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CAAB PodcastsNever Say Never: Five Things I’d “Never” Do
As we slowly come back from a very long summer hiatus, Drs. Lockhart and Waite discuss their top five things they would “never” do as animal behavior professionals (and as animal owners/caretakers).
The important thing to remember is that every professional and owner is different. We all have unique boundaries we won’t cross (but also unique exceptions to those boundaries!). So if there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that we don’t all agree, and therefore your boundaries may be quite different from ours. We chat about some typical items, as well as p...
2022-11-3037 min
BETTER with Mark BrandSara Roversi - CLIMATE JUSTICESara Roversi is transforming the future of food and doing it in the most powerful spaces on the planet. She is my dear friend and a powerhouse accomplice in developing global food systems. Her focus directly addresses climate change, planetary health, and global poverty, but amongst the heaviness, she brings so much light, wisdom and joy. Among her many influential roles, she is the founder and President of the Future Food Institute, an organization dedicated to facing the urgent challenge of protecting our planet while feeding humans in a way that is sustainable, equitable, and nourishing. In this episode...
2022-04-241h 00CAAB Podcasts2022: Rants and Raves
We’re a little
It’s time for our annual rants and raves. This year, we’ve invited Dr. Camille Ward onto the show to help us think through what is going well in the world of animal behavior, and what is maybe going… less well. Some topics have been issues for years, and some are new raves, such as the increase in discussion on certification requirements for dog trainers.
Links:DIY Cat Wand: https://www.purina.com/articles/cat/activities/how-to-make-a-diy-wand-cat-toyDIY Cat Puzzle Feeders: https://www.purina.com/articles/cat/feeding/diy-cat...
2022-04-201h 05CAAB PodcastsApplied Animal Behavior Master’s Program – Finally!
Back when I was interested in learning more about animal behavior and possibly getting into as a career, I looked in vain for an animal behavior-focused Master’s program. Eventually, I gave up and found another path into animal behavior. Well y’all, let us tell you – Dr. Erica Feuerbacher has built the program we all wished we had when were were just starting out.
All we can say is that it sounds incredible and worthwhile. The program has academic groundings so that people engaging in animal behavior work have a better understanding of why a behavior is occ...
2022-01-1146 minCAAB PodcastsBehavior Consulting: What’s My Obligation to New Clients?
Most behavior professionals are so busy these days that they have a waitlist, which has resulted in an interesting debate: what exactly are our obligations when contacted by a desperate client? What if we’re booked out? What if the client has a potentially dangerous animals? What if they need help NOW? We chat with Dr. Terri Bright on the different methods and ideologies of intaking new clients, including the protocols used at a top-tier behavioral department versus those for front-line workers doing in-home consulting.
Links:https://www.mspca.org/animal_care/director-of-behavior/
Length: 51 min...
2021-11-3051 min
Spoken LabelSarra Culleno (Spoken Label, November 2021)Latest Spoken Label features our lovely and returning friend Sara Culleno.
Sarra Culleno is a British writer, mother and English teacher who performs her writing at events across the UK. Sarra is widely published. She has written fiction and poetry for publication, performance, print, audiodramas, podcasts and radio. Sarra was longlisted for the Cinnamon Press Pamphlet Prize, for Nightingale and Sparrow’s Full Collections 2020, and nominated for Best of the Net 2020 by iambapoet. Sarra co-hosts Write Out Loud at Waterside Arts, and performs as guest and featured poet at numerous literary festivals.
Her debut book Bon...
2021-11-1743 minCAAB PodcastsA Day in the Life of an Equine Behaviorist
Join us for an incredible discussion with expert guest, Dr. Sue McDonnell, on a day in the life of a behaviorist specializing in horses. We discuss her five most recent horse behavior cases, and some of these are whoppers. Dr. McDonnell highlights how she approaches each case with her team and how she uses her scientific and behavioral background to assess and intervene. If you have ever wondered what it’s like to be an equine behaviorist, then this podcast is for you!
Dr. McDonnell, PhD, CAAB is the founding head of the Equine Behavior Program and a...
2021-09-0159 minCAAB PodcastsConference Update: Interdisciplinary Forum for Applied Animal Behavior (IFAAB) 2021
This month, we chat about everything we learned from the 2021 IFAAB Conference. In this intimate conference, everyone has to give a talk. Talks vary across research, behavior protocols, and field philosophies/applications. Speakers include veterinary behaviorists, CAABs, researchers, and other behavior professionals and focus on a variety of species (although domestic species are always the most popular). There were talks covering kids and dogs, testing the Assisi Loop for car anxiety, the pros and cons (and outrage?) of negative reinforcement for animal training, what happens to shelter dogs when they go on vacation, and so many more incredible discussions.
2021-06-1748 minCAAB PodcastsEven the President’s Dog Can Bite – What We Know and What We Don’t Know
This month we sneak in an extra podcast on the timely hot topic of the potential biting incidents with President Biden’s younger dog, Major. As of the posting of this (3/31/21), there have now been two incidents involving Major, and the media is all over whether Major is a bad dog, will be euthanized, will be trained out of the behavior, etc. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of information regarding the possible bites, and we use this information (or lack thereof) to frame the conversation around this and similar situations.
To help us with the conversation, we ha...
2021-03-3140 minCAAB PodcastsPartnering with Birds of Prey: Falconry at its Finest
Join us as we chat with animal and bird behavior expert, Dr. Scott Coleman. He specifically focuses on the application of behavioral principles and training protocols to the sport of falconry, where predatory birds are trained to partner with humans to hunt. We discuss the history of the sport, including how training procedures have changed over time to become more ethical and effective. Dr. Coleman includes many recommendations for anyone looking to get into falconry, which doesn’t require a lot of money but does require time/effort, a good mentor, and lots of patience. For those interested in un...
2021-03-1651 minCAAB PodcastsThe Environmental Impact of Pets
Pet ownership, although rewarding, does require a significant level of dedication from caregivers. This investment ranges from immediate requirements like time spent exercising our companions to more esoteric requirements like environmental impact of feeding decisions. We take a unique look at pet ownership in our conversation with Dr. Sasha Protopopova about her current research on the impact of companion animal ownership.
Length: 47 min
CEUs Offered: No
2021-01-2747 minCAAB PodcastsNever ever leave… ever!
Separation anxiety is a leading cause of surrender for dogs. Although this term has been applied to a broad group of behaviors that may or may not actually be separation anxiety, the reality is that some dogs cannot keep it together when their owners must leave the home. We chat with Dr. Erica Feuerbacher regarding some of her exciting work on separation anxiety and its possible treatments. She also sheds light on the difficulty of this stressful condition.
Links:Feuerbacher & Muir. (2020). Using Owner Return as a Reinforcer to Operantly Treat Separation-Related Problem Behavior in...
2021-01-2053 minCAAB PodcastsTreat Everyone Like a Dog!
Yes, you heard that right!
Have you ever made behavior change suggestions to friends/family, only to be scolded that “People aren’t dogs!” We definitely have. A lot. And apparently so has Dr. Karen London, PhD, CAAB, who has a retort for that. She thinks (and we agree) that we humans often treat dogs better than we treat other people. Luckily, she brings incredible insights into simple ways to incorporate behavior principles commonly used in animal training into our human relationships. Want your kids to pick up their laundry? Make the process more enjoyable, or add in rei...
2020-12-1639 min