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July 19: How Dogs Think and Learn
What's going on inside those canine brains? How do dogs think and learn? Perhaps surprisingly to some, not so differently from the way we do. This seminar helps you make sense of the sometimes confusing world of operant and classical conditioning, canine cognition, and more.
Basic/Advanced Clicker
Learn about this dog-friendly training method that utilizes scientific principles of behavior and learning. Know why your dog works, not just how. Use your clicker skills to go beyond basic training with your dog. Teach complex behaviors such as Retrieve, Advanced Targeting, Advanced Shaping, 101 Things To Do With Just About Anything...
July 20: Teaching Clicker Classes
Learn how to structure a beginning clicker class and use your training skills to teach others to Click!
The Shape of Things to Come
Shaping simply means breaking a behavior down into little pieces so the dog can succeed, and building the pieces into the final behavior. Shaping is great fun! Pick a behavior - any behavior, decide if it's most appropriate for free shaping, directed shaping, lure shaping, prompt shaping - and be amazed by the complex behaviors your dog can do. Explore Karen Pryor's 10 Laws of Shaping, practice object discrimination, improve competition Rally and Obedience scores, and teach your dog tricks to amaze your friends.
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