Presented by Kathy Sdao

Online registration opening in April 2012!

October 6 – 7, 2012 

Dog training is an activity designed to elicit, modify and control the behaviors of dogs. It
requires cognitive skill as well as physical skill and it obliges trainers to make seemingly
endless choices about methods, tools and priorities. From the initial choice of how
to “get” the desired dog-behavior to occur, to later decisions about how to integrate
the learned behavior into the dog’s repertoire and daily life, the trainer must consider
practicality, expediency and the dog’s emotional welfare.

We trainers aspire to make the best choices possible. And so we continue to educate
ourselves, by studying the science, by watching great trainers in action, by brainstorming
ideas and then trying them out with our own dogs, and by discussing concepts with
our colleagues. This workshop will include all these activities. We’ll combine lecture
segments about the practical application of SMART (See, Mark and Reward Training)
with plenty of dog-training exercises, demonstrations, games and time for questions.
Think of this workshop as a chance to participate in a two-day “trainers’ think tank.”