by Roger Abrantes | Jun 14, 2022 | Video
Watch Movie Are aggressive and fearful behaviors unconditionally bad? Ethologist Roger Abrantes, PhD., and Michael McManus, CAAE, explore how owners and trainers inadvertently teach dogs to be aggressive and the price we pay. 📚References and further studies...
by Roger Abrantes | Jun 11, 2022 | Video
Watch Movie A fascinating conversation between Professor Abrantes, Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology and Ethology, and Ethology Institute graduate (CAAE) Michael McManus about these terms and behaviors that trouble us so much: aggression, dominance, hierarchies. What do...
by Roger Abrantes | Jun 8, 2022 | Video
Watch Movie Ethologist Roger Abrantes, Ph.D., and Michael McManus, CAAE, animal trainer, have a fascinating discussion on aggression, dominance, and hierarchies in dogs and what it means for dog owners and trainers. 📚References and further studies (references within...
by Roger Abrantes | May 23, 2022 | Video
Watch Movie Jessica Pacheco hosts Professor Roger Abrantes, Ph.D., evolutionary biologist and ethologist. For more about this topic, please see our online course Agonistic Behavior. Agonistic behavior is all forms of aggression, threat, fear, pacifying behavior, fight...
by Roger Abrantes | May 23, 2022 | Video
Watch Movie Jessica Pacheco hosts Professor Roger Abrantes, Ph.D., evolutionary biologist and ethologist, who discusses the term “resource guarding” in dogs and its implications. Does the term describe a factual canine behavior or is it just a misleading...
by Roger Abrantes | Jan 3, 2021 | Video
Watch Movie Some dog trainers are adamant that our dogs have nothing to do with wolves, but is that true? Dr. Roger Abrantes, an ethologist, has studied the topic in depth and presents the facts here. 📚References and further studies (references within the cited...