Course Details
This class is for dogs who have trouble with the environmental conditions they meet in their life with you. Is your dog aroused by other dogs, afraid of new people, stimulated by motion, or anxious about change? Take this class with lectures by Julie Daniels CCUI (Certified Control Unleashed Instructor) and feedback by Kim Palermo CCUI to learn the foundation CU pattern games. Whether your dog stresses up or down, the Control Unleashed patterns developed by Leslie McDevitt can help!
Kim will help you analyze the elements of difficulty in your situation and apply the CU principles before your dog reacts negatively to their environment. Kim is also TAGteach certified, which will help you streamline communication with your dog. We try to work in small errorless loops as we build the power of the patterns.
There will be attention to detail, including clean mechanics and your dog’s emotional state throughout the exercises. Special attention will be paid to building three different areas of proficiency:
- ~ the Arrival Skill Set
- ~ the Sudden Change Skill Set
- ~ the Sports Skill Set
A few additional points of interest: The Silver students in this class will have the opportunity to submit up to 2 minutes of video. This time may be split any way you like. Multiple short videos might be more useful in this class.
This class is for any dog who has big feelings about the environment. It's very useful for sport dogs and it's equally useful for stay-at-home dogs who react on a walk or when company comes.
NOTE: This class will run using lecture materials from Julie Daniels however due to health concerns all feedback for gold and silver spots will be given by CCUI Kim Palermo.
Teaching Approach
This is a hands on training class, with attention to details of handler mechanics and training practices. We will also be looking closely at your dog's emotional state throughout the learning and practice sessions. The CU games depend upon a "dog's choice" approach, and we'll address how to build cooperation without coercion.
We use a lot of food treats during the training. Kibble is commonly used rather than high-value treats, but of course your dog may vary and there is room for individual differences. The patterns are more easily taught with food than with toys because we need several reps in a row with a structured movement cycle to create the pattern.
There will be lectures written by Julie to explain the "why" as well as the "how" of each pattern game. There will be multiple lectures each week. All of the active homework assignments will be published in the first several days of each week to allow time for practice. Kim will post her own lectures in the Discussion Forums, and move everything over to the lectures at the end of the class session so that you can access them in your library.
Silver students in this class will have the opportunity to submit up to 2 minutes of video, divided any way you like.
This class will have a Teacher's Assistant (TA) available in the Facebook study group to help the Bronze and Silver students! Directions for joining that Facebook group will be in the classroom after you register. The TA for this class is also a CCUI.
