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Canine Enrichment for the real world [Book Club]


About the class;

During the months of July.August we have been reading the fantastic book “Canine enrichment – for the real world” in the ATA book club run by the fantastic ATA Happiness engineer ‘ ‘David Thatcher ” … We are thus super excited to conclude this awesome book by having the honour of getting it’s authors Emily Strong and Allie Bender to join us live for a ‘Book club’ Q&A to help answer all of your questions!

Please see a list of the books chapters below to appreciate some of the topics we might cover include (although the conversation definitely need not be limited to these topics):

  • Enrichment then and now
  • The elements of enrichment
  • Agency
  • Physical exercise
  • Safety & security
  • Instinctual behaviours
  • Foraging
  • Social interactions
  • Mental stimulation
  • Calming enrichment
  • Independence
  • Providing the right enrichment
  • The human element
  • Work smarter, not harder
  • Practical enrichment for special needs dogs
  • Practical enrichment in shelters and rescues
  • Putting it all together

About Emily Strong and Allie Bender;

  • CLICK HERE to find Emily Strong’s Bio and listen to a previous Podcast episode.
  • CLICK HERE to find Allie Bender’s Bio and listen to a previous Podcast episode.

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