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Dee's Philosophy
My dog training classes and privates and training manuals
blend effective, humane management techniques with positive
reinforcement training methods. I believe that positive reinforcement
training is the most effective and humane method of creating
happy, eager, and joyful partnerships between animals and
humans these are all designed to help you teach your dog self-control.
A dog with self-control will never be out-of-control.
SO What is Positive Reinforcement? It is a training
method based on the science of operant conditioning (which
is a set of scientific principles about why animals change
their behavior). Behavior is changed when it is reinforced.
You will learn the fun, the joy, the challenge and the effectiveness
of training your dog by positively reinforcing behaviors you
want. And today I'll show you how, through good management,
proper reinforcement and class room set up to help you “Get"
the behaviors you want and to extinguish behaviors you don't
want. You will learn to lead, but not to dominate.
BOOKS & MANUALS AVAILABLE
Changing People Changing Dogs
by Dee Ganley CPDT, CABC
Dee Ganley is a skilled dog trainer, handler and instructor
having 30+ years experience in the field of dog training.
Dee specializes in difficult dogs and has been very
successful as a canine behavior consultant in the New
England area recommended by veterinarians, past clients
and colleagues. Dee has recently been traveling
and giving workshops and lectures in North America
and Europe helping trainers, handlers and shelter folks
help their four footed friends.
In “Changing People
Changing Dogs”, Dee
provides an easy-to-read compilation of strategies,
techniques, exercises and scent games to address canine
fear and aggression issues, based on the science of
learning theory combined with Dee's insight as a trainer. “Changing
People Changing Dogs” is filled with simple and
effective exercises - more than 50 that will have you
and your dog, or your clients and their dogs, well
on the way to a happy relationship.
A good behavior counselor has great problem solving
skills, while working with high-risk cases. It takes
a calm demeanor, great interviewing skills, good detective
work, good practical sound advice and a huge training
toolbox full of great strategies and techniques to
be a competent behavior consultant. In “Changing
People Changing Dogs you will find 50 + exercise and
techniques to help you help your clients. If your not
a trainer and you just own a dog with behavioral challenges,
this book will help you too!
Book is available at www.learningaboutdogs.com in
the UK. Book is available in the U.S. -- just
click the link below!
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List
of Exercises -- List
of exercises taken directly from Changing People
Changing Dogs.
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Create a Happy Eager and Fun Relationship
with your Dog!
Dee Ganley and Nancy Lyon have created a training manual
that highlights their dog training philosophy.
The dedication, written by Nancy,
appears in the front of the manual:
"Dedication
"A friend is someone who
knows the song in your heart and can sing
it back to you when you have forgotten the words."
Dee and I are two of those "kind" of people
who find joy and solace being with dogs. We are happiest
in their company and proud to have earned their trust. We
have experienced the deeply civilized "conversations" that
happen between well trained dogs and their handlers.
We know that we are better people - more just, more open-minded,
much kinder and certainly happier - because of the friendship
of our dog partners. More...
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From Fear to Joy
“Fear to Joy” is
a manual that helps you use techniques to help shy
and or reactive dogs feel more comfortable in new
situations. Using socialization, desensitization
techniques for nervous dogs to gain confidence with
people and other animals. Addressing the
importance of being confident and calm.
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Teaching
Self-Control to Shelter Dogs
by staff and volunteers
Our use of reinforcement
and time outs to teach self-control in every part
of the shelter dog's life with us is central to
our success. To learn the dog must be able
to think and to think requires self-control.
What is the opposite of self-control? OUT-OF-CONTROL!!!
Being out-of-control is what sends almost all our
shelter dogs to us. Obedience behavior by itself
doesn't teach self-control. We start with the
absolute basics. We use what the dog wants
and show him how to "manipulate" us to
get it.
- To
leave the kennel, the door won't open unless
I back up.
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get attention and treats at the kennel then
I have to put my butt on the ground.
- To
go for a walk I have to wear a gentle leader
or sensation-harness and not pull while out
walking.
These
aren't obedience behaviors, they are self-control
behaviors - but they are what 99% of the pet
owning public desperately wants from their pets.
We have trained everyone to positively reinforce
for calm, thoughtful behavior. We have learned how
not to reinforce out-of-control behavior. We
know
"Dogs do what works" and we have found
ways to make self-control work.
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Purchase all three manuals and receive $5 off!
Cost: $40.00 for 3
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Happy
Kids, Happy Dogs: Building a Friendship Right
from the Start
by Barbara Shumannfang
Children are the most frequent victims
of dog bites and 80 % of such bites come from the family
dog, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Help your dog and your baby become friends. Happy
Kids, Happy Dogs offers easy to follow dog training
exercises presented according to your child’s
developmental stages. You will find dozens of instructional
photographs, a kid-canine quiz, what to do if your
child is afraid of dogs, and the three secrets to a
well-behaved dog. Recommended by the prenatal programs
at Duke Health and the University of North Carolina
Women’s Hospital. Partial profits from sales
of Happy Kids, Happy Dogs go to non-profit
groups that help at-risk youth and shelter dogs.
$16.95
Visit lulu.com for
more information and to order!
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The Golden Bridge
A Guide to Assistance Dogs for Children
Challenged by Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities
by Patty Dobbs Gross
In The Golden Bridge:
A Guide to Assistance Dogs for Children Challenged
by Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities, Patty
Dobbs Gross provides both personal as well as professional
advice on how specially bred and trained dogs help
to facilitate communication for children with autism
and other developmental disabilities. This
important information compendium is a guide for parents
raising a child who is on the autism spectrum, with
old myths and new research concerning autism explored,
examined and redefined.
$24.95
Visit Purdue
University Press for more information. Can also
be ordered through Amazon.com (Currently
listed for $15.72 on Amazon.)
Dee contributed two chapters to The Golden Bridge:
Socialization and Selecting a Puppy. |
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