A New Approach to Dogs and Dog Training Human-Canine Synergy in Theory and Practice

by

Author
Theovoulos Koutsopoulos
This book presents a new and innovative concept in dealing with dogs: the human-canine synergy (HCS), characterized by a holistic nature and its differentiation from unidimensional terms expressing the affiliation of humans and dogs (Relationship, Interaction, Bonding). Related to the use and training by humans, it applies three main categories of dogs: a) the empathy/therapeutic individuals, which are dogs helping persons with empathy- or therapeutic needs; b) assisting/working dogs carrying out specific actions to aid or assist humans perform specific tasks; and c) the facilitating/inspiring dogs, which enable or improve various human activities, including classroom dogs for teaching and learning purposes in almost all educational subjects.
eBook Details

Springer Nature Switzerland

Release Date: May 16, 2024

Imprint: Springer

ISBN: 9783031540011

Language: English

Download options: Original PDF