A Critical Look at Dog Breeds – with Examples from Animal Welfare

There are well over 400 dog breeds, and every breeder raves about the good qualities of "their" breed. The breed descriptions accordingly sound in such a way that even inexperienced dog owners rather look at fur, color, and size and rarely truly inform themselves sufficiently about the characteristics of a dog breed.

Thus, hunting dogs are regularly introduced in dog schools because they hunt, herding dogs because they herd, and guard dogs because they guard. And this behavior is always a big surprise and should be trained away as quickly as possible.

And as if that weren't enough, purebred dogs often exhibit different behaviors depending on their origin, breeding line, and upbringing. By the time dog owners come to dog school, the damage is usually already done. It is all the more important that dog schools know what to look out for in their client dogs so that their advice is successful! Ute Heberer presents the common breeds with a critical eye and shows what to pay attention to so that the dream of a purebred dog does not turn into a nightmare.

The speaker:

Ute Heberer is a trained veterinary assistant and long-time head of an animal shelter in the Odenwald. As a certified dog trainer, as well as a lecturer and examiner for expertise tests, dogs with aggressive behavior and resocialization are among her areas of expertise.

More about the speaker: https://hundecampus-odenwald.de/uber-mich-2/

Recognition as further training:

The webinar is recognized by the Veterinary Chambers of Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony with 2.5 hours as further training; for this, our certificate of participation must be submitted. https://www.kosmos.de/teilnahmebestaetigung

Photo credit: Ute Heberer