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PPGA 2026 CONFERENCE

dr dennis wormald

dr dennis wormald, abadog & companicalm


About the Talks

When behaviour vets use medications – what’s really going on?

  • What a behaviour vet is and what the different types are in Australia
  • What training is involved with each type?
  • Why behaviour vets recommend medications
  • Why behaviour medications can be dangerous or overprescribed
  • How do the different behaviour medication classes work (brief overview)
  • How a behaviour vet manages and titrates medications (what trainers need to
  • know)
  • How managing medications is related to managing behaviour cases in general
  • (with or without medications)
  • How trainers can help vets to manage behaviour meds

Stress coping style - a scientific concept with dog behaviour applications

  • The science of stress coping style as a behavioural trait across species
  • How stress coping style relates to anxiety and arousal
  • Studies on stress coping style in the dog
  • Clinical examples of stress coping styles in dog behaviour cases
  • Breed and stress coping style
  • The benefits and drawbacks of various stress coping techniques
  • Modifying stress coping styles


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