Course curriculum

  • 01

    Information

    • Change Is Expected

    • Observing The Obvious

    • Beyond Patience

    • Seeking Perfection

    • Leash Handling Skills

    • Body Language Skills

    • Thresholds and Trigger Stacking

    • Choice training

    • The Extinction Burst

    • Identifying Stress in Out of Control Dogs
  • 02

    Unit 1 - Focus and Attention

    • WHAT IS ATTENTION

    • Creating Attention

    • Focus

    • Pattern Games 1 - 3

    • Pattern Games 4, 5 & 9

    • Pattern Games 6 - 8

    • Pattern Game 10 - 12
  • 03

    Unit 2 Targeting

    • CHASE MY HAND

    • Targeting

    • Hand Touch

    • Target Stick

    • Shoulder Target

    • HIP TARGET

    • Paw Target

    • Touch and Go

    • Touch and Hold

    • Stick To The Hand

    • Sustained Hand Target

    • Hold the wall
  • 04

    Unit 3 Visual & Auditory Targeting

    • LOOK AT THAT

    • Watch That

    • The Eyes Have It

    • Look and Walk Away

    • CATCH IT

    • Do You See That

    • CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

    • NOISES ON/OFF

    • I Can Make Sounds!
  • 05

    Unit 4 Building Confidence

    • Identities

    • Interest and Attention

    • Please Don't Hide, Handling Introvorsion

    • Copy That

    • Step Over Down

    • Walk In Patterns

    • A Line In The Sand

    • I'm OCD

    • Stop!

    • THINK IT THROUGH
  • 06

    Unit 5 Handling Arousal

    • Find The Triggers

    • Control It

    • Settle In

    • Snatch that Ball EEK!

    • Follow the Bouncing Ball

    • Fast and Furious Fingers

    • Dead Squeaker Tennis Ball

    • Ask Permission

    • Go Wild and Freeze

    • Pop-Up Game

    • WHIP IT, WHIP IT GOOD
  • 07

    Unit 6 Handling Objects

    • Start, Change and Stop

    • PAWS UP AND PUSH

    • Stomp It

    • I'M DIGGIN IT

    • A Room for Every Behavior

    • WHY IS THAT TABLE IN MY WAY

    • What's Under My Feet
  • 08

    Unit 7 Husbandry

    • TUGGING FOOL

    • Gimme Dat

    • RELEASE TO PRESSURE

    • GOTCHA

    • WHERE’S MY TAIL

    • SPA DAY

    • DECISIONS, DECISIONS

    • EEEK! IT’S A MOUSE

    • WHAT`S IN THE BOWL

    • CHIN

    • FACE

    • ONE FOOT BLUE FOOT
  • 09

    Unit 8 Moving Calmly Through The Environment

    • Walk About

    • WALK ABOUT MIMICRY

    • WALK AWAY FROM DISTRACTIONS

    • Walk The Wall

    • WHAT TO DO ON A WALK

    • WORK THE WALK

    • What’s Up Ahead