Tag Archives: behaviour therapy

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 therapist, 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

Canine exorcism: treating fear aggression:

By Canis bonus | Published: 29 January 2013

Science popularisation article about fear aggression By Laure-Anne Visele, written Jan 2013. Dog desensitization vs. exorcism Does Rover — normally an angel — turn into the devil incarnate at the mere sight of a jogger (or another dog)? Perhaps a little exorcism is in order. Either that, or… a spot of “Systematic Desensitization and Counter-Conditioning” (aka […]

Posted in Dog behaviour | Also tagged canine behaviour therapy, counter-conditioning, counterconditioning, defensive threat, dog aggression, dog aggressive to kids, dog and cyclists, dog and joggers, dog behaviour problem, dog behaviour therapy, dog growling, dog lunging, dog snarling, dog training, dog-dog reactivity, fear aggression, systematic desensitisation, systematic desensitization | 10 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 therapist, behaviourist, canine aggression, canine behaviour therapy, counterconditioning, defensive threat, desensitization, dog aggression, dog training, fear aggression, systematic desensitization | 6 Responses

Dog Separation Anxiety: prevention tips

By Canis bonus | Published: 7 July 2012

Tips for the prevention of separation anxiety in dogs. By Laure-Anne Viselé, July 2012 This article is part of a three-post series on separation anxiety. It focuses on tips and habits to prevent dog from developing separation anxiety, or to prevent a relapse if he is just rehabilitated. Two more articles were written in this […]

Posted in Dog behaviour | Also tagged behaviourist, dog separation anxiety, dog separation distress, dog training the hague, gedragstherapie, hondengedragstherapie, hondentraining den haag, prevention, tips | 5 Responses

Holistic practitioner: science meets alternative veterinary care

By guest | Published: 4 July 2012

Interview with dog behaviour therapist and author, Monique Bladder By Laure-Anne Viselé, Interviewed May 2011; Released July 2012. This interview is part of a series of talks with dog professionals from around the world. I’ve interviewed behaviour-curious vets, certified dog walkers, assistance dog trainers, dog scientists, etc. The series gives you a fly-on-the-wall view of the […]

Posted in Dog pros: a day in the life | Also tagged alternative veterinary medicine, behaviour therapy netherlands, complementary veterinary medicine, dog behaviour the hague, dog training the hague, dogs and science, gedragstherapie, honden gedragstherapie, hondengedrag den haag, hondentraining den haag, laure-anne visele, monique bladder, teamdier | 3 Responses

Dogs: the Art of Intelligent Punishment

By Canis bonus | Published: 17 November 2010

A rational look at punishment in dog training By Laure-Anne Visele, Nov 2012. The issue of punishment is one of the stickiest issues in the dog world. There are two extremes, and a flurry in the middle: Team right: extremely compulsion-based trainers: You get bonus points for hanging your dog up when he does not sit […]

Posted in Dog behaviour, Dog training | Also tagged alpha-roll, aversive, chien, dog, dog training, good canine citizen, habituation, hond, jerking, learned irrelevance, leash-jerking, negative punishment, negative reinforcement, negative reinforcer, negative reward, operant conditioning, operant conditioning quadrant, positive punishment, positive reinforcement, positive reinforcer, positive reward, positive training methods, punishment, skinner, training | 17 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 therapist, 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

Independence training for dog separation anxiety

By Canis bonus | Published: 26 October 2010

Treatment protocol for dog separation anxiety. By Laure-Anne Viselé, October 2010; Last updated July 2012 Separation anxiety: what to do To hear me talk of separation anxiety on iTalk FM radio, click here. In this article, I give you a detailed treatment programme. This is appropriate for dogs that have started to exhibit separation distress […]

Posted in Dog behaviour | Also tagged anxiete de separation, behavior therapy, canine, canine behavior, canine behaviour, canine psychology, chien, dog, dog trainer, dog training, dog training the hague, hond, hondentraining den haag, psychology, sep anx, separation anxiety, tip, tips, tips and tricks, trick, tricks, verlatingsangst | 70 Responses

From veterinary nurse to ground-breaking behaviour specialist

By Canis bonus | Published: 29 August 2010

Review of seminar by dog behaviour therapist Angela Stockdale. By Laure-Anne Viselé, September 2010 Angela Stockdale: introduction I am just back from the Angela Stockdale 2-day workshop on dogs and emotions and itching to tell the world about it. Angela’s CV: From veterinary nurse to behaviour specialist Angela Stockdale is an ex-veterinary nurse from the UK. […]

Posted in Dog behaviour, Dog pros: a day in the life | Also tagged aggresieve hond, aggression, aggressive dog, angela stockdale, anxiety, anxious dog, behavior, behavior therapy, behaviorist, behaviour, behaviourist, chien, chien aggressif, dog, dog anxiety, dog whisperer, dog-dog aggression, gentle, hond, seminar, shelter dog, workshop | Comments closed

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 therapist, counterconditioning, counterconditionning, desensitisation, desensitization, dog, dog-dog aggression, fear, leash, scared, tip, tips, tips and tricks, trick, tricks | 32 Responses