A Better Way To Dog Training Excellence: Practical, Personal, Comprehensive
We provide you cutting-edge education in scientific pet dog training and client management.
The course combines:
- Lecture and round-table discussion.
- Live demonstration and workshop.
- Hands-on training and individual coaching.
- Real-life practice interviewing clients.
Our Curriculum Covers
ANIMAL LEARNING
Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA): antecedents, behavior, and consequences | Classical and operant conditioning, conditioned reinforcers, discrimination, generalization, habituation, sensitization & desensitization, blocking & overshadowing, motivation, establishing operations, conditioned emotional responses, counter conditioning | Comparison of dog learning to human learning.
DOG BEHAVIOR
Dog development and ethology: physiology and genetics of behavior, action patterns, social signals, body language, social development, critical periods, adaptive significance of behavior.
CUE TRAINING
Principles of shaping by approximation, timing and delivery mechanics, applications of conditioned reinforcer |Sequences for basic cues: sit, down, recall, stay, wait, leash manners, polite greetings, leave it, placement cues, targeting | Behavior in real life contexts| Shaping vs. prompting | Criteria shifts, prompts and prompt-fading, distraction-proofing, analyzing and solving training challenges in a variety of dogs.
BEHAVIOR ISSUES
Assessing, managing, and modifying behavior to address issues such as human and dog directed reactivity, fear related issues, separation anxiety and distress, predation, canine compulsive disorders, resource guarding, barking, housetraining, multiple pet households.
CLIENT CONSULTATION TECHNIQUES
Client coaching, history taking, client goal setting, designing and customizing programs for clients, fostering client compliance, support and effective communication, conflict resolution, written communication skills and follow-up protocols.