by Niki Tudge | Oct 12, 2021 | Ponderings |
Temple Grandin and Mark Deesing’s paper, “Distress in Animals: Is it Fear, Pain or Physical Stress?”, reviews the most current understanding of two of the most basic types of suffering – fear and pain – only to arrive at an unexpected...
by Niki Tudge | Oct 6, 2021 | Ponderings |
According to DogNostics Career Center (2018), dominance theory is used within the same species to predict the winner of a conflict when fighting over a specific, context-oriented resource. Scientifically, dominance only applies to two beings of the same species, thus...
by Niki Tudge | Oct 5, 2021 | Mentoring |
In the past, the concept of the Five Freedoms has been considered the gold standard of animal welfare that falls under human control and has since been adopted by a number of related groups and organizations. The concept originated in Brambell’s (1965) report looking...
by Niki Tudge | Oct 2, 2021 | Ponderings |
The Lost Art of Disagreeing without Being Disagreeable: An Urgent Need for a Return to Civility! This article was written by Niki Tudge and first published in BARKS from the Guild. As business owners one of our fundamental responsibilities to our clients, our...
by Niki Tudge | Sep 28, 2021 | Dog Trainers |
Scientific Method! The scientific method is a process by which we systematically advance our understanding of the world. True scientists adhere strictly to this method. It is considered the foundation of all branches of science. In fact, a result can only be called...
