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Events THE WELL ADJUSTED DOG - TWO DAY WORKSHOP SECRETS TO UNDERSTANDING CANINE BEHAVIOR Workshop Date: March 27-28, 2010 from 9AM to 5:15PM** Host & Partner: Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA 361 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA This workshop has been approved for 13 CEU's through AAVSB, IAABC & CCPDT. $199 for early bird registration* (register on or before February 14, 2010) and $249* for standard registration *lunch not included **a one-day feline behavior workshop by Dr. Dodman immediately precedes this event. Register for one workshop or both workshops. Registration Type Canine Early Bird Reg. $199.00 Canine Standard Reg. $249.00 Feline Early Bird Reg. $99.00 Feline Standard Reg. $149.00 Canine & Feline Reg. $298.00 Enter Attendee Name Below To register multiple attendees for this event, please click Add to Cart once for each attendee and complete the attendee name field each time. When you click View Cart to complete registration, you will see a registration for each attendee. Questions? Please contact steve@thepetdocs.com PRESENTER Dr. Nicholas H. Dodman, BVMS and Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists is one of the world's most noted and celebrated veterinary behaviorists. He grew up in England and trained to be a vet in Scotland. At the age of 26, he became the youngest veterinary faculty member in Britain. It was at that time that Dr. Dodman began specializing in surgery and anesthesiology. In 1981 Dr. Dodman immigrated to the United States where he became a faculty member of Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. Shortly after his arrival, Dr. Dodman became interested in behavioral pharmacology and the field of animal behavior. After spending several years in this area of research, he founded the Animal Behavior Clinic, one of the first of its kind, at Tufts in 1986. He received an additional board certification in animal behavior from the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists. Dr. Dodman began to see clinical cases in 1987 and since 1990; he has devoted all of his time to his specialty practice of animal behavior. Since the mid 1990s, Dr. Dodman has written two textbooks, over 100 articles and contributions to scientific books and journals and four acclaimed bestselling books, including The Dog Who Loved Too Much, Dogs Behaving Badly and his latest, If Only They Could Speak. Dr. Dodman appears regularly on radio and television including: 20/20, Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Dateline, World News with Peter Jennings, Discovery Channel, NOVA and Animal Planet. In addition, Dr. Dodman is a columnist for the American Kennel Club's quarterly publication, AKC Family Dog. This column was nominated as column of the year (2005). Dr Dodman also writes a column for Life Magazine that is read by an estimated twelve million people weekly and writes a column for Martha Stewart's Body and Soul magazine. Dr Dodman has made a pilot television film of his own - sponsored by The Humane Society of the United States, that is under currently under review by various TV outlets. Good Morning America producer Patty Nager has dubbed Dr Dodman their /ad hoc/ pet behavioral expert. 2-DAY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE DAY 1 - Saturday, March 27, 2010 CANINE AGGRESSION 1 - Dominance versus Conflict Aggression (9AM - 10:30AM) [90 minutes] BREAK: (10:30AM - 10:45AM) [15 minutes] CANINE AGGRESSION 2 - Fear, Territorial, and Predatory Aggression (10:45AM - 11:45AM) [60 minutes] Q&A: (11:45AM - 12PM) [15 minutes] LUNCH: (12PM - 1PM) [1 Hour] CANINE FEAR-BASED BEHAVIORS - Featuring diagnosis and treatment of Separation Anxiety (1PM - 2:30PM) [90 minutes] CANINE PHOBIAS/POST TRAMATIC STRESS DISORDERS - Storm phobia, noise phobia, and other common phobias (2:30PM - 4PM) [90 minutes] CASE PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION - Case examples and Q&A 4:15PM - 5:15PM [60 minutes] DAY 2 - Sunday, March 28, 2010 CANINE COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR - Spinning, sucking, and snapping (9AM - 10:30AM) [90 minutes] BREAK:(10:30AM - 10:45AM) [15 minutes] MEDICAL CAUSES OF BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS - Things you've got to know (10:45AM - 11:45AM) [60 minutes] Q&A: (11:45AM - 12PM) [15 minutes] LUNCH: (12PM - 1PM) [1 hour] PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY OF BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS - What works and why (1PM - 2:30PM) [90 minutes] WELL-ADJUSTED DOGS - Seven Steps to producing a Happy, Healthy, Well-Adjusted Dog (2:30PM - 4PM) [90 minutes] BREAK: (4PM - 4:15PM) [15 minutes] CASE PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION - Case examples and Q&A(4:15PM - 5:15PM) [60 minutes] (To view the agenda for the preceding one day "The Well Adjusted Cat" workshop being held on Friday March 26 at the same location, please click here)   nick@thepetdocs.com Copyright 2009,The Pet Docs Inc.