Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th September
Lectures by PDTE members both days
Speakers - full programme coming soon
Turid Rugaas (Norway) - Strategies for Solving Dog-to-Dog Problems.
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Maxwell Muir (Scotland) - Homeward Bound. An exploration into the cognitive mapping abilities of dogs.
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Winkie Spiers (England) - Fun & Natural Agility - using what we have in the environment to encourage dogs to learn to use all of their body, balance, gain confidence and interact with us in a calm and fun way.
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Anne Lill Kvam (Norway) - Building blocks for modelling a stable and harmonic dog - what is needed for a dog to develop a sound mind and resistance to shocks and bad experiences through their lives. What we must do, how much, how often, at which age do we do what, what to avoid, etc. How we should guide and lead our puppy, and an adolescent dog through all they need to learn in our world.
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Agnieszka Nojszewska (Poland) - Instinct-Based Therapy: Problem Solving Based on the Dog's Natural skills, abilities and needs.
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Paulina Druri (France) - Shelter Dog: A Year in the Life of an Adopted Dog. Recommendations for a successful adoption.
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Chrissy Gough (England) - Labradors in Rescue - Why? Labradors are usually in the top three of the most popular pet dogs year by year. Their popularity as loving and good with children creates a family feel good factor. As pups they certainly have the Ahh factor! So, why do so many come into rescue? Often it is not the dog’s fault, so we will explore some of the usual and perhaps unusual reasons why?
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Raili Halme (Finland) - What does Dog-Oriented REALLY Mean? Many trainers today call themselves "positive" trainers. It sounds promising, what do the dogs think? What kind of training and living with a dog is really oriented towards the dog rather than the owner? At the end of the day, a happy dog makes a happy owner.
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Undine Nickerl (Germany) - A Strong Partnership: Empowerment to an Intimidating Environment
Dogs are faced with a very challenging high speed and complex environment. Depending on disposition and experience our man made world may come across threatening, scary and exhausting. Encounters with strangers, city traffic, the lack of social contact to another dog may cause stress and in consequence such unwanted behavior as barking, snapping or running. Tomte, my dog, showed all these unwanted behaviours. In my lecture I will show you how he and I developed a strong and trusting partnership that enables Tomte master even very difficult situations in a self-confident way.
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Cristina Muro (Spain) - A Family of Dogs.Grandfather, father, mother, aunts, teenagers, puppies and friends... ten dogs share life together in a dog friendly environment close to Bilbao, Spain. An insight into the life of this nice dog family.
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Astrid Verkuyl (The Netherlands) - The Key to Sucess. Activities for dogs with disabled owners. What to do with a dog when an owner is disabled ? Without a lot of physical activity we found a job for these dogs; finding keys of the owner in various ways.
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Agnes Vaelidalo (Norway) - Dog Pulse in Daily Situations. We are measuring dogs heart rates to find out more about what stresses dogs in day to day situations. In particular we look at meeting situations but also some other situations during the day.
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Paola Corvino (Italy) - Physiotherapy and Disability. How to help your pet back to an acceptable and enjoyable life.
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Agnes Prins (The Netherlands) - Homemade “Nose & Brain” Games. Some nice ideas around Nose and Brain games because… it is fun to do! It will stimulate the dog’s confidence while bonding with its owner. Furthermore, it will reduce stress and will make you a more creative dog owner!
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Martina Naceradska (Czech Republic) - Use of Pheromone Collar in Therapy of Behavioural Disorders in Dogs. A retrospective study included 44 dogs (26 breeds) with behavioural problem.
Turid Rugaas (Norway) - Strategies for Solving Dog-to-Dog Problems.
……………………………..
Maxwell Muir (Scotland) - Homeward Bound. An exploration into the cognitive mapping abilities of dogs.
……………………………..
Winkie Spiers (England) - Fun & Natural Agility - using what we have in the environment to encourage dogs to learn to use all of their body, balance, gain confidence and interact with us in a calm and fun way.
……………………………..
Anne Lill Kvam (Norway) - Building blocks for modelling a stable and harmonic dog - what is needed for a dog to develop a sound mind and resistance to shocks and bad experiences through their lives. What we must do, how much, how often, at which age do we do what, what to avoid, etc. How we should guide and lead our puppy, and an adolescent dog through all they need to learn in our world.
……………………………..
Agnieszka Nojszewska (Poland) - Instinct-Based Therapy: Problem Solving Based on the Dog's Natural skills, abilities and needs.
……………………………..
Paulina Druri (France) - Shelter Dog: A Year in the Life of an Adopted Dog. Recommendations for a successful adoption.
……………………………..
Chrissy Gough (England) - Labradors in Rescue - Why? Labradors are usually in the top three of the most popular pet dogs year by year. Their popularity as loving and good with children creates a family feel good factor. As pups they certainly have the Ahh factor! So, why do so many come into rescue? Often it is not the dog’s fault, so we will explore some of the usual and perhaps unusual reasons why?
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Raili Halme (Finland) - What does Dog-Oriented REALLY Mean? Many trainers today call themselves "positive" trainers. It sounds promising, what do the dogs think? What kind of training and living with a dog is really oriented towards the dog rather than the owner? At the end of the day, a happy dog makes a happy owner.
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Undine Nickerl (Germany) - A Strong Partnership: Empowerment to an Intimidating Environment
Dogs are faced with a very challenging high speed and complex environment. Depending on disposition and experience our man made world may come across threatening, scary and exhausting. Encounters with strangers, city traffic, the lack of social contact to another dog may cause stress and in consequence such unwanted behavior as barking, snapping or running. Tomte, my dog, showed all these unwanted behaviours. In my lecture I will show you how he and I developed a strong and trusting partnership that enables Tomte master even very difficult situations in a self-confident way.
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Cristina Muro (Spain) - A Family of Dogs.Grandfather, father, mother, aunts, teenagers, puppies and friends... ten dogs share life together in a dog friendly environment close to Bilbao, Spain. An insight into the life of this nice dog family.
……………………………..
Astrid Verkuyl (The Netherlands) - The Key to Sucess. Activities for dogs with disabled owners. What to do with a dog when an owner is disabled ? Without a lot of physical activity we found a job for these dogs; finding keys of the owner in various ways.
……………………………..
Agnes Vaelidalo (Norway) - Dog Pulse in Daily Situations. We are measuring dogs heart rates to find out more about what stresses dogs in day to day situations. In particular we look at meeting situations but also some other situations during the day.
……………………………..
Paola Corvino (Italy) - Physiotherapy and Disability. How to help your pet back to an acceptable and enjoyable life.
……………………………..
Agnes Prins (The Netherlands) - Homemade “Nose & Brain” Games. Some nice ideas around Nose and Brain games because… it is fun to do! It will stimulate the dog’s confidence while bonding with its owner. Furthermore, it will reduce stress and will make you a more creative dog owner!
……………………………..
Martina Naceradska (Czech Republic) - Use of Pheromone Collar in Therapy of Behavioural Disorders in Dogs. A retrospective study included 44 dogs (26 breeds) with behavioural problem.
