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You can help California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) track bat populations in California by reporting live bat colonies or their roost sites: Report-a-colony CDFW page; Help CDFW monitor for possible arrival of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in the state. WNS is an introduced fungal disease of bats (does not affect humans).
BAT Handouts and More. These printable, sharable handouts are available for your own use, and also to share with clients, helper teams for set-ups, and others who want to learn about changing dog behavior with empowerment.
In 2022, I updated BAT to 3.0, with more nuance and emphasis on relationship. BAT is a systematic way to help dogs connect to others with confidence and ease. It's informed by current understanding of trauma, attachment styles, neurobiology, affective neuroscience, clicker training, and a whole lot more.
BAT 2.0 is a must-read for anyone who has or works with reactive dogs. For years, dogs all over the world have benefited from the successful philosophies and empowering techniques in BAT, but Grisha Stewart has taken it to the next level.
BAT for Reactivity: Aggression, Frustration, and Fear Steps below assume that the functional reward is an increased distance to the trigger, but you can use a 1-2 foot approach instead for frustrated greeters.
The California Bat Working Group mission is to facilitate communication regarding bat ecology, distribution, and research techniques, and provide a forum to discuss conservation and management strategies, provide technical assistance, and encourage education.
California is home to 25 species of bats, seven of which are commonly found in the Central Valley: the Mexican free-tailed bat, big brown bat, pallid bat, California myotis, Yuma myotis, western red bat and hoary bat (table 1). Red and hoary bats tend to roost indi-vidually in trees, including orchards, whereas the others form maternity
