Issue 1 | August 2016
Welcome!
In developing this website, we hope to create a resource for sharing best practices and insights into managing and preventing behavior problems across all of IAABC's divisions: Dog, Cat, Parrot,...
Stats Trek: How to Be a Commander of Data
How do you assess client compliance?
Pawsimony: Cookie Nookie
Technology is making it ever easier to share footage of animals; something this journal is taking full advantage of. However, the rise of viral video has also lead to an...
Case Study: Linda and Joe
Primary complaint or reason for visit: Touch to rear (just above tail) caused charge, multiple contact open- and closed-mouth bites.
Behavior Consulting and Declawed Cats
If you work with cats in the United States or Canada, you will face a few conundrums related to partial-toe amputations (declawing).
New Strategies for Improving Veterinary Visits
I have heard a lot of horror stories from both clients and other pet professionals about problems taking pets to the vet. The reactions range from pets shaking and struggling,...
World Within a World – Changing Lives
Every Monday morning, when I enter the correctional facility, walk through the metal detector, scanner, and guardroom, put on a body alarm and walk across the yard where hundreds of...
Side-Eye: A Critical Look at Dog Science in the Media
Recently, there has been some hubbub over whether or not you should hug your dog.
The Perils of Placing Marginal Dogs
Back in 1998 I had been volunteering with shelter dogs for a couple of years and was firmly convinced that there was a home for every dog out there …...
Best Practices in Husbandry and Handling
They say a picture's worth a thousand words. I'll add that video is worth a million.
Countering Counter-Surfing
When my cat Lassie was young, she had springs for legs. I’ve never seen a cat jump as quickly or with as much agility as she would, especially when it...
Service Dogs: Ethics and Education
Most Americans are familiar with the presence of service animals. From the standard-bearer guide dog for the blind to the much photographed but rare service mini-horse, their stories are more...
IAABC News – June 2016
We’re thrilled to announce that on the 24th of May this year, the IAABC reached a milestone of 1000 members!
Eliminating Aversives in Training: If Dogs, Then Why Not Horses?
I remember it so well. I was reading my first book on dog behaviour and was impressed. —the trainer was pictured happily walking a collection of dogs off lead, the...
Relapse of Conditioned Fear in Horses: The Four R’s
My 18-year-old thoroughbred is a warrior in most respects. He barely flicks an ear at a motorcycle speeding past as we cross the road; he nods politely and winks at...
Case Study: Blade
This kitten was presented at my practice for pouncing, biting, and scratching at both owners in the household.
Feline Cognitive Dysfunction
The joys of keeping our cats indoors with plenty of environmental enrichment, good food, health care and an enormous amount of love and respect are all well-documented: besides having a...
Choices, Not Labels Help Birds Learn
Dreyfuss, my pionus, is a bird who—if I'd let her—would spend much of her day sitting next to me or on me, frequently with her head down for rubs. So...
Brie Breathes Easy: Training a Cat to Enjoy an Inhaler
When I took Brie to the emergency vet, his respiration rate was over 80 breaths per minute.
I Got a Kick Out of You…
Pavlov was scooped, but nobody noticed.
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