Dog Training and Behaviour Modification

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How to cancel your membership (of course we don't want you to!)
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- How to cancel your membership
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Welcome to the course!
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- Welcome message from John - how this course works FREE PREVIEW
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Facebook group and code word
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- Access to FB group
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Focus game - where we start
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- Starting the focus game
- Webinar on improving your dog's focus and attention
- Bullet proof focus and attention - what you will need
- Stage 1 - part 1
- Stage 1- part 2
- Stage 1 lesson
- Stage 1 - feedback
- Stage 2 - lesson
- Stage 2 - part 1
- Stage 2 - part 2
- Stage 3 lesson
- Stage 3
- Stage 3 - lesson - continued
- Putting it into practice
- Trouble shooting
- Common mistakes
- How to measure progress
- Archie1
- Archie 1 with explanation
- Archie 2
- Archie 2 with explanation
- Archie - bonus
- Archie bonus with explantion
- Zena - 1
- Zena 1 - with explanation
- Zena - 2
- Zena 2 - with explanation
- Zena - 3
- Zena 3 - with explanation
- Zena - 4
- Zena 4 - with explanation
- Bonus - Coda
- Coda -with explanation
- Corson
- Corson - with explanation
- Cooper
- Cooper - with explanation
- Rory
- Rory - with explanation
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Connected Canine Challenge - 15 days to better understanding your dog
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- Welcome!
- Facebook group
- Day 1 intro
- Day 1 Practical
- Day 2 intro
- Day 2 practical
- Day 3 intro
- Day 3 practical 1
- Day 3 practical 2
- Day 4
- Day 5
- Day 5 practical 1
- Day 5 practical 2
- Day 6
- Day 7 intro
- Day 7 - practical
- Day 8
- Day 8 - practical
- Day 9 - intro
- Day 9 - practical
- Day 10
- Day 11 - part 1
- Day 11 - part 2
- Day 11 - part 3
- Day 12 - intro
- Day 12 practical
- Day 12 practical 2
- Day 12 practical 3
- Day 13
- Day 14
- Day 15 - part 1
- Day 15 - part 2
- Thank you and putting it all together
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Learning Theory - knowledge and application
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- Essential understanding - introduction to learning theory - part 1
- Essential understanding - introduction to learning theory - part 2
- Essential understanding - introduction to learning theory - part 3
- Essential understanding - introduction to learning theory - part 4
- Basics - introduction to understanding fluency
- Basics - increasing criteria
- Basics - increasing duration of behaviour
- Resurgence and spontaneous recovery - part 1
- Resurgence and spontaneous recovery - part 2
- Resurgence and spontaneous recovery - part 3
- Resurgence and spontaneous recovery - part 4
- Quadrants schmadrants
- Basics - building fluency
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WTF? - What's the function?
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- Introduction
- Introduction - part 2
- Flowchart for problem behaviours
- Flowchart
- Flow chart 2
- Function identification - examples 1
- Function identification - examples 2
- Function identification - examples 3
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Reinforcement
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- Introduction to food reinforcement strategies
- Choosing your treat - part 1
- Delivering food treat to the dog's mouth
- Dropping the food treat for the dog
- Tossing the food treat for the dog
- Combining food reinforcement strategies
- Reinforcement in practice - part 1A
- Reinforcement in practice - part 1B
- Choice of food treat - part 1
- Choice of food treat - part 2
- How delivery can cause problems.
- Rapid reinforcement technique
- Multiple treats in hand
- Feeding from left and right hand and using the clicker
- Strategies in practice - Cooper Rottweiler treat to ground 1
- Strategies in practice - Cooper Rottweiler treat to ground 2
- Strategies in practice - Cooper Rottweiler tossing the treat 1
- Strategies in practice - Cooper Rottweiler tossing the treat 2
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Loose lead/leash walking
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- Before you start this chapter
- Shaping loose lead walking - part 1
- Shaping loose lead walking - part 2
- Shaping loose lead walking - part 3
- Shaping loose lead walking - part 4
- Shaping loose lead walking - part 5
- Shaping loose lead walking - part 6
- Drunk man walking (or woman!)
- Intro
- Theory - walk slowly
- Theory - be aware of your walking speed
- Practical - can you and your dog...#1?
- Practical - can you and your dog...#2?
- Practical - can you and your dog...#3?
- Practical - can you and your dog...#4?
- Practical - can you and your dog...#5?
- Practical - can you and your dog...#6?
- Theory - Awareness of your dog's gaits
- Theory -Dog gaits
- Harness or...?
- Practical - how to hold the lead/leash
- Theory - Can you both stand still?
- Practical - can you both stand still?
- Your dog does not pull because...
- How well do you move with your dog?
- Practical - move with your dog
- Drills
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Total Recall
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- Before you start this chapter
- How to use this course
- Introduction
- Two jars
- Let's get started
- 2 guiding principles
- How your dog's stage in early life affects recall
- Introduction to engagement
- Taking off the leash
- Counting Game
- Counting Game In Action
- Recall - Charlie 01
- Recall - Charlie 02
- Recall - Charlie 03
- Recall - Charlie 04
- Recall Charlie 05
- Recall Charlie 06
- It's all in the relationship
- ABCs - part 1
- ABCs - part 2
- ABCs - part 3
- Paring a cue with a reward
- The Bubble - introduction - part 1
- The Bubble - introduction - part 2
- The Bubble - practical example
- Bubble - Maisy 1
- Bubble - Maisy 1 with commentary
- Bubble - Maisy 2
- Bubble - Maisy 2 with commentary
- Hunting behaviours affecting recall - Predatory action sequence
- Predatory action sequence - theory
- Predatory action sequence - practical 1
- Predatory action sequence - practical 2
- Predatory action sequence - practical 3
- New Predatory action sequence - practical 4
- Predatory action sequence - practical 5
- Predatory action sequence - practical 6
- Ralph 1
- Ralph1 with commentary
- Ralph 2
- Ralph 2 with commentary
- Ralph 3
- Ralph 3 with commentary
- Sol
- Sol with commentary
- Immediate/emergency stop - lesson 1
- Stop - lesson 2
- Stop - lesson 3
- Last words
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Web classes
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- Cues
- Antecedents of aggression
- Working with overseas rescue dogs
- Jumping up behaviours and how to deal with them
- 30th September 2021
- Aggression webinar 3rd November 2021
- 10th November 2021
- 24th November 2021
- Intro web class 2nd Dec 2021
- 8th December 2021
- 22nd January 2022
- 9th February 2022
- 2nd March 2022
- Webinar on predatory chase 14th March 2022
- 16th March 2022 - lead pressure in reactivity cases
- Aggression and reactivity - 21st March 2022
- 30th March 2022 - Malinois
- Questions to ask when building a behaviour plan
- July 19-1
- July 19 - 2
- July 19-3
- 4th December 2019
- 18th December 2019
- 6th February 2020
- 13th April 2022 - cues and cue transfer
- Reactivity in Urban Environments - 2nd May 2022
- Questions from students 11th May 2022
- Greeting dogs on leash/lead - 14th June 2022
- Playing with a ball - 28th June 2022
- Business of dog training 9 July 2022
- Play - part 2 19th July 2022
- 9th August 2022 - discussion on when and why we intervene or not
- 24th August 2022 - discussion on pros and cons of training classes
- 15th September 2022 - Q+A
- 5th October 2022
- 19th October 2022
- 9th November 2022
- 23rd November 2022
- 14th December 2022
- 11th January 2023
- 1st February 2023 - discussion on head collars/halters
- 5th April 2023 - Counter conditioning
- 3rd May 2023
- 31st May 2023
- 28th June 2023
- 9th August 2023
- 6th September 2023
- 18th October 2023
- 15th November 2023
- 6th December 2023
- 7th Feb 2024
- 2nd April 2025 - body language - the links are in the next lesson below this one if you want to watch them.
- Videos from 2nd April
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Zoom calls
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- Introduction
- Dog barking while on the balcony; at dogs, cyclists and pedestrians on the street
- Adolescent wolfhound, excited around dogs, lunging and barking
- Adolescent lab - excitable around other dogs
- Romanian street dog, nervous/fearful behaviours when out of the house
- Pitbull, currently in foster; grabbing and hard mouthing behaviours
- Nervous behaviours in the street
- Border collie, fearful outside
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Miscellaneous
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- Conversation with Sam Turner
- Puppy consultation - Dusty 1
- Puppy consultation - Dusty 2
- Webinar for balanced trainers - part 1
- Webinar for balanced trainers - part 2
- Webinar for balanced trainers - part 3
- Webinar for balanced trainers - part 4
- Slovenia Workshops - session 1
- Slovenia - Casper 1
- Slovenia - Casper 2
- Slovenia 2
- Slovenia - Pumi 1
- Slovenia - Pumi 2
- Anatomy of trust 1
- Anatomy of trust 2
- Anatomy of trust 3
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Adolescent dogs - it doesn't have to be a nightmare!
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- Intro - part 1
- Intro - part 2
- Case study 1 - part 1
- Case study 1 - part 2
- Case study 1 - part 3
- Case study 1 - part 4
- Case study 1 - part 5
- Case Study - Angus Standard Poodle
- Angus 1
- Angus 2
- Angus 4
- Angus 5
- Angus 6
- Angus 7
- Angus 8
- Angus 9
- Angus 10
- Oscar 1
- Oscar 1 - explanation
- Oscar 2
- Oscar 2 - explanation
- Oscar 3
- Oscar 3 - explanation
- Oscar 4
- Oscar 4 - explanation
- Oscar 5
- Oscar 5 - explanation
- Oscar 6
- Oscar 6 - explanation
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Skills for people
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- Treat and move drills - part 1
- You are not Han Solo!
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Lead handling
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- Holding the lead/leash - basics
- Mime pulling
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Movement
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- Let's get you thinking
- Slow is smooth and smooth is fast
- Movement as the marker
- Movement as the marker post script
- Movement as the marker - example
- Be aware of your balance
- How to hold the leash - part 1
- Balance, movement, leash control
- Let's get outta here!
- Subtle movement
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Building behaviour
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- Introduction - options
- Luring part 01
- Luring part 02
- Luring part 03
- Luring part 04
- Luring part 05 - fading the lure
- Luring part 06 - cup stick
- Luring part 07 - cup stick
- Putting it into practice 1
- Putting it into practice 2
- Putting it into practice 3
- Putting it into practice 4
- Putting it into practice 5
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Canine Body Language
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- Introduction
- Negotiating over food
- Negotiating over food - with commentary
- Mutual chase
- Tug - working for possession of toy
- Tug - over stick - not so playful
- Tug - over stick - not so playful - with comm
- Female labrador, male husky - chase and wrestle
- Female Labrador, male husky - with comm
- Golden retriever and pointer
- Golden retriever and pointer - with comm
- Collie and GSD cross - same household
- Collie and GSD cross - same household - with comm
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PLAY!
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- Switching from one toy to the next - part 1
- Switching from one toy to the next - part 2
- Switching from one toy to the next - part 3
- Switching from one toy to the next - part 4
- Selecting your tug toy
- Keep the tension on the toy to prevent letting go and re-gripping
- Teaching the rules
- Effects of arousal during play
- Cues to take the tug toy
- Some other thoughts on tug games
- And some more things to think about with tug
- Thoughts on motivation 1
- Thoughts on motivation 2
- Thoughts on motivation 3
- Thoughts on motivation 4
- Thoughts on motivation 5
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Use of Non-contingent reinforcers
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- Introduction
- Case study - Brody 1
- Case study -Brody 2
- Case study -Brody 3
- Case study -Brody 4
- NCR - Lesson 1
- NCR - Lesson 2
- NCR - Lesson 3
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Dealing with Aggression and Reactivity
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- Before you start this chapter
- Webinar - Introduction to aggression.
- Antecedents of aggression - part 1
- Antecedents of aggression - part 2
- Antecedents
- Case Study - Sheldon 1
- Case study - Sheldon 2
- Case Study - Sheldon 3
- Blooper - Logan wanted to join in
- Case study - Sheldon 4
- Case study - Sheldon 5
- Case study - Ben 1
- Case study - Ben 2
- Case study - Ben 3
- April 2019 Workshop - part 1
- April 2019 Workshop - part 2
- April 2019 Workshop - part 3
- April 2019 Workshop - part 4
- April 2019 Workshop - part 5
- April 2019 Workshop - part 6
- April 2019 Workshop - part 7
- April 2019 Workshop - part 8
- April 2019 Workshop - part 9
- April 2019 Workshop - part 10
- April 2019 Workshop - part 11
- April 2019 Workshop - part 12
- April 2019 Workshop - part 13
- April 2019 Workshop - part 14
- Aggression cases - initial information gathering 1
- Aggression cases - initial information gathering 2
- Aggression cases - initial information gathering 3
- Case study - Sooty 1
- Case study - Sooty 2
- Case study - Sooty 3
- Case study - Sooty 4
- Case study - Sooty 5
- How to hold the leash - part 1
- Reinforcing alternative behaviours - part 1
- Reinforcing alternative behaviours - part 2
- Positioning
- Round the clock game
- Weeping Angels 1
- Weeping Angels 2
- Weeping Angels 3
- Ladder of Aggression
- Case study - Fergus 1
- Case study - Fergus 2
- Case study - Fergus 3
- Case study - Fergus 4
- Case study - Fergus 5
- Case study - Fergus 6
- Case study - Fergus 7
- How to deal with problems in real time - 1
- How to deal with problems in real time - 2
- How to deal with problems in real time - 3
- Planning your session - 01
- Planning your session - 02
- Planning your session - 03
- Planning your session - 04
- Planning your session - 05
- Planning your session - 06
- Troubleshooting 1
- Troubleshooting 2
- Troubleshooting 3
- Troubleshooting 4
- Troubleshooting 5
- Troubleshooting 6
- Troubleshooting 7
- Troubleshooting 8
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Working with fearful dogs
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- Fearful dogs - Bambi 1
- Fearful dogs - Bambi 2
- Fearful dogs - Bambi 3
- Fearful dogs - Bambi 4
- Fearful dogs - Bambi 5
- Fearful dogs - Bambi 6
- Fearful dogs - Isla
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Separation Issues
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- Webinar on separation issues
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Resource guarding
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- Case study 1 - part 1
- Case study 1 - part 2
- Case study 1 - part 3
- Case study 1 - part 4
- Case study 1 - part 5
- Case study 1 - part 6
- Case study 1 - part 7
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The Business of Business
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- Introduction
- What your website should do
- Initial call - part 1
- Initial call - part 2
- Pricing
- Social media webinar 1
- Social media webinar 2
- Social media webinar 3
- Social media webinar 4
- Social media webinar 5
- Social media webinar 6
- Social media webinar 7
- Social media webinar 8
- Social media webinar 9
- Social media webinar 10
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Multi Dog Households
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- Introduction
- Multi Dog Part 01
- Multi Dog Part 02
- Multi Dog Part 3
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Dealing with fireworks and sound sensitive dogs
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- Introduction
- How to use the course
- Introduction to the cups game
- Cups 1
- Cups 2
- Cups 3
- Cups 4
- Cups 5
- Cups 6
- Training in action 1
- Training in action 2
- Next stages of the cups game
- A reminder before moving on!
- Start buttons - introduction
- Start buttons 1
- Start buttons 2
- Start buttons 3
- Start buttons 4
- Start button in action
- Putting it all together

Dog Training and Behaviour Modification

This programme build weekly to a full library of lessons to help you live a better life with the dogs in your life, whether professionally of if you have one dog. We only use positive training techniques which are effective and kind.

Course curriculum

How to cancel your membership (of course we don't want you to!)

Welcome to the course!

Facebook group and code word

Focus game - where we start

Connected Canine Challenge - 15 days to better understanding your dog

Learning Theory - knowledge and application

WTF? - What's the function?

Reinforcement

Loose lead/leash walking

Total Recall

Web classes

Zoom calls

Miscellaneous

Adolescent dogs - it doesn't have to be a nightmare!

Skills for people

Lead handling

Movement

Building behaviour

Canine Body Language

PLAY!

Use of Non-contingent reinforcers

Dealing with Aggression and Reactivity

Working with fearful dogs

Separation Issues

Resource guarding

The Business of Business

Multi Dog Households

Dealing with fireworks and sound sensitive dogs