Sun, 10 Nov
|Zoom
November Monthly Chat - 'Crate Training: Are we overdoing it?' with Dr Jen Nesbitt-Hawes
Time & Location
10 Nov 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Zoom
Guests
About the event
The Talk
Dog crates can be a wonderful management tool, a safe retreat, and a place of comfort.
However, increasingly, crates are being used as a shortcut; to avoid training, instead of being a step along
the way; to confine, rather than treat underlying problems. So, let's talk about crates and the ways in
which their use is (and isn't) recommended as well as the advantages of using crates (e.g. house training, prep for
travel/vets/confinement, use during dog sport events). This talk will cover the following: Physical and
behavioural concerns about overusing crates (lack of choice, five freedoms, boredom,
management/bandaid solutions rather than teaching appropriate alternative behaviours). Discussion of
countries where use of closed crate confinement is banned.
The Presenter
Dr Jen Nesbitt-Hawes BVSc (Hons) MVSt (Wild Med) MANZCVS (Vet Behaviour)
Dr Jen graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science, and a strong interest in behaviour, from Sydney
University in 2001. She started work in mixed practice in Queensland and completed the CVE Postgraduate
course in Veterinary Behaviour in 2003. Her veterinary career has led her around the world, including
locum work in the United Kingdom, experience with game animals in South Africa, a Masters in Wildlife
Medicine (studying Orang-Utans in Sumatra) and back to small animal practice in Australia. Dr Jen
completed her Low Stress Handling certification during this time. In 2013 she attended the Natural
Encounters Contemporary Animal Training Workshop in Florida USA. In 2014, Dr Jen was accepted as a
Member of the Behaviour Chapter of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Science by
examination. Dr Jen’s experience running puppy classes and offering veterinary behaviour consultations
led her to developing educational materials to help pets and their people. In 2016 she founded Pet
Perspective, a business dedicated to supporting pet professionals by creating positive-reinforcement-based
resources for their clients. Dr Jen lives near Sydney, Australia and is currently being intensively trained in
the ways of small humans.
Tickets
Adult
Includes the live 'Chat' as well as access to the recording
$25.00+$0.63 service fee
Total
$0.00