Because
I believe dog behaviour problems deserve qualified professionals, I also got a postgraduate specialisation in applied animal behaviour (magna cum laude).
Not exact matches
In Part 2 we will look at where this theory originated, how well it stands up in light of the more recent research, why some behaviourists
believe it can be detrimental to a
dog's welfare or make some problem
behaviours worse, and what alternatives there are.
Since Jenny was spayed, we have re-tested her at the centre with other
dogs and we have noted no negative
behaviour towards them so, as long as a potential match is assessed at our centre, we
believe that she could live with other
dogs.
Appeasement
behaviour is often misinterpreted as guilt, and mistakenly some owners
believe the
dog knows what they have done is wrong.
I think that
dogs do have emotions and that pessimism is one of them, I also
believe that pessimism is a learned
behaviour.
The organisations
believe that the use of such training techniques is not only unacceptable from a welfare perspective, but that this type of approach is not necessary for the modification of
dog behaviour.