Petrina Firth

Petrina Firth, also known as The Pet Coach, is a certified dog behaviour professional and separation anxiety specialist with over 10 years of experience helping dogs and their owners. As a Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer (CSAT), COAPE Behaviorist, and full member of APDT and CAPBT, she focuses on practical, humane, science-based support for separation anxiety, isolation distress, puppy training, and canine behaviour. Petrina trained with Malena DeMartini, one of the leading names in separation anxiety support, and her work is centred on helping dogs become more confident while giving owners clear, realistic guidance they can actually use. She also writes about dog nutrition and animal emotions, because behaviour, health, and wellbeing are closely connected.

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The Primacy of Core Affect: Jaak Panksepp’s Groundbreaking Theory of Emotion

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The Primacy of Core Affect: Jaak Panksepp’s Groundbreaking Theory of Emotion Jaak Panksepp is widely considered one of the founding fathers of affective neuroscience. Through meticulous animal research spanning decades, he developed a groundbreaking model of primary emotional systems in the mammalian brain. Panksepp’s core affect theory revolutionized the scientific understanding of emotions and their

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