Trainer's School &
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Dog Trainer's School >> Course
Descriptions
* Professional
Obedience Trainer Course
with Behavior
Modification
Professional Obedience Trainer Course
This course will prepare you for a career in dog training or you can use it
for your own personal dogs. We will concentrate on pet dog training in an
in-board and in-home environment. You will cover basic and advanced on and
off leash control. Students will be taught different techniques and methods
that you will use in different training situations.
You will
learn how to structure a training plan and the use of proper equipment. The
student will learn how to work with behavior problems. All materials
supplied. You can bring your dog.
I. Obedience Theory and Practice
A. Obedience: Theory and Preliminaries
Lecture: Obedience Theory
Training Program
Learning Phase
Corrections
Chaining Stimuli & Reinforcement
Proofing
Maintenance
B. Obedience:
Training Methods
Lecture: Practical Training Methods
Sit, Down, Come, Stay, Heel & Off
Selection of Training Equipment
C. Obedience:
Training Exercises
D.
Advanced: Long line concept
e-collar
Heeling, Sit, Down, Come, Stay, Off, Long Down Stay and Go Place
A. Behavior Modification
Preliminaries
Behavior Problems
First Contact
Removing the Stimulus
Remove the Reward for, or Punish the Offending Behavior
Putting he Behavior on Command
B. Counter-Conditioning
Channel the Behavior
Train a Mutually Exclusive Behavior
C. De-Conditioning
D. The Business of
Behavior Problems
E. Medications
Professional Obedience Trainer Course
Tuition is $2,500 (4 weeks).
