Apdt Conference

[m-j]

NDTF has politics according to everyone who is deliberately not a member of NDTF.

M-J, I think Steve will be quite good. I've always wanted to hear Peta Clarke talk, mostly because her bio photo has a quoll in it. I think her talk on emotions in animals will be interesting, though. There are some whisperings about the inadequacy of operant conditioning to explain all behaviour, but people are still a bit scared of talking about animal emotions.

The zoo day sounds like it would be great too *sigh*. Actually it all seems good but I have house that needs work done to it and the budget just doesn't allow for seminars and 4 - 5 days off work

cheers

M-J

[Miss Danni]

I was one of the foundation members of APDT, but I think that it went off the rails some time ago and I haven't renewed my membership for years. I'd still go to the conference if I could afford it and the speakers interested me, that's a whole different kettle of fish.

[alpha bet]

I belong to APDT and IACP - love getting my magazines from each of them as I get different perspectives.

One of the biggest problems I found with the APDT conference was when a vet showed on screen any Rescue Assessments that might indicate a dog being held or placed in any position the dog didnt like, then perhaps 2/3rds of the crowd would sigh and moan about how the poor dog was suffering.

This made it hard for the speakers to show any 'Rescue Assessments' because the crowd had to settle before the speaker could go on with their talk.

Disappointed me that these 'dog professionals' weren't able to sit back and be impartial and watch what was happening instead of rushing into a judgemental position. Whereas at the IACP conference the attendees just came up with loads of questions to what the rescue people were looking for etc.

Refreshing to see a much more positive appoach to a speaker.