This lecture provides those who work or plan to work with dogs in professional settings the tools they need to understand, motivate, and train their dogs in a way that is humane and psychologically healthy for them. After taking a deep dive into how dogs learn and how to use operant conditioning in training set ups, we will focus on how to train specific tasks that dogs in animal assisted interventions can use to be set up for success, including resting their chin on a patients lap, automatically leaving items that drop to the group, hand targeting, and contact-free training behaviors, such as spin, go around an object, and take a bow. We close this lecture by discussing how practitioners can use these behaviors in practice to help maintain engagement, enthusiasm, and motivation over time.

Sponsor:K9 Turbo Training & The American Psychological Association
Speaker(s):Katelin Thomas

Contact: Katelin Thomas
 Email: katelin@k9turbotraining.com
 Phone: 248-744-5738
 Web: http://www.k9turbotraining.com/