COAPE - Centre of Applied Pet Ethology

CPD50 LIVING WITH WOLVES
Wolf hybrid and Wolf Lookalike Dogs. All professionals who are going to come into contact with these animals should be aware of how they should be handled, whether they are in a veterinary practice or training class or owning one or just meeting one in the local park.
24th and 25th October 2009
Gipsy Hill Hotel, Exeter

Written and led by COAPE Practitioners Kirsty Peake and Jacqui Jones.

Do you work with Dogs? Live with Dogs?
Are you interested in wolves, hybrids and lookalike dogs?

In a five minute internet search wolf hybrid breeders were found in Boston, Lancs; Blackpool, Lancs; Exeter, Plymouth and South Molton, Devon; Aberdeen and the Hebrides, Scotland; Kent, Staffordshire, Wales and Ireland. Alongside these adverts were adverts for Wolf Lookalike Dogs also all over the country.

DEFRA only gave permission for the breeding and selling of F3 Wolf Hybrids in this country in January 2009. Websites give all kinds of conflicting advice regarding these animals on how they should be raised, handled etc. What and who to believe?

All professionals who are going to come into contact with these animals should be aware of how they should be handled, whether they are in a veterinary practice or training class or owning one or just meeting one in the local park.

If we are not prepared and ready for the increase in ownership of these fascinating, striking animals then there is the potential that they could become a big problem in the UK.

Wolf Lookalikes are also becoming very popular and these also need slightly different handling and training in comparison to the recognised dog breeds.

DAY ONE
Saturday 24th October, 10am to 4pm

OPEN TO EVERYONE

Saturday 24th October is open to everyone who has an interest in these dogs or just wants to learn more about them.

This event will be a CPD (Continuing Professional Development) event for everyone looking to increase their knowledge. Certificates Of Attendance will be available at the end of the day.

Examines the topic of wolf hybrids, their behaviour and potential trainiing pitfalls
Compares their behaviour with different types of dogs

DAY TWO
Sunday 25th October, 09:30am to 3:30pm

OPEN TO CAPBT* MEMBERS ONLY

*CAPBT - COAPE Association of Pet Behaviourists and Trainers www.capbt.org

25th October is soley for CAPBT members where we will continue the discussion by looking at the Hedonic Budgets of all the animals involved in wolf hybrids.

PLEASE NOTE: CAPBT members are absolutely encouraged to attend both days to benefit fully from this seminar. On the Saturday we lay the groundwork on which we build over the Sunday and there will not be time to repeat this.

Member led discussion will include case studies and if anyone has a particular case they would like to discuss can they please bring a DVD and handouts.

Requests have been made for time to be spent on aggressive cases.

In addition the CAPBT Committee will be on hand to show members what the plans are for the future.

Hedonic Budgets: Wolf, Hybrid, Lookalike, Dog
CAPBT and the future
Member led discussions

Introducing Your Presenters...

Kirsty Peake
DipCABT CABP MAPDT681 MPSA
APDT Member No 681
Kirsty successfully passed her COAPE Diploma in 1999 and was one of the first to qualify as COAPE Association Behaviour Practitioner with the launch of the Association in 2005. She now runs a busy full time animal behaviour referral and training practice, mainly in in the south-west of England, but also helps out with dog behaviour problems on a voluntary basis from her second home in Montana, near Yellowstone Park in the USA.

Kirsty has a lifetime of experience with dogs, cats and horses and has bred and shown Lakeland Terriers successfully for the last 20 years. She has also lived and worked in Africa and the Middle East working in Human Resources in the construction industry were she became involved with ‘village dogs’ around the construction sites.

Her fascination for how dogs behave began here, and then she ‘discovered’ wolves and studied their relationship with the modern dog. She now regularly visits Yellowstone National Park in the USA to study wolf behaviour and leads study groups there to observe the wolves and experience a truly wild ecosystem.

As a member of the Professional Speakers Association, Kirsty gives presentations to high level industry clients both at home and overseas on topics such as ‘Working as a Team’, where she often uses the wolf pack’s social structure and organisation as an example. She is also a former member of the British Olympic sailing team. For more information about Kirsty Click Here

Jacqui Jones DipCABT CABP ChMIACE
APDT Member No 196
Jacqui is a highly experienced Pet Behaviour Consultant and Dog Trainer based in Devon. She gained her COAPE Diploma in Practical Aspects of Companion Animal Behaviour and Training (DipCABT) in 2001 and became one of the first graduates to gain Practitioner status in the COAPE Association of Pet Behaviourists and Trainers (CAPBT).

She is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) and is an APDT Assessor. Jacqui also holds certificates in Dog Instructing, Dog Breeding, and Dog Behaviour with the Institute of Animal Care and Education, and has bred Akitas and Rottweilers herself.

As well as running 9 training classes a week and her busy behaviour referral practice, Jacqui has a keen interest in educating the public and has run puppy socialisation courses for many years serving veterinary practices in south Devon. She is now busy educating her grandson how to behave around her five dogs, three Akitas and two Akita crosses rescued from Battersea and at 18 months he is learning fast!

Course Details

Course Type:	1 or 2 day seminar held at Gipsy Hill Hotel in Exeter. The venue is easily found and directions to Gipsy Hill Hotel can be found on their website www.gipsyhillhotel.co.uk and click on 'Contact Us'
Course Cost:	SATURDAY 24th ONLY: Open to everyone £40 Includes refreshments through the day. SUNDAY 25th ONLY: Open to CAPBT Members only £40 Proof of CAPBT Membership required at the door. Includes refreshments through the day. SATURDAY & SUNDAY: Open to CAPBT Members only £70 Proof of CAPBT Membership required at the door. Includes refreshments through the day. If there is enough demand we will arrange a CAPBT dinner on the Saturday night. Accommodation can be booked at a discounted rate at the Gipsy Hill Hotel, please mention that you are attending the CAPBT event. There is also a Holiday Inn Express nearby which offers a good deal on the basis of once booked you cannot cancel it.
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