How To Be A Dog Detective
£99
18/07/2009 -
How to be a Dog Detective
18th and 19th July 2009, 9.30(registration)-5pm
At
Little Haywood Village Hall, Chilwell Avenue,
Little Haywood, Staffordshire, ST18 0QZ
Sally Askew BSc (Hons), C&G SAN, GEOTA Cert, MBTER
£99.00 (No handler places)
Aimed at all the budding Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watsons out there, no matter how much detective work you have already undertaken! Bring along your magnifying glass and deer stalker (you can leave your pipe at home!) to unearth the mysteries behind dog behaviour. Gather together the tools you need and find out how to collect the evidence to make a thorough investigation into canine behaviour and misbehaviour.
What happens when our dogs “commit crimes”? Is it intentional? Is it behaviour we can expect? Or could there be reasons behind it that mean that they might not be able to help acting in this way? When problems arise, we tend to search for the most obvious solutions and then become frustrated when we only get a limited response. Join Sally to find out why this is. Often we see short term improvements but then the pattern of behaviour begins to slip back. Sally aims to explore the reasons behind this.
Take bullying, for example. Did you know that this behaviour could arise from a mineral imbalance? Or that it could be learnt from inappropriate play? And how can we help a dog who is either a bully or who has been bullied? What about a dog that won’t perform in the ring? Could there be more to this than just being “stubborn”?
Let’s search for the clues and analyse the evidence together! It’s important to be thorough and to look at every possible angle in order to understand the underlying cause of any problems rather than looking at the symptoms.
This course will include the role of many of the following when making deductions: social contact; socialisation; health; nutrition; mineral balance; relationships; training; mental stimulation; breed; body work.
Sally has worked tirelessly over the past few years to improve the lives of dogs physically, emotionally and behaviourally. With interests in complementary therapies, health and behaviour she has a whole toolbox to draw on, along with a real empathy for dogs. Sally is a qualified teacher and trainer of people and dogs. She is a full member of the PDTE and the APDT, a qualified Bowen Technique practitioner for humans and dogs and a member of the Guild of Essential Oil Therapists for animals. She is a human nutritionist and is one of the few outside of the veterinary profession to have a qualification in small animal nutrition. Sally offers a truly holistic approach to living with dogs.
This course is an ideal introduction to Sheila Harper’s course on “Solving Behaviour Problems” to be held at Little Haywood Village Hall on 16, 17 and 18 October 2009.
