Let's Talk About Umwelt

11/28/23 • 22 min

Click Therapy for Dogs (and the people who love them)

In this episode I cover the concept of Umwelt the notion that we perceive the world through our own limited senses. The term was first coined by German Ethnologist Jakob von Uexkull in his book published in 1934 entitled Foray Into Other Worlds of Animals and Humans. I also cover Ed Young's book An immense World, how animal senses reveal the hidden realms around us. Through an descriptive exercise we explore and imagine what it must like to be another animal and quickly recognize our built in limitations. These limitations if gone unchecked do cause confusion and often misunderstandings with our furry friends. We can never know what its like to be a dog, a cat, a fish, horse, snake or elephant because we are human and perceiving the world through our own limited and different sensory perceptions. Recognition of our differences provides us with an awakening and remind us to pause and reflect. I hope you enjoy this episode.

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Dog Dog Engagements

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In this episode we cover best practices for dog dog interactions taking into consideration best way to set up the engagement from the dogs point of view. The best we can do is try to set up the first “meeting date” so its a success starting with smell first. I’ll walk you through how to prepare for a meet up and steps during the meet up. While we cannot control how the dogs will feel about each other we can work on some positive associations before they even meet! If you enjoy this episode please share with others and if you have a question or topic of interest please let me know by email [email protected]. Until the next time please enjoy your dog.

Training Resources:
Looking for a professional who relies on teaching you and your pet companion using techniques free of fear, force and intimidation? See the list below but don't stop there. After you've located a professional close to you, have a conversation, ask questions and get references.

FearFreePets.com
Karen Pryor Academy
www.CCPDT.org
www.IAABC.org

Canine Body Language References

Dog Language: An Encyclopedia of Canine Behavior , Roger Abrantes
Doggie Language, Lilly Chin
Others to follow

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Let's Talk About Kids, Dogs, and Reducing Risk of Accidental Bites

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Hi friends in this episode we discuss kids and dogs and reducing the risk of accidental bites

a history of the relationship changes between people and dogs that fostered family unit changes.
studies in favor of relations between dogs and the alarm from pediatric community to provide more education to help reduce risk of bites.
the grim reality of bites statistics in the U.S.
I provided a learning framework if you live with children and dogs
We also covered challenges many families expereince ranging from the social pressure and soft manipulation of advertisers and the social behavior we engage in including digital social media
I ended with directing you to resources - both existing and developing educational products we are working on at the Center for Canine Behavior Studies with our BEBiteSmart free children educational initiative

Learn more:

Be BiteSmart Educational Initiative: https://www.centerforcaninebehaviorstudies.org/bebitesmart
Family Paws Parent Education: https://www.familypaws.com/
Postpartum Help Call National Maternal Mental Health Hotline or text 1-833-852-6262
Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers: https://www.ccpdt.org/
American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior: https://avsab.org/
International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants: https://iaabc.org/
FearFreePets: https://fearfreepets.com/
CattleDog Publishing Home of Dr. Sophia Yin Low Stress Handling: https://cattledogpublishing.com/
As always thank you for listening and sharing this episode with others. If you haven’t already a question or topic of interest please let me know. I can be reached by email [email protected] Know I appreciate you and all you you do for your dog. Until the next time keep up the good work.

RESOURCES

Claire S.E. Giraudet, Kai Lou, Alan G. McElligott, Mia Cobb, Are children and dogs best friends? A scoping review to explore the positive and negative effects of child-dog interactions

Hawkins, Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals & Williams, 2020
d’Angelo et al., 2022

Patterson et al. (2022) Patterson KN, Horvath KZ, Minneci PC, Thakkar R, Wurster L, Noffsinger DL, Bourgeois T, Deans KJ. Pediatric dog bite injuries in the USA: a systematic re

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