Webinar Presentations
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Webinars will run approximately 1-2 hours including presentation and questions.
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Tracey McLennan - Train Like a Tester: Smarter, Faster Progress
Date: Thursday, July 10th, 2025
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Dog training can feel like a frustrating cycle of trial and error - but it doesn’t have to. In this webinar, you'll learn how to apply a simple, structured framework borrowed from IT testing to make faster, clearer progress with your dog. We’ll cover how to plan sessions with purpose, evaluate what’s working, and adjust your training with confidence. Ideal for handlers of all levels, whether you're competing or just getting started.
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Kelly Daniel - But I don't have much gear! Fitness exercises on single pieces of equipment
Date: Thursday, July 10th, 2025
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Whilst it's super cool to have a ton of Canine fitness equipment, that's not always reality, and it's also not a necessity to be able to do a wide range of fitness exercises. This webinar will run through a reminder of the base fitness skills and positions, and applying these skills and positions to pieces of equipment to give you usable ideas about a range of different fitness exercises, that you could do on single pieces of equipments. I'll run through a TON of different examples of exercises, on a range of different pieces of equipment both commercially available, and DIY or random things! We will then run through considerations when using less equipment - namely how to select a balance of exercises to create balance in the fitness exercises you are doing to help meet your dogs fitness needs. Lets dive in and get creative about how you can use the gear that you have to give your dog a great workout!
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Karen Deeds CDBC - Building Confidence In your Dog
Date: Thursday, July 17th, 2025
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Having confidence is a quality that we would like in ourselves as well as our dogs! However, not all dogs are born with it, either by design or genetic flaw, or due to lack of exposure and experiences during formidable times of maturation. Perhaps they have had some trauma that has left them lacking confidence as well. A dog’s ability to be confident is part nature, and part nurture. Confidence and resilience are related concepts. Confident dogs can handle meeting new people, unfamiliar dogs, or be in new situations without become fearful. Resiliency on the other hand, is the ability to bounce back from situations that cause fear or discomfort. Therefore, building resiliency will help build confidence and building confidence can help with resiliency. Dogs can certainly lack confidence in specific areas but be confident in others. Some dogs may be environmentally confident, but not socially, or be more socially confident, but lack it environmentally. In this webinar, we will explore ways to build confidence in your dog, both physically and mentally! Ensuring your dog feels safe during this process is important. Confidence comes from the Latin word, ‘trust’, so we do not want to violate their trust in us during this process.
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Sophie Liu DVM CDBC - Mythbusting Behavior Medications: It's More Than You Think
Date: Thursday, July 17th, 2025
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Myth: Behavior medications are a new invention and they're totally misused.
Fact: Behavior medications have been studied in dogs for decades! In fact, the FDA has approved four behavior drugs for use in dogs - demonstrating their therapeutic efficacy and safety. Yet, behavior drugs carry massive stigma in dogs because canine behavior issues often get dismissed as "lacking training or discipline". But some dogs have issues that no amount of training can modify because their emotional processing is atypical.
Myth: Behavior drugs are simply increasing serotonin and increasing serotonin actually causes learning problems.
Fact: Contrary to a popular myth, behavior drugs are not simply increasing serotonin, and this overly simplistic view has been well debunked in rodent and human research. New studies show multiple ways that medications improve emotional processing and behavior. It's not simple, but it is beautiful!
Ready to learn more? In this talk, we’ll take a brain-based approach to describing: how dogs process their environment, why their personality matters and how genetics is involved, and how drugs help modify their learning. We will highlight canine anxiety and aggression, and explore how a particular class of drugs called SSRIs modify these states. Join as we dive deep into combining neuroscience, clinical evidence, and practical applications for responsible use of behavior-modifying drugs in dogs!
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Irith Trietsch Bloom - When Details Really Matter: Re-examining CC&DS
Date: Thursday, July 24th, 2025
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
If you've been in the world of non-human animals for a while, odds are you've heard the terms counterconditioning (CC) and desensitization (DS). The odds are also pretty high that you have deliberately used a combination of counterconditioning and desensitization in some context or other. And maybe things worked out well… or maybe the results weren’t what you’d hoped for.
In this webinar, Irith will re-examine CC and DS, with a focus on why CC and DS don’t always work as well as we’d like. She will share geeky considerations about the use of CC and DS, examine common pitfalls, and teach you how to avoid those pitfalls to get better results. Whether you’ve been struggling with CC and DS, find them useful but want to get even better results, or just want to get geeky about behavior science, this webinar is for you!
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Barbara Lloyd - Motivation vs. Focus: Why Your Dog Needs Both — And How to Build Them
Date: Thursday, July 24th, 2025
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Motivation and focus are not the same thing — and confusing them can seriously derail your training. In this live 60-minute webinar, Barbara Lloyd takes you inside the real difference between a dog who’s motivated, a dog who’s focused, and what happens when you only have one but not the other. You’ll learn: • The clear definitions of motivation vs. focus • Why your dog can be full of energy and still totally unproductive • What it looks like when your dog is focused but unmotivated • How this impacts you as a handler • Real-life examples of training breakdowns — and breakthroughs • Practical, proven ways to build both in your dog Barbara will also share how her Cognitive Challenges Framework is designed to develop both motivation and focus in a thoughtful, balanced way — helping you create the kind of working relationship where things just click. 👩🏫 Who It’s For: • Dog handlers, trainers, and working dog enthusiasts • Anyone who feels stuck between chaos and compliance • People who want a clearer, more connected training partnership ✅ What You’ll Walk Away With: • A clear lens to evaluate what’s really going on with your dog • A fresh understanding of how motivation and focus interact • A better way to structure your sessions so your dog can shine Bring a notebook — and bring your questions! This isn’t just a lecture. It’s a conversation that will leave you seeing your dog, and your role, in a whole new light.
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