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WP100: BECOME the Cookie! How to be Attractive to a Dog
This workshop will teach you new ways to play using toys, food, eyes, hands, energy, laughter, movement and touch! We’ll look at creative ways to interact with and enjoy our ...
Julie Daniels (Faculty)
WP150: The Power of YES: Consent in Pet Dogs
Class Description: What is consent, as it pertains to dog training? How do we teach our clients to both value consent, and fully embrace that there will be some no-choice mome...
Sarah Stremming (Faculty)
WP230: Romping Rovers: Understanding Dog-Dog Play
For many pet dog trainers, refereeing dog-dog play interactions is an important part of the job! Whether you’re teaching puppy classes, running a doggy daycare, or helpi...
Jennifer Summerfield, DVM (Guest Instructors)
WP300: Shaping, Capturing and Luring! Oh My! Ways to Get Behavior
Behavior is happening all the time. The key to training behavior is knowing how to create and recognize desirable behavior and then reinforce it so the dog wants to continue t...
Julie Flanery (Faculty)
WP350: Behavior Intervention Techniques
This workshop will cover ways to manage unwanted behaviours using LIMA (least intrusive and minimally aversive) principles. Sometimes the best laid plans do not unfold as expe...
Chelsey Protulipac (PPP Instructors)
WP525: Countering Counter Surfing
This workshop is all about counter surfing and a reinforcing way of training “leave it”! Let’s learn how to teach a robust alternative behavior so families can cook and enjoy ...
Tania Lanfer (PPP Instructors)
WP545: Systematic Solutions for Behavior Problems
This course is designed to take the stress and mystery out of solving common behavioral concerns in pet dogs. It is built on the science of applied behavior analysis and flavo...
Sarah Stremming (Faculty)
WP600: The Perfect Puppy Class: Scheduling, Structure, and Skills
Okay, so you’re ready to offer your first puppy class – how exciting! Working with puppies (and their people!) is one of the most fun and rewarding parts of being a pet ...
Jennifer Summerfield, DVM (Guest Instructors)
WP700: Show Don’t Tell – Games for Teaching Complex Ideas (without Delving into the Science)
Premack, shaping, quadrants, reinforcement strategies, marker words … for most pet owners, all these words sound a bit like gobbledygook. But the strategies behind them are po...
Melissa Breau (Faculty)
WP710: Managing a Skills Class - Ways to Create Success in the Classroom
How you set up your classroom can have a huge impact on your ability to teach and your students’ ability to learn. It affects the dog’s coming into the classroom in terms of a...
Julie Flanery (Faculty)
WP720: Class Formats: Let me Count the Ways!
The format in which basic pet classes are offered has evolved over the last several years. From the traditional model of 6- or 8-week classes to less traditional models of rev...
Julie Flanery (Faculty)
WP730: Preparing for Success: Structuring & Organizing Your Class Materials
Learning Objectives: 1) To help you organize your course materials in a logical and systematic way.2) To help you develop the skill of breaking course material into realistic...
Deborah Jones (Faculty)
WP740: The Human End of the Leash: Developing your Client-Centered Skills
You’ve got the knowledge, you’ve got the experience, and you’ve got your ethics all figured out. You quote Pavlov in casual conversations, you’ve got a library full of FDSA cl...
Chrissi Schranz (Faculty)
WP750: The Home-Field Advantage: Succeeding with Private Lessons
Few things come close to the behavioral impact of well-taught private sessions. Done right, they are incredibly rewarding for the clients and their dogs as well as for the tra...
Chrissi Schranz (Faculty)
WP830: Social Media and Your Business: How to Use it to Grow Your Impact
The world is at our fingertips with our phones and people are looking to social media now more than ever to learn, to be entertained and for recommendations on which products ...
Jamie & Michael Badial (PPP Instructors)
WP850: Service Dogs: The Laws and Training Guidelines for Public Access
The service dog world is a huge industry with a wide range of assistance dogs and required skills. Some individuals choose to get dogs from organizations, but there are many w...
Laura Waudby (Faculty)
WP855: Building a Successful Dog Business
Starting your business as a dog trainer doesn’t have to be confusing and scary; all you need is a plan! In this workshop, we’ll talk about what to consider when starting...
Jamie & Michael Badial (PPP Instructors)
WP885: Zen Focus
What is Zen Focus? It is a workshop that combines two incredibly important and often overlooked concepts. As an experienced trainer and instructor you know that having a...
Deborah Jones (Faculty)
