Anders Hallgren "Behavior problems in dogs — causes and therapies"
Datum: | 17 – 18 September 2011 |
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Referent: | Anders Hallgren |
Themen: | Behavior problems in dogs — causes and therapies |
Sprache: | Englisch mit Übersetzung ins Deutsche |
Seminar: | Theoretical two-day seminar |
Preis: | 190 EUR |
Ort: | Institut Weltsprachen. Johannesgasse 4, Wien. 2nd floor, seminar room No. 6 |
Zeit: | 09:15 |
Info:

Emphasis
The emphasis of the seminar is on:
- Behavior problems: History and statistics
- Aggression and fear
- Problems behaviors are symptoms
- 20 factors that lower the threshold of aggression
- Difference between functional and descriptive classification of behaviors
- Causes behind problem behaviors
- How to analyze causes behind problem behaviors
- The journal – how to file the data
- Training methods and actual treatment of dogs
There is not so much symptom training as seen with animal behaviorists from other schools or with other backgrounds. Because once you have set right the causes, normally dogs quit being problematic by themselves. For instance, let us say that the stress analysis shows an under-stimulation ratio of 22/24, which means that the dog is resting 22 hours out of 24. By simply giving the dog a program of activation, both physical and mental, the problem symptoms may have disappeared totally in less than a week.
Ethics important
Both the ethics and the methodology approach to animals and animal behavior are important. Here is a non-violent approach with a well-defined ideology, which states that:
- Training should be built upon knowledge, soft methods and without force
- Dogs and dog owners shall be met with respect, care and solicitude
- There are never arguments enough to motivate authoritarian training
- Training shall never compel an individual to perform above its ability
Preferred qualifications
To be able to participate in this seminar, I recommend some background knowledge, as for instance knowledge of learning psychology, modern training methods and ethology, especially wolf and dog social behavior.
Causes, not symptoms
Considering problematic behavior in animals, the methodology is one of analyzing and setting right the causes. Therefore analyses are the main instruments of work. The analyses mostly work by the way of psychological parameters, for instance special designed questions or questionnaires. These are
- Stress analysis
- Masculinity analysis (for intact males)
- Thyroid dysfunction analysis
- Pain/Medical dysfunction analysis
- Noradrenalin – serotonin analysis
- (Nourishment analysis. This is not completed as yet)
- Relationship (with owner) analysis
Follow up and statistics
In the ideal world, each case is followed up and extensive statistics is made centrally. The purpose of this is not only to see the results, but also to get to know the probability of different causing agents behind problem behavior. This forms a guideline to improve the existing methods of analyses and also inspire to elaborate new ones.
Timetable
Saturday | |
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09.30 | Presentation and introduction |
10.00 | History. Definition, diagnosis and statistics. Attitudes to problem dogs and common training methods. |
11.00 | The modern dog behaviorist. Scientific behavior analysis. Multi-factorial diagnostics. Symptom training versus cause directed therapy. |
11.30 | Classification of behaviors. Functional and descriptive classification. |
12.00 | Lunch hour |
13.00 | Problem behaviors and their causes. Ethological causes, genetic dispositions, stress factors, hormones, learning phenomena, trauma, pain and disease. Other physiological variables. |
15.00 | Pain related problem behaviors. Statistics and examples. The physiology of pain. A study on back problems in dogs. |
17.00 | End of day |
Sunday | |
09.00 | Analysis of background factors. Stress analysis, two studies Stress and the brain: The noradrenalin – serotonin test |
10.30 | Test of masculinity. Behaviors indicating thyroid abnormalities. |
12.00 | Lunch hour |
13.00 | Analysis of pain and sickness. Expected behaviors and divergences. |
15.00 | The journal card. |
16.00 | Training methods – for and against. Does punishment really work? Multi-factorial therapy. Questions and discussion. |
17.00 | End of day. |