On-Demand Webinar
Beyond the Basics: There’s More Than You Know
This 6-hour seminar has been split into three, 2 hour recorded sessions. You will receive a link providing you with unlimited access to the recordings.
As dog training takes the inevitable, and much needed turn toward evidence-based methods the need for more, better and clearer information about how to think about behavior and create plans for changing it has become critically important. In this presentation you will learn the key factors for being a humane and efficient trainer. This presentation is appropriate for anyone interested in how dogs learn, especially professional trainers.
- Our responsibilities as trainers.
- What are the functions of behavior?
- How do animals learn? What is ABA
- Satiation vs habituation vs desensitization vs counter conditioning
- Is it learned helplessness or the response to punishment?
- Types of conditioning and best practices.
- Behavior assessments.
- Strategies for getting behavior.
- Data driven training.
- Designing a training plan.
- Helping pet owners navigate the rapids of life with a behaviorally challenged dog.
*Beneficial for trainers and other pros, shelters, rescues, fosters, and pet parents who want to dig deeper into behavior.
Beyond the Basics
On-Demand Webinar
Fear: Its Impact on Behavior
This 6-hour seminar has been split into three, 2 hour recorded sessions. You will receive a link providing you with unlimited access to the recordings.
What everyone must know in order to work with dogs struggling with fear/anxiety based behavior challenges. This presentation is appropriate for owners, trainers, vets, techs, groomers, shelter staff, kennel staff and rescue groups.
- What fear looks like.
- How fear impacts learning.
- Common myths & misunderstandings.
- How to handle a fearful dog.
- Learning concepts & training techniques.
- Games & activities for fearful dogs.
- Medications, supplements & other calming aids.
- Special focus on working with dogs with few to no social skills for interacting with people.
*Beneficial for trainers and other pros, shelters, rescues, fosters, and pet parents who want to dig deeper into behavior.
