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You'll earn in store credit. Constructional Aggression Treatment (CAT): From Fierce or Fearful to Friendly - A Shaping Program for Dogs, Cats, Horses & Beyond
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- Duration: 2 hours 05 minutes
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Audio: English
- Expires: Wednesday, April 21, 2027
- Certificate of Attendance Extended
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Fearful and aggressive behaviors are generally regarded as respondent behaviors. That is, they are considered natural reactions to certain triggers. However, pet owners find it problematic when their animals engage in excessively fierce or fearful behaviors.
To address these behaviors, trainers often rely on respondent conditioning techniques, such as desensitization or counterconditioning. The focus of these procedures is on changing the animal’s emotional state to the trigger. Other common procedures try to directly shape a calm response using food or other positive reinforcers.
Alternatively, fearful and aggressive behaviors may also be seen as successful operants that are captured and maintained by negative reinforcement. That is, engaging in the behavior leads to distance from or the removal of something that the animal finds aversive. For example, a dog learns that when he growls, strangers go away and leave him alone. This view offers an alternative approach to treatment.
This webinar will show how distance can be used as a reinforcer to shape friendly behaviors that replace fearful or aggressive behaviors.
To address these behaviors, trainers often rely on respondent conditioning techniques, such as desensitization or counterconditioning. The focus of these procedures is on changing the animal’s emotional state to the trigger. Other common procedures try to directly shape a calm response using food or other positive reinforcers.
Alternatively, fearful and aggressive behaviors may also be seen as successful operants that are captured and maintained by negative reinforcement. That is, engaging in the behavior leads to distance from or the removal of something that the animal finds aversive. For example, a dog learns that when he growls, strangers go away and leave him alone. This view offers an alternative approach to treatment.
This webinar will show how distance can be used as a reinforcer to shape friendly behaviors that replace fearful or aggressive behaviors.
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Content
- Handout CAT
- Student Notes CAT
- F2F Animal Sheltering Magazine
- Katz Thesis 2016
- Morehead Thesis 2005
- Rentfro Thesis 2012
- Snider Thesis 2007
- Certificate of Attendance
The following organizations acknowledge this webinar for CEUs:
Karen Pryor Academy (KPA)
1.5 Credits
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Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT)
1.5 Credits
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International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC)
1.5 Credits
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Internationaler Berufsverband der Hundetrainer (IBH) |
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Berufsverband der Hundeerzieher/innen und Verhaltensberater/innen e.V. (BHV) |
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The Pet Professional Guild (PPG)
1.5 Credits
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Tierschutzqualifizierte/r HundetrainerIn Österreichs |
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Tellington TTouch® Verein Deutschland |
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International Avian Trainers Certification Board and International Animal Trainers Certification Board (IATCB)
1.5 Credits
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Tierärztekammer Schleswig Holstein |

Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz View all Speaker Products
Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Behavior Analysis at the University of North Texas. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 1995 under the direction of Dr. Donald M. Baer. During his graduate training, he also worked closely with Dr. Ogden R. Lindsley. Dr. Rosales-Ruiz’s areas of interest include antecedent control of behavior, generalization, behavioral cusps, fluency-based teaching, treatment of autism, teaching of academic behavior, animal training, rule-governed behavior, and contingency-shaped behavior. He has served on several editorial boards, including the Journal of Precision Teaching, the European Journal of Behavior Analysis, and the International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy. Dr. Rosales-Ruiz is a fellow of the Eastern Psychological Association and a trustee of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.
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