Growl Class - A Workshop Demo for Reactive Dogs

Description

In this course, you will :

• Objectively assess the severity of a dog’s fighting based on a Fight:Bite ratio that examines actual damage done

• Provide prognoses and accurate estimates of the time required to rehabilitate anti-social dogs

• Administer a stress test to determine a dog’s level of anxiety and the source of that anxiety

• Empower tug toys and kibble as very high value secondary reinforcers

• Give representational feedback to a dog that is in a social setting

• Use All-or-None Reward Training to decrease and eliminate reactivity and regain calmness, focus and control

• Set up controlled classical conditioning scenarios

• Block antisocial stimuli and signaling through the use of Come, Sit and Watch commands

• Use Differential Classical Conditioning (DCC) to enable simultaneous Operant and Classical Conditioning without unintentionally reinforcing reactivity

• Use the Jolly Routine for Classical Conditioning

• Maintain a dog’s pro-social temperament throughout their entire life