Training Workshops and Seminars
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 ~
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If you would like to inquire about hosting a training workshop, please contact Virginia Broitman for more details:
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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