Speakingdog K9 Behaviour & Discussion Forum

SpeakingDog merges modern principles of neuroscience with canine education; we are the home of S.C.E.N.T (Sensory & Cognitive Enrichment as Natural Therapy); Lead & Harness Fabricator (SpeakingDogGear) Since then I have helped out at a regional kennel, worked and fostered greyhounds, enjoyed puppy classes, behaviour modifications with lovely dogs and their owners and daily walks around Christchurc

h, New Zealand with my four legged friends and clients. I was lucky enough to meet some interesting canine professionals to learn from and share experiences with. I attended the Turid Rugaas Seminar in Perth which was most inspiring and also attend the next one in Brisbane. Since then i attended multiple International Dog Symposiums in Norway and Australia as an attendee and speaker; and since 2018 study various subjects of cognitive neuroscience with special interest in active inference (bayesian inference / predictive coding) as learning hypothesis, and emotional construction theory and its applications. This has impact in the way i work with people and their dogs leaving the outdated days of behaviourism well behind and rethinking pavlovian association hypotheses
I am interested in learning more and more about dogs by observing them, working with them, reading and studying so I can be of help to them and their owners. We use the modern neuroscientific understandings of the brain; not to shape the dog but to let it use its natural abilities to engage and communicate with different behaviours. Which is fancy for; we mold the owner, thus the dog
Apart from sharing information on my canine business, this page is also about sharing experience, studies, articles and knowledge about dogs and the brain, to help dog owners and their four legged friends. Everybody is invited to post

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