The R.E.W.A.R.D. Zone for Aggressive and Reactive Dogs. (Realizing Excellence With Attention Redirection and Desensitization) with Pam Dennison, Author of How to Right a Dog Gone Wrong and Bringing Light to Shadow April 8-9-10, 2016 Times: Friday Night Introduction, 7 to 9 p.m. (without the dogs) Saturday & Sunday Workshop – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (with the dogs) Cost: $300.00 for working teams (1 dog and 1 handler) $200.00 for auditors Maximum 8 working teams, unlimited auditors (lodging and meals are not included) CEUs Available Is your dog reactive or aggressive? Are you having problems knowing how to help him/her? Have you hit a wall and don’t know how to proceed? Are you a trainer that either is or wants to work with aggressive dogs? You will learn a system that has a proven track record – 14 years of successful seminars and weekly classes with aggressive, reactive and shy dogs. Because of the nature of living with an aggressive dog, you’ll need to understand that one simply can’t get the aggression “to just go away.” Nature abhors a vacuum and we will fill the behavioral space with relevant, stimulating and fun skills for you and your dog as part of the desensitization process. The R.E.W.A.R.D. Zone program focuses on: Establishing foundation behaviors, Learning to shape new behaviors, Reading your dog’s body language properly, Learning to interpret your environment, quickly and effectively, Teaching you to set up safe and successful sessions, Erecting a line of communication from both sides of the leash, Learning how to properly set, raise or lower criteria, Teaching you to be a more effective trainer overall, Applying the counterconditioning and desensitization process properly Understanding the causes of aggression, including the human factors Breaking down behaviors into small approximations, always setting the dog up for success. Staying focused and concentrating under pressure. Turning off the environment and tuning into your dog. Learning positive training techniques and foundation behaviors. This seminar accomplishes that by bridging the gap between information presented in my books and knowing how to transfer that to real life. BIG concepts (DRO, DRA, DRI, DRH, DRL) are explained in an easy to understand and implement format. You’ll learn how to set up your own sessions and what foundation behaviors you’ll need. How and when to start a session, when to keep going and when to stop are also addressed. What you won’t find – car wrecks, wildly aggressing dogs, blood or drama. The R.E.W.A.R.D. Zone is about building a strong positive relationship, trust, safety and care, dozens of alternate and incompatible behaviors – incompatible to aggressing. This seminar is a working seminar for aggressive or reactive dogs. There will be a minimum of two sessions per day with the dogs, working on individual and group problems. In addition to the working sessions, there will be classroom time, discussing foundation behaviors, calming signals, background information on aggression, management and how to live with an aggressive dog. If there is time, we will do other things as well (depending on the weather and availability), such as tracking, group trail walking, swimming for both dogs and people and more.

Sponsor:Positive Motivation Dog Training, LLC
Speaker(s):**Pamela Dennison, CDBC

Contact: Pamela Dennison
 Email: pam@positivedogs.com
 Phone: 908-459-5244
 Web: http://www.pamdennison.com/