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SEMINAR PROGRAM
CEU's 6.0 per day, 12 total
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DAY 1-Dogs Will Be Dogs: Solutions to Problem Behaviors Other Than Aggression (PBOTA)
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Saturday • June 28th • 9:00 am - 10:30 am
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Introductions
- Basic Behavior Foundation
- The Medical Connection to Behavior
- Pharmaceutical Intervention
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Saturday • June 28th • 10:45 am - Noon
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Discussion & Solutions for Selected Problems
- Barking: Types; Use of Positive Interrupt; Redirecting; Teaching "Quiet Please"
- Digging: Management; Reinforcing the "Dig Box"; Teaching "Go Dig"
- Jumping up: Removing all reinforcements; reinforcing alternatives
- Hard Mouth: Teaching bite inhibition, managing hard mouth behavior
- Escaping: Management techniques.
- Leash Pulling/Leash Grabbing: Variable click & treat to focus on handler not environment; short intense play time to defuse excess energy.
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Saturday • June 28th • 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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More Problem Behaviors (PBOTA) & Solutions
- Housetraining: Dealing with not-normal house soiling behaviors
- Predatory Behavior: counter conditioning to modify "fun-chase" association; teach operant response to interrupt chase, use of Premack
- Crating Woes: Modifying fear of crates, inappropriate use of crates, crate-soiling
- Canine Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD's): Causes and types of OCD's; Modification programs; Pharmaceutical intervention.
- Fears, Anxieties, Phobias: Diagnoses, prevention, desensitization & counter conditioning, operant conditioning
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Saturday • June 28th • 2:45 pm - 4:30 pm
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Selected Case Histories (from forms filled out in advance by seminar attendees); Plus Q & A.
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DAY 2-Reality Bites: Dealing with Canine Aggression
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Sunday • June 29th • 9:00 am - 10:30 am
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Opening Overview of Aggression; Modification Choices;
- Operant/Classical
- CAT (Constructional Aggression Treatment)
- CC&D (Counter Conditioning & Desensitization)
- BAT (Behavior Adjustment Training)
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Sunday • June 29th • 10:45 am - Noon
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Role of Stress in Aggressive Behaviors; Strategies for Stressors:
- Eliminate
- Medical Evaluation
- Prevent exposure
- Counter conditioning/operant conditioning
Classifications of Aggression Behaviors & Modification / Management Options:
- Fear Based: scrupulous management of environment for dog's security during modification / perhaps always.
- Idiopathic: ("rage"--unknown origin): rare and rarely treatable.
- Interdog: Based on social hierarchies; teaching operant response to cues for deference; classical conditioning re: good things happen with other dogs.
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Sunday • June 29th • 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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Classifications of Aggression & Modification / Management Options (continued)
- Maternal: Pups can learn by observing mother's aggressions.
- Play: From rough-housing with dogs or humans; close supervision; when to interrupt escalation; matching of play styles.
- Possession: Manage environment; remove all triggers; 10 point multi-week exercises for food and all desirables-the "Trade Game"
- Predatory: (see Day 1: 1 to 2:30pm session).
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Sunday • June 29th • 2:45 pm - 4:30 pm
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Framework for a Typical Client Consult & Consult Follow-up: Selected Case Histories (from forms filled out in advance by seminar attendees); Plus Q & A.
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ABOUT OUR SPEAKER |
PAT MILLER
a past President of APDT, has been training dogs for more than 35 years. She was a humane officer at the Marin Humane Society in California for 20 years and most recently trains as a CPDT and behavior consultant at her Peaceable Paws Dog and Puppy Training Center in Maryland, home to her acclaimed Intern Academies.
Pat writes for, and is Training Editor, of The Whole Dog Journal and contributes to Your Dog (published by Tufts University Veterinary School). Her first dog training book, The Power of Positive Dog Training (Howell Book House, 2001) has been on Amazon.com's "Top 10 Dog Training Books" list since January of 2002. Her other books are: Positive Perspectives, Positive Perspectives 2, Play With Your Dog, and this Fall's:"Do Over Dogs-Give Your Dog a Second Chance for a First Class Life".
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DOG RULES |
DOG ETIQUETTE
We will not be permitted to have dogs in the meeting room (other than Service Dogs, of course).
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PEOPLE ETIQUETTE
During the lectures, please turn off all cell phone and pager audio alerts. Please take all private conversations outside while the speakers are presenting.
BABIES
The presence of a baby is likely to be distracting to other participants, so we ask that you refrain from bringing any babies or very young children into the lecture hall.
VIDEOTAPING
No videotaping or audiotaping is permitted.
BOOKS & DVDS, ETC. FOR SALE
A selection of books & videos will be available for sale.
PARKING
There should be ample parking at the seminar location.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Thursday, June 26, 2014
REFUND POLICY
All deposits fully refunded, at any time, in case a person needs to cancel a reservation for any reason. There is never a cancellation fee.
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| LOCATION & DIRECTIONS |
Peninsula Humane Society
1450 Rollins Rd.
Burlingame (Silicon Valley), CA
(35 min. north of San Jose; 20 min. south of San Francisco)
From San Francisco & Points North: 15 Miles (17 minutes) via US-101 S to Broadway exit and right turn onto Rollins Rd.
From San Jose & Points South: 33 Miles (35 Minutes) via US-101 N to Broadway exit & right turn onto Rollins Rd.
From Hayward & Points East: 21 Miles (25 Minutes) via CA-92W / Jackson St. to US-101N to Broadway exit & right turn onto Rollins Rd. from Broadway.
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| PLACES TO STAY |
Rates are approximate and will change seasonally.
Seminar site is within a few minutes of San Francisco Airport with countless hotel choices. A few are listed below from budget to mid-range (none are super luxury).
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Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
1333 Old Bayshore Hwy Burlingame, CA 94010
($152) http://sanfranciscoairport.hyatt.com (650) 347-1234
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Hilton Garden Inn San Francisco Airport
765 Airport Boulevard, Burlingame, CA 94010
($129) 855-277-5057
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Red Roof Inn San Francisco Airport
777 Airport Blvd Burlingame, CA 94010
($135) www.redroof.com (650) 342-7772
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Super 8 San Bruno /SF Intl Arpt West
421 El Camino Real San Bruno, CA 94066
($129) www.super8.com (650) 624-0999
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The Dylan at SFO
110 S El Camino Real Millbrae, CA 94030
($159) www.dylansfo.com (650) 697-7373
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Holiday Inn Express San Francisco - Airport South
1250 Old Bayshore Hwy Burlingame, CA 94010
($153) www.ihg.com (650) 347-2381
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