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Center for Shelter Dogs Because Every Dog Is Different. www.centerforshelterdogs.org 2013 ANIMAL CARE EXPO Shaping The Future: Continuing The Conversation About Canine Behavior Evaluations - Dr. Amy Marder, VMD, CAAB - Seana Dowling, MS
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2013 ANIMAL CARE EXPO
Shaping The Future: Continuing The Conversation About Canine Behavior Evaluations
- Dr. Amy Marder, VMD, CAAB - Seana Dowling, MS
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Topics in this Presentation
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A BRIEF OVERVIEW
+ Why Now? + 2012 Shaping the Future: A Conversation
About Canine Behavior Evaluations Conference
+ Behavior Evaluations
• Past • Present • Future – Continuing the Conversation
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Importance of the Discussion
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WHY NOW?
+ Changing World + Many Assessments
+ Field Is Evolving
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Changing Trends for Shelter Dogs
CHANGING WORLD
+ Fewer Dogs are in shelters
+ More Dogs with behavioral challenges
+ Greater Need for reliable assessments
+ Desire to eliminate avoidable euthanasia
+ More Dogs handled by less structured grass-roots networks (rescue, foster, transport)
+ Internet/Technology have made dog rescue a global effort
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Shelters Assess Dog Behavior in Many Ways
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ASSESSING BEHAVIOR
*Online survey of shelter members of an online adoption web site, Private Orgs, N=1,129
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Custom Evals or Modified Public Ones are Common
BEHAVIOR EVALUATIONS
Test of Org’s Own
Design Other
Online survey of shelter members of an online adoption web site, Private Orgs using Beh Eval
N=320
56% modified the eval
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Little Standardization or Consistency
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THE NEED IS GREAT
+ Many Shelters Evaluating Dogs
+ Many Using Custom Evals or Modifying
Standardized Ones
+ Little Standardization
+ Little Consistency
+ Very Few Validated Evaluations
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The Time is Right
GOOD TIMING
+ Growing expertise in companion animal behavior
+ Certification of dog trainers
+ Increased volume and quality of scientific literature on dog personality and validity of behavior evaluations
+ Desire for a strategy to match individual dogs to adopters
+ Great interest in modifying behavior before and after placement
+ Awareness of the influence of stress on canine behavior and the desire to reduce stress
+ Shelters are expected to
do evaluations
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Groundbreaking Conference
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SHAPING THE FUTURE
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Conference Agenda and Lectures
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SPEAKERS AND TOPICS
+ Steve Zawistowski, Science Advisor at the
ASPCA, “Evaluations In Historical Perspective”
+ Joanne van der Borg, Behavioral Biologist at Wageningen University, The Netherlands, “The Road
To Validation”
+ James Serpell Maria A. Moore Professor of Humane Ethics and Animal Welfare, University of Pennsylvania, “The Role Of Owner Reports In Evaluating Behavioral Tendencies”
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Conference Agenda and Lectures
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Speakers and Topics
+ Paola Valsecci, Professor of Applied Ethology, Researcher, University of Parma, “Reliability And Validation Of Canine Behavior Evaluations”
+ Pamela Reid, VP of the ASPCA Anti-Cruelty Behavior Team, “Evaluating Special Populations: Fighting Dogs, Puppy Mills, And Hoarding”
+ Petra Mertens, Director of
Animal Behavior and Training, San Diego Humane Society, “Implementing Evaluations In The Modern Shelter”
+ Rebecca Ledger, Animal Behavior Scientist and
clinical Ethologist, Vancouver, British Columbia, “Taking Evaluation Findings To The Real World: A Case Management Approach”
+ Anouck Haverbeke, Director of VetEthology, Researcher Ethology and human Animal Interactions, Member of Veterinary Associations of Ethology, “European Perspective On Behavior Evaluations”
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History of Canine Behavior Evaluations
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THE PAST
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History of Canine Behavior Evaluations
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THE PAST
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+ 1946 Post WWII veterinary focus on companion animals
+ 1970’s Emphasis on spay-neuter to control
populations
+ 1974 Tuber, Hothersall and Voith. Animal Clinical Psychology: A Modest Proposal: American Psychologist
+ 1980’s Behavior programs appear at animal shelters
Key Milestones
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HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
+ 1990’s Behavior evaluations in shelters
+ 1991 Animal Behavior
Society Certification for Applied Animal Behaviorists
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+ Characteristics of a good quality evaluation
• Standardization • Reliability • Validity • Feasibility
+ Active research data
+ Opposition to breed-
specific legislation
+ Asilomar Accords/Treatable
What’s Happening Now
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THE PRESENT
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What’s Happening Now
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THE PRESENT
+ Validated Behavior Tests Exist • Expectations • Implementation • Use
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Continuing The Conversation
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THE FUTURE
+ Interactive Discussion
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Continuing The Conversation
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CONTINUE TO TALK
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THANKS FOR COMING
-Dr. Amy Marder, VMD, CAAB [email protected]
-Seana Dowling, MS
