The mechanism of "Tutor Dogs" was introduced
in Italy through very careful, systematic observation of social relations between
domestic and wild canids.
Claudio Mangini - one of the most important European movie animal trainer - created this particular mechanism in 1996 (described in
detail in 1998) to support a dog on the road to recovery from intraspecific
and interspecific aggression and social phobias (including deprivation toward different
types of stimuli).
The mechanism was improved over the years to become one of the most effective therapy alternatives for “aggression” rehabilitation.
The mechanism is grounded in applied ethological
principles and it is based on chemical communication among highly trained dogs, guided use of proxemics and press / release movements indicated by the Tutor Dogs trainer.
Over the years, this mechanism
has proved particularly successful
and it has solved hundreds of “borderline”
cases with a few working
sessions.
Claudio Mangini - its creator
- is currently working to raise awareness of this mechanism beyond the borders of Europe.
Definition and goals
of
"Tutor Dogs"
<<The tutor dog is a sociable dog able to teach
and restore the correct behavioural
patterns to a conspecific (called "patient dog")
by moving according to the directions
of the conductor. The conductor works following a precise program (called
the "mechanism") that aims at the elicitation of
endogenous in dog patients,
mirroring in any form the © ERA training module.
The area of interest of this mechanism - and therefore also of the tutor
dogs – belongs to the fields of intraspecific and interspecific aggression and social
phobia. Its goal is the significant change / improvement in mental
representations of the patient dog resulting in a restoration of appropriate
responses to intraspecific and
interspecific stimuli.>>
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Workshop
Program
- Ethogram of
the dog
- Dog's
perceptual channels
- Dogs'
olfaction
- “Backward
chaining”
- Dog’s
behavioural recovery (aggression, phobias)
- Elements of
canine proxemics
- Elements of
canine psychology
- Dog’s five
areas and their use in the intraspecific and interspecific field
- Dog’s
learning ability
- Dog reading
tips –cold reading techniques used in the canine sector
- Elements of
biology
- Elements of
applied ethology
- Elements of
neoteny
- Chemical
communication in dogs
- Social
statuses and their application to the Tutor Dogs mechanism
- Training a
Tutor Dog
- Creation of
the combination: “Tutor Dogs’ Canine Techniques Unit”
- Dog's
motivations
- Cooperation
between species
- Shared and
shareable values
- Tutor Dogs:
what they are and how they work
- Tests on
patient dog
- Accreditation
- The
posture: dog body language
- The
concepts of "pressure" and "release"
- Work’s
drive
- Trigger
points and contextualizations
- Smell
traces and effluvia
- The games
of friendship, the shielding and gates (triangulation, cross)
- Driven
restoration of correct behavioural response patterns in patient dog
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training and aggregating elements for the resolution of canine aggressiveness
- E.R.A.© gym
and tools
For further information about workshop organization, events and illustrative material please write to this e-mail address:
claudiomangini@yahoo.it
