Two more posts about play from presentations at APDT: this one about play between people and dogs, and a post coming on Friday regarding Karen London's presentation on using play to treat aggression-related behavior problems. I spoke in the afternoon about play between people and dogs. It's a rich topic, with many nuances and complexities, and I only I had 45 minutes to address it, so I focused primarily on two issues: the importance of clear signals and the importance of pausing to allow emotional arousal to keep from overwhelmed our dogs. CLEAR SIGNALS: Play bows in dogs are truly unique; there is no other species that I could find that had quite as clear a signal that means "Hey! I want to play, and everything I do next is meant playfully!" (Also see my post on Oct 21st.) In relation Read More
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