General Animal Behavior Seminars

The Benefits of Massage: Acclimating Animals to Touch

Learn how massage can benefit animals by getting them comfortable with positive forms of touch. This seminar benefits rescue workers and animal health practitioners, as well as dog trainers, behaviorists, and dog and cat owners. Learn ways to get an animal accustomed to human touch and handling, and to enjoy it! Understand how touch influences behaviors. Professional massage strokes and techniques will be demonstrated to you. Yes, cats can love massage too!

Making the Veterinary Hospital Behaviorally Friendly

This seminar is for veterinarians and veterinary staff. There are many ways to minimize stress in a clinic to make animals more comfortable when visiting the veterinarian or while being examined. Understand animal communication and body-language to make animals less fearful, and learn how to keep animals calmer and more relaxed in a hospital practice.

Understanding Fear, Aggression and Anxiety

We have all met a dog or cat who has been fearful, aggressive, or reactive. Learn how animals deal with stress. Learn ways to modify aggression, and simple behavior modification techniques to help animals overcome their fears and anxieties using a caring and humane approach.

Environmental Enrichment for Shelter Animals: Making the Shelter Behaviorally Friendly for Animals

This seminar is for shelter staff, shelter volunteers, and people involved in rescue and adoption. Learn how to enrich the shelter setting to reduce stress and make animals more comfortable. Understand how dogs and cats learn and communicate so you can interpret behaviors correctly. Understand simple behavior modification techniques so both cats and dogs can have a positive experience at the shelter and can become more adoptable.