Episode 61 – Canine Cognitive Skills - with Kay Attwood

I absolutely loved recording this episode with Kay!

Cognition and Cognitive Skills are so important when it comes to behavioural health, and I often use cognitive exercises as part of my treatment plans in order to teach coping skills as well as help dogs process better by accessing brain areas associated with cognition rather than brain areas associated with emotional reactivity or “fight or flight” states.

In this episode, Kay introduces us to her brand-new book “Canine Cognitive Skills” in which she teaches us about her “brain games” and how to use them for our own dogs and our patients!

This is a book for doggies of all ages, pet owners and pet care professionals alike and should be on your bookshelf if you want to learn more about canine cognition!

Have a listen to these 2 related Pet Behaviour Chat Episodes on Canine and Feline Cognitive decline here and here !

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Episode 60 – Romanian Rescue Dogs – Amelia and El’s Story

Amelia and her wonderful caregiver El are amongst my very favourite client and patient and I chat to El on the 3 year anniversary of us starting to work together!

Amelia is a rescue dog from Romania who was transported across land to the UK to be with her new doggie mom and caregiver El in 2021.

Listen to El’s incredible story of when Amelia first came to her as a very frightened pup and how she managed to win her trust and allow her to become her perfect canine partner.

In El’s words, it has been and continues to be quite the journey, however, the care, dedication, open-mindedness and personal growth and sacrifice that El has shown over the last years is absolutely mind-blowing.

This is definitely a conversation you won’t want to miss and gives so much hope and inspiration to anyone who may be living with a dog with past trauma and severe fears and anxieties.

I am so very proud of these two wonderful souls, and I hope you enjoy their story as much as I have enjoyed accompanying and supporting them.

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Episode 59 – Detomidine OTM Gel – The perfect PVP Protocol for Zack!

I really wanted to share Zack’s story as I get asked so many questions about how best to handle very fearful and potentially aggressive canine patients in the veterinary setting.

The answer is - there is no simple or blanket answer – and every patient must be treated and considered as an individual.

It helps, of course, if you have many different tools in your toolbox and you have the knowledge and experience to use these tools wisely and to select the right tool for the right patient.

In Zack’s case this was detomidine oral trans-mucosal gel, an equine sedative that can absolutely be safely used in dogs, if you know how.

Zack’s caregiver was able to apply the gel while playing with Zack before he came to the clinic, and I was then easily able to administer an intra-muscular sedative to facilitate the examination and veterinary care he needed.

Here are the papers on the use of detomidine OTM gel in dogs originally published by Dr Hopfensperger in 2013 and 2016, but the doses in these have been superseded in a recent abstract, which was presented at the Veterinary Behaviour Symposium in 2023.

1. Hopfensperger, M. J., Messenger, K. M., Papich, M. G., & Sherman, B. L. (2013). The use of oral transmucosal detomidine hydrochloride gel to facilitate handling in dogs. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 8(3), 114–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2012.10.004

2. Messenger, K. M., Hopfensperger, M., Knych, H. K., & Papich, M. G. (2016). Pharmacokinetics of detomidine following intravenous or oral-transmucosal administration and sedative effects of the oral-transmucosal treatment in dogs. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 77(4), 413–420. https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.77.4.413

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