Webinar Presentations
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Webinars will run approximately 1-2 hours including presentation and questions.
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Marge Rogers - Success with Dr. Overall's Protocols for Deference and Take a Breath
Date: Thursday, April 23rd
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Can dogs really learn how to self-calm through biofeedback? Yes, they can! Veterinary behaviorist and author of the Manual of Clinical Behavioral Medicine for Dogs and Cats, Dr. Karen Overall, has provided us with the tools to help our dogs. The first in a two-part series will focus on Dr. Overall's Protocols for Deference and Teaching Your Dog to Take a Deep Breath. Marge will show you how she uses these protocols in her training programs. She includes video examples demonstrating the behaviors at home, away from home, and in the veterinary clinic. We'll also review how the right types of tactile interactions can help calm dogs.
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Chris Zink, DVM - Prepare Your Dog for Competition the Way Olympic Athletes Do
Date: Thursday, April 23rd
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Olympic athletes train for competition through highly structured, multi-year, and holistic programs, focusing on not only on sports-specific training, but in strength and conditioning, stamina, periodization, recovery and maintenance, and mental training. This webinar explains each of these concepts and how you can apply them to your own training program to not only be successful in performance, but to also prevent downtime due to training problems or injuries. Join us to find out how you can easily incorporate these training approaches to your own program so that you and your canine teammate will enjoy more success in competition and enjoy the deep connection that working together brings to your lives.
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Marge Rogers - Success with Dr. Overall's Protocols for Relaxation & Case Studies
Date: Thursday, April 30th
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
This second in a two-part series focuses on Dr. Overall's Protocol for Relaxation. Dr. Overall advises us, "This protocol is the essential, basic behavior modification program on which all more complex programs using desensitization (DS) and counter-conditioning (CC) will be built." We'll look at the protocol itself, see examples with puppies and adult dogs, and demonstrate how to incorporate work with triggers. We'll also review case studies demonstrating how all the protocols work together to create a foundation for behavior modification.
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Denise Fenzi - From Fragile to Functional: Building Confidence in Dogs (Part 1: How Dogs Learn to Feel Capable)
Date: Thursday, April 30th
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
What do you do when your dog is chronically shut down or avoidant… barking at guests, refusing to come out of the crate or go back in, staying stuck at the back of a kennel, avoiding food in your presence, or running off at every opportunity?
This webinar follows how I built confidence and resilience in my severely under-socialized dog Tye over about six months, using those real challenges as the starting point. I’ll walk through the decisions I made as situations came up day to day… when I gave him choice, when I added structure, and when I took options off the table in his best interest.
We’ll look at how I prevented rehearsal of avoidance behaviors and introduced new experiences by building on what he could already tolerate.
A major focus is on identifying what brought him even small amounts of joy, and systematically building from there to increase confidence and resilience over time.
Using Tye as a case study, you’ll see how confidence and resilience develop in real time… through everyday interactions, adjustments, and decisions. The goal is helping dogs become more capable of functioning in the real world by building on what they have, while respecting the genetic realities they bring with them.
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Irith Bloom - Quiet Please! Dealing with Excessive Barking
Date: Thursday, May 7th
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Have you ever found yourself wondering why a dog is barking – or how to make it stop? Living – and doing dog sports – with dogs tends to involve barking. But there’s barking, and then there’s barking. Some dogs seem to think barking is a competitive sport in itself! One reason it can be so hard to successfully address barking is that not all barking is the same. Dogs bark for different reasons, which means there is no one-size-fits-all answer for barking.
In this webinar, Irith Bloom will take a thorough look at the topic of barking. She will delve into different categories of barking and how to tell which ones are happening. She will also discuss a variety of humane, pet-friendly training techniques that can be used to reduce barking. You’ll come away from the webinar with new tools to help you both assess and address barking.
If you want to know more about barking, or just want to hear less of it, this webinar is for you!
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Denise Fenzi - From Fragile to Functional: Building Confidence in Dogs (Part 2: Practical Strategies to Build Resilience)
Date: Thursday, May 7th
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
How do you actually build confidence and resilience in a dog who has very little to build on?
What do you do when the dog won’t play, won’t take food in new places, or shows no interest in toys or interaction? When engagement is low and the dog opts out instead of participating?
This webinar is a case study of my work with my dog Tye, focusing on the specific games and interactions I used and how those choices supported his progress over time.
In many cases, the issue isn’t a lack of food drive, toy drive, or interest in interaction… it’s that the dog doesn’t yet have the confidence and resilience to show those things. A major focus of this webinar is how I brought those traits forward… finding ways to help him show me who he really was.
I’ll walk through how I identified what brought him even small amounts of joy, and then built from there… linking simple reinforcers into short sequences, using movement and play to create engagement, and gradually increasing his ability to stay present and recover.
You’ll see examples of exercises such as food scatter to reduce pressure, hand-based games to build connection, and catch and chase games to develop focus and environmental engagement.
This webinar will give you ideas to try with your own dog… but more importantly, it will help you learn how to observe, experiment, and discover who your dog is. The goal is not to follow a fixed plan, but to bring out your dog’s strongest self by building confidence and resilience in a way that fits the individual in front of you.
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