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Masters of Odor Pt. 1

“Your dog is Yoda….You are Luke.” — Leah Gangelhoff

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Control Is An Illusion Pt. 2

An opportunity to Deepen Your Understanding of Stimulus Control

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Click and Treat

Clicker training is a powerful way to communicate with our animals.

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Master's of Odor Trailer [embed]https://vimeo.com/447001480[/embed] Whether they are brand new to formal scent detection or highly experienced working dogs, all dogs are masters of odor. From scavenging food, to hunting rabbits, to noticing when a neighboring dog has just come into season, processing the complex world of scent with exquisite accuracy is what dogs have evolved on this Earth to do. In comparison, the human nose is handicapped. We tend to picture odor moving through space in a limited, two-dimensional way. Like Luke Skywalker impatient with Yoda’s cryptic descriptions of the Force, we are sometimes baffled as to why one day our dog makes a beeline straight to source, but then on another day seems to take forever to find a hide directly in front of his face. Because scent-detection is often high stakes or timed with titles on the line, we often set hides with specific training goals in mind, such as teaching the dog not to pass thresholds, or to check every container in a row. However, in this class we will be taking a different approach. Instead of putting out hides to teach our dogs how to be more efficient competitors, we are going to set up single hide searches and let our dogs teach us about odor. Each week we will compare and contrast how different types of hide placements change how the dogs search. Come join me on a fascinating journey into the world of scent, led by the true masters of odor—our dogs! Pre-requisites: I am most familiar with essential oils as target odor, but if your dog is trained to a different scent, we can make it work. All levels welcome, but you will get the most out of this course if your dog has a strong reinforcement history in place for hunting for something specific. Food or toys can work as well as oils, but the dog still needs to understand the game. In this course I will not be covering how to teach an indication behavior, or basic search skills, but I will provide a lot of guidance on how to adapt the exercises so each dog can be successful. Working spots: 10 Course Outline: WK 1: Meet your master, young Jedi.
  • Defining our terms
  • Basics of handling odor, how to set hides, and expecting the unexpected
  • Taking a baseline. What is your dog’s search style and level of commitment to the game?
  • Preserving confidence and enthusiasm
  • Becoming an odor scientist
WKS 2-3: Odor + Structure
  • Painting the odor picture: what do all those body language changes mean?
  • Containers
  • Floor Surfaces
  • Wall surfaces
  • Clutter Puzzles
  • Suspended vs. Out in the Open
WKS 3-4: Odor + Air Movement
  • Upwind vs. downwind
  • Doors open vs. doors closed
  • Narrow spaces + wind
  • Turbulence and eddies
  • Pooling odor due to air movement
Explorations WKS 5-6: Odor + Temperature
  • Sun vs. shade
  • Window vs. wall
  • Heat source vs. cold
  • Dry vs. damp
Explorations WK5: Odor + Height
  • Exterior vs. Interior Elevation
  • Ground hides vs. high
  • Odor falling on surfaces
Explorations WK6: Handler’s Choice
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Masters of Odor Pt. 1

“Your dog is Yoda….You are Luke.” — Leah Gangelhoff

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Level 1
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1 December 2020
Trust is a construct. However, the way we interpret and experience this construct is fundamental to our lives, our relationships, and our ability to learn. We all know the sting and disorientation when someone betrays our trust, when our expectations or needs are not met, when we feel unsafe or unsure of what is about to happen, when we feel judged, penalized, or a loss of control over outcomes. Although the laws of learning never change, gone are the days when training an animal is merely about the narrow suppression or construction of behavior. At the core of this exciting teaching and learning revolution, modern trainers are asking questions about trust. “What does trust look like for the animal I am working with?” “What is the measure of that trust?” “Can trust be measured?” “Under what conditions do I see trust occur?” Above all, what every enlightened practitioner wants to know is: “How can I build a strong trust account with the animals in my care?” And, “How can I repair trust when I’m forced to take a withdrawal?” In this course, we will take a deep dive into what it means to “operationalize” trust in our day to day lives with our dogs (or any species with whom we spend our time). We will be asking lots of questions, putting aside our human assumptions, and doing our best to listen to what the animals tell us trust means to them. COURSE OUTLINE: Premiums will be invited to pick topics that resonate most powerfully for them. In the interests of unhurried learning, I will also offer a Trust Code Pt. 2 for further study if there is enough interest. Areas for Exploration:
  • Defining trust: what does it look like?
  • Taking a trust baseline
  • The ABCs of trust
  • Building trust with antecedents
  • Filling your dog’s emotional cup
  • Reinforcement patterns that invite YES
  • Portable safe spaces
  • Power of daily rituals
  • Happy husbandry stations
  • Working with extinction: “not now” and S-delta cues
  • From commands to cues to questions
  • Ask and answer communication for maximum trust
  • Expanding degrees of freedom in training
  • Play and possession
  • Stimulus control on toy cues for clarity and safety
  • Even in Australia: getting through the hard stuff and how to repair trust afterwards
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Trust Code Pt. 1

“Go to people for opinions. Go to animals for answers.” -Alexandra Kurland

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Level 1
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1 September 2020

This course is designed to create the necessary building blocks for effective communication between you and your dog.    It will teach you how to train your canine companion a repertoire of core behaviours.  Along with the skills of how to then effectively apply and progress them.  On completion of working through the exercises and lessons you will have a strong, solid base to progress you and your learners training from.

Essential Foundation Behaviours is suitable for dogs of any age, stage and can be an important refresher to assist overcoming any training glitches you may encounter.   These foundation behaviours form the basis of a successful training future.  Also, are required to be solid in order to accomplishing desired results.   You will learn how to apply behaviour theory in a practical manner through positive reinforcement methods to build a stock of functional behaviours. Use this course as the first stage of your training journey, or a review of your current situation to reinforce the foundations you have already began.  Plus, you will learn the ability to review and improve on the work you carry out with your canine companion.

Course Content

Everyone and their dog will benefit from participating in this course.  Over the 6 weeks you will be learning how to teach ethically the following useful exercises:
  • Training Mechanics - practical and theoretical information on assessment and development of trainer skills, to facilitate improvement and progression.
  • Attention - This is the required essential foundation behaviour to enable your learner to choose to engage and work with you.
  • Touch - one of the most useful foundation behaviours, as it provides the basis for so many targeting behaviours.
  • Mat/Bed/Crate - an extremely useful targeting and stationing exercise.
  • Down - this behaviour will enable you to be able to station your canine companion in a comfortable position.
  • Settle - a fantastic life skill of how to rest and physically relax on cue.
  • Follow me - working as a team, moving together in unison.
  • Recall - teach your dog to return to you reliably when cued.
  • Drop - a potentially life saving behaviour, helping our dogs to eject objects from their mouth.
  • Feed retreat - train your canine companion to comfortably retreat from a situation.
           
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Essential Foundation Behaviours

Essential Skills for dog and handler

Natashya Sheppard
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Level 1
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1 January 2021
Modifying one's own behavior, reducing those we consider undesirable or increasing those we like, is no different than modifying the behavior of our animals/children/students.   The steps are the same, the laws and principles are the same.   If we find this challenge much more complicated, it is often because we lack the tools or techniques to achieve it. Understanding how our own behaviors work is key to knowing how to change them.   We all behave as best as we can, based on our current skills and knowledge. Mark Twain Quote 18 Mark Twain said "giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times". This is of course what we all want to avoid. When facing ourselves, we want our plan to succeed from the first trial.   This six weeks course offers an introduction to tools and techniques to modify our own undesirable behaviors and, above all, to learn good ones instead, so that these last for the long term.   The behaviors seen during these six weeks can be diverse and varied. So this course can be for you if you want to understand how to lose weight, increase your physical activity, stop biting your nails, stop procrastinating, be better organized, take your dog out more often, quit smoking, and so on. Ligne De Séparation ⚠️ This course is absolutely not a substitute for a follow-up with a health professional or expert in human behavior! If your behavior has a significant impact on your physical or mental health, we recommend personalized follow-up with a health professional. Not having a formal background in human behavior, this course is a personal vision of the principles and practices of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) that I learned over the years.   In this course, we will offer an introduction that will hopefully give you a new perspective on your behavior. Ligne De Séparation
As an expert in the animal field, Lisa Longo brings here a first approach on how to modify human behavior, one's own human behavior. The course evokes the different main concepts of procedures in applied behavior analysis. Examples and definitions are appreciated for their accuracy and simplicity. I recommend this course for novices and those who want to deepen certain notions!   Alexandra Lecestre, BCBA psychologist (www.ba-eservice.info)
 
Syllabus :   Week 1
S1-1 Tromplo Welcome
S1-2 My story
S1-3 Popular definitions
S1-4 What is a behavior ?
S1-5 Labels
S1-6 Operationalizing
S1-7 Why me ?
S1-8 Data collection
S1-9 Self-monitoring
S1-10 Creating a chart with Excel
S1-11 Goals
S1-12 Homework
Week 2
S2-1 The different types of learning
S2-2 Classical conditioning (or respondant conditioning)
S2-3 Counterconditioning
S2-4 Operant conditioning (or instrumental conditioning)
S2-5 Positive reinforcement
S2-6 Negative reinforcement
S2-7 Positive punishment
S2-8 Negative punishment
S2-9 The behavior's future frequency
S2-10 What works ?
S2-11 Homework
Week 3
S3-1 The behavior's function
S3-2 The ABC scheme
S3-3 Distant antecedents
S3-4 Motivating operations
S3-5 Immediate antecedent
S3-6 The consequence
S3-7 Prediction
S3-8 Writing the scheme
S3-9 Summary diagram
S3-10 Homework
Week 4
S4-1 Motivation
S4-2 Procrastination
S4-3 Hierarchy of behavior-change procedures
S4-4 Intrusive, coercive and dangerous procedures
S4-5 Health and behavior
S4-6 Self-management
S4-7 Selfcontrol and Willpower
S4-8 Antecedent arrangements
S4-9 Homework
Week 5
S5-1 Positive reinforcement
S5-2 Reinforcers
S5-3 How works a reinforcer ?
S5-4 Self-praise
S5-5 Schedules of reinforcement
S5-6 Differential reinforcement
S5-7 Premack Principle
S5-8 Homework
Week 6
S6-1 Generalization
S6-2 Gather informations
S6-3 The behavior-change plan
S6-4 My experience
S6-5 Data collection
S6-6 TAGteach (lesson reviewed by Theresa McKeon and Joan Orr)
S6-6 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and others
S6-7 Habit Reversal Training (HRT)
S6-8 Conclusion
S6-9 Homework
S6-10 End
 
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Facing Ourselves

Analyzing and Modifying Our Own Behaviors

Lisa Longo
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Level 2
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1 October 2020
You struggle to groom your dog without having him mouth the brush ? You can't cut his nails ? Your dog is running away as soon as you pronounce "shower" ? Your dog stresses out so much at the clinic or at the groomer that he trembles, shuts down or tries to escape ? You have to care for your dog and it's complicated to do it alone at home ? Your dog doesn't like to put the collar, harness, muzzle or cone ? You want your dog to be stressfree and cooperate with him in all sorts of care procedures ? You want to improve the communication with your dog, develop a trusting relationship and give him more choice opportunities and control on his life ? If you see yourself in one of this situations, this class is made for you ! Cooperative husbandry training aims to teach animal to assist in their own care. It's an ethical and pratical choice. It is used in most of zoological parcs to care for wild animals avoiding restrain, anesthesia and reducing stress. Husbandry training is part of daily enrichment programs. Through this training we give the animal the skills and the opportunities to give his consent. Giving them choice and control over their environnement improves their general welfare. If we can draw blood from a girafe or an orca without using force...why not do the same with our pets ? Empowering our dogs in their own care not only make it easier, but also enrich our life together. Some of the topics covered in this course :
  • Understanding and using science basics in husbandry training.
  • Teaching consent positions.
  • Empowerment : Understanding importance of choice and control.
  • Behavior, consequences and functions : how to use them to converse with animals.
  • Teaching your dog the consent concept.
  • How to train your dog through various daily procedures such as : handling, grooming, bathing, nails care, ears and eyes care, teeth brushing, muzzle training...
  • What to do when our dog is not ready and you have to do it. Consequences.
A second level course will be focusing on training the dog to third party care such as the vet, the groomer, the osteopath. [embed]https://vimeo.com/327729460/7b15244ecc[/embed]
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Empowered dogs: Cooperative husbandry training

Empowering our dogs in their own care.

Iris Castaing
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Level 2
course starts
1 February 2021
You struggle to groom your dog without having him mouth the brush ? You can't cut his nails ? Your dog is running away as soon as you pronounce "shower" ? Your dog stresses out so much at the clinic or at the groomer that he trembles, shuts down or tries to escape ? You have to care for your dog and it's complicated to do it alone at home ? Your dog doesn't like to put the collar, harness, muzzle or cone ? You want your dog to be stressfree and cooperate with him in all sorts of care procedures ? You want to improve the communication with your dog, develop a trusting relationship and give him more choice opportunities and control on his life ? If you see yourself in one of this situations, this class is made for you ! Cooperative husbandry training aims to teach animal to assist in their own care. It's an ethical and pratical choice. It is used in most of zoological parcs to care for wild animals avoiding restrain, anesthesia and reducing stress. Husbandry training is part of daily enrichment programs. Through this training we give the animal the skills and the opportunities to give his consent. Giving them choice and control over their environnement improves their general welfare. If we can draw blood from a girafe or an orca without using force...why not do the same with our pets ? Empowering our dogs in their own care not only make it easier, but also enrich our life together. Some of the topics covered in this course :
  • Understanding and using science basics in husbandry training.
  • Teaching consent positions.
  • Empowerment : Understanding importance of choice and control.
  • Behavior, consequences and functions : how to use them to converse with animals.
  • Teaching your dog the consent concept.
  • How to train your dog through various daily procedures such as : handling, grooming, bathing, nails care, ears and eyes care, teeth brushing, muzzle training...
  • What to do when our dog is not ready and you have to do it. Consequences.
A second level course will be focusing on training the dog to third party care such as the vet, the groomer, the osteopath. [embed]https://vimeo.com/327729460/7b15244ecc[/embed]
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Empowered dogs: Cooperative husbandry training

Empowering our dogs in their own care.

Iris Castaing
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Level 2
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1 November 2020
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Control Is An Illusion: Rethinking How We Teach for “Impulse Control”

What do we really mean when we talk about impulse control?

Sarah Owings
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Level 3
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1 October 2020
Paraphrasing Ken Ramirez, fluency in foundation training is what we call advanced training. In this course, we will build upon the skills we have covered in the previous two stages. Make sure your dog is fluent in exercises from the previous courses to join this one as Premium Student. Skills we cover in this class:
  • introduction to multiple hides
  • blind searches
  • distractions
  • vehicles
  • exteriors
  • elevations
  • introduction to inaccessible hides
In this course, you can work with multiple animals within the weekly time frame (twelve minutes of video submission per week).  This course is multispecies friendly! You can join with any animal you wish! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph8gBQsj870&feature=emb_title
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Nosework stage 3

Fluency in foundation!

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Level 2
course starts
1 October 2020

What is the choice in the animal training world? Can we teach choice? What does it look like? 

We all say the choice is essential in training, but what do we really mean by that? What does it mean for our dog, cat, or horse?

This course will introduce the concept of choice to you and your animal. We will focus on the scientific approach to the idea but also practical application throughout our work with animals. 

  Have you considered your dog fragile, delicate, shy, quick to stuck, or quit the work? Do you struggle with your dog's motivation? He is not the working type? Doesn't have enough drive?   This course is just for you! We will unpack all the labels, operationalize, and change the environment to influence your learner's behavior. For six weeks of online learning, we will add choice behaviors to start a training session and learn how to monitor it throughout our work.
  Behavioral health is a crucial aspect of the life of our animals: the ability to control the environment, the outcomes of our behaviors. We behave to get the result in our world. Can you imagine a life without that possibility?  This course focuses on teaching this skill to our animals. We will build a clear communication between you and your animals. Empowering your dog by adding consent behaviors to his repertoire.   We will learn to make observations, take data, analyze our training session based on that data and adjust our learning process to help our learner.

During this course, we will focus on:

  • motivating operations
  • basics of the science of learning
  • humane hierarchy by Susan Friedman
  • antecedent arrangement
  • play as a form of interaction
  • consent behavior
  • choice: the theory behind it
  • introducing choice (5 stages)
  • precurrent behaviors
  • errors and response to them
  • building a barometer of our dog's engagement in training sessions.
  Course syllabus: Week 1 Lesson 1 - Welcome and Introductions Lesson 2 - What if I told you it was all behavior? Lesson 3 - Science and Motivation Lesson 4 - Humane Hierarchy Lesson 5 - Antecedant Arrangement Lesson 6 -Acclimation Lesson 7 - Prerequisite Skills Lesson 8 - Choice Lesson 9 - Play - what does it look like? Lesson 10 - The summary of stages Lesson 11 - Introducing the concept of choice, stage 1   Week 2 Lesson 12 - Effectiveness of reinforcement Lesson 13 - Latency Lesson 14 - Choice, stage 2 Lesson 15 - Shaping the animal's consent behavior   Week 3 Lesson 16 - Error - the end of the world? Lesson 17 - Introducing work following consent – stage 3 Lesson 18 - TagTeach   Week 4 Lesson 19 - Adding more work. Lesson 20 - Increasing the time of interaction - stage 4 Lesson 21 - Clarity   Week 5 Lesson 22 - Classical Conditioning Lesson 23 - Building sequences of exercises Lesson 24 - Increasing the challenge   Week 6 Lesson 25 - Between reinforcement and antecedent Lesson 26 - Negative reinforcement Lesson 27 - Choice  - digging deeper  

In this course, you can work with multiple animals within the weekly time frame (twelve minutes of video submission per week). 

This course is multispecies friendly! You can join with any animal you wish!

Attention Please is a prerequisite course to join as Premium Student. 

 

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Let Me Want It

This course focuses on teaching our dogs that they have choices and that their behavior has power!

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Level 1
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1 October 2020
Dogs' olfactory abilities amaze us and what they manage to do with their noses is truly astounding. Nosework is a sport that uses most natural, amazing dog’s abilities and develops them into perfection. Nosework is one of the greatest dog sports, making its way to the top most popular canine activities. Inspired by working detection dogs searching for narcotics, explosives, nosework makes it available for everyone. Dogs are searching for essential oils hidden in vehicles, interiors, water, exteriors, and containers and they love it! “No limitations” This sport is for everyone! It is a perfect activity for old, retired, or disabled dogs who want to stay in shape but can’t be physically challenged. Aggressive dogs are welcome too! Pure breed, crossbreed, old, young, slow, fast - it doesn’t matter what type your dog is! During the course we focus on:
  • what is nosework; rules reading
  • classically conditioning odors
  • building solid alert behavior using clicker training
  • introducing discrimination between hot and cold objects
  • introducing various odor holders
  • introducing cardboard boxes
  • generalization
Course syllabus: Week 1: Lesson 1 – Welcome and Introductions Lesson 2 – What is nosework? Lesson 3 – Nosework International and methods we use Lesson 4 – Samples preparation and handling odor Lesson 5 – Cocktail or not to cocktail? Lesson 6 - Classical conditioning of odor Lesson 7 - Hand touch   Week 2: Lesson 8 – Tic-tac! Lesson 9 – Precision Lesson 10 – Duration   Week 3: Lesson 11 – Cue for alert behavior Lesson 12 – Handler's movement     Week 4: Lesson 13 – Competing stimulus Lesson 14 – Various holders   Week 5: Lesson 15 – Location of the holder - variations Lesson 16 - Discrimination   Week 6: Lesson 17 – New locations Lesson 18 - New locations Lesson 19 - Cue for the search     There are 3 more nosework course stages.   [s3mm type="video" files="videoplayback.mp4" /]  
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Nosework Stage 1

From first session to ORTs preparation

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all-learners
Level 3
course starts
1 October 2020

This course will dive deeper into the topic of shaping behaviors for beginners and advanced students. We started this journey during "Shaping inside out" Webinar, and now we are going to geek out into six weeks of practical work.

The course will cover:
  • what is shaping,
  • extinction,
  • resurgence,
  • how to shape errorlessly,
  • step by step guidelines for a training session
  • planning
  • antecedent arrangement
  • backchaining application in shaping
  • cues in shaping
  • dealing with errors
  • multiple practical exercises
  • shaping with objects
  • shaping without objects
If you took the "Shaping inside out" Webinar - you would receive a 15% discount for this course!
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Shape me up!

Shaping behaviors inside out!

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Level 3
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1 September 2020
Control Is An Illusion Pt. 2 - Applying Skills & Deepening Understanding Now that you’ve learned to re-frame the concept of impulse control in terms of stimulus control, and have practiced some core skills with your dogs, it’s time to fade-in more complex environmental stimuli and challenges.   The goal of this class will be to provide graduates of Pt. 1 with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of stimulus control and errorless teaching. Curriculum will be centered around the development of independent projects, but participants may also opt. to use their coaching time to complete or expand upon exercises from Pt. 1 as well, such as:
  • Three Act Training Structure with Brave Learning Self-Review
  • Bread-crumb Trail Teaching Progressions
  • Clarifying Contexts: When to Offer Behavior and When to Wait for Cues
  • Zen Bowl Games
  • Advanced Shopping
  • Joyous “Wait There” Applied to Real Life
  • Fade in Protocol
This class will have a lot less reading and step by step guidelines, and a lot more doing it for yourselves! Come prepared to set some actionable goals, to design your own training plans, and to dive headfirst into the cycle of performance—feedback—revision.   Let the brave learning begin!   NOTE: The prerequisite for Pt. 2 is Control Is An Illusion Pt. 1. Auditors of Pt. 1 are welcome to join if you were able to keep up with the material, and feel like you and you dogs are ready for increased challenges. You can also use Pt. 2 to continue to work on Pt. 1 exercises in a more targeted way. Mastery is not required!
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Control Is An Illusion Pt. 2

An opportunity to Deepen Your Understanding of Stimulus Control

Sarah Owings
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dogs
course starts
1 November 2020

This course is designed to create the necessary building blocks for effective communication between you and your dog.    It will teach you how to train your canine companion a repertoire of core behaviours.  Along with the skills of how to then effectively apply and progress them.  On completion of working through the exercises and lessons you will have a strong, solid base to progress you and your learners training from.

Essential Foundation Behaviours is suitable for dogs of any age, stage and can be an important refresher to assist overcoming any training glitches you may encounter.   These foundation behaviours form the basis of a successful training future.  Also, are required to be solid in order to accomplishing desired results.   You will learn how to apply behaviour theory in a practical manner through positive reinforcement methods to build a stock of functional behaviours. Use this course as the first stage of your training journey, or a review of your current situation to reinforce the foundations you have already began.  Plus, you will learn the ability to review and improve on the work you carry out with your canine companion.

Course Content

Everyone and their dog will benefit from participating in this course.  Over the 6 weeks you will be learning how to teach ethically the following useful exercises:
  • Training Mechanics - practical and theoretical information on assessment and development of trainer skills, to facilitate improvement and progression.
  • Attention - This is the required essential foundation behaviour to enable your learner to choose to engage and work with you.
  • Touch - one of the most useful foundation behaviours, as it provides the basis for so many targeting behaviours.
  • Mat/Bed/Crate - an extremely useful targeting and stationing exercise.
  • Down - this behaviour will enable you to be able to station your canine companion in a comfortable position.
  • Settle - a fantastic life skill of how to rest and physically relax on cue.
  • Follow me - working as a team, moving together in unison.
  • Recall - teach your dog to return to you reliably when cued.
  • Drop - a potentially life saving behaviour, helping our dogs to eject objects from their mouth.
  • Feed retreat - train your canine companion to comfortably retreat from a situation.
         
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Essential Foundation Behaviours

Essential Skills for dog and handler

Natashya Sheppard
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dogs
Level 3
course starts
1 October 2020
Obedience; distance control exercise, position changes with front anchored. Position changes are one of my favorite exercises from the obedience ring. Starting in class 1 all the way to Elite class (class 3) there is always something we can focus on when doing position changes. This exercise is a perfect combination of precision and speed which equals fluency! Distance control is also a perfect exercise for behavior/precision nerd like myself! There is a lot of focus on those micro-movements, tiny weight shifts that change the whole process of learning. The course will cover: ✔️ front anchored positions - sit from stand - sit from down - stand from down - stand from sit - down from sit - down from stand ✔️ building precision in each movement ✔️ adding distance ✔️ adding cues ✔️ adding duration ✔️ trial variations Rear anchored positions will be covered in different courses. Prerequisites: - clicker training foundations. [embed]https://youtu.be/26I2LZl7TKU[/embed]
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Distance control – front anchored positions!

Position changes for precision geeks!

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Level 1
course starts
1 December 2020
This course is very sentimental for me. My dog didn’t tug at all. He didn’t like to take things into his mouth but I really wanted to play Frisbee so we started learning how to tug. At that time I knew very little and our journey was full of frustration. That wasn’t a fun experience for any of us. We were working hard (I’m pretty stubborn so I kept trying) and after a year we managed to bring tugging to the level where I can call that a reinforcement. Was it hard? Definitely… Would it be easier to do if I had known as much as I know now? It would! So what is “Iron Jaws”? It’s a compendium of knowledge which I hope I have known when I started. I know that I am not the only one who struggled with this behavior. It’s harder than most people think and that’s why I wrote this course. The goal is to teach you to tug and give you a clear view on what to do BUT “what” is not enough for me. With a little help of science I will show you why does it work. Tugging is not magic. It’s a behavior like a sit or lie down and shares the same principles of learning. It’s also one of the best ways for creating strong and happy relationship with your dog AND it’s so fun to do! Lessons you can expect can be divided into three major categories:
  1. Basics of learning- We will introduce simple concepts like ABC’s, primary and secondary reinforcer, motivation and operationalising behaviors we want to teach. It will be our scientific core for understanding why we teach the way we do.
  2. Myths- common knowledge and misunderstandings about tugging. We will dig deep into why things happen and we will question what we know.
  3. Tugging- Pure practice and mechanics of the game. How to do it right. Meaning what to do to be safe and have a blast together.
  If your dog doesn’t “like” to tug this course is for you!
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Iron Jaws

How to teach your dog to love tugging

Mikolaj Synowiec
Mikolaj Synowiec
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dogs
Level 1
course starts
1 November 2020
This course is very sentimental for me. My dog didn’t tug at all. He didn’t like to take things into his mouth but I really wanted to play Frisbee so we started learning how to tug. At that time I knew very little and our journey was full of frustration. That wasn’t a fun experience for any of us. We were working hard (I’m pretty stubborn so I kept trying) and after a year we managed to bring tugging to the level where I can call that a reinforcement. Was it hard? Definitely… Would it be easier to do if I had known as much as I know now? It would! So what is “Iron Jaws”? It’s a compendium of knowledge which I hope I have known when I started. I know that I am not the only one who struggled with this behavior. It’s harder than most people think and that’s why I wrote this course. The goal is to teach you to tug and give you a clear view on what to do BUT “what” is not enough for me. With a little help of science I will show you why does it work. Tugging is not magic. It’s a behavior like a sit or lie down and shares the same principles of learning. It’s also one of the best ways for creating strong and happy relationship with your dog AND it’s so fun to do! Lessons you can expect can be divided into three major categories:
  1. Basics of learning- We will introduce simple concepts like ABC’s, primary and secondary reinforcer, motivation and operationalising behaviors we want to teach. It will be our scientific core for understanding why we teach the way we do.
  2. Myths- common knowledge and misunderstandings about tugging. We will dig deep into why things happen and we will question what we know.
  3. Tugging- Pure practice and mechanics of the game. How to do it right. Meaning what to do to be safe and have a blast together.
  If your dog doesn’t “like” to tug this course is for you!
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Iron Jaws

How to teach your dog to love tugging

Mikolaj Synowiec
Mikolaj Synowiec
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$112.25

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dogs
Level 1
course starts
1 October 2020
This course is very sentimental for me. My dog didn’t tug at all. He didn’t like to take things into his mouth but I really wanted to play Frisbee so we started learning how to tug. At that time I knew very little and our journey was full of frustration. That wasn’t a fun experience for any of us. We were working hard (I’m pretty stubborn so I kept trying) and after a year we managed to bring tugging to the level where I can call that a reinforcement. Was it hard? Definitely… Would it be easier to do if I had known as much as I know now? It would! So what is “Iron Jaws”? It’s a compendium of knowledge which I hope I have known when I started. I know that I am not the only one who struggled with this behavior. It’s harder than most people think and that’s why I wrote this course. The goal is to teach you to tug and give you a clear view on what to do BUT “what” is not enough for me. With a little help of science I will show you why does it work. Tugging is not magic. It’s a behavior like a sit or lie down and shares the same principles of learning. It’s also one of the best ways for creating strong and happy relationship with your dog AND it’s so fun to do! Lessons you can expect can be divided into three major categories:
  1. Basics of learning- We will introduce simple concepts like ABC’s, primary and secondary reinforcer, motivation and operationalising behaviors we want to teach. It will be our scientific core for understanding why we teach the way we do.
  2. Myths- common knowledge and misunderstandings about tugging. We will dig deep into why things happen and we will question what we know.
  3. Tugging- Pure practice and mechanics of the game. How to do it right. Meaning what to do to be safe and have a blast together.
  If your dog doesn’t “like” to tug this course is for you!
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Iron Jaws

How to teach your dog to love tugging

Mikolaj Synowiec
Mikolaj Synowiec
from

$112.25

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dogs
Level 1
course starts
1 September 2020
This course is very sentimental for me. My dog didn’t tug at all. He didn’t like to take things into his mouth but I really wanted to play Frisbee so we started learning how to tug. At that time I knew very little and our journey was full of frustration. That wasn’t a fun experience for any of us. We were working hard (I’m pretty stubborn so I kept trying) and after a year we managed to bring tugging to the level where I can call that a reinforcement. Was it hard? Definitely… Would it be easier to do if I had known as much as I know now? It would! So what is “Iron Jaws”? It’s a compendium of knowledge which I hope I have known when I started. I know that I am not the only one who struggled with this behavior. It’s harder than most people think and that’s why I wrote this course. The goal is to teach you to tug and give you a clear view on what to do BUT “what” is not enough for me. With a little help of science I will show you why does it work. Tugging is not magic. It’s a behavior like a sit or lie down and shares the same principles of learning. It’s also one of the best ways for creating strong and happy relationship with your dog AND it’s so fun to do! Lessons you can expect can be divided into three major categories:
  1. Basics of learning- We will introduce simple concepts like ABC’s, primary and secondary reinforcer, motivation and operationalising behaviors we want to teach. It will be our scientific core for understanding why we teach the way we do.
  2. Myths- common knowledge and misunderstandings about tugging. We will dig deep into why things happen and we will question what we know.
  3. Tugging- Pure practice and mechanics of the game. How to do it right. Meaning what to do to be safe and have a blast together.
  If your dog doesn’t “like” to tug this course is for you!
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Iron Jaws

How to teach your dog to love tugging

Mikolaj Synowiec
Mikolaj Synowiec
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$112.25

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dogs
Level 2
course starts
1 December 2020
Are you a right fit for this course? Is your dog willing to play? Your session might be messy and unorganized but if the willingness for interaction is there it’s definitely enough! If you answered “no” and you want to learn how to teach to enjoy toy play please check out my other course “Iron Jaws”.   What will you learn? In short we “teach rewards”. It’s a collection of tug based games that teach a dog all those minor things that we don’t appreciate when they are there but we can get very frustrated when they aren’t. This is a core for the effectiveness of any future toy based training session. Exercises with a dog:
  1. Quality tug- how to do is right? How to make a great reinforcer and strength exercise out of it.
  2. Catch the rat- introduction to chasing. Teaches a dog how to execute effective catch on moving target. How to control its body and judging the distance between him/her and a toy.
  3. Drop – if you teach your dog to drop by grabbing its color you are doing it wrong. You will learn four different dropping games. Your dog will think “how can I make this human monkey to ask me to drop”.
  4. Exchange work- swiftly switching from playing with one toy to another. Imagine cool looking freestyle routine. Would it be equally cool if a dog had no idea when to refocus from one frisbee to another. It’s also often used reinforcement procedure.
  5. Follow me- base for fetch is a dog that wants to come back and share a toy with you. That’s what we are teaching here.
  6. Tossing toys- it’s combined catch a rat with following.
You will receive one exercise per week. On top of that additional lectures covering more specific aspects and topics.   “Preparation for Frisbee” series Preparation for Frisbee is a series of four courses  that are meant to turn newbie dogfrisbee adept into a team with good foundations that allow them to have fun with flying plastic safely. This course contains references to this sport and how all we do apply to our future play. Remember that Frisbee is just another toy so the foundation for effective interaction and understanding between you and your dog are the key for further success. It’s a first step to getting great at my beloved sport Dogfrisbee! Don’t worry if you are not interested in dogfrisbee. All skills and lessons apply to any toy based training.
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Toy play foundation behaviors

Foundation behaviors for toy play and future dogfrisbee performance

Mikolaj Synowiec
Mikolaj Synowiec
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$112.25

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dogs
Level 2
course starts
1 November 2020
Are you a right fit for this course? Is your dog willing to play? Your session might be messy and unorganized but if the willingness for interaction is there it’s definitely enough! If you answered “no” and you want to learn how to teach to enjoy toy play please check out my other course “Iron Jaws”.   What will you learn? In short we “teach rewards”. It’s a collection of tug based games that teach a dog all those minor things that we don’t appreciate when they are there but we can get very frustrated when they aren’t. This is a core for the effectiveness of any future toy based training session. Exercises with a dog:
  1. Quality tug- how to do is right? How to make a great reinforcer and strength exercise out of it.
  2. Catch the rat- introduction to chasing. Teaches a dog how to execute effective catch on moving target. How to control its body and judging the distance between him/her and a toy.
  3. Drop – if you teach your dog to drop by grabbing its color you are doing it wrong. You will learn four different dropping games. Your dog will think “how can I make this human monkey to ask me to drop”.
  4. Exchange work- swiftly switching from playing with one toy to another. Imagine cool looking freestyle routine. Would it be equally cool if a dog had no idea when to refocus from one frisbee to another. It’s also often used reinforcement procedure.
  5. Follow me- base for fetch is a dog that wants to come back and share a toy with you. That’s what we are teaching here.
  6. Tossing toys- it’s combined catch a rat with following.
You will receive one exercise per week. On top of that additional lectures covering more specific aspects and topics.   “Preparation for Frisbee” series Preparation for Frisbee is a series of four courses  that are meant to turn newbie dogfrisbee adept into a team with good foundations that allow them to have fun with flying plastic safely. This course contains references to this sport and how all we do apply to our future play. Remember that Frisbee is just another toy so the foundation for effective interaction and understanding between you and your dog are the key for further success. It’s a first step to getting great at my beloved sport Dogfrisbee! Don’t worry if you are not interested in dogfrisbee. All skills and lessons apply to any toy based training.
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Toy play foundation behaviors

Foundation behaviors for toy play and future dogfrisbee performance

Mikolaj Synowiec
Mikolaj Synowiec
from

$112.25

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dogs
Level 2
course starts
1 October 2020
Are you a right fit for this course? Is your dog willing to play? Your session might be messy and unorganized but if the willingness for interaction is there it’s definitely enough! If you answered “no” and you want to learn how to teach to enjoy toy play please check out my other course “Iron Jaws”.   What will you learn? In short we “teach rewards”. It’s a collection of tug based games that teach a dog all those minor things that we don’t appreciate when they are there but we can get very frustrated when they aren’t. This is a core for the effectiveness of any future toy based training session. Exercises with a dog:
  1. Quality tug- how to do is right? How to make a great reinforcer and strength exercise out of it.
  2. Catch the rat- introduction to chasing. Teaches a dog how to execute effective catch on moving target. How to control its body and judging the distance between him/her and a toy.
  3. Drop – if you teach your dog to drop by grabbing its color you are doing it wrong. You will learn four different dropping games. Your dog will think “how can I make this human monkey to ask me to drop”.
  4. Exchange work- swiftly switching from playing with one toy to another. Imagine cool looking freestyle routine. Would it be equally cool if a dog had no idea when to refocus from one frisbee to another. It’s also often used reinforcement procedure.
  5. Follow me- base for fetch is a dog that wants to come back and share a toy with you. That’s what we are teaching here.
  6. Tossing toys- it’s combined catch a rat with following.
You will receive one exercise per week. On top of that additional lectures covering more specific aspects and topics.   “Preparation for Frisbee” series Preparation for Frisbee is a series of four courses  that are meant to turn newbie dogfrisbee adept into a team with good foundations that allow them to have fun with flying plastic safely. This course contains references to this sport and how all we do apply to our future play. Remember that Frisbee is just another toy so the foundation for effective interaction and understanding between you and your dog are the key for further success. It’s a first step to getting great at my beloved sport Dogfrisbee! Don’t worry if you are not interested in dogfrisbee. All skills and lessons apply to any toy based training.
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Toy play foundation behaviors

Foundation behaviors for toy play and future dogfrisbee performance

Mikolaj Synowiec
Mikolaj Synowiec
from

$112.25

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dogs
Level 2
course starts
1 September 2020
Are you a right fit for this course? Is your dog willing to play? Your session might be messy and unorganized but if the willingness for interaction is there it’s definitely enough! If you answered “no” and you want to learn how to teach to enjoy toy play please check out my other course “Iron Jaws”.   What will you learn? In short we “teach rewards”. It’s a collection of tug based games that teach a dog all those minor things that we don’t appreciate when they are there but we can get very frustrated when they aren’t. This is a core for the effectiveness of any future toy based training session. Exercises with a dog:
  1. Quality tug- how to do is right? How to make a great reinforcer and strength exercise out of it.
  2. Catch the rat- introduction to chasing. Teaches a dog how to execute effective catch on moving target. How to control its body and judging the distance between him/her and a toy.
  3. Drop – if you teach your dog to drop by grabbing its color you are doing it wrong. You will learn four different dropping games. Your dog will think “how can I make this human monkey to ask me to drop”.
  4. Exchange work- swiftly switching from playing with one toy to another. Imagine cool looking freestyle routine. Would it be equally cool if a dog had no idea when to refocus from one frisbee to another. It’s also often used reinforcement procedure.
  5. Follow me- base for fetch is a dog that wants to come back and share a toy with you. That’s what we are teaching here.
  6. Tossing toys- it’s combined catch a rat with following.
You will receive one exercise per week. On top of that additional lectures covering more specific aspects and topics.   “Preparation for Frisbee” series Preparation for Frisbee is a series of four courses  that are meant to turn newbie dogfrisbee adept into a team with good foundations that allow them to have fun with flying plastic safely. This course contains references to this sport and how all we do apply to our future play. Remember that Frisbee is just another toy so the foundation for effective interaction and understanding between you and your dog are the key for further success. It’s a first step to getting great at my beloved sport Dogfrisbee! Don’t worry if you are not interested in dogfrisbee. All skills and lessons apply to any toy based training.
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Toy play foundation behaviors

Foundation behaviors for toy play and future dogfrisbee performance

Mikolaj Synowiec
Mikolaj Synowiec
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$112.25

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dogs
Level 2
course starts
1 October 2020
When used strategically, positive reinforcement provides a way to communicate with a learner. In a good relationship communication never stops. By reinforcing we talk to the dog and simultaneously we learn to listen. Understanding reinforcement process can improve relationship between human and dog. If we have knowledge of the way dogs learn we can build mutual understanding. Since reinforcement fluctuate the value , it is very important to know what is reinforcing for our learner in this particular moment. Because reinforcement is a dynamic process it changes quickly and in one moment chicken treats are the highest value and the best reinforcement, few minutes later they become much less important than a ball. If we understand science behind behavior we are more likely to understand our learners. We will be less prone to label our learners and more willing to communicate with them using appropriate tools. In this course we focus on:
  • mechanics of positive reinforcement,
  • delivery protocols,
  • use of marker cues,
  • clarity in the learning cycle, loop
  • transport and breaks
This is Carol and Sweep video of before and after this course - look at the change with this stand!!!
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R+

Mechanics of positive reinforcement, delivery protocols and use of marker cues

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Agnieszka Janarek
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all-learners
Level 1
course starts
1 September 2020
What is clicker training? How does it work? How do I do it? What can I teach using it? If you want to know the answers to these questions this course is for you! “Click & Treat!” is a comprehensive introduction to clicker training – a fast, fun, effective way to communicate clearly with animals. No prior knowledge is needed…. all you need is a learner (of any species!), a clicker & some treats! In this course, which combines theory with practice, you will learn:
  • What clicker training is & how it works
  • An introduction to how dogs learn
  • How to use a clicker effectively
  • What makes a good reward
  • How to get the behaviour you want – capturing, targeting, shaping & luring
  • Adding a cue
  • Strengthening behaviours
Clicker training is a powerful way to communicate with our animals. Join us to find out more. https://youtu.be/r5SxIG2QPLY
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Click and Treat

Clicker training is a powerful way to communicate with our animals.

Aileen Stevenson
Aileen Stevenson
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$112.25

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dogs
Level 1
course starts
1 December 2020
Welcome to Positive Puppy Preschool.  The course is aimed at the new puppy owner and is about the early learning for your puppy, from 8 – 16 weeks that forms a crucial part of the socialisation period. For those of you who have had dogs before, you may notice some changes in the early learning encouraged for young puppies.  These changes have been developed through research by several prominent universities and uses applied behaviour analysis (ABA) to underpin the learning.

What to expect

  • Six weekly lessons with written information and video(s)
  • Homework tasks both written, online and videoed practical training
  • Daily feedback (6 days per week) for Premium Members

What is covered

  • Socialisation & habituation
  • Introduction to the science of learning
  • The mechanics of clicker training
  • Capturing, shaping & luring
  • Adding cues
  • Introduction to canine body language
  • Exploring the environment
  • Handling with consent
  • Creative feeding
  • Puppy play
  • Planning effective training sessions
  • Foundation training
    • Settle
    • Managing puppy mouthing
    • Walking on a lead
    • Coming back when called
    • Leave
    • Drop/give up items
    • Four paws on the floor (an alternative to jumping up)
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ii-KJf5m8&feature=youtu.be[/embed]
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Positive Puppy Preschool

Early learning for your puppy, from 8 – 16 weeks

Karen Backhouse
Karen Backhouse
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$112.25

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dogs
Level 1
course starts
1 November 2020
Welcome to Positive Puppy Preschool.  The course is aimed at the new puppy owner and is about the early learning for your puppy, from 8 – 16 weeks that forms a crucial part of the socialisation period. For those of you who have had dogs before, you may notice some changes in the early learning encouraged for young puppies.  These changes have been developed through research by several prominent universities and uses applied behaviour analysis (ABA) to underpin the learning.

What to expect

  • Six weekly lessons with written information and video(s)
  • Homework tasks both written, online and videoed practical training
  • Daily feedback (6 days per week) for Premium Members

What is covered

  • Socialisation & habituation
  • Introduction to the science of learning
  • The mechanics of clicker training
  • Capturing, shaping & luring
  • Adding cues
  • Introduction to canine body language
  • Exploring the environment
  • Handling with consent
  • Creative feeding
  • Puppy play
  • Planning effective training sessions
  • Foundation training
    • Settle
    • Managing puppy mouthing
    • Walking on a lead
    • Coming back when called
    • Leave
    • Drop/give up items
    • Four paws on the floor (an alternative to jumping up)
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ii-KJf5m8&feature=youtu.be[/embed]
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Positive Puppy Preschool

Early learning for your puppy, from 8 – 16 weeks

Karen Backhouse
Karen Backhouse
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$112.25

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dogs
Level 1
course starts
1 October 2020
Welcome to Positive Puppy Preschool.  The course is aimed at the new puppy owner and is about the early learning for your puppy, from 8 – 16 weeks that forms a crucial part of the socialisation period. For those of you who have had dogs before, you may notice some changes in the early learning encouraged for young puppies.  These changes have been developed through research by several prominent universities and uses applied behaviour analysis (ABA) to underpin the learning.

What to expect

  • Six weekly lessons with written information and video(s)
  • Homework tasks both written, online and videoed practical training
  • Daily feedback (6 days per week) for Premium Members

What is covered

  • Socialisation & habituation
  • Introduction to the science of learning
  • The mechanics of clicker training
  • Capturing, shaping & luring
  • Adding cues
  • Introduction to canine body language
  • Exploring the environment
  • Handling with consent
  • Creative feeding
  • Puppy play
  • Planning effective training sessions
  • Foundation training
    • Settle
    • Managing puppy mouthing
    • Walking on a lead
    • Coming back when called
    • Leave
    • Drop/give up items
    • Four paws on the floor (an alternative to jumping up)
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ii-KJf5m8&feature=youtu.be[/embed]
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Positive Puppy Preschool

Early learning for your puppy, from 8 – 16 weeks

Karen Backhouse
Karen Backhouse
from

$112.25

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dogs
Level 1
course starts
1 September 2020
Welcome to Positive Puppy Preschool.  The course is aimed at the new puppy owner and is about the early learning for your puppy, from 8 – 16 weeks that forms a crucial part of the socialisation period. For those of you who have had dogs before, you may notice some changes in the early learning encouraged for young puppies.  These changes have been developed through research by several prominent universities and uses applied behaviour analysis (ABA) to underpin the learning.

What to expect

  • Six weekly lessons with written information and video(s)
  • Homework tasks both written, online and videoed practical training
  • Daily feedback (6 days per week) for Premium Members

What is covered

  • Socialisation & habituation
  • Introduction to the science of learning
  • The mechanics of clicker training
  • Capturing, shaping & luring
  • Adding cues
  • Introduction to canine body language
  • Exploring the environment
  • Handling with consent
  • Creative feeding
  • Puppy play
  • Planning effective training sessions
  • Foundation training
    • Settle
    • Managing puppy mouthing
    • Walking on a lead
    • Coming back when called
    • Leave
    • Drop/give up items
    • Four paws on the floor (an alternative to jumping up)
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ii-KJf5m8&feature=youtu.be[/embed]
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Positive Puppy Preschool

Early learning for your puppy, from 8 – 16 weeks

Karen Backhouse
Karen Backhouse
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$112.25

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all-learners
Level 2
course starts
1 October 2020

Training is a skill we need to learn. Teaching animals is not magic, nor common sense. It's a combination of science and practical skills we need to master. Don't worry if you don't know where to start! I have prepared this course for you. It will guide you through the foundations of training. Step by step journey for anyone wishing to learn more!

Too often, we end up in a position of being teacher and learner at the same time, because we hadn't had a chance to work on our mechanics, clicker skills, delivery patterns before we started working with our learners.

 

This course is a compendium of knowledge and practice for animal trainers. Focusing on the scientific approach to animal training we will cover ABA (applied behavior analysis) principles and how they resonate with what we do with animals, we will cover the mechanics and techniques of teaching behaviors! It's a perfect place to start your training journey, but it is also an appropriate course for more advanced students who want to geek in the depths of thoughtful training. Get ready for discussions, practical exercises, and thorough insight into the animal training world.

Throughout six weeks of online learning, we will cover:

  • clicker training mechanics
  • skills for the trainer
  • errorless learning
  • chaining
  • adding stimulus control to behaviors
  • luring
  • shaping
  • structure of training session
  • concept of fluency
  • frustration and errors
  • raising criteria
  • moulding
  • concept of loopy training
  • planning your training session
  Course syllabus: Week 1 Lesson 1 - Welcome and Introductions Lesson 2 - Education of choice and science. Lesson 3 - Basic terms Lesson 4 - Behavior and its contingencies Lesson 5 - Consequences Lesson 6 - Marker cues Lesson 7 - Behavior profile Lesson 8 - Luring   Week 2 Lesson 9 - Handler’s technique Lesson 10 - Strategies Lesson 11 - Moulding by contact     Week 3 Lesson 12 - Shaping Lesson 13 - Cue for shaping - explored Lesson 14 - Outcome versus result. Does it matter? Lesson 15 - Examples of shaping Lesson 16 - Frustration   Week 4 Lesson 17 - Handler’s technique - helper Lesson 18 - Moulding by the environment Lesson 19 - Schedules of reinforcement Lesson 20 - Fading out Lesson 21 - Fluency   Week 5 Lesson 22 - What about emotions? Lesson 23 - Antecedent Arrangement Lesson 24 - Cues Lesson 25 - Error Lesson 26 - Raising criteria   Week 6 Lesson 27 - Structure of the training session Lesson 28 - Behavior chains Lesson 29 - WTF? Lesson 30 - Poisoned cues     This course is a must-have for anyone interested in diving into depths of scientific dog training. If you want to be the handler your dog deserves - join me for six weeks of great learning. In this course, you can work with multiple animals within the weekly time frame (twelve minutes of video submission per week). This course is multispecies friendly! You can join with any animal you wish! [s3mm type="video" files="handler.mp4" /]
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Trainer’s Toolbox

Foundation course focusing on a scientific approach to animal training.

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Agnieszka Janarek
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dogs
Level 3
course starts
1 October 2020
Building upon skills we covered in stage one, we will continue our preparation for exams. ORTs and first trials. Our primary focus will always be precise and clear training loop and clarity in search criteria. We will start where we left with stage 1 and focus on:
  • start line routine
  • introducing search patterns
  • duration of search behavior
  • handling
  • building clarity in cues during search pattern
  • generalization of locations
  • task analysis of searches
  • basics of scent theory
  • increasing complexity of puzzles
  • planning your own training
Course syllabus: Week 1 Lesson 1 - Welcome and Introductions Lesson 2 - Baseline Lesson 3 - Chains in nosework Lesson 4 - ABCs of the search Lesson 5 - Start line routine Lesson 6 - Our variables Lesson 7 - Aging Lesson 8 - Introducing search   Week 2 Lesson 9 - Introduction to scent theory Lesson 10 - Inaccessible v. accessible Lesson 11 - Introducing exteriors - boxes on the road  Lesson 12 - Introducing exteriors - single hides Lesson 13 - Duration of the search   Week 3 Lesson 14 - Handler's job Lesson 15 - Vehicles - introduction Lesson 16 - Adding complexity to the search Lesson 17 - Change of behavior Lesson 18 - No visual cues   Week 4 Lesson 19 - Vehicles - cold vehicle Lesson 20 - Exterior Progression Lesson 21 - Vehicles - handling Lesson 22 - Cues in nosework   Week 5 Lesson 23 - Duration of the search part 2 Lesson 24 - Crazy handler Lesson 25 - Adding complexity to the search part 2   Week 6 Lesson 26 - Reducing the strength of the odor Lesson 27 - Panning Lesson 28 - What if?   https://youtu.be/h4P0nELgnE4
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Nosework Stage 2

Getting ready for your first trial!

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Agnieszka Janarek
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all-learners
Level 1
course starts
1 October 2020
Before we start teaching our learners complicated behaviors and advanced concepts, we need to teach them how to learn. This course focuses on building one of the most important skills our dogs need in training; focus.   But hold on a second! What is FOCUS? What does it look like? Is it tangible? How do I know I have it?   Throughout six weeks of online learning, we will answer all these questions and much more. We will operationalize attention, define focus contingency. You will learn how to build an errorless training session, how to define your learner's focus, how to measure it and how to add layers to your work.   Based on my experience, the majority of time caregivers, handlers experience issues in training, is when they have not taught the attention contingency. Our "focus bubble." We can't teach anything if our animals don't have the necessary skills of how to learn.   If your dog looks around, sniffs, doesn't respond on cue, looks at you when should be working at a distance, engages with everything in the environment, but yourself - this course is just perfect for you.   Join me for six weeks journey! Learn about:
  • how to start the training session
  • how to end the training session
  • focus behaviors operationalized
  • clean focus loops from the start
  • wait for cue behavior
  • building easy to more complex training scenarios
  • training loops
  • backward chaining
  • antecedent arrangement
  • trainer's mechanics
  • multiple exercises for building focus behaviors
Course syllabus: Week 1: Lesson 1 – Welcome and Introductions Lesson 2 – Definition and concept of focus Lesson 3 -  Acclimation Lesson 4 - The rules apply both ways Lesson 5 - Outline of the course Lesson 6 - Delivery checkpoint Lesson 7 - Marker cues Lesson 8 - Start of the training session   Week 2: Lesson 9 - The end of the training session Lesson 10 - Response to cue Lesson 11 - Don't call your dog   Week 3: Lesson 12 - ABCs Lesson 13 - Catch me if you can   Week 4: Lesson 14 - Extinction Lesson 15 - Wait for the cue Lesson 16 - Sandwich style   Week 5: Lesson 17 - Backward chaining Lesson 18 - Break Lesson 19 - Altogether Week 6: Lesson 17 - Did someone mention competition? Lesson 18 - Competing stimulus - distractions Lesson 19 - The end, or the new beginning?   This course is a prerequisite for Let Me Want It.

In this course, you can work with multiple animals within the weekly time frame (twelve minutes of video submission per week). 

This course is multispecies friendly! You can join with any animal you wish! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5AXY6MUiYs&feature=youtu.be  
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Attention Please

Before we start teaching our learners complicated behaviors we need to teach them how to learn.

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1 September 2020

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This course is designed to create the necessary building blocks for effective communication between you and your dog.    It will teach you how to train your canine companion a repertoire of core behaviours.  Along with the skills of how to then effectively apply and progress them.  On completion of working through the exercises and lessons you will have a strong, solid base to progress you and your learners training from.

Essential Foundation Behaviours is suitable for dogs of any age, stage and can be an important refresher to assist overcoming any training glitches you may encounter.   These foundation behaviours form the basis of a successful training future.  Also, are required to be solid in order to accomplishing desired results.   You will learn how to apply behaviour theory in a practical manner through positive reinforcement methods to build a stock of functional behaviours. Use this course as the first stage of your training journey, or a review of your current situation to reinforce the foundations you have already began.  Plus, you will learn the ability to review and improve on the work you carry out with your canine companion.

Course Content

Everyone and their dog will benefit from participating in this course.  Over the 6 weeks you will be learning how to teach ethically the following useful exercises:
  • Training Mechanics - practical and theoretical information on assessment and development of trainer skills, to facilitate improvement and progression.
  • Attention - This is the required essential foundation behaviour to enable your learner to choose to engage and work with you.
  • Touch - one of the most useful foundation behaviours, as it provides the basis for so many targeting behaviours.
  • Mat/Bed/Crate - an extremely useful targeting and stationing exercise.
  • Down - this behaviour will enable you to be able to station your canine companion in a comfortable position.
  • Settle - a fantastic life skill of how to rest and physically relax on cue.
  • Follow me - working as a team, moving together in unison.
  • Recall - teach your dog to return to you reliably when cued.
  • Drop - a potentially life saving behaviour, helping our dogs to eject objects from their mouth.
  • Feed retreat - train your canine companion to comfortably retreat from a situation.
   
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Essential Foundation Behaviours

Essential Skills for dog and handler

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Heelwork or hellwork?

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Clicker Training Principles Are For Teaching Humans, Too!

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Science

Science!

Training at Tromplo is based on a scientific approach to learning and its application in animal training. We use applied behavior analysis principles to understand why animals behave the way they do. Positive reinforcement is what we do!

Choice

Choice!

Because it is empowering! For you and your animal. You choose what you want to learn. Your animal chooses to engage in a learning journey with you.

Always

Always!

Because you never stop learning. That’s why we are always available, from the comfort of your home.

Tromplo is something different, something special. We believe in science and experience, not common knowledge.

You will learn the principles used by the top training professionals in the world, because that’s what your animal deserves. Because we apply science, our work is ethical, effective, practical, reinforcing and brings clarity to your training sessions. Animal training and learning science is our passion!

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Tromplo - animal training platform

Tromplo is an online animal training platform. We teach you and your animal, but we are not just a dog training school. Tromplo offers learning opportunities for all species, humans included. Our students are dogs, cats, horses, goats, pigs, parrots, turtles, hamsters, and human learners.
We offer six weeks online courses, webinars for animal training and a broad range of free content - facebook lives, articles, videos, and our popular podcast - The Dog Real Talk.

Professional trainings for your animal

Tromplo is a place where you will learn up to date, science-based methods in animal training. All our instructors are respected professionals in the field. At Tromplo, we only use positive reinforcement-based protocols, and our team has very high ethical standards.
It doesn't matter if you are new to dog training or if you are already a professional in the community, Tromplo has a lot to offer to everyone. We offer animal video training courses. Whether you seek help with your pet's problem behavior, want to learn dog disc foundation, geek into the science of animal training, learn to use positive reinforcement with your kid, or find out what this clicker training is all about, Tromplo is a perfect place! Tromplo offers thoughtful and thorough education for anyone interested in the science of learning, dog training, pet training!

Animal training online courses

All our animal video training courses are online, last six weeks, and offer two options for attendance. Premium and Auditor. Both give you 24/7 access to course materials, which includes lessons, videos, homework from your instructor.
There is more! You get lifetime access to this content and a certificate of attendance! If you choose Premium Spot - you will have six weeks of daily, personalized feedback from the instructor, and up to 12 minutes weekly video, you can submit for the review! Check out our animal training platform now!

Why would you choose online learning?

As one of our students said, "With online learning, you can choose your own time to train. Also, I think online learning gives opportunities to share more of the better quality knowledge at the same price as seminars. There is no necessity to use mental shortcuts, labels, or generalization because everyone has more time to process the knowledge."

  • nurtures independent learning,
  • Flexible access that offers a platform for you to learn, when & where suits you,
  • easily accessible Tutor support and interaction,
  • training available at the individual's pace,
  • provides both sound theory and practical knowledge,
  • advantages of one on one training (personalized feedback) combined with group training (learning from others),
  • offers a clear, structured learning pathway,
  • has the advantages of one on one training (personalized feedback) combined with group training (learning from others),
  • become part of a supportive, enriching community,
  • environmentally friendly,
  • practice on a regular basis,
  • provides a non-intrusive environment for the learner,
  • lifetime access to course material

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