Webinar Presentations
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Webinars will run approximately 1-2 hours including presentation and questions.
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Shade Whitesel - Connection: How to Build Loose Leash Walking in Sport and Real Life (Repeat)
Date: Thursday, January 13, 2022
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Wouldn’t it be awesome to let your dog out of the crate at the sports venue, have them orientate directly to you with nary a glance around at the busy surroundings and walk perfectly with you to the ring entrance?
Wouldn’t it be awesome to snap the leash onto your dog, exit the front door and go for a nice neighborhood walk, saying hi to the neighbors, passing dogs, cats and bicycles, stopping for your dog to sniff every once in a while?
Instead, your arm and shoulder hurts from the constant pulling, the constant yanking, you keep a death grip on the leash 6 inches from the dog’s collar on the way to the ring, you are embarrassed to exit the driveway, let alone go for a walk around the neighborhood, and you are looking sideways at the prong collars in the pet store aisle every time you go in to buy dog food.
Want some strategies? Want some joint relief? Want the dog to act like they are following you, rather than you following them?
I’m not a total miracle worker, but join me for this webinar and I’ll give you some skills to work on that will make walking much more enjoyable, whether that is from Pt A to B in the competition venue or outside in the real world.
Note: This webinar is back by popular demand. Please check your webinar library before purchasing.
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Nicole Wiebusch - 10 ways to Improve Your Rally Score (Repeat)
Date: Thursday, January 13, 2022
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Do you want to get higher rally scores? Of course you do – who doesn’t? During this webinar I will list out 10 ways that you can improve your score.
We’ll talk about tips and tricks for learning the signs, staying connected, improving your dog’s heeling, knowing how to handle mistakes (and what to do in that moment) and so much more!
I’ve been competing in and teaching rally for years, and am quite familiar with the most common mistakes that are made in rally. If you’d like to avoid some of those common mistakes, join me!
Some will be pretty easy fixes, others will take a bit more time to implement, but all will leave you walking out of that ring with better scores!
Note: This webinar is back by popular demand. Please check your webinar library before purchasing.
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Sara Brueske - Fast and Furious Whistle Recalls (Repeat)
Date: Thursday, January 20, 2022
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Recalls are one of the most important behaviors that you can teach your dog, the benefits in the real world are invaluable. However, often we are combating the distractions around us when we are training this behavior. One of the best ways to train a recall by treating it like a performance behavior in which we value speed, enthusiasm and fun as well as a habitual response to the recall cue. In this class, we will specifically be focusing on a whistle as our recall cue as this is the best noise to use at a distance and to cut through other distracting noises.
We will be discussing various recall games to play, how to know when your recall is ready to level up and how to increase the speed of your dog's response. Join us to learn how to create an immediate response with your recall and to teach your dog to love their recall!
Note: This webinar is back by popular demand. Please check your webinar library before purchasing.
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Deb Jones, PhD - But He Does it Perfectly at Home!: Building Focus in Challenging Locations
Date: Thursday, January 20, 2022
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
If I had $1 for every time I’ve heard “but he does it perfectly at home” I’d be living the high life on a private island. As you continue on your dog training journey you will become aware, sometimes painfully aware, that what your dog KNOWS and what your dog DOES can be two very different things. So how can you make those two things match? This webinar will help show you the way forward!
Teaching behaviors and skills is only one part of the training equation. Generalizing those behaviors and skills to a variety of challenging locations is key to success, and typically much harder than initial training. Deb will discuss how to establish, build and encourage focus in new locations, and then how to then add trained behaviors to your focus sessions. If you start with focus first you will have much more success.
Topics we will consider in this webinar include choosing training locations wisely, trainer/dog responsibility, habit & context, setting realistic expectations, setting up for success, and making good training decisions in the moment.
Deb will provide you with some basic focus exercises that you can then use as the foundation on which you can build your training sessions. Starting with focus and then building strong behavior chains is the key to success out in the real world.
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Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD - The Biology of Socialization
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2022
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Socializing your performance puppy at a young age is critical to her later success trialing in new venues surrounded by strange people and dogs. But why? What is different in the brains of puppies younger than 3-4 months that makes them such sponges for learning? Dr. Jessica Hekman, a veterinary researcher who studies canine personality, will talk about what we know about exactly what's happening in the brains of very young puppies. Get your science geek on and come learn about socialization!
Note: This webinar is back by popular demand. Please check your webinar library before purchasing.
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Cindi Delany, DVM, KPA-CTP - The Perfect Recipe for a Successful Training Session
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2022
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
We all know what it feels like to set out to train your dog a new skill (or progress a known skill) and everything just clicks and falls into place. It feels great and amazing for you and your dog!
Unfortunately, we've also all experienced training sessions that didn't go as planned and left us (and probably our dogs) scratching our heads, wondering what went wrong.
In this webinar, we'll talk about what the vital ingredients are for a successful training session. We'll go into detail about how to plan for, set up, and create that perfect environment and training steps for your dog to be successful in learning and having fun in the process.
There is a recipe you can use, and we'll talk through what those ingredients are based on your dog, yourself, and what you are working on.
Come to this session ready to think differently about how to approach teaching new skills!
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