C3002: Start Your Cooperative Care Journey Here!

3 WEEK CLASS - Are you struggling with your dog’s physical care?  Grooming and veterinary procedures can be challenging, but we can make things much better for you, your dog, your groomer, and your veterinary team.  Join me for our foundation cooperative care course. Start here to get a solid grounding in all the fundamentals that will help you move forward with your husbandry work.  

Topics & exercises include:  1) the calm marker, 2) place/table conditioning, 3) zen work, 4) mat work, 5) stillness, and 6) general handling.  No matter what care challenges you face, these are the necessary  fundamentals to help you and your dog move forward.  All work is based on classical conditioning and positive reinforcement.  Our goal is for our dogs to become tolerant & relaxed team members in the process.  

This is the first course in the cooperative care series, and strongly recommended if you intend to take future specific procedural courses when they are offered (paws & nails, teeth & mouth, medications, procedure positions, chin rest & muzzle, eyes & ears, trimming & brushing).  You will be setting both you & your dog up for success then by introducing (or reviewing) the foundation skills now.  

Details matter in cooperative care training.  Small changes can make a huge difference.  Come join us to focus on the steps to success.  

Teaching Approach:

This course will consist of written lectures along with 6 recorded video lessons.  The recorded lessons include exercise demonstration videos as well as verbal & written instructions, and run between 10 - 25 minutes each.  Transcripts of the video lessons will be provided.   

There will be a Teaching Assistant for this course.

Instructor: Deborah Jones

Deborah Jones, Ph.D. (she/her) is a psychologist who specializes in learning theory and social behavior. She taught a variety of psychology courses at Kent State University for the past 20 years. Deb has been training dogs for performance events for the past 25 years and was an early...(Click here for full bio and to view Deb's upcoming courses)