This one-day seminar is about the scientific principles underpinning all of these ideas. The knowledge you will gain will change how you see dogs forever. This is a bold statement, but it is true because there is still so much misinformation about dogs circulating around the internet, in magazines and elsewhere.

1. The beginning: the evolution of emotions, where do they come from and what are they for?

2. The cognitive dog: understanding the core emotional states.

3. When things go wrong: understanding fear, stress, anxiety, phobias and mood disorders.

4. The every-day practical application of emotions in dogs: the COAPE EMRA system explained.

5. The training approach – changing behaviour by changing emotional states through training.

6. The pharmacological approach – changing behaviour by changing emotional states through pharmacology.