Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome!

    • Welcome!

  • 2

    Foundational Concepts

    • What is Resource Guarding?

    • Ditch the Bowl - What Do We Mean?

    • What Counts as a Reward?

    • Reinforcer Ideas

    • Things to Remember When Training Your Resource Guarding Dog

    • Why using only positive-reinforcement techniques is crucial

  • 3

    Stress Bucket Vs Calmness

    • The Stress Bucket - What is it?

    • Introduction to the Calmness Triad

    • What is the Calmness Triad

    • The 3 stages of Stuffing a Kong - printable handout

    • eBook - Calm

    • eBook - Boundary Games

    • Boundary Games

  • 4

    Types of Resource Guarding

    • 4 Types of Resource Guarders

    • Management is imperative

  • 5

    Foundation Skills for all types of Resource Guarders

    • Toy Motivation

    • The Toy Switch Game

    • Trades Games

  • 6

    Guarders of Food Bowls

    • Classical Conditioning

    • Practice somewhere this behaviour hasn't been practiced

    • Name Game

    • Feed & Leave Game

    • Name Game - Calling off of containers

    • The Delinquent Waiter Game

  • 7

    Guarders of People

    • Classical Conditioning

    • Practice in a location where this behaviour hasn't been done by the dog

    • Implementing Classical Conditioning

    • Name Game

    • Name Game - Calling off of containers and random "stuff"

    • D.M.T.

    • eBook of D.M.T.

    • The Crazy Lady Game

  • 8

    Guarders of a Place / Location

    • Classical Conditioning

    • Practice in a location where this behaviour hasn't been done by the dog

    • What to do in an emergency

    • Name Game

    • Name Game - Calling off of containers

    • Implementing Classical Conditioning

  • 9

    Guarders of Stuff

    • Guarders of Stuff

    • Practice in a location where this behaviour hasn't been done by the dog

    • Name Game

    • The Toy Switch Game

    • Trades Games

    • What to do in an emergency

  • 10

    Where To Go From Here

    • Where to go from here

    • Access to the Digital Portal