Unleashing Your Dog: A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible
This webinar will explore how dogs experience the world through their five senses—smell, sight, hearing, taste, and touch. By stepping into their paws and seeing the world from their point of view, we can understand some of the challenges of being a dog in a human-centered environment.
Pet dogs are “captive” in important respects and are expected to sacrifice some of their “dogness”; as their companions, we can let dogs have the freedom to be dogs (and not furry people).
Human environments can be under-stimulating for dogs. We’ll talk about practical ways to promote sensory enrichment.
Human environments can also be over-stimulating and we’ll explore ways to protect dogs from sensory overload.
Armed with an understanding of how dogs perceive the world, we can give them more freedom and more agency—unleashing them both literally and metaphorically.
Increased freedom leads to increased happiness for dogs and the people who love them.