by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma | 18 Dec, 2018 | Uncategorized
Happy Holidays, and dates for your diary! Team ISCP wish you a wonderful holiday season and a bright 2019! It’s been a fabulous year, with students now in 52 countries! And what better time than this to plan the year ahead and consider joining us at the exciting...
by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma | 11 Oct, 2018 | Uncategorized
Many thanks to Maya Nakra for permission to share her thesis about the human-dog conflict in India. Demystifying the human-dog conflict * Introduction * Sharing the urban space * Stray dogs – A case study for behavioural ecology...
by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma | 31 Mar, 2018 | Uncategorized
ISCP member Rowena’s journey with Cauta, her Romanian ex-street dog … and now Luna, too. Writing this on a rain drenched Easter weekend. Just returned from an outing in deep mud and sheets of water cascading from the sky. Cauta’s underbelly is now painted...
by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma | 1 Dec, 2017 | Uncategorized
An Investigation into Gender-Specific Fear of People in Canines Hannah Walker Although dogs in general do not show a bias towards one gender, it is often anecdotally-reported that dogs, particularly rescue dogs, more frequently show discomfort or hostility towards...
by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma | 19 Aug, 2017 | Advice, Behaviour, Profession, Research, Science, The ISCP, Thesis, Training, Uncategorized
Many thanks to Andrew Hale for giving permission for us to share his thesis. Introduction I intend my thesis to be making the argument that often we are spending too much time trying to ‘fix’ behaviour rather than recognise the limitations and sensitivities of the...
by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma | 28 Jul, 2017 | Behaviour, Case study, Profession, Rescue Dogs, Research, The ISCP, Training, Uncategorized
Episode 10 in the story of Rowena and Cauta’s journey together. Cauta is, in Romanian terms, a ‘medium sized’ dog. Which means he is nearly German Shephard size. But not quite. And every few steps whilst out, comments will revolve around ‘oo, that’s a big one,’,...
