Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome!

    • Welcome!

    • Course Structure
  • 2

    Separation Related Behaviours (SRBs)

    • What are Separation Related Behaviours - a discussion

    • What is Separation related behaviours? (Anxiety)

    • What are the risk factors contributing to Separation Related Behaviours (SRBs)?

    • What are NOT causes of SRBs?

    • Predictability - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

    • The Stress Bucket - What is it?

    • Strategies of how NOT to leave your dog alone during training and treatment

    • Separation Related Behaviours eBook
  • 3

    Foundational Concepts

    • Ditch the Bowl - What Do We Mean?

    • Ditch The Routine - What do we mean?

    • Introduction to Event Marker Training

    • Turning on the Event Marker Word "Yes!"

    • What Counts as a Reward?

    • Reinforcer Ideas

    • Food Fun Games - Creating MORE Reinforcers Through Food Play

    • Video Demo - Food Fun Games

    • Toy Motivation - Creating More Reinforcers Through Toy Play

    • Stacking the deck in your favour

    • Things to Remember When Training Your Dog

    • Newly adopted dog? This eBook will help

    • Foundation Concepts - a review
  • 4

    Optimism

    • Creating a Treatment Plan

    • Optimism - What is it?

    • Predictors - re-visited

    • Demo video of building Optimism around random parts of your exiting sequence

    • D.M.T.

    • DMT - a deeper look
  • 5

    Calmness

    • Supplements? - A discussion

    • Introduction to the Calmness Triad

    • What is the Calmness Triad?

    • How to make a food stuffed Kong last longer for your dog

    • Boundary Games

    • Introduction to Release Words - "Break!"

    • Demo Video - Boundary Games (Early Stages)

    • The Calmness Protocol - promoting more relaxation

    • Down

    • Demo Video - Down
  • 6

    Independence

    • Independence

    • Employment Opportunities for your dog

    • "Gated Communities"

    • Distance - away from owner

    • Visual Barriers - blocking sight of owner

    • Time - duration away from the owner while still remaining at home with your dog

    • Bringing it all together - Independence

    • Independence - Summary discussion
  • 7

    Boundary Games - building value and distance

    • Boundary Games - Building skills and distance

    • Boundary Games Steps 7 to 11

    • Demo Video - Boundary Games Steps 7 to 11

    • Boundary Games (Adding Distance to Leave Your Dog)

    • Demo Video - Boundary Games (Adding Distance to Leave Your Dog)

    • Boundary Games - remaining steps from eBook

    • Demo Video - Remaining steps in Boundary Games eBook

    • The Mouse Game

    • Boundary Games - Building distance to SEND the dog

    • Demo Video - Building distance to Send the dog
  • 8

    Safety Nets

    • The Safety Net

    • The Safety Net - a summary
  • 9

    The Transformation Plan!

    • Bringing it all together - video summary

    • Bringing it all together

    • Table of Averages
  • 10

    Conclusion

    • What to do from here
  • 11

    Yannis' journey - a dog with SRB

    • Yannis's journey