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APBC Approved Links to Dog Safety Resources for Children and Parents
29th June 2012 APBC Approved Links to Dog Safety Resources for Children and Parents Whenever a dog bites a child or is deemed a dangerous dog it often makes the headlines. Rows break out, social...
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Choosing the perfect puppy
10th October 2012 Avoiding Puppy Pitfalls! There is lots of information now available about puppy socialisation and finding a good breeder. However, I find that many prospective owners are usually...
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Dogs for the Disabled support from APBC members with PAWS
10th October 2012 APBC members supporting PAWS at Dogs for the Disabled!Stephanie Hedges, Justyna Ratczak, Ingrid Haskal, Tara Bates and Rebecca Heyworth spent a successful day learning about the...
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Search Games in the Home
15th July 2013 One of the most enjoyable things I gained from learning to do a search square with my Belgian Shepherd is that dogs really love to use their noses, and feel very clever doing so! I...
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Clicker training with horses
7th February 2014 As an equine clicker trainer, I am always disappointed to hear negative feedback as to why we should not use positive reinforcement with horses. It appears that horses can become a...
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Introducing dogs and cats
7th March 2014 This article is aimed at people adopting a cat who already have a dog (or dogs) at home. The information is also useful for people bringing a dog into a home with a resident cat (or...
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Fatal dog attacks
22nd February 2014 It is with horrible irony that whilst the press were reporting another fatal dog attack on a baby, I was in Court all day, explaining why a five year old collie that had never...
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7 Myths about Deaf Dogs
5th March 2014 This is a slightly tongue-in-cheek blog about just a few of the common myths that deaf dog owners are confronted with on a regular basis. Before we get into dispelling these, it’s worth...
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De-worming the sensitive horse
29th April 2014 Most horses find the taste of anti-endoparasitic pastes or de-wormers - which are often administered by oral syringe - pretty disgusting and will do everything possible to avoid it....
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Behind the Scenes of my "Horrible Little Barking Dog"
18th July 2016 To the owners that refer to, or view, my lovely Timon terrier (pictured right) as that “horrible little barking dog” Terrified, vulnerable, unsafe, scared, frightened, are all words...
View ArticleHorses: Misbehaving or Misunderstood?
2nd September 2016 The question of how we interact with horses, whilst at the same time ensuring horse and human safety and good welfare, is central to all who work with horses. The incidence of...
View ArticleRedwings Horse Sanctuary named 2017 Charity of the Year for APBC
10th March 2017 The Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors (APBC) has announced that its 2017, charity of the year, is Redwings Horse Sanctuary.read more
View ArticleChallenging the present, creating the future
In preparation for next weeks APBC webinar our office lady talks with Evangelos Diamantakos to find out more about what inspires him in his project on human-dog interactions in the animal welfare...
View ArticleScotland Outlaws Electronic Shock Collars
26th January 2018 APBC welcomes the Scottish Government’s decision to ban the use of electronic shock collars and other electronic training devices which deliver painful electric shocks to animals....
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