EMOTIONS, INTELLIGENCE & THE BEHAVIOUR OF DOGS
A 9 hour seminar on DVD with Professor Ray Coppinger (2005) |
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Professor of Biology at the School of Cognitive Science at Hampshire College in Massachusetts, USA until 2006, Ray Coppinger has studied and worked with dogs for decades all over the world. In this, his second major seminar in the UK, Ray brings together his life's work to explore the emotions, intelligence and development of the behaviour of dogs and explores the genetic and experiential basis to learning in a fascinating, scientific and yet practical light. |
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1. The Natural History of Canids
2. Behavoural Ecology & Evolution
3. Ethology
4. Motor Patterns & how they are measured. |
5. Cognition 1 - Are dogs intelligent? Do dogs have a 'mind'?
6. Cognition 2 - What is play? Is it linked to intelligence?
7. Are Dogs Emotional?
8. Emergent Behaviour: Bringing learning, development and behaviour into context. |
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This 2 disc,
9 hour dvd of the Ray Coppinger seminar is available
at the special price of only £65 plus carriage. |
£65.00 |
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OF WOLVES AND DOGS
A 9 hour seminar on DVD with Professor Ray Coppinger (2002)
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If you couldn’t
attend this incredible meeting on the domestication of the dog from
the wolf, the biology and evolution of village dogs, the fascinating
story of the development of types and modern breeds of dog, development
of motor patterns in the puppy, the great 6000+ livestock guarding
dog project in the USA, the mechanics, selection and training of
working types such as assistance dogs and sled dogs etc etc etc…… then
you missed a real treat. |
| The seminar
proved to be a most amazing eye-opening and highly entertaining discourse
on the behaviour and nature of the dog from one of the world’s
leading biologists in the field – Prof Ray Coppinger from Hampshire
College, Amherst, USA. |
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full event has been professionally produced on DVD, and so now
you can view the whole event at home. The seminar is shown ‘as
it happened’ with very minimal editing of the lectures, and
with all the slides inserted into the film for full clarity of each
topic as it is discussed. |
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This 2 disc,
9 hour dvd collection of the Ray Coppinger seminar is available
at the special price of only £65 plus carriage. |
£65.00 |
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SPECIAL OFFER! |
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"Of
Wolves & Dogs" DVD, "Emotions, Intelligence and the Behaviour of Dogs" DVD
and "Dogs" book for £99 plus P&P |
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DOG'S WORLD (Sorry, not available on DVD) |
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 Innovative
camera techniques take you inside the perceptions and secret world of
man's oldest companion. Find out how he understands the structure and
routine of human life and moderates his ancestral wolf behaviour. A National
Geographic / Discovery Channel production.
**Winner of Pets & Home
'Best Home Video'
Peter Neville
£13.50 |
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