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Hope you enjoyed the first podcast with Teresa Lewin, the co-founder and vice president of Doggone Safe on dog bite prevention.
There is so much to talk about on Dog Bite Prevention, that we will be creating a series of podcasts.
Part 1
- Dog Bite Statistics
- Advocate for educating the public on dog bite prevention and creating the board game?
Part 2 – Available 2/19/10
- What happens when a dog bites?
- What happens to the dog bite victim?
To be Scheduled
- Why do dogs bite and how do they warn us?
- What tools should children have to be safe around dogs?
- What should parents do when hiring a baby sitter that own a dog?
- What should dog owners do to keep their dog safe and bite free?
- What is your next project?
If you have any suggestions or requests for future pod casts with Teresa, we would love to hear from you! Send us your comments.
How would you like to call in and talk to Teresa and ask your questions? We are looking for your input, for we would like to host a blog radio, so that we can talk to you too! We have more pet experts, joining us.
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- Any questions for Teresa you can e-mail her and she will answer your questions.
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Parents take this quiz with your children.
Information for parents. Teresa’s Rules Speak Dog National Canine Research Council Teresa at TAGTeach
Teresa’s bio:
- Expert Canadian Dog Bite Prevention Educator
- Canine Behavior Specialist
- Co-author; Getting Started, Clicker Training Your Rabbit
- Co-creator of Doggone Crazy! board game for dog bite prevention
- Co-founder of Doggone Safe Canada’s first non profit dedicated to dog bite prevention
- Vice President of Doggone Safe, Inc
Here education and experience is from:
- Service dog training, tracking, obedience, aggressive dog rehabilitation
- Works with and trained with behaviorists/trainers all over the world
- Contracted by therapist to assist with dog bite victim cases
- Manages the dog bite victim group for Doggone Safe
- Currently working towards training security and bomb dog handlers on how to handle their dogs for Olympus K9
- Currently working on producing schutzhund behaviours uisng the clicker
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and much more, along with awards and publications.
4 Comments
I think you rock Wendy!
So Wendy Tell us about Ed? Wonderful blog Ed!
LOTS of good info here, ladies – many thanks!
I might have missed it, but my shepherd/chow mix is often skiddish when male visitors come in the house (almost never cautious with women) and it can take up to ten minutes of introductions by me and gradual smelling of clothing and hands to eventually trust the visitor and relax. It never escalates to growls or hackles up, but it takes a lot of time and is disruptive of the conversation between us and our guest(s). Cooper is 4 years old, I suspect this is not going to change, unless I am missing some way to shorten the familiarization process or train him out of it. But at 95 pounds, the fact that he is distrustful is hard to ignore. Ideas?
Hi Steve, first thank you for listening to the podcast. Wendy is a fabulous host.
Thanks for the nice comments too!
To answer your questions:
First, I would highly recommend that you seek out a canine or animal behaviourist to help you and your dog get through this problem. When you have the problem managed, then perhaps enrolling in a dog class may prove to be very beneficial.
*** A canine behaviourist will address the emotional issue from both ends, your feelings and the dogs feelings. You should be given a program to continue the work with your dog, and a follow up visist to modify the program. It may be some work for both of you, but it is worth it.
*** I’m thinking the safe thing to do is secure your dog when you have male visitors. You know this is a problem now, however, as you said, your dog hasn’t had a bad reaction-yet. So, lets not wait for that to happen.
Please go to http://www.doggonesafe.com for more information about ’speak dog’ and finding a behaviourist in your area.
The cost is 120 to 150 an hour. This represents their education, experience.
It’s in my opinion it’s better to have a qualified professional that is referred by their peers help you, rather, then have to pay a huge bill out if your dog should bite someone at your dog. Best to do all that you can to help your dog now.
Good for you that you recognise that your dog needs help, before and I stress before a bite should happen.
Hope this helps, Teresa
Thanks again Steve, Teresa