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<span style="color: #535658; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline ! important; float: none;">Mischievous 1.5 year old Staffie Lurcher looking for forever home.<span style="color: #535658; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline ! important; float: none;"> Will need experienced owner(s). Click <a href="http://www.oabc.org.uk/rehabilitation-and-rescue/">here</a> for more details.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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<span style="color: #535658; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline ! important; float: none;"> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:01:11 +0100 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/home-needed/ SIRIUS® Sniffers Seminar 2012 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/sirius-sniffers-seminar-2012/ <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #535658; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Tickets for Kelly Gorman Dunbar's first ever UK two-day SIRIUS® Sniffers seminar on canine scent-work on 8-9 September 2012 at the Kennel Club Building in Stoneleigh Park (near Coventry) are now available at a special early bird rate! There is a special additional discount for Kennel Club members.
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #535658; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Visit our <a href="http://www.oabc.org.uk/seminars/sirius-sniffers-scent-ability-training-for-fun-and-focus-in-companion-dogs/">SIRIUS® Sniffers Seminar 2012</a> page for details and booking info. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:22:41 +0000 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/sirius-sniffers-seminar-2012/ BAT Seminar 2012 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/bat-seminar-2012/ Tickets for Grisha Stewart's 2012 two-day UK Behaviour Adjustment Training (BAT) seminar for canine aggression, fear and frustration on 2-3 June 2012 at the Kennel Club Building in Stoneleigh Park (near Coventry) are now available at a special early bird rate! There is a special additional discount for Kennel Club members.
Visit our <a href="http://www.oabc.org.uk/seminars/bat-for-puppies-through-adult-dogs-prevention-and-rehabilitation-of-aggression-fear-and-frustration/">BAT Seminar 2012</a> page for details and booking info.
Photo of Grisha and her dog Peanut by Melissa McDaniel.
 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:13:35 +0100 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/bat-seminar-2012/ Warning to Oxfordshire Dog Owners http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/warning-to-oxfordshire-dog-owners/ Please note that a large number of unqualified dog 'trainers' and 'behaviourists' are operating in the Oxford area and in Oxfordshire.
At OABC, we are seeing an alarming number of clients who have had the misfortune of passing through their hands first, wasting their money on unsound, unscientific and in some cases dangerous advice. Some of the owners that end up seeking help from us are literally traumatised, and some of the dogs are emotional wrecks by the time they get to us.
Some of the 'trainers' that have come to our attention use outdated, inappropriate, aversive (rough) and in some cases abusive methods, while many of the so-called 'behaviourists' give out wrong and deleterious advice, and do not have required knowledge nor the skills to deal with complex issues.
Please see the <a href="http://www.dogwelfarecampaign.org/">Welfare in Dog Training</a> website for more information on harmful versus safe methods in dog training.
Please do not engage the services of trainers/behaviourists who:
<ul><li>Tell you that you have 'to be the pack leader', 'dominate' your dog and who promote scientifically unsound Dog Whisperer style methods.</li>
<li>Berate you and/or your dog.</li>
<li>Blame you for all your dog's problems.</li>
<li>Shout at you and/or your dog.</li>
<li>Appear to have no patience.</li>
<li>Use choke collars/chains.</li>
<li>Use any kind of coercion and/or inflict pain on your dog (for example, tie leads and ropes around your dog to refrain it from pulling while teaching you to shout at it; or tying ropes around its back legs and lifting it off the ground when it shows aggression towards other dogs). These methods are not dog training nor behaviour rehabilitation, they are ABUSE and have no place in the 21st Century.</li>
</ul>I implore Oxfordshire dog owners, particularly those in the Oxford area, to please check individual credentials and which methods are used thoroughly, before engaging the services of a dog trainer or behaviourist.
Dr Muriel Brasseur BSC (Hons) PhD, Full Member of the <a href="http://www.apdt.com/">Association of Pet Dog Trainers</a> (International). Member of the <a href="http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/482">Kennel Club Accredited Instructor</a> scheme working towards accreditation. 
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 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:35:00 +0100 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/warning-to-oxfordshire-dog-owners/ Help OABC with our Fundraising http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/help-oabc-with-our-fundraising/ Oxfordshire Animal Behaviour Centre is fund-raising to open a canine rehabilitation unit.
The centre will operate in conjunction with the existing busy and expanding animal behaviour practice, and will incorporate an affiliated dog training school.
Its main aim will be to provide a safe space to treat some of the more problematic behaviours that cannot be fully resolved in the home environment of our clients.
To find out more about our aims for the centre <a href="http://www.oabc.org.uk/rehabilitation-and-rescue/">click here...</a> Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:33:00 +0100 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/help-oabc-with-our-fundraising/ ANIMANIA Petcast: The Justin Hawkins Interview http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/animania-petcast-the-justin-hawkins-interview/ Justin Hawkins, songwriter, lead singer and guitarist of glam rock band <a href="http://www.theactualdarkness.com/">The Darkness</a> really needs no introduction. The Darkness found worlwide success with their first album 'Permission to Land' in 2003, and Justin became well-known for possessing the finest soaring falsetto in British rock, as well as for his energetic theatrical onstage performances often involving catsuits. Multi-talented, he also produces, writes songs for other artists, and has recently spent some time on a couple of other projects. Their hiatus now over, The Darkness are back and will be touring the UK starting this month and will be releasing a new album in 2012. Yay.
Perhaps not so well known is the fact that Justin is a massive animal lover. He also happens to be an all round nice person. He lives with his equally animal-mad and lovely girlfriend, Helena, and their two dogs, Buddy the long-haired Chihuahua and Bonnie, a Griffon Bruxellois, as well as a Bengal cat called Cully and a tail-less rescue cat called Smellbear.
<h3>Listen to Justin musing with Muriel about dogs, cats, animals and shucks <a href="http://www.oabc.org.uk/the-animania-petcast/">HERE</a></h3>
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Below: Justin and his girlfriend Helena with their prize-winning pooches Buddy and Bonnie
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 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:31:05 +0100 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/animania-petcast-the-justin-hawkins-interview/ Muriel discussing the One Show 'Dog Training' controversy on BBC Radio Oxford http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/muriel-discussing-the-one-show-dog-training-controversy-on-bbc-radio-oxford/ Muriel on the Malcolm Boyden Show on BBC Radio Oxford yesterday, discussing the outdated and dangerous methods used by an unqualified and inexperienced 'trainer' on Roxy the Jack Russell Terrier on The One Show's 'Fix my dog' segment. Listen <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00k70pr/Malcolm_Boyden_21_09_2011/">here</a> starts at 2.17.55
 
 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:26:22 +0100 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/muriel-discussing-the-one-show-dog-training-controversy-on-bbc-radio-oxford/ ANIMANIA Petcast: The Sue Cook Interview http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/animania-petcast-the-sue-cook-interview/ <a href="http://suecook.com/">Sue Cook</a> is a familiar face to many in the UK as the face of Crimewatch UK which she presented, with Nick Ross, between 1984 and 1996, as well as co-hosting the BBC’s annual Children in Need appeal night with Terry Wogan for 13 years from 1982. She has also hosted and presented many other popular shows over the years such as Nationwide, Out of Court, Daytime Live, Holiday, Having a Baby, Omnibus at The Proms, Chelsea Flower Show and Collectors Lot as well as many radio programmes. 
Sue is now a successful novelist and has written two novels, On Dangerous Ground and Force of Nature. She is currently adapting on Dangerous Ground for film, writing her third novel, as well as working on two screenplays. She is the Executive Producer for the movie <a href="http://trackerthemovie.com/">Tracker</a> starring Ray Winstone and Temuera Morrison and directed by her husband Ian Sharp.
Sue is a lifelong animal lover and has owned several pets. In this first relaunch of the ANIMANIA Petcast, she talks to Muriel about her late Westie Maisie, her beloved cat Patches, Speedy the tortoise, and other cats she has known and loved.
Listen to Sue's interview <a href="http://www.oabc.org.uk/the-animania-petcast/">HERE</a>
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Photo: Sue with Maisie the Westie and Speedy the tortoise. And the famous Patches Pusscat.
Follow Sue on Twitter at <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/SueCookcom">@SueCookcom</a> and The Write Lines (BBC Radio Oxford) at <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/theWriteLines">@theWriteLines</a> and Patches the wondercat at <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/PatchesPusscat">@PatchesPusscat</a>
 
 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:31:05 +0100 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/animania-petcast-the-sue-cook-interview/ Don't Cook Your Dog! http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/don-t-cook-your-dog/ A message from <a href="http://www.coldwetnose.blogspot.com/">Beverley Cuddy</a> from <a href="http://dogstodaymagazine.co.uk/">Dogs Today</a> Magazine
Don't just get mad... stop it ever happening again
You must have heard about the two police dogs who died in a car. It made everyone livid. Rather than just waste all that energy we decided to do something positive and launch a campaign to make people realise cars very quickly become coffins and that it cooks dogs - a ghastly way to die!
We want zero tolerance of dogs being left in hot cars.
Please help with this campaign by ordering some FREE stickers, posters, support with a blog/web button that links to our campaign blog <a href="http://dogstodaymagazine.co.uk/dontcookyourdog.html">here</a> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:46:27 +0100 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/don-t-cook-your-dog/ Discussing Separation Distress in dogs on BBC Radio Oxford http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/discussing-separation-distress-in-dogs-on-bbc-radio-oxford/ Muriel's interview with the lovely Charles Nove on the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00hnv2b/Malcolm_Boyden_04_07_2011/">Malcolm Boyden Show</a> on BBC Radio Oxford. Discussing the latest findings on separation anxiety in dogs, from research carried out by the University of Bristol. Starts at 1.19. Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:17:18 +0100 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/discussing-separation-distress-in-dogs-on-bbc-radio-oxford/ Muriel’s ANIMANIA Podcast http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/muriel-s-animania-podcast/ Muriel’s ANIMANIA Podcast, formerly hosted on an Internet radio station, will be relaunched in a new format on the OABC’s <a href="http://www.oabc.org.uk/podcast/">podcast page</a> very soon.
It’s all a bit Secret Squirrel at the moment but stay posted as there are a few surprises in store! Sat, 18 Jun 2011 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/muriel-s-animania-podcast/ Muriel on BBC Radio Oxford http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/muriel-on-bbc-radio-oxford/ Muriel will be appearing on the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7jv">Malcolm Boyden</a> Show on BBC Radio Oxford, and talking about life as an animal behaviourist, on Wednesday 4 May from 10am. Tue, 03 May 2011 07:59:51 +0100 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/muriel-on-bbc-radio-oxford/ How does BAT help fear aggressive dogs? http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/how-does-bat-help-fear-aggressive-dogs/ <a href="http://www.examiner.com/dog-training-behavior-and-nutrition-in-seattle/bat-girl-the-super-hero-for-reactive-dogs-around-the-world">BAT girl: the superhero for reactive dogs around the world</a>
Read this great article on Grisha Stewart and Behaviour Adjustment Training (BAT) for an explanation on how it can help fear aggressive dogs.
<div style="overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><a style="color: #003399;" href="http://www.examiner.com/dog-training-behavior-and-nutrition-in-seattle/bat-girl-the-super-hero-for-reactive-dogs-around-the-world#ixzz1FwwgOtcF"> </a></div> Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:08:00 +0000 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/how-does-bat-help-fear-aggressive-dogs/ New Year and a New Website! http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/new-year-and-a-new-website/ It was high time time for the Oxfordshire Animal Behaviour Centre’s original home-made website to have a much needed make over. This new site has been redesigned and built by the very talented Alex McGibbon who has designed sites for several canine professionals and for the Dogs Trust. Check out his portfolio at <a href="http://prettierpixels.com/">www.prettierpixels.com.</a> Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:48:18 +0000 http://www.oabc.org.uk/news/new-year-and-a-new-website/