Companion Animal Psychology

Zazie and Kristi chat about the different types of research on dogs and cats, and how pet guardians can interpret it. By Zazie Todd, PhD This page contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you. Listen to episode 61 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 transcript. How to evaluate the scientific research on dogs and cats: A guide New research on dogs and cats helps us to understand them better and give them better lives. But how do we know if the research is any good, and what about our feelings about the results? Zazie and Kristi chat about how to evaluate the science. We talk about:     Taking an ethical stance on dogs and cats that recognizes that they are sentient beings     How it can be tricky to assess research if you're not trained as a scientist     The...

Renowned dog trainer Jean Donaldson joins Zazie and Kristi to talk about what to do if your dog guards food, objects or locations, and why she wrote a second edition of her book Mine! By Zazie Todd, PhD This page contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you. Listen to episode 60 of The Pawsitive Post in Conversation wherever you get your podcasts ( Apple , Spotify ) or below, watch on Youtube or below, or scroll down to read a transcript. Resource guarding in dogs with Jean Donaldson Jean Donaldson has just published a new edition of her book Mine! A Practical Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs . If you have a dog who guards food, objects, people, or locations, you need this book! Jean joins Zazie and Kristi to discuss what to do if your dog guards food, locations, or other resources. We talk about:     Why it was time for a new edition of Mine! and what it was like to write it     How to decide if your ...

We talk about how to know if a dog wants petting, preventing dog bites, and developments in cat health with radio host and author Steve Dale. By Zazie Todd, PhD This page contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you. Watch episode 59 of The Pawsitive Post in Conversation on Youtube or below, listen wherever you get your podcasts (Apple, Spotify) or below, or scroll down to read a transcript. Why children should Ask the Dog with Steve Dale Kids are routinely taught to ask a dog's owner before petting the dog. Today, radio host Steve Dale joins us to talk about how they should also find out if the dog wants to be petted or not. We learn about Steve's new children's book, Ask the Dog, which is a fun story with an important message, and we also talk about some good news in cat health. We talked about:     Why Steve wrote the book     The importance of preventing dog bites, and why children are especially at ...