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Distraction Down-Stays During The CCI Puppy Raiser Class
Distraction Down-Stays During The CCI Puppy Raiser Class
July 31, 2015
During the Friday morning CCI Puppy Raiser Class we challenged the young dogs by placing them in a group down-stay while Kady retrieved a Kong.  Service dogs must remain calm, composed, confident, cooperative, and focused on task regardless of the environment and regardless of the distractions or conditions present within the environment. The distraction stay…
CPT Training a Deaf Dog
CPT Training a Deaf Dog
July 29, 2015
Training a deaf dog requires an expertise not possessed by all trainers or training companies.  This articles will tell the story of T-Bone. T-Bone is a 3-year old American Bulldog Mix or Pit Bull (his origin is uncertain) that was recently rescued by a client.  However, to her dismay our client found that T-Bone jumped…
CPT Gives Back to the Community
CPT Gives Back to the Community
July 18, 2015
CPT strongly supports Canine Companions for Independence (CCI), the nation's largest and most respected nonprofit service dog organization.  For the past 13 years CPT Trainer Patricia King has operated CCI's Atlanta puppy raiser classes.   In addition, CPT provides its Sandy Springs Training Center at no charge to CCI so that CCI has ample space to…
Watch a Structural MRI of a Service Dog- Very Cool!
Watch a Structural MRI of a Service Dog- Very Cool!
July 17, 2015
Dog Star Technologies travels to California every 2 - 3 months to collect data for a 2-year, $1 million study of service dogs.  The data acquisition includes results from interactive ball and tug sensors.  DST collects the sensor data at the Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) headquarters campus in Santa Rosa, CA.  Then, the team…
Does Music Calm the Savage Beast?
Does Music Calm the Savage Beast?
June 2, 2015
Cellist extraordinaire Mary Horst brought her cello to CPT's Intermediate Agility Class to test the maxim whether music calms the savage beast- or at least an energetic agility dog. https://youtu.be/xEnNc27oWAs   (Sandy Springs, GA)
The Dog Project: Experiment 6B- Reward Preference
The Dog Project: Experiment 6B- Reward Preference
May 31, 2015
CPT was busy this Sunday conducting Experiment 6B- Reward Preference for The Dog Project.  The experiment examines whether dogs prefer social reward (tactile contact and praise from the owner) or appetitive reward (treats).  The experiment also examines whether the reward preference may vary depending upon deprivation, satiation, visual salience, or lateralization preferences, whether the optimal…
Sami Griffith and Gemini Complete Their First Scans
Sami Griffith and Gemini Complete Their First Scans
May 17, 2015
New additions to The Dog Project Sami Griffith and Gemini completed their first scans.  To accomplish this feat, Sami and Gemini needed to first pass a rigorous tryout that evaluated Gemini's obedience, Sami's handling abilities, Gemini's socialization traits, and Gemini's composure amidst multiple environmental variables, including stairs, narrow elevated walkways, enclosures, and loud noise. [caption…
CPT Assists Dog Star Technologies in Researching Apparel Products
CPT Assists Dog Star Technologies in Researching Apparel Products
May 5, 2015
CPT is  assisting Dog Star Technologies in researching the anxiety reduction properties of several existing canine apparel products and concepts.  Concepts that Dog Star wishes to study include the benefits and/or detriments of loose garments versus compression garments and the benefits and/or detriments of thermally controlled garments and weighted garments. [caption id="attachment_2583" align="alignright" width="225"] A…
The Dog Project: Experiment 6- Reward Preference
The Dog Project: Experiment 6- Reward Preference
May 4, 2015
The Dog Project uses fMRI and field behavioral experiments to study canine cognition, emotion, sensory reception, receptive communication, and inhibitory control.  The Emory-CPT team of Dr. Greg Berns and Mark Spivak co-founded the project and became the first research team worldwide to obtain quality fMRI images of any non-human animal obtained without the aid of…
Elizabeth Resolves Her Dogs’ On-Leash Reactivity
Elizabeth Resolves Her Dogs’ On-Leash Reactivity
April 14, 2015
Elizabeth came to CPT concerned about her Goldendoodles, Cooper and Lilly.  She had difficulty walking them together on-leash because of their reactivity (barking and lunging) whenever they saw another dog.  In addition, Cooper frequently began guarding access to Lilly when unfamiliar dogs approached Lilly at the dog park.  Consequently, Elizabeth stopped taking her dogs to…