Produced by: Tawzer Dog Videos
Copyright: 2009
Running time: 2 hrs 8 min
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Trick training
provides physical and mental challenges for your dog but it
also does much more. Trick training builds relationships
by deepening communication pathways. It offers a way to bond
with your dog as you strive toward common goals and delight
in your successes. The trust and cooperative spirit
developed through this process will last a lifetime. In this
workshop you will learn the specific steps to teach over a
dozen new dog tricks (spin, fetch, wipe your paws, shake
hands, roll over, shell game, hoop jump, and more). And more
importantly, you will learn the tools and the strategies to
teaching and correcting ANY behavior in your dog.
Topics covered include:
- Timing: Marker training,
clickers, "cue, action, reward", brain plasticity,
"hints", upping the ante, regression, consistency.
- Technique: The 5 methods for
eliciting a behavior (luring, modeling, mimicking,
capturing, shaping), adduction, optimal verbal cues and
hand signals.
- Motivation: Positive
reinforcement, play training, jackpot, prey drive
motivators, setting goals, keeping focus.
- Building: Chaining behaviors,
optimal schedules of reinforcement, "praise, touch
treat-in that order", stress indicators, properly using
eye contact.
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BIO. . .
Kyra Sundance's world-acclaimed acrobatic Stunt Dog Team
has graced premier stages such as The Tonight Show,
Ellen, ET, Animal Planet, and NBA, MLB, and AFL halftime
shows. They starred Disney's Underdog stage show in
Hollywood, and in a command performance in Marrakech for
the King of Morocco.
Kyra is nationally ranked in
competitive dog sports (including Obedience, Agility,
and Hunting), and an experienced set trainer for dog
actors. Kyra authored several books and DVD's including
the best-selling "101 Dog Tricks" book which has been
translated into 15 languages, as well as her newest
release "The Dog Rules" (3/09, Simon & Schuster).
With her extensive and
varied experience, Kyra takes a "whole dog" approach to
training, contending that the training methods are not
so important as the underlying commitment to the
relationship. "Build a foundation based upon trust,
communication, and respect, and the rest will fall into
place." Kyra Sundance and her stunt dog team will
inspire you to "Do More With Your Dog!®". Kyra Sundance
is from Lancaster, CA and can be reached at:
kyra@kyra.com
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