Three webinars in one
In this package, you will receive three webinars with expert knowledge from Robert Mehl on neurobiology and brain development, fear, and aggression. Learn to understand how your dog's brain forms throughout its lifespan, and what processes occur in the brain during behaviors such as fear and aggression. Here, you will gain valuable insights that will help you develop effective training strategies.
The following webinars are part of the package:
Brain Development – Neurobiological Insights for Dog Training
The brain develops from the interaction of genes and environment. This process begins even before birth and only ends when the brain has completely ceased its activity in death. The construction, reconstruction, and degeneration of neuronal connections produce the individual behavior of the dog in its various life stages. Understanding this development allows dog owners and trainers to comprehend how problems in the experience and behavior of dogs arise and how to consciously and unconsciously influence brain development.
The webinar begins before the dog's birth with the formation of the brain from the fertilized egg, its prenatal development, and the interaction of environment (prenatal experiences, toxins, stress, etc.) and genetics at this stage. By looking at what can go wrong in this developmental step, it becomes understandable why some puppies are born with problems.
After birth, the first major restructuring of the brain begins. Environmental influences now gain importance. The puppy's brain goes through various developmental spurts and sensitive phases. By looking at the processes in this phase, we understand more about what puppies need and why they need it. In this context, we also briefly touch upon the important topic of bonding.
During puberty, the brain undergoes another significant restructuring. Now, personality clearly emerges, and empathy and self-control gain importance. We look at the brain as it matures and thereby understand what pubescent dogs can achieve (and what they cannot) and what conditions help them to become reliable social partners. In old age, degenerative processes increase. Diseases such as dementia can occur. But even old dogs can learn and change.
By looking at brain development throughout the entire lifespan, connections become clear that are lost when considering only individual life stages. After the webinar, participants will have a more holistic view of their dog and can adapt their education and training measures to its neurobiological structure and its needs.
Neurobiological Foundations of Aggression in Dogs
Aggression in dogs and humans has something in common: it originates in the brain. The basic structure and function of the brain in dogs and humans do not differ across species. Against this background, I invite you to look beyond the obvious into a discipline that has many well-established findings on the topic of aggression: neuroscience.
• First, we define the term "aggression" from a psychological perspective and look at a modern model of aggression currently used in neuroscience.
• We will deal with the processes that occur in the brain during various forms of aggression, and briefly leave the area of healthy aggression for a short excursion into the realm of aggression disorders.
• Afterwards, we will discuss what training and treatment options arise from the model for practice and what parameters can be adjusted.
On this basis, participants can critically evaluate their previous strategies for dealing with aggression in dogs and, if necessary, independently develop further training and handling methods.
Anxious Dogs – Causes, Management, Training
Anxiety is a multifaceted problem in dog training: There are dogs with separation anxiety, fear of gunshots and noises, fear of certain surfaces, fear of other dogs, of men, or of too much attention. Some dogs seem to be afraid of almost everything, while others behave normally in everyday life but panic when confronted with their fear trigger and flee for miles – even across roads.
• Why is my dog anxious?
• How does anxiety actually develop in a dog's body and brain?
• How should an owner deal with it: Ignore or support, confront or avoid?
• Why do some training and therapy approaches work so well with some dogs and not at all with others?
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