Recall Workshop 1
Instructor: Jenn Barg
Saturday, May 19
Times: 10-12:30 and 1-3:30
Cost: $75 (this includes a 30 foot long line)

This one-day, two-hour beginner-level workshop will focus on helping to improve your skills at teaching your dog to come when called. Learn how to motivate your dog to come to you, how to use a long-line, how to compete with distractions, and how to transition to working off lead.  

Your dog won't be reliable off leash when we're through, but you'll be well on your way!  This offsite workshop will be conducted outdoors in both fenced and unfenced areas.   The rain date for this workshop is May 20.

Please call 603-448-6888 x123 or email training@uvhs.org for more details or to register.

Intro to Rally-O
Instructor: Charlene Swainamer
Saturday, May 26
Time: 10:00-1:00
Cost: $75

Join UVHS to learn about the exciting new sport of Rally Obedience, a fun activity for those interested in earning AKC titles or just to have fun with obedience.  In Rally-O, a dog and handler team proceeds through a course of designated stations where each station has a sign providing instructions regarding the skill to be performed.

Topics to be covered: Novice, Advanced, and Excellent Rally exercises, scoring and procedure, demonstrations, working time in the ring, and much more!

Small Dog Seminar
Instructor: Meredith Lunn
Sunday, May 27
Time: 10:00-1:00
Cost: $75
 
Calling all small dogs!  Are you under 30 pounds (when full grown) and looking for some fun?  Come join us for a romping good time.  There will be games, agility, and even some Rally-O.

Please call 603-448-6888 x123 or email training@uvhs.org for more details or to register.

Shape Your Way Out Of Aggression – A Breakthrough Approach
Kellie Snider, BCABA, and Jesus Rosales-Ruiz, PhD

Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July 22, 2007
9:00 am – 5:00pm
$95 for one day, $180 for both days

Emotions in companion animals can be both endearing and perplexing.  When emotional behaviors help to deepen our relationships with our animals, we are delighted, but when they take dangerous forms we are lost.  Canine aggression is hands-down the most serious and heartbreaking dog behavior problem facing trainers and pet owners.  The current state-of-the-art methods have not met the challenge of replacing aggressive behaviors with friendly behaviors in dogs.  Until now punishment, desensitization, counter conditioning and distraction were our best options, and the outcomes have often been slow, inconsistent or non-existent.
 
Scientists have traditionally viewed aggression as a product of genetics and species-determined instinct. New research from the University of North Texas has demonstrated that we have been missing an important component in the development and maintenance of emotional behaviors in animals. It turns out that aggression responds to changes in consequences. In other words, by the time it becomes a problem, aggression is learned operant behavior.
 
In this seminar, Dr. Rosales-Ruiz and Ms. Snider will use demonstration, discussion and videos to explain the research that revealed this and how we can use an operant shaping procedure to switch off canine aggression and replace it with desirable behavior.

Read Kellie's Bio | Read Jesus' Bio

To register, click here.

SEMINAR CANCELLATION POLICY

You must cancel more the 2 weeks in advance to receive a full refund (minus a $25 administrative charge).  Cancellation within 2 weeks of the event will only receive a refund (less a $50 administration charge) if another participant registers to fill your spot.