A new start for rescued dogs – understanding instead of pity

Dogs from shelters or "second-hand" primarily need peace, time, and space in the first weeks and months to settle into their new home. Often, the well-intentioned eagerness of new owners to make up for perceived shortcomings of the dog leads to additional and, above all, unnecessary stress. This often results in various behavioral problems and promotes additional stress symptoms. Instead of pity, it is crucial to understand the dog's needs and enable them a stress-free start.
Many of these dogs have little to no experience with walks, dog meetings, or obedience training. Suddenly being confronted with all these stimuli can be overwhelming and lead to unwanted behaviors: insecurity towards people, fear of environmental stimuli, refusal to go for walks, and stress reactions such as snapping or biting can occur. These behaviors are avoidable if the dog is gradually accustomed to its new life. This webinar is an all-round package for a good start to a new life.

Learn in this webinar:
• how to give your dog the necessary time to optimally "arrive" in its new home,
• what behaviors to expect,
• how to master initial challenges such as house-training, leashing, touching, feeding, and relieving themselves,
• case studies where good intentions were overdone, what effects this had on the dogs, and what we changed and optimized,
• how to structure your daily life with an insecure dog,
• walks with dogs that have never had to orient themselves to a human,
• how to build a successful relationship with a rescue dog,
• how to guide dogs that are exclusively in hunting mode outdoors,
• how to recognize stress in dogs and how to avoid unnecessary stress, and
• which behaviors are normal and will subside over time.

Our Expert
Inga Böhm-Reithmeier has been training people and their dogs professionally for almost 30 years. For years, she learned from professional trainers and specialists from Germany and abroad, but most of all from all the dogs she was allowed to train. Since 2005, she has lived in Bavaria with her husband, two children, and her four dogs. She is the author and co-author of the book "Die zweite Chance – Hunde mit Vergangenheit" (The Second Chance – Dogs with a Past) (Kosmos Verlag 2017). She gives lectures, seminars, and workshops on dogs throughout Europe.
She deals with rescue dogs almost daily in her training and has lived with her own rescue dogs for a long time. For years, she has been training shelter staff and regularly trains with the current dogs from the Traunstein animal shelter to make their new home life easier.
More about the expert:
https://www.besterhund.de/

Accreditation as further training
The webinar is recognized by the Schleswig-Holstein Veterinary Chamber as 2.5 hours of further training; our certificate of participation must be submitted for this. 
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Photo credit: Meike Böhm