Companion Animal Psychology

Learn about cooperative care and animal training across species at the Behaviour Eh! conference--and use my promo code to get a discount on the registration fee. By Zazie Todd, PhD I'm excited for the BehavioUr Eh! conference in Calgary, Alberta, next year. It takes place March 5-7 for three days of learning about animal behaviour across species, with a particular focus on cooperative care. Whether you work with dogs, cats, parrots, or horses, this is an opportunity to learn from distinguished colleagues who work with those species (and grizzly bears, too!).  The speakers are myself, Dr. Eduardo Fernandez, Marine Laberge, Robin Horemans, Monty Gwenne, and Cindy Peacock.  We can learn a lot from our colleagues who work with other species and it's going to be really fascinating to hear the talks and take part in collaborative discussions about best practices. I'm delighted to be able to offer you a discount on the registration fee. Use promo code TODD10% to claim your disco...

What should we do when someone is wrong on the internet about dog training or cat behaviour, and is it worth trying a DRI for humans...  By Zazie Todd, PhD Listen to episode 68 of The Pawsitive Post in Conversation wherever you get your podcasts ( Apple , Spotify ), watch on Youtube , or listen or watch below. Being positive about positive reinforcement Kristi and Zazie chat about the need to be positive when talking about dog training and cat behaviour, and how they cope when someone is wrong on the internet. We talked about:     The value of positive reinforcement, and gratitude for the positive reinforcement we get for the podcast     How to cope when someone is badly wrong on the internet and the post takes off     The idea of a DRI for ourselves: differential reinforcement of an incompatible behaviour      The idea of a revenge blog and how we have both written some of them     The value of likes, comments, and shares...

We chat about the history of dog breeds and what makes dogs so successful with Tamsin Pickeral, author of The Invention of the Dog: 75 Breeds that Changed the World.   By Zazie Todd, PhD Listen to episode 67 of The Pawsitive Post in Conversation wherever you get your podcasts ( Apple , Spotify ) or below, watch on Youtube or below, or scroll down for the show notes.  The Invention of the Dog with Tamsin Pickeral Tamsin Pickeral's new book, The Invention of the Dog: 75 Breeds that Changed the World is a fascinating, touching, and beautifully illustrated account of where our beloved dogs come from. Tamsin joined Zazie and Kristi to chat about the book. We talked about:     How the book came about, and what it was like selecting the artwork to be included in the book     Then we look at 3 very different breeds, starting with the history of the Shih Tzu     The history of the Bernese Mountain Dog     The history of the Yorkshire Terrie...

Who are the cats who inspired literary writers like Edward Lear and Dorothy L Sayers? Zazie and Kristi are joined by Susannah Fullerton to find out. By Zazie Todd, PhD Listen to episode 66 of The Pawsitive Post in Conversation wherever you get your podcasts (Apple, Spotify) or below, watch on Youtube or below, or scroll down for the show notes and a transcript. Great Writers and the Cats Who Owned Them with Susannah Fullerton This page contains affilliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you. Zazie and Kristi chat with Susannah Fullerton about her delightful book, Great Writers and the Cats Who Owned Them . We talk about:     whether there is a special affiliation between writers and cats     how Susannah chose the writers to include in the book     some famous cats, including Hodge, who was a very fine cat indeed     Daffy, the cat who knew Anne of Green Gables before anyone else     w...