Dog behaviourist Laura Vissaritis uses science and psychology to better understand what our dogs really are telling us and how our behaviour influences theirs
Laura is a dog behaviourist with qualifications in both animal behaviour and human psychology.
Dogs were the first animals to become domesticated, and over the centuries they've evolved from their wolfish origins to become more useful, attentive and appealing to us.
Laura says that when a dog is displaying 'difficult' behaviours like too much barking, pulling on the lead, or jumping up, the first step in the process is often changing the behaviour of their human.
She also believes with the increasing tendency in Australia to view our dogs as quasi-people has led to heavy expectations on many dogs, to which they can't always measure up.
This episode of Conversations explores dogs, pets, animal behaviour, animal psychology, fur babies, service dogs, psychology, co-dependence, animal rescue, death, grief and animal welfare.
Laura is in conversation with Richard Fidler. You can hear more ABC Conversations on ABC listen: [ Ссылка ]
00:00 Intro
01:02 Laura’s ‘menagerie’
02:52 Chester the Dog
05:15 How do we know what a dog is thinking?
06:05 Dog Anxiety
06:56 Are dogs attuned to us?
08:59 Dog emotions
10:54 Istanbul dogs
12:49 Dogs’ sense of time
14:36 Domestication of dogs
17:31 Dance like a dog is watching
19:31 Doting on our dogs
20:36 Growing up in an animal ‘mad house’
23:22 Rescue cows
24:11 Animal friends
25:40 Losing Laura’s dad
27:59 Animals and grief
30:08 Studying science
31:55 Melbourne Zoo
33:11 Bitten on the bum by a wombat!
34:00 Chester and dog behaviouralism
35:41 In a dog’s mind
36:26 To change a dog’s behaviour, change the human’s
37:56 Dog environment
38:38 Anxiety in dogs
40:00 Inconsistency is a problem
41:05 Giving dogs purpose
41:57 Changing the emotional state
43:10 Dealing with difficult owners
44:56 Unethical breeding
47:11 Dogs and at-risk kids
48:06 Giving back to your dog
