Education

The following are one to five day hands on workshops, seminars & conferences that I've attended, with the most respected & recognized dog trainers, animal behaviorists and veterinarians in the country. What a pleasure it was to have the opportunity to learn from these experts in the field.

I did not include any education prior to 5 years ago. The constant advancements in the dog training industry make those training techniques somewhat obsolete. However, that prior education is kept in my "dog training toolbox" and is still used from time to time depending on the circumstances.

Continuing Education: 2002 -Present

Pamela Reid, PhD - A Dog is a Terrible Thing to Waste: Behavior Modification & Learning Theories

Pia Silvani - The Skill Master: Becoming a Better Dog Training Instructor

Steve White - Seeing Eye to Eye with Your Dog - Practical Training, Problem Solving & Dealing with Canine Aggression

Trish King - Leash Aggression: Abandonment Training & Behavior Modification Techniques

Trish King - Matchmaking: Shelter Style

Trish King - The Challenging Adolescent: Adolescent Dog Disorder and Use of the Dog Hood

Sue Sternberg - Observing the Details of Aggression in Dogs

Steve Rafe - Baby & Bowser

Suzanne Clothier - Blast From the Past - Fuller & Scott

Terry Ryan - Instructional Skills: Games People Play to Train Their Dogs

Karen Pryor - Fading & Transferring Cues and Prompts

Steve Rafe - Training Owners to Train Their Dogs

Mary Lee Nitschke, PhD - Facts & Fictions about Electronic Training

Trish King - Dog Park Pitfalls

Suzanne Clothier - Physical Causes for Performance, Training & Behavior Problems

Chuck Thompkins & Thad Lacinak - Animal Aggression: Exploring the Causes

Chuck Thompkins & Thad Lacinak - SEAWORLD in Florida - Clicker training the whales & dolphins
Why is it that whales/dolphins can be clicker trained using positive reinforcement and humans use extreme means (shock collars for example) on dogs to train them? Answer: Because we can (but it doesn't make it right).

Nicole Wilde - Wolf Hybrids - Facts and Myths

Karen Doyle - Tellington TTouch - Massage Therapy Application for Dogs, Body Wraps & Calming Signals

Trish King - Adolescence, Aggression and Making the Right Shelter Match

Sue Sternberg - Behavior, Body Language & Defensive Handling

Wes Artope - Emergency Handling and Muzzling

Cappy Weiner, Esq - Bite Cases: Legal & Insurance Consequences

Sharon Bender - Insurance Impact from Dog Bite Cases

Steve Diller, Pamela Reid, Sue Sternberg - Impact of Biting & Aggression on Adoptions & Training

Div Cdr Jeffrey Endean, Ret - Scents & Scents-ability: Seeing the World Through a Dog's Nose

CJ Puotinen - Canine Nutrition Workshop: Good/Better/Best Canine Diets

Dr. Ronald Schultz - Canine & Feline Vaccines & Vaccination Programs

Turid Rugaas - On Talking Terms with Dogs & My Dog Pulls... What Do I Do?

Sue Sternberg & Jane Kopelman - Accessing Canine Temperament - Temperament Testing

2007 Clean Run Agility Instructor Conference:

Julie Daniels - Agility: Past, Present & Future

Julie Daniels - Agility: Start Lines & Impulse Control

Alan Tray - Agility: Motion Analysis

Sandy Rogers - Agility: 1 Jump, 2 Jump

Moe Strenfel - Agility: Weave Poles

Mary Jo Lavin - Agility: Lead Outs

Mary Jo Lavin - Agility: Serpentines, Threadles, 270's & 180's

Deb Jones & Judy Keller - Agility: FOCUS Foundation Program - Need for Speed

Rachael Sanders - Agility: Contacts: Bridging the Gap Between Training & Competition

Sandy Rogers - Agility: Training the Extreme Dogs - Extreme Temperament & Extreme Structure
Big Paws, Little Paws, Tall & Long