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Tuning into Your Dog
When
Sat Jan 07, 2012 - Sun Jan 08, 2012
Where
Orlando, FL - United States
Instructor Patricia McConnell, Ph.D,, CAAB and Kathy Sdao, M.A., ACAAB View Event Publisher
Price
$130 - $255
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Would you like to upgrade your knowledge about behavior and training? Learn more about how dogs communicate, how to "converse" effectively with them and how to avoid (or repair!) ten common training mistakes? Patricia McConnell Ph.D. and Kathy Sdao MA have created new, state-of-the-art lectures to help you tune into your dog by improving your understanding of canine communication, providing alternate perspectives and employing smart training choices. Explore tools to help you transform average or at-risk relationships into healthy partnerships.
January 7 & 8, 2012, International Palms Resort & Conference Center, Orlando, Florida
• Saturday, 9:00AM to 5:00PM with Patricia McConnell
• Sunday, 9:00AM to 5:00PM with Kathy Sdao
DOG TALK: An Up-to-the-Minute Update on Canine Communication
Patricia McConnell, Ph.D., CAAB
Saturday January 7, 2012
What do we know about how and what dogs communicate? What are dogs “saying” when they raise their tails, dilate their pupils or mark over the urine of another? Join Patricia McConnell in this all-new exploration of visual, acoustic and chemical communication in dogs. We’ll learn what researchers know about “intraspecific” communication (dog to dog), watch lots of new videos to enhance our ability to “read” dogs, discuss our ability to categorize the acoustic and visual signals of dogs (you might be surprised!) and elaborate on the training implications of new research findings in canine behavior. Don’t miss this one-time only opportunity to see one of Patricia's last day-long seminars.
What Not to Err: Training Mistakes that Create Headaches for Dogs (9:00 through mid-afternoon)
Kathy Sdao, M.A., ACAAB
Sunday January 8, 2012
There’s no shortage of dog-training advice available to our clients. Websites, books, television, dog advocates and well-intentioned friends offer suggestions for basic training and for solving behavior problems. We’ll review ten errors, both general and technical, common to dog-friendly trainers. Topics include ineffective cues, backward sequences, poisoned reinforcers, misunderstood training transitions and more. Understanding how to avoid or resolve these issues will make training fairer for our dogs and more fun for everyone.
A Lot in Life is Free: An Alternative to Rank-based Training Models (immediately following What Not to Err)
Much modern dog training has evolved from older methods laden with physical coercion. Though the dog-training profession has made enormous strides in improving methodology over the past two decades, remnants of that dominance-based paradigm are still common. From the hackneyed advice that owners should be “alpha in their pack,” to the emphasis on leadership, to the ubiquity of “Nothing in Life is Free” (NILIF) protocols, the concept of hierarchy is integral to many trainers. Though this framework can sometimes lead to helpful training procedures, the explanations often go beyond a straight-forward scientific perspective by integrating superfluous concepts such as rank and deprivation. We’ll consider an alternative framework that provides a more equitable approach to effective training.
CEUs are pending from CCPDT and IAABC