Tag Archives: ethology

Meet Anouck Haverbeke: interview with a veterinary ethologist

By guest | Published: 24 December 2015

Interview with veterinary ethologist Anouck Haverbeke, Conducted February 2015, published December 2015. Article by Laure-Anne Visele. References at the end of the post Anouck, veterinary ethologist Anouck was one of my lecturers at the Postgraduate dip. in Applied Companion Animal Behaviour. She is a board-certified veterinary behaviourist and has a doctorate in ethology. To top it all, Anouck is perfectly quadrilingual – […]

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Do as I do: introducing a revolutionary dog training technique

By Canis bonus | Published: 30 January 2015

Shout out about latest dog training article on Art for Barks By Laure-Anne Visele, Jan 2015 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 at OhMyDog! (dog training school in The Hague). I studied Zoology (University […]

Posted in Dog training, Dog writing | Also tagged Adam Miklosi, canine cognition, Claudia Fugazza, DAID, do-as-I-do, dog training, dressage de chiens, hondentraining, imitation | 2 Responses

New book review out: Feisty Fido

By Canis bonus | Published: 2 February 2013

Book review: Patricia McConnell’s and Karen B. London Feisty Fido By Laure-Anne Visele, written Dec 2012. This article is part of my collection of book reviews. AUTHORS: Patricia McConnell and Karen B. London PUBLISHING YEAR: 2005 SUMMARY: Pocket-sized booklet explaining the rehabilitation steps for dogs that are aggressive to other dogs when on-leash. AUDIENCE If […]

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New book review out: Dog Sense

By Canis bonus | Published: 17 December 2012

Book review: John Bradshaw’s Dog Sense By Laure-Anne Visele, written Dec 2012. This article is part of my collection of book reviews. AUTHOR: John Bradshaw PUBLISHING YEAR: 2011 SUMMARY: Dog Sense is a giant research literature survey, written in layman’s terms, about dogs’ behaviour through: evolution, domestication, cognitive abilities, emotions, genetics, and training methods. REVIEW It […]

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New book review out: Measuring behaviour

By Canis bonus | Published: 12 December 2012

Book review: Martin and Bateson’s Measuring Behaviour By Laure-Anne Visele, written Dec 2012. This article is part of my collection of book reviews. AUTHORS: Paul Martin & Patrick Bateson PUBLISHING YEAR: 2007 SUMMARY: Overview of the standards and techniques of behaviour measurement in research. CONTENTS Overview of the behaviour sciences Pre-study decisions Sampling and recording […]

Posted in Dog writing | Also tagged 4 questions of ethology, behaviour measurement, behaviour sciences, Patrick Bateson, Paul Martin, recording methods, reporting, results, sampling methods, statistics | Leave a comment

Why does my dog do that? The four questions of ethology

By Canis bonus | Published: 8 December 2012

Science popularisation article about the four questions of ethology By Laure-Anne Visele, written Dec 2012. Why does my dog DO that? Rover lunged at Uncle Fred again. WHY-OH-WHY? You asked the vet, read the books, told your trainer, and… they all tackled it from a different angle. Result? You’re still confused, Rover’s still barking. So ‘Why is […]

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Dog parenting skills: calling social services

By Canis bonus | Published: 21 November 2012

Science popularisation article on the parental behaviour of domestic dogs By Laure-Anne Visele, written Nov 2012. Dogs in science If you’re a regular, you’ll know that I am nuts about two things: Dogs; and Science I am constantly burrowing through a mountain of research papers so, once in a while, I resurface with a gem […]

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Scientific literature on dogs and dominance

By Canis bonus | Published: 9 November 2012

Science popularisation article on domestic dogs and dominance By Laure-Anne Visele, written Nov 2012. Dogs, dominance, and science ‘Writing in the sciences‘ just gave us the greatest assignment: strip down an ethology paper into such a smooth summary that even science newbies are gripped. To hear me talk about dominance in The Doghouse radio show, […]

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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 […]

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