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Originally Posted by QuickSilver  I don't agree with this. First, there have been huge breakthroughs in the use of medications to treat anxiety disorders and the like in animals. It's been recognized that animals can have OCD, and there is tons of observations and discussion at zoos about how to keep animals happy and engaged, because zoo animals often act in neurotic ways. Second, Victoria just had a veterinarian on her show to analyze one dog's extreme separation anxiety with another dog, and the vet talked about how dogs can experience grief and PTSD. Victoria talked about the evil chi described earlier as having experienced rejection and loss. Third, I see so many people saying about Cesar "dogs just need to know what you like and don't like." How is this psychology? Fourth, there is tons and tons and tons of research into animal emotions. Saying there isn't, or that all trainers are straight behaviorists, isn't true.
Finally, human psychology is a whole other ball of wax, greatly complicated by the fact that we are studying our own species, and a whole host of other factors. |
Oh you forgot the new stuff for dog alhzieners and the new drugs for that.
Fact that old dogs loose life skills just like a human and are not to rule the world.
Oh yes and the stuff they are working with with sound and music to calm dogs.
The leg work around bio calm and composure as well as off lable use of prozac in dogs not only for PTSD.
Yes on PTSD got it here in the house.
JL