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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…
Lili Learns Not to Bark at Dogs on the TV
Lili Learns Not to Bark at Dogs on the TV
April 1, 2015
Some dog owners insist that their dogs attentively watch television, whereas other dog owners say that their dogs have no interest in television.  Interestingly, there was a question whether dogs could even accurately see television images in the days of standard definition, because of the slower flicker fusion rate and the inferior resolution of older…
The Dog Project: Greg Presents to Our ONR Program Manager
The Dog Project: Greg Presents to Our ONR Program Manager
March 25, 2015
The photos show Prof. Greg Berns of Emory University and Dog Star Technologies presenting recent discoveries from The Dog Project to our Program Manager at the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The Canine Sciences Division of ONR has been gracious in funding The Dog Project. The Project's mission for ONR is to conduct basic foundation…
Sid, Judy, and Bristol- Resolving Dog-Owner Aggression
Sid, Judy, and Bristol- Resolving Dog-Owner Aggression
March 19, 2015
Introduction to a Case Study of Dog-Owner Aggression: Bristol is a beautiful 4.5 year old, neutered, male Chow Chow.  He is stunning in his photos.  However, more significant than his appearance, were when his owners, Sid and Judi, were stunned by Bristol's apparently sudden aggressive behavior. Sid and Judi owned Bristol since he was a…
Katie and Jimmy Complete an In-Home Lesson on Housebreaking
Katie and Jimmy Complete an In-Home Lesson on Housebreaking
March 8, 2015
Katie and Jimmy, her 5 year old, neutered, male Morkie (Maltese/Yorkie), completed an in-home lesson on housebreaking. Although Jimmy is mega-cute, he pees and poops in the house about 6 - 9x per week, which is not very cute, especially for a 5-year old dog. However, Katie just completed a customized CPT Housebreaking Lesson that…
Fairy, Andrew, and Bandit Visited CPT for a Private Behavior Modification Session on Dog Aggression
Fairy, Andrew, and Bandit Visited CPT for a Private Behavior Modification Session on Dog Aggression
March 1, 2015
The photo is of Fairy Mills, her son Andrew, their Norwegian Elkhound Bandit, CPT Trainer Patricia King, and service dog-in-training Sookie. Fairy, Andrew, and Bandit visited CPT for a private behavior modification session on dog aggression.Fairy and her husband Rusty first contacted CPT in July 2014 regarding their then 8-month old Norwegian Elkhound littermates Smokey…
Success in Addressing Leash Walking Reactivity
Success in Addressing Leash Walking Reactivity
March 1, 2015
Remi brought Ngoni and Luckie to the CPT Sandy Springs Training Center to address on-leash reactivity when they observed unfamiliar dogs. In one lesson, we conditioned the dogs to a reward marker, conditioned them to the Gentle Leader, taught them how to walk on a loose leash while wearing the Gentle Leader, taught them to…
Young Charlie Learns to Walk Shadow- CPT In-Home Instruction
Young Charlie Learns to Walk Shadow- CPT In-Home Instruction
February 27, 2015
Larren and Charlie, age 9, participated in an in-home lesson with their Black Lab Mix, Shadow. Shadow learned how to sit, come, greet people at the door without jumping, and walk properly on a loose leash. The highlight of the session was when young Charlie walked Shadow about the neighborhood with a big smile on…