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Fast and curious – build a reliable recall!

Teach your dog most important safety behavior!

A reliable recall is one of the most important safety behaviors we can teach the dogs in our lives, and in emergency situations. When we need our recall to work, we really need it to work!

Course will help you if you have a new puppy in your life and want to get off on the right paw with your recall training. But also adolescent dog who seems to have recently forgotten you exist and an older dog who used to have a great recall, but isn’t always quite so responsive these days, this class will be great for you.

Do you wish your dog would come back when you called?
Does your dog come back most of the time, but not quite all the time, and often not when it really matters?
Do you wish your dog would stay closer to you and not run off in the first place?
Does your dog run back to you when you call, but then immediately take off again?

We will cover a ton of fun information to help you and the dogs in your lives build a stronger connection while focusing on building recall behaviors and other behaviors to keep you and your dog connected and in close proximity to one another.

Skills and concepts we will focus on include;

➡ Assessing motivation

➡ How an understanding of classical conditioning, operant conditioning, the matching law, and the Premack principle can help us build strong recalls

➡ Teaching automatic check ins

➡ Beginning at the end – back chain your recall

➡ Emergency recall vs every day recall

➡ Walk with me recall (using Leslie McDevitt’s 1-2-3 from Control ➡ UnleashedTM)

➡ From inside to outside and beyond, games to build fluency

Join me on this course and build reliable recall!

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$101.37

Iris Castaing

Canine sports foundations

Evolve peacefully in the dog sport environment and start your sport journey!

Sometimes when you have a puppy and you want to share a sport with him, you wonder what you could teach him until his growth is complete and you can start learning the sport itself.

This course is for all those who plan to start a dog sport without age limit ! Whether you have a puppy or an adult dog, this course will cover different skills useful in many canine sports.

The goal is for you to be able to evolve peacefully in the dog sport environment and start your sport journey with certain basics that will make it easier once the dog is old enough to learn the sport of your choice specific skills.

Among other things, we will discuss :

The development of the relationship,
The management of wait periods and rests,
Transport modes (outside or on the field),
Engagement,
Play,
Reinforcement patterns useful in dog sports,
Target and focus training
Implementing choice during training sessions…

So many skills that will be useful to you and your companion during your sport adventures.

Everything you need to start off on the right paw!

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$101.37

J.R Henderson

The Conditional Cat: Cat Herding 101

Enhance your relationship with your cat, increase the ‘trust account’ and shape new behaviors to replace "unwanted"!

Cats have long mystified and mesmerized humanity, inspiring poets and artists alike, while invading Internet memes and finding a place in the hearts and homes amongst all countries. Cats have often been considered aloof and unpredictable, walking their own path and daring to, “look at a king.“ But like all other organisms, felines are also subject to the laws of behavior science and as such, yes, even cats can be, ‘trained,‘ or ‘conditioned,’ in much the same way that they train and condition us to get up out of bed before our alarms blare by kneading our bellies, licking our noses and maybe even nibbling our fingers. This is why the Cat Herding 101 course was created!

Conditioning is always happening and cats like every other organism are not immune to it. There is no secret code word to begin exploring the magically fascinating world of cat training, aka, ‘cat herding.’ All it takes is one’s interest, plus a desire and effort to explore and learn…in a phrase, with the curiosity of a cat!

But why would we wish to train a cat? Because cat training is an amazing for:

enhance your relationship with your cat and increase the ‘trust account’, allowing the learner increased choice and control to access functional reinforcement
it allows an outlet for enrichment including mental and physical stimulation for both the trainer and learner alike
helps you to minimize or more adequately construct and shape new behaviors to replace ‘unwanted’, or aversive behavioral patterns
increase your overall mechanical and conceptual skill regarding applied behavioral technologies through working with your cat

J.R. Henderson & his clowder (Condie, Durga & Poe) invite you on an incredible voyage of behavioral discovery!

Explore many aspects of behavioral techniques that can be applied to all aspects of cat herding 101 to set both you and your cat up for success. As Dr. Susan Friedman reminds us, “behavior is a study of one,” and keeping this in mind with a species evolutionary-based approach, J. R. & his clowder will guide you on a journey of behavioral discovery regarding cat herding. You will explore all aspects regarding cat herding, from building upon foundational principles and behaviors to creating behavioral momentum and bringing an element of ‘loopiness,’ to your training sessions. You will also explore more intermediate training principles and behaviors such as basic cooperative care and maybe even a pattern game or two thrown into the mix. J.R. & his clowder will cover a tad of everything to get any and everyone inspired and set up for success regarding cat herding 101.

Cat Herding 101 will cover:

foundational principles, including equipment needed to begin cat herding, the antecedents of training setup and arrangement, preference testing, reviewing the concepts of pairing the marker/bridge (respondent conditioning), constructing behavior via capturing, luring and shaping, along with principles of errorless and graded training approaches
you will be able to demonstrate foundational behaviors including, ‘targeting’ and ‘stationing’ which many of our other behaviors and arrangements will be predicated upon
building behavioral momentum through the concepts of ‘training in loops,’ reinforcer delivery, a review on stimulus control and an overview on prompts, cues and prompt fading
you will be able to demonstrate intermediate level behavioral responses including: ‘sit,’ ‘down,’ ‘high five,’ and jump ‘up’
the basics of cooperative care will be covered including beginning tactile work and various objects being contacted to the body including stethoscopes, capped needles or similar substitutes and other objects of veterinary care, along with reviewing carrier training and also an overview of keeping medium and long-haired cats’ coats brushed which can at times be a challenge of endurance and wriggling for both cats and guardians alike
discussing and demonstrating the use of pattern games with cats
a detailed discussion and exploration of continued building of behavioral momentum over duration, distance and distraction.

Lesson 1: Foundational principles

Lesson 2: Foundational behaviors

Lesson 3: Building behavioral momentum

Lesson 4: Intermediate feline behaviors

Lesson 5: Basic cooperative care concepts

Lesson 6: Pattern games and further inspirations in behavioral construction

J.R. & his clowder look forward to continuing the cat chat and celebrating life in the meow with you in Cat Herding 101!

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$101.37

J.R Henderson

The Conditional Cat: Cat Herding 101

Enhance your relationship with your cat, increase the ‘trust account’ and shape new behaviors to replace "unwanted"!

Cats have long mystified and mesmerized humanity, inspiring poets and artists alike, while invading Internet memes and finding a place in the hearts and homes amongst all countries. Cats have often been considered aloof and unpredictable, walking their own path and daring to, “look at a king.“ But like all other organisms, felines are also subject to the laws of behavior science and as such, yes, even cats can be, ‘trained,‘ or ‘conditioned,’ in much the same way that they train and condition us to get up out of bed before our alarms blare by kneading our bellies, licking our noses and maybe even nibbling our fingers. This is why the Cat Herding 101 course was created!

Conditioning is always happening and cats like every other organism are not immune to it. There is no secret code word to begin exploring the magically fascinating world of cat training, aka, ‘cat herding.’ All it takes is one’s interest, plus a desire and effort to explore and learn…in a phrase, with the curiosity of a cat!

But why would we wish to train a cat? Because cat training is an amazing for:

enhance your relationship with your cat and increase the ‘trust account’, allowing the learner increased choice and control to access functional reinforcement
it allows an outlet for enrichment including mental and physical stimulation for both the trainer and learner alike
helps you to minimize or more adequately construct and shape new behaviors to replace ‘unwanted’, or aversive behavioral patterns
increase your overall mechanical and conceptual skill regarding applied behavioral technologies through working with your cat

J.R. Henderson & his clowder (Condie, Durga & Poe) invite you on an incredible voyage of behavioral discovery!

Explore many aspects of behavioral techniques that can be applied to all aspects of cat herding 101 to set both you and your cat up for success. As Dr. Susan Friedman reminds us, “behavior is a study of one,” and keeping this in mind with a species evolutionary-based approach, J. R. & his clowder will guide you on a journey of behavioral discovery regarding cat herding. You will explore all aspects regarding cat herding, from building upon foundational principles and behaviors to creating behavioral momentum and bringing an element of ‘loopiness,’ to your training sessions. You will also explore more intermediate training principles and behaviors such as basic cooperative care and maybe even a pattern game or two thrown into the mix. J.R. & his clowder will cover a tad of everything to get any and everyone inspired and set up for success regarding cat herding 101.

Cat Herding 101 will cover:

foundational principles, including equipment needed to begin cat herding, the antecedents of training setup and arrangement, preference testing, reviewing the concepts of pairing the marker/bridge (respondent conditioning), constructing behavior via capturing, luring and shaping, along with principles of errorless and graded training approaches
you will be able to demonstrate foundational behaviors including, ‘targeting’ and ‘stationing’ which many of our other behaviors and arrangements will be predicated upon
building behavioral momentum through the concepts of ‘training in loops,’ reinforcer delivery, a review on stimulus control and an overview on prompts, cues and prompt fading
you will be able to demonstrate intermediate level behavioral responses including: ‘sit,’ ‘down,’ ‘high five,’ and jump ‘up’
the basics of cooperative care will be covered including beginning tactile work and various objects being contacted to the body including stethoscopes, capped needles or similar substitutes and other objects of veterinary care, along with reviewing carrier training and also an overview of keeping medium and long-haired cats’ coats brushed which can at times be a challenge of endurance and wriggling for both cats and guardians alike
discussing and demonstrating the use of pattern games with cats
a detailed discussion and exploration of continued building of behavioral momentum over duration, distance and distraction.

Lesson 1: Foundational principles

Lesson 2: Foundational behaviors

Lesson 3: Building behavioral momentum

Lesson 4: Intermediate feline behaviors

Lesson 5: Basic cooperative care concepts

Lesson 6: Pattern games and further inspirations in behavioral construction

J.R. & his clowder look forward to continuing the cat chat and celebrating life in the meow with you in Cat Herding 101!

from

$101.37

J.R Henderson

The Conditional Cat: Cat Herding 101

Enhance your relationship with your cat, increase the ‘trust account’ and shape new behaviors to replace "unwanted"!

Cats have long mystified and mesmerized humanity, inspiring poets and artists alike, while invading Internet memes and finding a place in the hearts and homes amongst all countries. Cats have often been considered aloof and unpredictable, walking their own path and daring to, “look at a king.“ But like all other organisms, felines are also subject to the laws of behavior science and as such, yes, even cats can be, ‘trained,‘ or ‘conditioned,’ in much the same way that they train and condition us to get up out of bed before our alarms blare by kneading our bellies, licking our noses and maybe even nibbling our fingers. This is why the Cat Herding 101 course was created!

Conditioning is always happening and cats like every other organism are not immune to it. There is no secret code word to begin exploring the magically fascinating world of cat training, aka, ‘cat herding.’ All it takes is one’s interest, plus a desire and effort to explore and learn…in a phrase, with the curiosity of a cat!

But why would we wish to train a cat? Because cat training is an amazing for:

enhance your relationship with your cat and increase the ‘trust account’, allowing the learner increased choice and control to access functional reinforcement
it allows an outlet for enrichment including mental and physical stimulation for both the trainer and learner alike
helps you to minimize or more adequately construct and shape new behaviors to replace ‘unwanted’, or aversive behavioral patterns
increase your overall mechanical and conceptual skill regarding applied behavioral technologies through working with your cat

J.R. Henderson & his clowder (Condie, Durga & Poe) invite you on an incredible voyage of behavioral discovery!

Explore many aspects of behavioral techniques that can be applied to all aspects of cat herding 101 to set both you and your cat up for success. As Dr. Susan Friedman reminds us, “behavior is a study of one,” and keeping this in mind with a species evolutionary-based approach, J. R. & his clowder will guide you on a journey of behavioral discovery regarding cat herding. You will explore all aspects regarding cat herding, from building upon foundational principles and behaviors to creating behavioral momentum and bringing an element of ‘loopiness,’ to your training sessions. You will also explore more intermediate training principles and behaviors such as basic cooperative care and maybe even a pattern game or two thrown into the mix. J.R. & his clowder will cover a tad of everything to get any and everyone inspired and set up for success regarding cat herding 101.

Cat Herding 101 will cover:

foundational principles, including equipment needed to begin cat herding, the antecedents of training setup and arrangement, preference testing, reviewing the concepts of pairing the marker/bridge (respondent conditioning), constructing behavior via capturing, luring and shaping, along with principles of errorless and graded training approaches
you will be able to demonstrate foundational behaviors including, ‘targeting’ and ‘stationing’ which many of our other behaviors and arrangements will be predicated upon
building behavioral momentum through the concepts of ‘training in loops,’ reinforcer delivery, a review on stimulus control and an overview on prompts, cues and prompt fading
you will be able to demonstrate intermediate level behavioral responses including: ‘sit,’ ‘down,’ ‘high five,’ and jump ‘up’
the basics of cooperative care will be covered including beginning tactile work and various objects being contacted to the body including stethoscopes, capped needles or similar substitutes and other objects of veterinary care, along with reviewing carrier training and also an overview of keeping medium and long-haired cats’ coats brushed which can at times be a challenge of endurance and wriggling for both cats and guardians alike
discussing and demonstrating the use of pattern games with cats
a detailed discussion and exploration of continued building of behavioral momentum over duration, distance and distraction.

Lesson 1: Foundational principles

Lesson 2: Foundational behaviors

Lesson 3: Building behavioral momentum

Lesson 4: Intermediate feline behaviors

Lesson 5: Basic cooperative care concepts

Lesson 6: Pattern games and further inspirations in behavioral construction

J.R. & his clowder look forward to continuing the cat chat and celebrating life in the meow with you in Cat Herding 101!

from

$101.37

J.R Henderson

The Conditional Cat: Cat Herding 101

Enhance your relationship with your cat, increase the ‘trust account’ and shape new behaviors to replace "unwanted"!

Cats have long mystified and mesmerized humanity, inspiring poets and artists alike, while invading Internet memes and finding a place in the hearts and homes amongst all countries. Cats have often been considered aloof and unpredictable, walking their own path and daring to, “look at a king.“ But like all other organisms, felines are also subject to the laws of behavior science and as such, yes, even cats can be, ‘trained,‘ or ‘conditioned,’ in much the same way that they train and condition us to get up out of bed before our alarms blare by kneading our bellies, licking our noses and maybe even nibbling our fingers. This is why the Cat Herding 101 course was created!

Conditioning is always happening and cats like every other organism are not immune to it. There is no secret code word to begin exploring the magically fascinating world of cat training, aka, ‘cat herding.’ All it takes is one’s interest, plus a desire and effort to explore and learn…in a phrase, with the curiosity of a cat!

But why would we wish to train a cat? Because cat training is an amazing for:

enhance your relationship with your cat and increase the ‘trust account’, allowing the learner increased choice and control to access functional reinforcement
it allows an outlet for enrichment including mental and physical stimulation for both the trainer and learner alike
helps you to minimize or more adequately construct and shape new behaviors to replace ‘unwanted’, or aversive behavioral patterns
increase your overall mechanical and conceptual skill regarding applied behavioral technologies through working with your cat

J.R. Henderson & his clowder (Condie, Durga & Poe) invite you on an incredible voyage of behavioral discovery!

Explore many aspects of behavioral techniques that can be applied to all aspects of cat herding 101 to set both you and your cat up for success. As Dr. Susan Friedman reminds us, “behavior is a study of one,” and keeping this in mind with a species evolutionary-based approach, J. R. & his clowder will guide you on a journey of behavioral discovery regarding cat herding. You will explore all aspects regarding cat herding, from building upon foundational principles and behaviors to creating behavioral momentum and bringing an element of ‘loopiness,’ to your training sessions. You will also explore more intermediate training principles and behaviors such as basic cooperative care and maybe even a pattern game or two thrown into the mix. J.R. & his clowder will cover a tad of everything to get any and everyone inspired and set up for success regarding cat herding 101.

Cat Herding 101 will cover:

foundational principles, including equipment needed to begin cat herding, the antecedents of training setup and arrangement, preference testing, reviewing the concepts of pairing the marker/bridge (respondent conditioning), constructing behavior via capturing, luring and shaping, along with principles of errorless and graded training approaches
you will be able to demonstrate foundational behaviors including, ‘targeting’ and ‘stationing’ which many of our other behaviors and arrangements will be predicated upon
building behavioral momentum through the concepts of ‘training in loops,’ reinforcer delivery, a review on stimulus control and an overview on prompts, cues and prompt fading
you will be able to demonstrate intermediate level behavioral responses including: ‘sit,’ ‘down,’ ‘high five,’ and jump ‘up’
the basics of cooperative care will be covered including beginning tactile work and various objects being contacted to the body including stethoscopes, capped needles or similar substitutes and other objects of veterinary care, along with reviewing carrier training and also an overview of keeping medium and long-haired cats’ coats brushed which can at times be a challenge of endurance and wriggling for both cats and guardians alike
discussing and demonstrating the use of pattern games with cats
a detailed discussion and exploration of continued building of behavioral momentum over duration, distance and distraction.

Lesson 1: Foundational principles

Lesson 2: Foundational behaviors

Lesson 3: Building behavioral momentum

Lesson 4: Intermediate feline behaviors

Lesson 5: Basic cooperative care concepts

Lesson 6: Pattern games and further inspirations in behavioral construction

J.R. & his clowder look forward to continuing the cat chat and celebrating life in the meow with you in Cat Herding 101!

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$101.37

Linlin Cao

Management and training for reactive dogs

If you have a reactive dog, excited dog, fearful dog, or anxious dog, this course is for you!

Does your dog growl, bark, lunge or show fear when seeing other dogs and people on walks and at home? Do you struggle to keep your dog calm and relaxed when out and about? We can help you with that! Linlin knows everything about management and training for reactive dogs!

When it comes to reactive dog training, handlers have two toolboxes: management and training.

Management, in my understanding, involves the handler making the choice for the dog. It doesn’t actively change the dog’s emotions but management helps to reduce reactive frequency to prevent trigger stacking and rehearsal of the unwanted behavior. Training for reactive dogs, on the other hand, involves the dog making the decisions. As a handler, our job is to make sure the dog makes the right decision.

This course focuses on everything you need to know about living with a reactive dog. You will learn useful management skills for real life dog walking to reduce the frequency and intensity of your dog’s reactions, and strategies to help your dog recover after a reaction. You will learn essential training for reactive dogs skills and fun and predictable pattern games to actively change your dog’s feelings towards triggers—dogs, people, sounds, etc. This course will also discuss many reactive dog related topics and how to take care of the other end of leash—because we need to take care of ourselves in order to be good advocates for our reactive dogs.

Having a reactive dog can be hard and lonely. But we are in this together! <3

Course outline

Management skills:

Error-less learning wait at door and reorientation at the door
Leash handling
Leash skill: Emergency U-turn
Leash skill: Touch
Leash skill: Switching sides
Leash skill: Changing speed
Leash skill: 1-2-3 (Control Unleashed^TM)
Mat work
Find it
Name game

Training skills:

Look at that (Control Unleashed^TM)
Pattern games for operant counter conditioning

Discussions:

Safe enrichment ideas for reactive dogs
Equipment: collar, harness, leash, and clicker
Self-care as a reactive dog owner
“But my dog is not food motivated!”
What to do when my dog hurts my hand when taking treats?
Putting it together: when to use management and when to use training

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Saara Uljas

Herding dog in the city!

Herding dog's problems - how to solve them?

Excessive barking, intense staring, circling around? Lunging towards cars, bikes and other moving things and not wanting to stop doing these behaviors? Loads of energy and difficulties to relax? Intelligent and learning new things fast? A herding breed dog can be the best companion you will ever have, but also behave in ways we humans find disruptive. The typical behaviors for herding breeds were very useful when working on the farm but may cause challenges in urban environments. An urge to stop a moving car might even cost a dog’s life. Deal with herding dog’s problems with Saara!

Herding dog’s problems can look like:

Stalking moving things intensively
Freezing to stalk something that is not moving
Lunging towards moving things
Nibbling ankles, shoes and things that go by
Very fast movements
Fast reacting to small changes in environment
Tendency to circle around objects or living things
Tendency to outrun moving things and turn in front of them
Excessive barking
Difficulties to turn away from things
Strong need to control surroundings
Not being able to respond even to familiar cues when executing these behaviors
High arousal when restrained executing these behaviors
Low frustration tolerance

The origin of the breeds lies in the purposeful reinforcing of different aspects of the hunting behavior chain through generations for various purposes where dogs were useful to humans. Herding breeds such as border collies, corgis and heelers have been bred for intense working on herding sheep and other cattle for centuries. Nowadays very few of them actually work on farms, but the genetic behavior models may still be very strong. Fortunately, we have dog-friendly ways to help these amazing breeds to cope with their impulses and redirect them.

In this herding dog’s problems solver course we will investigate following:

Why are the herding related behavior models existing and usually very strong
How can we help our herding breed dogs to relax trough enrichment
How to offer opportunities to work and think in a safe context
What kind of skills are important for the dog considering preventing the non-desirable herding
And how to teach them in a dog friendly, consent and reward based manner

This course is suitable for all herding breeds of different ages. If you have a young puppy, it is the best time to teach these skills strong. When you have an adult dog with a history of executing herding behaviors, you need to be prepared for working a long time since the herding behaviors tend to get stronger just by executing or even only starting to do them.

You will learn to:

Understand your dog’s behavior and needs better
Provide enrichment for daily basis to help your dog to feel good and relax
Redirect behavioral needs to more suitable targets
Practices to manage situations where your dog “loses it”
Find working rewards and how to increase their value if needed
Ways to let your dog to use his intelligence and desire to work
Teach variable skills through different exercises for your dog to help him cope with the inner impulses

By training these subjects you will help your dog to feel more relaxed, choose behaviors that are more suitable for the context and prevent over-arousal, possibly dangerous situations from happening. The daily living with your dog will not be so stressful anymore -for both of you. Consent and reward based training and feeling more secure with your dog increases the quality of dog-human relationship.

Your dog may also be able to perform better in group classes and dog sports as he is not constantly searching for opportunities to herd and is thus able to focus on you.

Week 1: Understanding the origin of herding breeds, Enrichment

Week 2: Impulse control and flexibility, Wellbeing

Week 3: Alternative behaviors 1, management

Week 4: Redirecting herding tendencies, Increasing calmness

Week 5: Alternative behaviors 2, the importance of being clear

Week 6: Desensitizing to movement

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$101.37

Saara Uljas

Herding dog in the city!

Herding dog's problems - how to solve them?

Excessive barking, intense staring, circling around? Lunging towards cars, bikes and other moving things and not wanting to stop doing these behaviors? Loads of energy and difficulties to relax? Intelligent and learning new things fast? A herding breed dog can be the best companion you will ever have, but also behave in ways we humans find disruptive. The typical behaviors for herding breeds were very useful when working on the farm but may cause challenges in urban environments. An urge to stop a moving car might even cost a dog’s life. Deal with herding dog’s problems with Saara!

Herding dog’s problems can look like:

Stalking moving things intensively
Freezing to stalk something that is not moving
Lunging towards moving things
Nibbling ankles, shoes and things that go by
Very fast movements
Fast reacting to small changes in environment
Tendency to circle around objects or living things
Tendency to outrun moving things and turn in front of them
Excessive barking
Difficulties to turn away from things
Strong need to control surroundings
Not being able to respond even to familiar cues when executing these behaviors
High arousal when restrained executing these behaviors
Low frustration tolerance

The origin of the breeds lies in the purposeful reinforcing of different aspects of the hunting behavior chain through generations for various purposes where dogs were useful to humans. Herding breeds such as border collies, corgis and heelers have been bred for intense working on herding sheep and other cattle for centuries. Nowadays very few of them actually work on farms, but the genetic behavior models may still be very strong. Fortunately, we have dog-friendly ways to help these amazing breeds to cope with their impulses and redirect them.

In this herding dog’s problems solver course we will investigate following:

Why are the herding related behavior models existing and usually very strong
How can we help our herding breed dogs to relax trough enrichment
How to offer opportunities to work and think in a safe context
What kind of skills are important for the dog considering preventing the non-desirable herding
And how to teach them in a dog friendly, consent and reward based manner

This course is suitable for all herding breeds of different ages. If you have a young puppy, it is the best time to teach these skills strong. When you have an adult dog with a history of executing herding behaviors, you need to be prepared for working a long time since the herding behaviors tend to get stronger just by executing or even only starting to do them.

You will learn to:

Understand your dog’s behavior and needs better
Provide enrichment for daily basis to help your dog to feel good and relax
Redirect behavioral needs to more suitable targets
Practices to manage situations where your dog “loses it”
Find working rewards and how to increase their value if needed
Ways to let your dog to use his intelligence and desire to work
Teach variable skills through different exercises for your dog to help him cope with the inner impulses

By training these subjects you will help your dog to feel more relaxed, choose behaviors that are more suitable for the context and prevent over-arousal, possibly dangerous situations from happening. The daily living with your dog will not be so stressful anymore -for both of you. Consent and reward based training and feeling more secure with your dog increases the quality of dog-human relationship.

Your dog may also be able to perform better in group classes and dog sports as he is not constantly searching for opportunities to herd and is thus able to focus on you.

Week 1: Understanding the origin of herding breeds, Enrichment

Week 2: Impulse control and flexibility, Wellbeing

Week 3: Alternative behaviors 1, management

Week 4: Redirecting herding tendencies, Increasing calmness

Week 5: Alternative behaviors 2, the importance of being clear

Week 6: Desensitizing to movement

from

$101.37

Saara Uljas

Herding dog in the city!

Herding dog's problems - how to solve them?

Excessive barking, intense staring, circling around? Lunging towards cars, bikes and other moving things and not wanting to stop doing these behaviors? Loads of energy and difficulties to relax? Intelligent and learning new things fast? A herding breed dog can be the best companion you will ever have, but also behave in ways we humans find disruptive. The typical behaviors for herding breeds were very useful when working on the farm but may cause challenges in urban environments. An urge to stop a moving car might even cost a dog’s life. Deal with herding dog’s problems with Saara!

Herding dog’s problems can look like:

Stalking moving things intensively
Freezing to stalk something that is not moving
Lunging towards moving things
Nibbling ankles, shoes and things that go by
Very fast movements
Fast reacting to small changes in environment
Tendency to circle around objects or living things
Tendency to outrun moving things and turn in front of them
Excessive barking
Difficulties to turn away from things
Strong need to control surroundings
Not being able to respond even to familiar cues when executing these behaviors
High arousal when restrained executing these behaviors
Low frustration tolerance

The origin of the breeds lies in the purposeful reinforcing of different aspects of the hunting behavior chain through generations for various purposes where dogs were useful to humans. Herding breeds such as border collies, corgis and heelers have been bred for intense working on herding sheep and other cattle for centuries. Nowadays very few of them actually work on farms, but the genetic behavior models may still be very strong. Fortunately, we have dog-friendly ways to help these amazing breeds to cope with their impulses and redirect them.

In this herding dog’s problems solver course we will investigate following:

Why are the herding related behavior models existing and usually very strong
How can we help our herding breed dogs to relax trough enrichment
How to offer opportunities to work and think in a safe context
What kind of skills are important for the dog considering preventing the non-desirable herding
And how to teach them in a dog friendly, consent and reward based manner

This course is suitable for all herding breeds of different ages. If you have a young puppy, it is the best time to teach these skills strong. When you have an adult dog with a history of executing herding behaviors, you need to be prepared for working a long time since the herding behaviors tend to get stronger just by executing or even only starting to do them.

You will learn to:

Understand your dog’s behavior and needs better
Provide enrichment for daily basis to help your dog to feel good and relax
Redirect behavioral needs to more suitable targets
Practices to manage situations where your dog “loses it”
Find working rewards and how to increase their value if needed
Ways to let your dog to use his intelligence and desire to work
Teach variable skills through different exercises for your dog to help him cope with the inner impulses

By training these subjects you will help your dog to feel more relaxed, choose behaviors that are more suitable for the context and prevent over-arousal, possibly dangerous situations from happening. The daily living with your dog will not be so stressful anymore -for both of you. Consent and reward based training and feeling more secure with your dog increases the quality of dog-human relationship.

Your dog may also be able to perform better in group classes and dog sports as he is not constantly searching for opportunities to herd and is thus able to focus on you.

Week 1: Understanding the origin of herding breeds, Enrichment

Week 2: Impulse control and flexibility, Wellbeing

Week 3: Alternative behaviors 1, management

Week 4: Redirecting herding tendencies, Increasing calmness

Week 5: Alternative behaviors 2, the importance of being clear

Week 6: Desensitizing to movement

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$101.37

Catja B. Pedersen

Freakishly fluent behaviors!

This course is dedicated to getting the highest level of fluency in our behaviors.

This course is dedicated to getting the highest level of fluency in our behaviors by getting geeky and diving deep into each training session.

How do we do that?

The short answer is: We focus on behavior! Both ours, and our learnes behavior.

We are going to analyze everything in the session, both from the handlers position and timing, to everything the dogs does.

So I will emphasize,- this course is geeky, and it is a good thing, if you are prepared to use quite a lot of time, of practicing using the schedules, and being comfortable with just focusing on behavior.

You will, as a premium participant, be asked to fill out quite a few schedules ad homework, to get comfortable with them.

Analyzing our sessions to this degree can be slightly scary and seem overwhelming in the beginning.

Luckily, as with anything else, the more we practice doing it the right way, the more fluent in behavior we become. And what we leave this course with, is very fine-tuned observation skills, that will help us in the future. Both when we want to improve our own sessions, and also if we are helping someone else. Having practiced your observational skills, takes you a big step towards being a favorite training partner.

In this course, we will work on a few specific behaviors that you would like to have perfected. You can chose some, or I can suggest some. This course is not about teaching as many behaviors as possible – that is the “Off cue- off control” course. Here, we dive much deeper into fewer behaviors.
We work with the learner offering the behavior off cue and perfecting it, till we have the behaviors freakishly fluent.

This is a course where there is going to be a significant amount of work, taking data, and reviewing the videos from every session, again and again.
We use a lot of benchmarking schedules to track the progress, and you will learn how to take your training to the next level with this tool.

This course covers:

Introduction to what fluency is and how we get it
The science and definitions behind it
Benchmarking schedules on the following topics
- Timing
- Criteria
- Reinforcement
- Off cue behaviors
- Stimulus control
- Chaining
- Training focus
- Mechanical skills

When this course finishes, the goal is for you to have ninja skills in clicker training, and have freakishly fluent behaviors!

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$101.37

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