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Sarah Owen - The Constructional Approach: An Introduction to Behavioral Engineering
Date: Thursday, October 1st
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
*This webinar has been approved for 1.5 CCPDT CEUs
Your dog lunges at other dogs. Pulls toward people. Struggles with body handling. Falls apart in the ring. You know what you want to change – but how do you get from where you are now to where you want to go?
The constructional approach begins with an analysis of the dog's existing behavioral repertoire and then uses that starting point to build new behavior. Rather than focusing on reducing behavior, the constructional approach teaches you and your dog what *to do*.
This shift in perspective can lead to surprisingly simple and clever solutions. You may find yourself wondering, “Why didn't I think of that sooner?”
In this webinar, we'll explore the principles of behavioral engineering and, more importantly, how to put them to work in your training. We'll look at how existing behaviors can be shaped, combined, and transformed into new behavior, and how to maintain it.
Through real-world examples and research, we'll see how these solutions are developed and why a constructional approach can succeed where other strategies may have fallen short.
You'll leave with a practical framework for analyzing difficult training problems and concrete steps for deliberately constructing behaviors that serve both you and your dog. Most importantly, you'll learn how to think of solutions like these yourself, so you aren't dependent on someone else's formula for solving every new training dilemma.
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Hélène Lawler - From Over-Arousal to Optimal Arousal: Dog Sports and the Nervous System
Date: Thursday, October 1st
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
After 20 years of training and competing in multiple dog sports, and over 7 years of being a full-time dog sport performance coach, I feel confident saying that over-arousal is the #1 challenge dog sport trainers face today. This is true both in training and competing. And, as dog sports become more popular, I’m seeing a growing trend towards more struggle, not less!
To make sense of why this is happening and to find the path to Optimal Arousal, we need to understand what is causing the over-arousal, and what to do about it.
In this webinar, we’ll cover:
- The science of over-arousal: What it is and why it happens in dog sports
- The 3 categories of triggers that send our dogs into over-arousal
- The 2 key insights you need to remember to get your dog back into Optimal Arousal
- The 1 most important skill YOU need to master to help your dog stay out of over-arousal
- The blueprint to go from Over-Arousal to Optimal Arousal
If you and/or your dog struggle with arousal issues in training or competition, this training is for you. Please join me!
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Chris Zink, DVM - Managing Arthritis in Active Dogs: Evidence-based Strategies for Slowing Progression, Reducing Pain and Increasing Mobility
Date: Thursday, October 8th
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
The vast majority of dogs will experience osteoarthritis as they age. This webinar provides new, accessible information on how we can effectively manage this chronic condition in our dogs, and help them age gracefully and live a long, comfortable life.
Note: This webinar has been updated and re-recorded to include new materials!
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Stacy Barnett - The Pre-Alert Playbook: Building the Skill Behind Every Confident Call
Date: Thursday, October 8th
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
In nosework, the Trained Final Response isn't judged. This means that whether you've thought about it this way or not, you've already been training yourself to read your dog's searching behaviors, not just wait for the alert. That instinct is one of the real advantages our sport builds into handlers.
This webinar (plus live Q&A) takes it out of instinct and into a system: five specific, observable categories of pre-alert behavior you can name, watch for, and train your own eye on, using real search video so you can see exactly what the difference actually looks like frame by frame.
We'll cover how to tell true target-odor engagement from a novel or distracting odor, how odor pools away from source and what that does to your dog's patterns, and the specific physical tells.
We cover communication such as speed and direction changes, elevation shifts, and body rotation that show up as your dog problem-solves toward source, the difference between a genuine sniff-and-dismiss and a space your dog is still working, and what a truly blank area looks like versus one they just haven't solved yet.
You'll also leave with concrete, structured ways to practice this specific skill deliberately by building your own "laboratory," breaking it into progress checkpoints, and using your reinforcement system to sharpen your observation, not just your dog's search.
Whether you're running Novice or pushing into Elite and Summit, sharpening your pre-alert observation means fewer false alerts, more trust in your dog's searches, and more confident finds under real time pressure.
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Jane Ardern - Managing Arousal on Stop Start Behaviours for Peak Performance
Date: Thursday, October 15th
Time: 3pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Stop/Start behaviours are everywhere in dog sports. Waiting on a start line, being sent on a retrieve, stopping on a whistle, working a beating line, recalls and sendaways for obedience and they all require dogs to switch between action and stillness. This is where anticipation and arousal are already high. For some dogs the excitement of what might happen next can make the waiting more challenging and then the action behaviours can become either slow or frantic. In this webinar, I will explore what is happening when arousal starts to affect performance and how we can train the transitions between “go” and “stop”, rather than simply focusing on the behaviours themselves. I will use examples from gundog training alongside other dog sports, we’ll look at how reinforcement, anticipation and frustration can influence arousal. We’ll also explore practical ways to build dogs who can ‘wait’ without losing their heads, a sharp flashy ‘stop’ and a ‘go’ that’s driven, focused and powerful.
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Petra Ford - Fitness for Explosive Speed
Date: Thursday, October 15th
Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
Fee: $19.95 USD
Many dog sports, such as Dock Diving, FastCat, and Flyball, require quick bursts of speed. Proper, targeted conditioning will help prevent injury and improve performance. For an explosive takeoff, dogs need an incredibly strong core as well as full range of motion and strength in their hind end. It’s important that our dogs recruit and utilize the appropriate muscles. If not, dogs will compensate which decreases performance and predisposes them to injury. In this class we will look at developing an appropriate warmup. You will learn beginning through advanced core strengthening exercises with an emphasis on proper form. Just like with humans, poor form can actually cause tightness and injuries. We will incorporate hind end stretching and strengthening exercises. Finally, we will work on explosive, plyometric exercises that will improve your dog’s speed for short distances. The majority of the exercises in this class can be done at home in a relatively small space. A few exercises will require a hill, but that can be done when the weather changes. By then you will have laid the groundwork. It is highly recommended to have a piece of equipment similar to a Fitdisc. Something unstable like a couch cushion or mattress can be used as a substitute. I will also demo a few exercises on a peanut. But again, it’s not a requirement. I will offer suggestions on substitutions you can use.
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