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Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), Webinar Series!Business: Association of Pet Dog Trainers (ADPT)Services: Professional Membership, Education, Networking, Advocacy Website(s) www.apdt.com
Address
Greenville
SC
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About Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT)The Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) is a professional organization of individual trainers who are committed to becoming better trainers through education. |
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Events Added By Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) |
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Webinar - Separation Anxiety Training Goes High Tech
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Thu May 03, 2012 - Thu May 03, 2012
This presentation will give an overview to trainers as to how technology can help them increase the effectiveness of their separation anxiety treatment plans. There are numerous ways that the use of online programs can allow trainers to assist their clients in supporting more expedient absence protocols, and it is important that we use every tool we... read more |
Webinar - Reactive Rachel
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Thu Apr 05, 2012 - Thu Apr 05, 2012
Are you a new trainer who is hesitant to make connections with other professionals or been met with less than open arms from other trainers? Do you want to take the CPDT exam but keep putting it off? Do you get angry or worried when another trainer opens a nearby business? Do you have new ideas to promote your business but never seem to get around to... read more |
Webinar - The Changing Pieces of Pet Death Care
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Thu Mar 29, 2012 - Thu Mar 29, 2012
Attendees to this seminar will hear the Changing Pieces of Pet Death Care, exploring a variety of elements of pet loss and learning how customer service for a family at this time will provide for a meaningful death experience, aiding in client retention. When a pet dies, individuals will grieve but may not mourn. Understanding these differences allow... read more |
Webinar - Reactive Rachel: Being Aware of Your Own Fears as a Dog Pro
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Thu Mar 15, 2012 - Thu Mar 15, 2012
Are you a new trainer who is hesitant to make connections with other professionals or been met with less than open arms from other trainers? Do you want to take the CPDT exam but keep putting it off? Do you get angry or worried when another trainer opens a nearby business? Do you have new ideas to promote your business but never seem to get around to... read more |
Webinar - Animal Emotions and Resource Guarding
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Thu Mar 08, 2012 - Thu Mar 08, 2012
Animal emotions are often overlooked in working with resource guarding. It is an emotionally charged problem for both human and dog. The emphasis will be on resource guarding as it occurs in the human/dog context. We will discuss what characteristics in the animal are predictors of resource guarding and how they play a part in working this problem. U... read more |
Webinar - A Look at Interactions Between Dogs in Public Dog Parks
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Wed Mar 07, 2012 - Wed Mar 07, 2012
This presentation will be a video tour of public dog parks around the nation. In viewing these parks, we will be looking at not only the physical layouts, but also the most commonly seen dog-dog interactions. Learning from the use of extensive video footage showed in real-time and slow-motion, we will identify common engagement behaviors between unfa... read more |
Webinar - TACT – Touch Associated Clicker Training: A Training Program for Dogs that are Fearful and Reactive Toward People
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 - Thu Mar 01, 2012
A 90-minute overview of Touch Associated Clicker Training (TACT), a practical training solution for the challenging canine behavior of dog-human reactivity/aggression. The presenters will utilize video presentation as well as case study data to explain this unique approach to modify reactive/aggressive canine behavior. TACT is an innovative new train... read more |
Polite Walking: Tips for Trainers, Instructors and Their Clients
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Event Is Over!Wed Feb 22, 2012 - Wed Feb 22, 2012
This webinar offers a positive approach to teaching owners and dogs polite, loose leash walking. With an appreciation of how the dog views pulling, and what a loose leash means to the dog, participants will develop an understanding of the goal of walking together in partnership with the dog. The webinar includes step-by-step procedures to train dogs... read more |
Online Webinar - Puppy Playtimes
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Event Is Over!Thu Feb 16, 2012 - Thu Feb 16, 2012
There has been a continual increase in complex dog behaviour concerns such as reactivity and fear. Majority, if not all, of these cases could have been prevented with proper owner education. In most cases, these problems developed because the dog owners did not attend puppy classes or actively socialize their dogs. Due to the trends in TV dog trainin... read more |
Online Webinar - Increasing Appropriate Owner Use of Counterconditioning
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Event Is Over!Thu Feb 09, 2012 - Thu Feb 09, 2012
Classical counterconditioning is used by dog trainers to reduce aggression in dogs. However, owners do not implement treatment as prescribed (i.e., treatment integrity). The program described addresses treatment integrity failures and provides techniques for increasing treatment integrity. Data suggest that the program increases owner treatment integ... read more |
Webinar - Rethink 'pit bull' and break the cycle of discrimination
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Event Is Over!Thu Feb 02, 2012 - Thu Feb 02, 2012
Attendees will learn the history of canine discrimination, how it led to the demonization of dogs called “pit bulls,” and how it has resulted in commercial discrimination, barriers to adoption, and breed specific legislation. We will also discuss the origin and limitations of modern dog bite studies, along with selected reports concerning the human-c... read more |
Webinar - Canine First Aid
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Event Is Over!Thu Feb 02, 2012 - Thu Feb 02, 2012
Dog trainers need to be prepared for emergencies involving their clients’ dogs, whether in a private in-home session, inside group class, outdoor adventure class or a board ‘n’ train situation. Are you concerned about your legal responsibility for the dogs in your care? Perhaps you are already trained in canine first aid but would like a concise chec... read more |
Webinar - Rethink 'pit bull' and break the cycle of discrimination
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Event Is Over!Thu Feb 02, 2012 - Thu Feb 02, 2012
tendees will learn the history of canine discrimination, how it led to the demonization of dogs called “pit bulls,” and how it has resulted in commercial discrimination, barriers to adoption, and breed specific legislation. We will also discuss the origin and limitations of modern dog bite studies, along with selected reports concerning the human-can... read more |
Webinar - Planning for the Possibility that Pets Outlive Their Human Companions
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Event Is Over!Wed Feb 01, 2012 - Wed Feb 01, 2012
Thousands of pets end up at animal shelters simply because they outlived their pet owners who had not planned for their continued care. Typically “orphaned” pets deteriorate in the shelter environment. This session will outline what options are available to ensure “lifetime care” for pets and how your organization can help pet owners in your commun... read more |
Online Webinar - I'm Not Co-Dependent, I Just Can't Live Without You
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Event Is Over!Thu Jan 26, 2012 - Thu Jan 26, 2012
What is separation anxiety? What are the various types of separation anxiety? How to build confidence? What are tools that help reduce stress? How do you teach your dog to be comfortable in his own skin when you leave? read more |
Online Webinar - Lateral Training: Working With Another Species
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Event Is Over!Thu Jan 19, 2012 - Thu Jan 19, 2012
Brief history of chicken training for dog trainers. Video of a variety of exercises and how they improve training skills. Looking at training from an animals point of view. read more |
Online Webinar - Keeping Fear and Reactivity Classes Separate
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Event Is Over!Thu Jan 12, 2012 - Thu Jan 12, 2012
Reactivity in dogs is a common problem with many trainers now running 'growly' classes. A wide range of behavioral problems are addressed in these classes: leash reactivity, fear, aggression concerns, etc. After running growly classes for over four years, Megan recognized that it needed to be broken out, in order to be more effective. Trainers who ar... read more |
Online Webinar - Introduction to puppy and juvenile learning and training
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Event Is Over!Thu Dec 29, 2011 - Thu Dec 29, 2011
Puppies learn constantly from their environment. They learn things we teach them, as well as a lot of learning on their own. The more we control their environment and supervise the puppy ? the more control we have over their learning process, to channel it toward desirable directions. Learning is most easily done on a "clean slate" ? this process is... read more |
Build A Balanced Marketing Plan
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Event Is Over!Thu Dec 15, 2011 - Thu Dec 15, 2011
Your marketing plan needs to target three audiences: Potential clients, referral sources, and current and past clients. Do you have marketing projects directed at all three? If not, you?re probably losing business now and missing out on potential business in the future, too. dog*tec business consultants Veronica Boutelle and Gina Phairas teach you ho... read more |
Online Webinar - My dog just wants to say "hi"
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Event Is Over!Thu Dec 08, 2011 - Thu Dec 08, 2011
Any time two or more dogs and their owners come together, owners invariably want to let their dogs meet. More often than not we hear the familiar phrase ?My dog just wants to say hi?, without that owner realizing the dog they are approaching may not be interested in saying ?hi?. These are potential disaster periods in every group class and at rescue... read more |
Online Webinar - Reality Bites: Safe, Effective Dog Aggression Modification
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Event Is Over!Thu Dec 01, 2011 - Thu Dec 01, 2011
Aggression cases make up the vast majority of our private consultation cases here at Peaceable Paws. In this webinar we will look at the causes and classifications of aggression, and discuss how to help clients understand that it is *rarely* about dominance, and almost *always* about stress. We will examine some actual cases as the backdrop for shari... read more |
Online Webinar - Planning for the Possibility that Pets Outlive Their Human Companions
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Event Is Over!Thu Nov 17, 2011 - Thu Nov 17, 2011
Thousands of pets end up at animal shelters simply because they outlived their pet owners who had not planned for their continued care. Typically ?orphaned? pets deteriorate in the shelter environment. This session will outline what options are available to ensure ?lifetime care? for pets and how your organization can help pet owners in your commun... read more |
Online Webinar - Social Media as a Sales Tool: What You Really Need to Know
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Event Is Over!Thu Nov 10, 2011 - Thu Nov 10, 2011
Social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are rapidly changing the way most companies find and interact with their customers, and vice versa. Unlike other forms of Internet marketing, social networking allows us to make strong one-on-one connections with the men and women we'd most like to have as customers.
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Online Webinar - The Four Quadrants of Operant Conditioning: An Overview
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Event Is Over!Thu Nov 03, 2011 - Thu Nov 03, 2011
This presentation will provide a thorough overview of the four quadrants of operant conditioning. After reviewing the definitions of each of the four quadrants to ensure everyone attending is using terms such as "negative reinforcement" correctly, the presenter will discuss the advantages and disadvantages ? including possible fallout -- of each of t... read more |
Teaching Dog Bite Prevention
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Event Is Over!Thu Aug 18, 2011 - Thu Aug 18, 2011
All dog professionals have an opportunity to increase awareness about dog safety through their clients. Learn fun ways you can bring dog safety to your community in all areas of your business. read more |
Animals and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Event Is Over!Thu Aug 11, 2011 - Thu Aug 11, 2011
Discussion of whether or not animals actually do suffer from the strict definition of PTSD, pet emotions, and how pets may suffer as a result of severe psychological injury. Potential sources of PTSD include: growing up in puppy mills, military service, suffering abuse, being repeatedly re-homed and potentially even force-based dog training. read more |
APDT C.L.A.S.S. Evaluator Basics
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Event Is Over!Thu Aug 04, 2011 - Thu Aug 04, 2011
Prepare your C.L.A.S.S. Evaluator skills! This webinar will go through a C.L.A.S.S. Evaluation for each level step by step to help you get familiar with the test items, Evaluator instructions, and scoring guidelines. We will discuss various scenarios that may be encountered during an Evaluation. We will also introduce the Score Reporting process and... read more |
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