Ian Dunbar UK seminar
Dr. Ian Dunbar, founder of puppy training and proponent of lure/reward dog training is returning to the UK this April for a series of exciting, must-see seminars. If you’re a dog owner, dog lover, dog trainer, veterinarian, work with dogs or simply love dogs, Ian never fails to impress.
He’ll be presenting seminars in Gatwick, Birmingham and Manchester - here’s the low down on what to expect and when and where (scroll to the bottom for booking information)…
MANCHESTER
Predict & Prevent Adolescent Behaviour & Training Problems (9:30 am – 5:30 pm Saturday 9th April)
Ian says: “We are not doing one tenth of the training, one hundredth of the socialisation, or one thousandth of the classical conditioning required to provide puppies with the manners, confidence and social savvy to successfully navigate adolescence. We are not even close to fully capitalising on the opportunities of early puppyhood, yet we are still surprised when dogs develop utterly predictable and preventable, behaviour, temperament and training problems during adolescence. This seminar will describe the most pressing developmental issues in puppy husbandry: How to prevent behaviour problems (the #1 terminal illness) and temperament problems, especially anxiety, fearfulness, bullying, aggression and hyperactivity.”
MANCHESTER
Lure/Reward Training for Reliable Off-Leash Verbal Control (9:30 am – 5:30 pm Sunday 10th April)
Ian says: “Lure/reward training is simply the fastest way to teach a dog to reliably perform behaviours on cue — at a distance, when distracted, and without the continued need for any training tool. Food lures must be phased out during the very first training session and food rewards must be replaced by more valuable life rewards, otherwise food will become an ineffective bribe that the dog will “blow off” during adolescence. Topics will include: the Basic Training Sequence, three stages of lure/reward training, using interactive games and behaviour “problems” as rewards, non-aversive techniques to prevent or deal with non-compliance — Specific Redirection (SR) and Repetitive Reinstruction as Negative Reinforcement until Compliance (RRNR-uC).”
BIRMINGHAM
Canine Aggression: Biting (9:30 am – 5:30 pm Tuesday 12th April)
Ian says: “Training a dog to be people-friendly is as easy as it is enjoyable. There are simply no excuses. Dogs are damned in the media because serious dog bites are news because they are extremely rare. Topics include: representative dog bite statistics; the unbelievable ease of prevention; prognosis and the sometimes difficulty and danger of rehabilitation; four stages of bite inhibition; socialisation; classical conditioning; handling and hugging (examination and restraint); valued objects; the behavioural model vs. medical model of aetiology and hence, the ease of treatment of Level 1-3 biters; subliminal bite stimuli; temperament tests; objectively assessing actual danger (based on six levels of wound-pathology) vs. reactivity, i.e., why we often euthanise the wrong dogs and adopt out the wrong dogs; assessing the Friendly Quotient to objectively quantify good behaviour by absolutely counting the number of friendly/appeasing behaviours per minute.”
BIRMINGHAM
Canine Aggression: Fighting (9:30 am – 5:30 pm Wednesday 13th April)
Ian says: “Training a dog to be dog-friendly can be challenging, especially with male dogs and especially if they have goolies. Classical conditioning is virtually non-existent after late puppyhood and socialisation goes down the toilet during adolescence. Topics include: development of social hierarchies and the complexity of cooperative social structure — friendships, allegiances and sharing; the physical “dominance” myth; preventing dog-dog aggression by maintaining socialisation and classical conditioning throughout adolescence; purpose of play, play-fighting, play-biting, atmosphere cues and puppyhood/adolescence; good and bad play groups; prognosis and rehabilitation; Bite:Fight ratio to objectively assess danger; BAT, Jolly Routine; and growl classes.”
GATWICK
Puppy Training Classes (9:30 am – 5:30 pm Saturday 16th April)
Ian says: “Puppies can learn so much from a six-week puppy class - good bite inhibition, confidence and social savvy for interacting with other dogs and people, to enjoy being handled by strangers, and to respond quickly and reliably to verbal commands to come, sit, lie down, stand and stay in the midst of heavy distractions and without the continued reliance of training tools. Alternatively, puppies can learn to be afraid of other dogs, to be inattentive, hyperactive and a bully. It all depends on the class. Puppy classes should be taught off-leash for the entire session, except, of course, when pups are learning to walk on-leash. Puppies need as much time as possible to play with other dogs (and so acquire solid bite inhibition and develop soft mouths) and to interact with every person in the room, especially men, children and strangers. Classes should include pups of all sizes and play styles and any signs of fearfulness or “bullying” must be resolved during the very first session, otherwise the problems will quickly become worse as each week goes by. The ongoing play session should be frequently interrupted by numerous short training interludes, so that puppies learn to respond quickly, reliably and happily to their owners’ requests and owners may practice calming their pups when excited.”
GATWICK
Adolescent/Adult Dog Training Classes (9:30 am – 5:30 pm Sunday 17th April)
Ian says: “If food lures and food rewards were not phased out early in training, food becomes a bribe that adolescent dogs will “blow off” as they develop competing doggy interests. Teaching adolescent and adult dogs and especially, resolving activity, attention and temperament problems, requires specialised training techniques to achieve long-term reliability. Oodles of classical conditioning is essential for dogs to regain confidence and social savvy. All-or-None Reward Training techniques (no lures or prompts) are essential for regaining attention, calmness and control, before lure/reward training techniques may be employed again. (Of course, this time, phase out food lures in the very first session.) Also, specific exercises are required to troubleshoot each of the common adolescent noise-activity problems - hyperactivity, barking, jumping-up, grabbing/stealing, pulling on-leash and running away (not coming when called).”
EVENING LECTURES
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm in MANCHESTER (9th), BIRMINGHAM (12th) and FARNHAM (15th April)
Be prepared to have a good time! Dr. Dunbar’s evening lectures are always as entertaining as they are instructive. He will talk about virtually any doggy behavior or training topic that comes to mind in response to a few selected questions from the audience. Interested parties may email serious or amusing questions of 50 words or less to [email protected]
You’ll learn lots and laugh lots.
To book your place on any of the seminars, contact Owen Jones but be warned IAN’S SEMINARS SELL OUT!
www.barkingjones.com
07808 793854
[email protected]
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