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• Learn About The Relevance of Breed in Behavior Consultation with Janis Bradley

  • Start
    Sunday, August 30, 2015
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    4:00 PM
  • End
    Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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    5:30 PM
  • Location
    Recorded Webinar
  • Registered
    14 registrants

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  Presented by  Janis Bradley

  CEUs 

  PPAB 1.5, IAABC 1.5, CPDT 1.5, KPA 1.5

  
  

  
  

  
  

  "That's the Lab in him." "None of my other Cattle Dogs acted like this," dog guardians will say, and often expect their pet's breed will predict his behavior and personality. In attempting to facilitate good relationships (and sometimes good matchmaking between dogs and adopters), we often make 3 assumptions: that we can reliably identify the ancestry of even mixed breed dogs; that breed can help us predict the likelihood of behaviors that were sought in the historical work of the breed or breeds; that this ancestral work is relevant to what pet dog adopters need in their companions. 

  
  

  This presentation will explain the weaknesses in visual breed identification and breed based behavior explanations and will demonstrate other ways to talk with clients about expectations and modification of an individual dog's behavior.

  
  

  Webinar Objectives

  • Understanding the misinformation inherent in framing behavior to clients in terms of breed characteristics.
  • Alternatives to breed labeling of mixed breed dogs. 
  • Alternatives to breed based explanations of behavior.

  
  

  About The Presenter

  
  

  
  

  Janis Bradley is the author of Dog Bites: Problems and Solutions (Animals and Society Institute), a survey of the current scientific literature on the topic, The Relevance of Breed in Selecting a Companion Dog (National Canine Research Council Vision Series), and Dogs Bite, But Balloons and Slippers are More Dangerous, used as the complete guide to research on dog bites. 

  Janice trained and certified more than 450 dog trainers at the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals between 2000 and 2009 where she worked directly with more than 1,500 dogs of all breeds and appearances. In 2010 Janice founded the Dog Training Internship Academy. 

  For 15 years Janice helped owners with pets that had evidenced behavior problems, specializing in aggression issues. 

  Janice is currently the Director of Communications and Publications for the National Canine Research Council, a canine policy think tank that conducts, reviews, and disseminates academically rigorous research which studies dogs in the context of human society. She has lectured widely on behavior at meetings of various animal control, training, and humane organizations. Janice will be presenting at PPG's Summit in November 2015 in Tampa, FL

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• Managing Compassion Fatigue: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Animals and People Presented by Dr. Vanessa Rohlf

  • Start
    Friday, September 29, 2017
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    5:00 PM
  • End
    Friday, September 29, 2023
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    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Recorded Webinar
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  Presented by Dr. Vanessa Rohlf
  

  CEUs: PPAB 1.5, CCPDT 1.5, IAABC 1.5

  
  

  Have you ever felt angry, irritable or sad because of the work that you do?  Have you ever questioned whether it’s all worthwhile? Or do you feel completely satisfied by your work yet emotionally and physically exhausted by it at the same time? You might be experiencing the signs of compassion fatigue. (secondary trauma and burnout).

  Animal care professionals may be particularly at risk because of their dual role of caring for both animals and their owners. Stressful interactions with the public, exposure to trauma and coping with the loss of animals through accidents, illness or euthanasia all contribute to compassion fatigue.

  This seminar is intended to help individuals recognize the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue and identify evidence based strategies to prevent and manage the condition.

  Objectives

  • Recognize the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue 
    
  • Learn evidence based tools to manage and prevent compassion fatigue

  About The Presenter

  
  

  
  

  Dr. Vanessa Rohlf is a consultant and educator specializing in compassion fatigue and stress management within the animal industry, dedicated to helping animal care professionals and organizations manage and overcome stress and physical and mental exhaustion.

  Dr. Rohlf’s formal qualifications, a PhD with a specialization in psychology and a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in psychology, combined with her work experience as a veterinary nurse and animal welfare researcher, has helped her fine tune her knowledge and skills in developing ways to support those who dedicate their lives to animals in need.

  Dr. Rohlf is an experienced lecturer and public speaker. She has lectured and tutored for over 7 years and has presented her research at international and national conferences.

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• Stressed Out: Dogs, Hormones, and Stress. Presented by Dr. Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD

  • Start
    Tuesday, October 06, 2020
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    1:00 PM
  • End
    Sunday, October 06, 2024
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    2:00 PM
  • Location
    Recorded Webinar
  • Registered
    4 registrants

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  CEUs: PPAB 1, CCPDT 1, IAABC 1, KPA 1

  Anxiety is a major problem for many pet dogs. What happens in your dog's brain and body when something scares her? How long can you expect her stress response to last?

  In this webinar, Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD, will talk about the stress response in dogs. She will explain the original evolutionary purpose of the stress response; what the hormones involved in it (like cortisol) do in the body; the difference between acute and chronic stress and the different effects they have on dogs' health; and what we know about how long it takes the body to clear those hormones. You will definitely learn some cool stuff about how the brain works and what that means for your stressed-out dog!

  Learning Objectives:

  • Describe how the stress response functions and what its purpose is.
  • Describe health effects (both positive and negative!) for acute versus chronic stress.
  • Explain how the stress response affects the dog's brain and their ability to think clearly and behave normally.
  • Describe how long it takes the stress response to clear from the body, and list possible alternative explanations for dogs who display signs of stress longer than it takes for stress hormones to be cleared.

  About The Presenter

  
  

  Dr. Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD
  

  
  

  Jessica is a veterinary researcher who is fascinated by dog behavior. After eleven years working as a computer programmer, she decided to go back to school to research the causes of behavior problems in dogs. She received her veterinary degree in 2012 from the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in Massachusetts, where she also received a Master's degree for her work on stress behaviors in hospitalized dogs. After graduation, she completed a year-long internship specializing in shelter medicine at the University of Florida Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program. She received her PhD in genetics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studying a group of foxes (often known as the "Siberian silver foxes") which have been bred over many generations to be friendly to humans. She is currently working at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard as a postdoctoral associate, studying the genetics of behavior in pet dogs through the Darwin's Ark project and the Working Dogs Project. Her ultimate goal is to find genetic causes of fearfulness in dogs, to work with behaviorally challenged shelter dogs, and to help people better understand the science behind dog behavior. She also frequently teaches online classes and webinars about canine genetics and behavior. Jessica lives in Raymond, NH with her husband and three dogs. You can follow her on Twitter @dogzombieblog or on Facebook at facebook.com/dogzombieblog.

  
  

  
  

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