Upcoming Events:

Date:  March 24-25, 2012
“Fido Refined” ~ addressing behavior problems and self-control issues
2-day workshop in Chelsea, MI

For more details, please contact Michelle McCarthy ~ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

If you would like to inquire about hosting a training workshop, please contact Virginia Broitman for more details: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Seminars and workshops are designed to meet your individual needs.  Audiences may include:

• Novice pet owners who wish to learn more about the basics of training and behavior modification for their own dogs.
• Shelter workers who wish to explore ways to increase adoptability, enhance cage presence, address behavioral issues, and provide environmental enrichment.
• Experienced trainers who wish to refine their training skills, explore the nuances of clicker training, and enhance their behavior modification techniques.

Here is just a sampling of presentation topics:

• Clicker training -- introduction through advanced techniques.
• Basic training in good manners and impulse control, along with problem-solving techniques for common doggie dilemmas.
• Advanced training:
  • Honing the trainer's mechanical and observational skills.
  • Shaping behaviors.
  • Building behaviors to fluency ~ addressing precision, latency, and speed; working around high level distractions, building duration, and teaching solid response to cues at a distance.
  • Attaining stimulus control.
  • Building behavior chains.
  • Effective and humane strategies for modifying a wide range of behavioral problems.
• Exploring the concept of pet/prison programs.

A listing of some past events:

• Salem, OR, My Dog’s Gym  ~  2-day clicker training workshop
• Munich, Germany  ~  3-day advanced clicker training workshop
• Richmond, VA, Dude Ranch Pet Resort  ~  2-day clicker training and problem solving workshop
• San Diego, CA  ~  advanced clicker training workshop
• Alicante, Spain, Fundacion Bocalan  ~  co-presenter for a multi-species clicker training workshop at the Rio Safari zoo (5-day workshop)
• Santiago, Chile, Fundacion Bocalan  ~  4-day advanced training & behavior workshops
• Harrisburg, PA  ~  2-day clicker training workshop
• Roanoke, VA  ~  2-day clicker training workshop
• Hamden, CT, Paws ‘N Effect Canine Training  ~  2-day clicker training workshop
• Gregory, MI  ~   2-day clicker training workshop
• Taipei, Taiwan  ~  3-day clicker training and problem solving workshops