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Located at the
Planet Pooch® Campus
866 Kaynyne Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94063-3016

	Phone/Fax: (650) 596-WOOF (9663)
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Mitra's Continuing Education

• Four Day Advanced Canine Aggression workshop with John Rogerson, (hosted by K-9 Insight Obedience at Planet Pooch), covering:
  - Canine vs Human Facial Expressions & Body Language
  - Dog-to-Dog & Dog-to-Human Aggression
  - Food & Territorial Aggression
  - Same Sex Aggression
  - Aggression over Human Resources
  - Aggression Reduction Techniques & Desensitization Programs
  - Case Studies & Evaluations: Dog-to-Dog Aggression (fear and dominance); Dog-to-People Aggression/Hands-on Practice
  

• Four Day Training & Teaching Workshop with John Rogerson, covering:
  - Instinctive vs Learned Behaviors
  - Imprinting Period
  - Play Behaviors
  - Learning Theory & Application
  - Training Using Primary Rewards
  - Teaching the Recall & Down/Stay
  - In-door Marking Behaviors
  - Canine vs Human Facial Expressions & Body Language
  - Dog-to-Dog & Dog-to-Human Aggression
  - Food & Territorial Aggression
  - Same Sex Aggression
  - Dog-to-Dog Introduction
  - Taking Case History
  - Case Studies/Hands-on Practice
  

• Evening Seminar with Jean Donaldson on Resource Guarding

• One Day "Pawlitically Incorrect Dog Symposium" with panelists: Chris Bach, Ian Dunbar, Trish King, Kathy O'Brien, Sapir Weiss, Michele Pouliot, Jean Donaldson, Art O'Keefe, Lee Patrick, Claudia Kawczynska, Thad Lacinak, Ted Turner, and Chuck Tompkins.

• Two day Canine Behavior & Training conference - "The ABC's of Dog Training & Canine Aggression" - with Ted Turner, President of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, Marine Mammal & Exotic Animal Trainer Chuck Tompkins and Thad Lacinak, Vice President & Corporate Curator for Marine Parks of America, covering:
  - Operant conditioning training - the learning elements
  - Communication with Canines during Training
  - Reinforcement Techniques (case studies)
  - Positive Remedies for Behavior Problems
  - Problem Solving (case studies: barking, phobias, separation anxiety, crate training, etc.)
  - Different types of Aggression (social, hormonal, negative learning, behavioral, etc.)
  - Aggression Reduction Techniques
  - Punishment and Dog Aggression
  - Proactive Behavioral Management to Reduce & Eliminate Aggression
  - Aggression case studies (dog-child aggression, dog-people aggression, dog-dog aggression, environmental aggression)
  

• The three day "Alpha Bitch", Behavior & Training Conference with Sue Sternberg, Trish King, Donna Duford, including:
  - Dog-Dog Aggression
  - Modifying Aggression in Different Types of Dogs (case studies)
  - Dealing with Problem Dogs (case studies)
  - Clicker Training for Aggression
  - Defensive Handling for Trainers & Instructors
  - Evaluating Aggressive Puppies

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