Tag Archives: behaviour therapist

Latest dog book review: Animal madness

By Canis bonus | Published: 13 February 2015

Dog book review announcement: Animal madness By Laure-Anne Visele, February 2015 About the review’s author: certified dog trainer in The Hague I run Canis bonus, a behaviour therapy practice for dogs with behaviour problems. I am also the co-founder and head trainer at OhMyDog! (dog training school in The Hague). I graduated in Zoology, and am a licensed dog […]

Posted in Dog behaviour | Also tagged animal cognition, animal emotion, behaviourist, comparative psychiatry, mental health, separation anxiety, separation panic, veterinary behaviourist | Leave a comment

Review of Monique Bladder seminar on dogs and dominance

By Canis bonus | Published: 23 January 2015

Review of Monique Bladder’s 22 January seminar about dogs and dominance in Maasland, The Netherlands By Laure-Anne Visele, Jan 2015 Full illustration credits at the end of the post. About the author: certified dog trainer in The Hague I am a behaviour therapist for dogs (Canis bonus, The Hague, Westland, Delft and region) and the co-founder and head trainer […]

Posted in Science | Also tagged alpha, behaviour therapy, behaviourist, canine behaviourist, David Mech, dog behaviourist, dogs, dominance, dominantie, dwangloze trainer, force-free training, gedragstherapeut, gedragstherapie, honden, hondenschool maasluis, John Bradshaw, lecture, lezing, maasland, monique bladder, seminaire, seminar, wolf pack | 6 Responses

Counter-Conditioning and Desensitization: a step-by-step guide

By Canis bonus | Published: 29 January 2013

Guide to dog counterconditioning and systematic desensitisation By Laure-Anne Visele, written Jan 2013. Now you’ve done your homework, you know why Rover lunges at joggers/other dogs. Next step: let’s get it to stop! Step 1: Take stock What contributes to sending Rover ‘over-threshold’? Make a list of all the elements (dimensions) that make him worse […]

Posted in Dog behaviour | Also tagged behaviour therapy, behaviourist, canine aggression, canine behaviour therapy, counterconditioning, defensive threat, desensitization, dog aggression, dog training, fear aggression, systematic desensitization | 6 Responses

Blimey, my dog’s barmy

By Canis bonus | Published: 28 November 2010

Interview with English dog behaviourist Nick Jones By Laure-Anne Viselé, November 2010 This interview is part of my Dog Professionals Hall of fame, showcasing the dog professions in all their glory. Nick Jones: dog behaviourist Nick Jones is a well-established canine behaviourist. He is based in the UK. Should you ever get to speak to Nick, […]

Posted in Dog behaviour, Dog pros: a day in the life | Also tagged behavior therapist, behaviorist, behaviourist, canine, chien, dog, dog behavior therapist, dog behaviorist, dog behaviour therapist, dog behaviourist, dog professional, hond, interview, nick jones | 19 Responses

A veterinarian on behaviour therapy

By Canis bonus | Published: 2 November 2010

Interview with Veterinarian Richard Baeke. By Laure-Anne Viselé, October 2010 About Richard Baeke Richard Baeke is a veterinary doctor in the Netherlands. He has been practising veterinary medicine for 3 years, and likes to keep himself up-to-date on companion animal behaviour issues. We met at the Angela Stockdale workshop, and hit it off discussing the overlap […]

Posted in Dog pros: a day in the life, Veterinary care and canine first aid | Also tagged anxiety, anxious, avalanche of rage, behavior, behavior specialist, behavior therapist, behavior therapy, behavioris, behaviour, behaviour specialist, behaviour therapy, behaviourist, Bernese, Bernese Mountain dog, canine, chien, dierenarts, dog, epilepsy, ethologie, ethology, euthanasia, euthanazia, extreme anxiety, fireworks, fireworks phobia, hond, ian dunbar, knowledge gap, knowledge overlap, medication, multi-disciplinary, neurology, problem behavior, problem behaviour, professionalisation, professionalization, puppy class, puppy socialisation, qualification, re-homing, recommendation, referral, rehoming, Rudy de Meester, SOA, springer rage, springer rage syndrome, springer spaniel, Sudden Onset Aggression, sudden rage, sudden rage syndrome, therapy, thunder phobia, utrecht university, veterinaire, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary medicine | 20 Responses

Dog-dog aggression: a self-help guide

By Canis bonus | Published: 19 August 2010

Treatment protocol for dog-dog on-leash aggression By Laure-Anne Viselé, August 2010 Introduction A friend of mine wrote to me from Thailand recently. She’d adopted a starving street dog who is hopelessly dog-dog aggressive. Given the distance involved, I could only help her educate herself on some specific topics and point her in the right direction. […]

Posted in Dog behaviour | Also tagged aggression, anxiety, anxious, behavior therapist, behavior therapy, behaviour therapy, counterconditioning, counterconditionning, desensitisation, desensitization, dog, dog-dog aggression, fear, leash, scared, tip, tips, tips and tricks, trick, tricks | 32 Responses