Upcoming Events with Zazie Todd PhD about Fearful and Anxious Dogs in Fall 2024
A literary festival, a book launch, an online talk, and webinars about fearful dogs. Come and celebrate the launch of Zazie Todd's new book Bark!, learn more about helping fearful dogs, and arrange a book talk for your local or online group.
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If you'd like to hear me talk about my books, you've got multiple opportunities this fall. And if you're local to the lower mainland or Fraser Valley in BC, I'd love to see you at my book launch! Details of all of these events are below.
New events will be added as details become available.
Zazie Todd at Bark! Fest
Bark! Fest, the book festival for animal lovers, is a series of online events in September 2024 and you have two opportunities to hear me.
Canine Emotions and Perception: Marc Bekoff PhD, Zazie Todd PhD, Cat Warren
Tuesday 17th September 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK time.
Discover the role of emotions and perception in dogs’ lives. In Dogs Demystified: An A-to-Z Guide to All Things Canine and the second edition of The Emotional Lives of Animals, Marc Bekoff updates our understanding of the emotions animals feel (and how we know they feel them). For people whose dogs feel shy or worried, Zazie Todd’s Bark! The Science of Helping Your Anxious, Fearful, or Reactive Dog is a compassionate and practical guide based on the latest science. And the beautifully-crafted New York Times bestseller What the Dog Knows: Scent, Science, and the Amazing Ways Dogs Perceive the World by Cat Warren explores the extraordinary abilities of scent detection dogs and tells the captivating story of how Warren’s dog Solo became a human remains detection dog.
Fearful and Anxious Dogs: Zazie Todd PhD
Thursday 26th September 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK time.
Zazie Todd is at the forefront of the move towards positive animal welfare and kind, humane dog training methods. Her third book, Bark! The Science of Helping Your Anxious, Fearful, or Reactive Dog is a compassionate and practical guide to overcoming your dog’s fears. In this memorable webinar, you’ll learn how to help your dog feel safe, how your presence can help your dog, and get a new understanding of the training techniques that can make a difference, as she shares tips from Bark!.
The Book Launch for Bark!
October 5, 2024, 12 noon until 2pm Pacific.
If you're local to metro Vancouver or the Fraser Valley, come and join me at my book launch!
It's at Black Bond Books in the Valley Fair Mall, 22709 Lougheed Highway #250, in Maple Ridge.
I will be signing books and I would love to see you there.
Facebook Live on Anxious and Fearful Dogs with Dogkind LLC
I will be in conversation with Kelly Lee of Dogkind LLC for a Facebook live (and Zoom chat for members) about the science of helping your anxious, fearful, or reactive dog. Come and listen and bring your questions!
The science of helping your anxious, fearful, or reactive dog: Chat with Zazie Todd, Dogkind LLC Facebook live, Tues October 8 5pm Pacific.
Book Event and Signing at Ocean Park Dog Training, Surrey, BC
Bark! book event and signing, Ocean Park Dog Training, Surrey, BC, Sunday October 20 2024 from 1-3pm. If you'd like to reserve a book in advance, contact Ocean Park Dog Training.
Two Webinars for the Pet Professional Guild
How to Help Fearful Dogs Feel Safe with Dr. Zazie Todd
October 9, 2024 5pm Eastern (2pm Pacific).
Almost three-quarters of dogs have some kind of canine anxiety,
according to research. This talk is an overview of how to help fearful
dogs, starting with recognizing the signs of fear and helping the dog to
feel safe. We’ll look at the prevalence of fears in dogs, the kinds of
fears that are most common, and some of the specific steps that can be
taken to protect fearful dogs.
Management is important for several reasons. We’ll also look at the role of the dog’s attachment to their guardian, why it’s so important to work at the dog’s pace and not make them face their fears, and which techniques work best with fearful and anxious dogs. We’ll also talk about how to evaluate and prioritize the changes that will be most important in an individual case.
- Appreciate the importance of choices and routine (including how to cope with changes)
- Describe the secure base effect and understand what attachment to the guardian means for a fearful dog
- Evaluate the changes that will be most beneficial for a fearful dog, including the role of management
- Recognize tools, approaches, and actions that are detrimental for a fearful dog, and help clients choose (and stick to) alternate approaches.
CEUs available.
Register for how to help fearful dogs feel safe.
Counterconditioning for Fearful and Anxious Dogs: How to Get it Right with Dr. Zazie Todd
October 23, 2024 5pm Eastern (2pm Pacific)
Almost three-quarters of dogs have some kind of canine anxiety, according to research. This talk is an overview of how to help fearful dogs, starting with recognizing the signs of fear and helping the dog to feel safe. We’ll look at the prevalence of fears in dogs, the kinds of fears that are most common, and some of the specific steps that can be taken to protect fearful dogs. Management is important for several reasons. We’ll also look at the role of the dog’s attachment to their guardian, why it’s so important to work at the dog’s pace and not make them face their fears, and which techniques work best with fearful and anxious dogs. We’ll also talk about how to evaluate and prioritize the changes that will be most important in an individual case.
- Appreciate the importance of choices and routine (including how to cope with changes)
- Describe the secure base effect and understand what attachment to the guardian means for a fearful dog
- Evaluate the changes that will be most beneficial for a fearful dog, including the role of management
- Recognize tools, approaches, and actions that are detrimental for a fearful dog, and help clients choose (and stick to) alternate approaches.
CEUs available.
Register for Counterconditioning for fearful and anxious dogs: How to get it right.
These are both live webinars and a recording will be available. A discount is available for PPG members.
Chat & Chuckle with the Pet Professional Guild
The Pet Professional Guild's October Chat & Chuckle is with Dr. Zazie Todd on October 24, 2024 at 2pm to 3pm Eastern (11am to 12 noon Pacific).
Pet Professional Guild members can find the details of how to attend in the member area on the Pet Professional Guild website, and it will also be broadcast live within the PPG member group on Facebook.
Book Talk at the Toronto Public Library (online)
November 6, 2024 at 12 noon Eastern (9am Pacific).
Does your dog show signs of fear, anxiety, or reactivity, such as biting, food guarding, shyness, or aggressive barking? You’re not alone. Close to 75% of dogs struggle with fear-based behaviors, and require our support and understanding to feel safe and secure.
Certified dog trainer and animal behaviorist, Zazie Todd shares her latest book, Bark! The Science of Helping Your Anxious, Fearful or Reactive Dog.
Whether you have a dog or not, join Zazie to decode some common dog behaviours and learn about the latest developments in canine behavioral science.
Zazie's latest book, Bark! will be available for loan through TPL in October. You can borrow Zazie's previous books:
Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy
Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy
This 1-hour program will be recorded and available for replay.
Register for this event with the Toronto Public Library.
Book an Event with Zazie Todd
There are some additional events for private groups, not advertised here. If you are a dog trainer, book club, library, or other organization and would like to arrange a book talk, please contact Sydney Marchand at Greystone Books (email sydney dot marchand at greystone books dot com).
Pre-order Bark!
Bark! The Science of Helping Your Anxious, Fearful, or Reactive Dog will be published on October 1st and is available for pre-order now.
Bark! The Science of Helping Your Anxious, Fearful, or Reactive Dog is available for pre-order now from all good bookstores, including Bookshop and Bookshop UK, which support independent bookstores, and my Amazon store.
If you're in Australia or New Zealand, the Australian publisher is Scribe and your local bookstore will easily be able to order it for you.
In the UK, Bark! is published on October 17th.
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