentes.
d) Alimentación adaptada a cada etapa del desarrollo.
e) Cuidados higiénicos.
f) Espacios y seguridad en el hogar.
g) Juego, ejercicio y enriquecimiento ambiental.

4. Fundamentos de manejo, integración en la sociedad y socialización.

a) Conceptos básicos del lenguaje canino.
b) Vínculo, manejo e interacción adecuados con nuestro perro.
c) Educación básica para la convivencia con personas y con otros perros.
d) El paseo y uso de la correa.
e) Alteraciones de comportamiento más frecuentes.
f) Manejo en el transporte.

5. El cachorro y el perro senior: cuidados específicos.

a) El cachorro
b) El perro senior.

¿Qué os parece? ¿No hay unos cuantos puntos un tanto genéricos?

19/07/2025

Segunda sesión con este peque...

Os habeis fijado que todavia no he llamado el perro con su nombre, ¿porque?

18/07/2025

Same behaviour, new context. That’s generalisation — and it doesn’t happen by accident! 🌍🐾
Example:
A dog learns to sit when you say “Sit” in the kitchen. If they also sit when you say it at the park, with your partner giving the cue, they’ve generalised the behaviour.

15/07/2025

iniciamos el proceso con este peludo; sin prisas, a su ritmo...

Por favor, preste atención a lo poco que hablo con el perro, sólo debemos hablar lo absolutamente necesario en estos escenarios de entrenamiento.

09/07/2025

This Predatory Motor Patterns infographic is in my book and I've received several requests to make this chart available as a download/poster.

NOTES here: https://doggiedrawings.net/blogs/whats-new/new-free-download-predatory-motor-patterns

DOWNLOAD for free here: https://doggiedrawings.net/products/predatory-motor-patterns

Edit to add: What was the [breed] traditionally bred to do? Buy my book :) http://doggiedrawings.net/pages/dogs-of-the-world-book

09/07/2025

Ep. 42 How do we Choose the Doggy in the Window, Decision Making of Adopters with Lawrence Minnis.

In this episode we discuss Lawrence’s research looking at decision making of adopters. This important topic matches perfectly to behaviour as our end goal is getting dogs successfully rehomed. Join us as we look at reasons adopters select dogs, how we can support adopters and tips for reviewing and improving your own adoptions practices as an organisation and individuals

About Lawrence

Lawrence is a 2nd year PhD student in the Animal Behavior & Cognition Lab, under Dr. Doris Bitler-Davis. Born and raised in Southeast Washington, D.C., he attended North Carolina A&T State University for a degree in business management. He commissioned in the Army in 2004, as an Military Intelligence officer. He was stationed in Germany and deployed to Iraq, but a neurological illness during deployment ended his active duty career. During his 18-month rehabilitation, he participated in the inaugural session of the Dog Tags training program with the Washington Humane Society in DC, which covered dog training techniques, behavioral assessments, and animal care & management. During his time within the program, he developed strong interests in animal behavior and animal social dynamics related to leadership.
His diverse interests include leadership studies, human perception of canine behavior, human-canine interaction benefits and attachment levels, and neuroimaging study. His current research efforts are intended to benefit the humane animal adoption community. He is currently developing theory on the animal adoption decision-making process and planning a research study that will several humane adoption centers in the DC Metro area.

Links
https://psychology.gmu.edu/people/lminnis
the research group- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556634178861
the research group- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556634178861

09/07/2025

08/07/2025

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07/07/2025

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