28. A Deeper Understanding of Dogs

Billie Talyn Groom has worked with a wide variety of dogs for over three decades. She is an award-winning behavioural therapist as well as an author, a podcaster, a TEDx speaker and the founder of the Institute of Canine Psychotherapy.

The Institute is an online educational platform which allows anyone to learn Canine Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a method developed by Billie and one which can be applied to any dog over the age of 6 months, especially those dogs that might be termed difficult or challenging.

“With the increased acceptance of animals as sentient beings, CCBT is quickly becoming a recognised method and a sustainable solution in the canine behaviour and animal welfare sectors.”

Billie is highly motivated to spread awareness of her method in an effort to help the high number of dogs in shelters and rescue organisations that are unable to find homes due to behavioural issues. With CCBT exercises, dogs like these can be helped to reset their thought patterns and to self-regulate.

We talked about the evolution of her method as well as the need to consider dogs’ motivations and reasoning, not just their behaviour.

https://www.instituteofcaninepsychotherapy.com/

Why analyzing behaviour is important – Dog Training DisrUPted podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5vdd4s8Zi1wYtJPGoHc5nr

Beyond Dog Training: The Movement toward Sentience. (TEDx talk)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avUugazybwc

“Rescued Dogs; the Misunderstood Breed” by Billie Groom.

https://www.amazon.com/Urban-People-Adopted-Rescued-Methodology/dp/1525547283/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1653954372&sr=8-1

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