Reactive dogs are common in veterinary clinics and grooming salons. Some dogs cannot even be touched by their owners; others are simply afraid of new places or being handled by strangers.
In this 60-minute webinar Stephanie Grath - a German Veterinary specialist in Animal Behavior shows you practical and safe ways to handle fearful or reactive dogs. The focus is on reducing stress, reading body language, and creating cooperation instead of force.
Participants learn how small changes in approach, environment, and timing can make a big difference for the dog – and for the safety of the team.
The webinar is practical, open, and based on real cases from daily veterinary behavior work with dogs that visit Stephanie Grath.
This webinar is sponsored by Stress Free Pets
Speaker:
Stephanie Grath
Stephanie Grath has been involved in dog sports since her youth and has trained and handled several breeds in her Training Centre. She has owned German Shepherds, German Hunting Terriers and Black and Tan Coonhounds, and competed in a variety of working and sport disciplines.
From 1992 she worked as a trainer and protection-sport decoy and competed in disciplines such as IGP (protection sport), Team Test, Obedience, Vierkampf and the BHV dog handler certificate.
She studied veterinary medicine at LMU Munich, graduating in 2003. During her studies she developed a strong focus on canine behaviour and the training of family dogs and their issues.
During working as a "normal Vet" in several mixed veterinary practices (small animals, pigs, cattle and horses), she established her own mobile veterinary practice in 2003, specializing in behavioural medicine for dogs and cats.
Stephanie Grath is an author, international lecturer and seminar instructor. She runs a dog training school and a training and boarding facility for dogs, serves as a TOP trainer at Tierakademie Scheuerhof (Viviane Theby, Michaela Hares, Lisa Peitz), and works as a coach in the program "Trainingsspezialist Hund" led by Katja Frey.
She is an expert for dangerous dogs, an examiner for dog trainers and dog handler licences. She is an officially recognized assistant dog examiner.
For more than 15 years Stephanie has volunteered with her therapy dogs in nursing homes and supports people interested in training visiting and assistance dogs. Since 2022 she has been certified as a specialist in animal-assisted interventions (ISAAT).
She also serves as a Reserve Veterinary Officer (Oberstabsveterinär) in the German Armed Forces, where she focuses on animal-assisted interventions and Dog Handler education.
Internationally, she has worked in the USA, Argentina, India, Kenya, Gambia, Australia, Brazil and Lebanon. She guides resilience tours in the Sahara Desert and teaches seminars for vets, dog trainers and industry partners.
