Webinar Presentations
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Webinars will run approximately 1-2 hours including presentation and questions.
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Kelly Daniel - Sloppy Sits: Correcting with Canine Fitness
Date: Thursday, October 10th, 2024
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Sloppy sits, or puppy sits, are when a dog does not sit in correct form. This might look like uneven knees, a pelvis rolled backwards, or rear feet pushed forwards. Whilst this might look cute as a puppy, it isn't a good thing for a large number of reasons!
This webinar will cover:
- Looking at the indicators of poor form in a sit
- Discussing the reasons for poor sit form
- Using equipment to correct sit form
- Sit strengthening exercises
- More advanced exercises working on the transition into a sit
This webinar would be perfect for anyone wanting to correct your dog’s sit form, prevent a sloppy sit from occurring, increase your dog's strength and duration in a sit, or smooth and strengthen the transition into a sit.
Remember that if your dog has had health, or orthopaedic issues you should discuss the suitability of this, and other canine fitness training with your dog’s main healthcare professional. It is particularly important in a sloppy sit to rule out any orthopaedic cause for this sit posture. If you are otherwise unsure if this is suitable for your dog please contact Kelly.
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Denise Fenzi - Can't Touch This! Setting Your "Leave-it" to Auto Pilot
Date: Thursday, October 10th, 2024
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Imagine this...you're walking along, and suddenly your dog is at your side, staring at you. You look around and you see why....chicken bones on the ground, squirrels playing near the path or that ever-so-tempting pile of horse poop!
A solid "Leave-it" cue is cool but an automatic leave-it is way better!
This webinar is all about just that. Starting with no cue at all, Denise will walk you through the steps of developing a strong leave-it! First you'll teach a traditional cue and next you'll work towards an automatic response to attractive options in the environment. How cool is that?!
Along for the ride is a leave-it for the food refusal exercise found in a variety of dog sports.
Join Denise and find your walks become a lot more relaxing as your dog takes responsibility for leaving stuff where it belongs - in the environment!
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Note: This webinar is back due to popular demand. Please check your webinar library before purchasing.
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Dr. Alexandra (Sasha) Protopopova - Demystifying Motivation as it Relates to Dog Behaviour and Training
Date: Thursday, October 17th, 2024
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
As professionals in animal learning, we are increasingly confident with using principles of classical and operant conditioning to help dogs achieve our set goals. However, many dog behaviours, such as reactivity, may not always be easily understandable from a simplistic account of a history of consequences. In this talk, I will explore the older concepts of "Drive" and the new understanding of "Motivation" and its effects on behavioural expression. We will cover Motivation Operations (MOs) as the 4th term in the 3-term contingency and consider how MOs can guide how dogs behave in various circumstances. The participants will also receive an introduction to the more complex topic of conditioned MOs that may help explain particularly puzzling dog behaviour. This talk provides a theoretical background that is needed for animal behaviour professionals to go beyond the basics of dog training.
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Heather Lawson - The Power of Platforms: The What, When, Where & How of Using Platforms To Seriously Speed Up Your Training
Date: Thursday, October 17th, 2024
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Platforms are taking our training by storm. Why? Well, platforms are a terrific way to convey position and precision without having to intervene and constantly adjust or correct your dog's position while they're learning. The precise positioning that platforms can offer us allows us to convey concepts of movement or stationary behaviours that would often take much more time if we didn't use them. Platforms allow us to build precision right from the beginning simply by their size and shape. If you're struggling to convey a particular concept of body positioning, distance work, stays or even want to introduce some energy and FUN games into your training then you'll definitely want to learn how to use platforms effectively. We'll discuss which platform to use when along with the various sizes and when to use which type of platform. There are a Zillion uses for platforms. Come learn how they can put some ZING into your training sessions.
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Bobbie Bhambree - A Framework to Help Build & Maintain Resilience: The Resilience Rainbow
Date: Thursday, October 24th, 2024
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Resilience is an individual’s ability to recover from and resist the negative effects of stress. Understanding the physiological and behavioral bases for higher levels of resilience can help animal Resilience is an individual’s ability to recover from and resist the negative effects of stress. We will explore this topic through the lens of neurobiology.
Whether a professional in the behavior field or a competitor of dog sports, we must consider resilience when creating training programs or addressing behavior issues. Most dogs around the world no longer live quietly by the fireside, roaming open spaces, without restrictions; and as society continues to change, our cities get busier and our lives more hectic, it's not only humans that benefit greatly from an ability to adjust and adapt.
Eliminating all stress in life is impossible and is never the goal of training. Instead, the goal is to help a learner acquire the skills which enable them to process stressful experiences and grow more resilient from them. The Resilience Rainbow represents seven domains around which an individualized training plan can be created that will support the dog’s development and help them build resilience. What interventions and exercises are most effective in building resilience? How do they help, and how can you implement them? What does a Resilience Conditioning training plan based around the Resilience Rainbow look like? What are the advantages of this approach?
Certified Dog Behavior Consultant, Bobbie Bhambree, will share evidence-based approaches to assessing and building a dog's ability to adapt, adjust, and recover. This will be an opportunity to look at an important topic in behavior through a multidisciplinary lens. Whether you are an animal trainer, veterinary professional, animal behaviorist, animal enthusiast, or someone interested in dog sports, there will be something here for you.
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Irith Bloom - Food: The Best Thing Ever… Or Is It?
Date: Thursday, October 24th, 2024
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
We’re all about positive reinforcement here at FDSA. Most of us use food a lot of the time. That’s great – and we want you to keep doing it! With that said, food doesn’t always get us the results we want. For one thing, some animals get so overexcited around food that they can’t think straight. Some even take matters into their own hands (paws/hooves/etc.) and try to get the food when you haven’t offered it yet! On the flip side, some animals run away as soon as you pull out treats. And then there are the animals that refuse to work if there is no food around. All of this can make food feel like a mixed blessing at best.
In this webinar, Irith Bloom will explore the use of food in training. She’ll offer suggestions for troubleshooting common issues that come up when we use food. She’ll delve into when, where, and how best to deliver food. Special attention will be paid to situations involving fear, anxiety, and over-excitement. She’ll also talk about when we might want to avoid food, and how to fade food out of our training.
Whether you are a training novice or have years of experience under your belt, this webinar will help you re-examine and fine-tune your use of food. Come join us!
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