MENTORING SESSION AGENDA: 10/28/10

LOCATION: Camp Pendleton/Commissary Shopping Area

GOAL:  Vested/Non Vested Public Work

• SDW
• Public Zen
• V/NV
• Entering/exiting through heavy doors
• McDonald's
• Zen (food/floor/people)
• Can we stand in line quietly?
• Can we stand quietly while trainer orders/pays/receives food?
• Can we exit using Martini Zen?

Jan/Nad
Cathy/Rooster
Karen/Webster
Lynn/Lily

OVERVIEW:  What we discovered

• It's all Zen
• It's all SDW
• It's about lumping
• It's about focus, attention, demeanor
• It's about trainer awareness

After going in an out every single door in the shopping complex, leashes became shorter yet remained relaxed.  Trainers became more aware of dog's position.  Turns became tighter.  Holes were discovered.

Seize the moment.  We removed vests (and leashes) and shaped our dogs to riding on moving carts.  With vests removed we practiced Paws Up with duration on many different objects as we returned to our cars.

Zen in many forms

Trainer Zen
Karen learns to control herself to 10 treats at a time

Name Recognition

Wait for Jan to call your name

Name Recognition

Nad knows this game well

Webster and Lily are learning

Breakfast Zen

Stay away from my plate

Shaping Paws on Stool

Rooster's beginning Shaping exercise.

Note the MANY Distractions he encountered; thus, Cathy started over.

Rooster starts again with Shaping his paws on a stool

Rooster continues to be shaped

Then it was Webster's turn

Webster 1

Webster 2


Now Nad takes a turn

on a "Nad-sized" stool

"What do you want me to do Mom?;

pray on the stool? settle on the stool? what? what?"

Then.....
the next morning
we study a video for the next step,
a swing finish

I took my turn with Webster, shaping him to stand on the stool.  It's so fun watching this; every tiny movement toward a paw on the stool is tickling, as you will see.

Just as we're ready to end the session, Web pulls through!

Relaxation Protocol

Rooster RP Day 1

Webster RP Day1

Nadador RP Day 1a

This is the first relaxation done in a bedroom at Lynn's that Nad is familiar with. There were no distractions. He was able to focus well. When he would lay down I would re-set him, pause the iPod and start that section over.

Nadador RP Day1b


Now we are doing Day 1b in Lynn's room where Nad has never been. There is a fan blowing on him and next to where the Flip is Shayla is in her open crate. She would frequently come out of her crate (you can see Nad looking at her to my right). When the others were finished with their flipping, they were talking below us and that was distracting to Nad also. He did woof once when he heard them and we just continued with our work. Again, when he would lay down, I would turn the iPod off, reset him and re-do that section.

Lily  Day 1

I learned a lot about my iTouch during this session.  The screen is very sensitive and when I tried moving it during the session the audio skipped ahead to Day 7.  We "winged it" until we could get it back to Day 1.

Inside PMOCAPDT

Milestone for Nadador, Rooster, and Webster

Webster's 1st vesting

Rooster wearing his vest for the first time

Nadador's first day Vested

PMOCAPDT

Schedule of Events

"Pre-brief, be brief, debrief"

Steve White

THURS

900AM Field Trip 1: SD Zoo entrance

SDW and L1/2 V/NV:

CGC

1200AM Room check-in

Pre-brief

130PM Lunch w/dogs: Loews Resort

Round Table Discussion: ZERO Tolerance

Free Play: Coronado Cays Dog Run

630PM Reactivity Threshold: SD Zoo Parking Lot

800PM Pizza and Beer and Videos

Debrief

All Night Videos for the hearty

FRI

7AM Coffee on the patio

PJ Training

Control Unleashed Video 1

10AM Field Trip 2: MCRD: India Company Graduation

Lunch at MCRD

2PM Canine Relaxation Protocol at the Bay

330PM Trainer Relaxation Protocol

445PM Review: FD Vested Protocols and Record Keeping

Talking Points: Requirements for vested public training (supervised/unsupervised)
(Incl Documenting ADI Required Training Hours)

Computer work: Flips/blogs/skype

500PM Dinner: Snacking and Left Overs

Discussion: Where we are headed and how we're going to get there and other things

530PM Zen/ Open Door Crate

730PM Strolling Under the Stars OR Training Under the Lights

930PM Debrief

Video: Susan Garrett: Crate Games

Video: Microshaping: Alexandra Kurland

Training Smarter

SAT

700AM Coffee on the patio

PJ Training

Discussion and Demo: Clinic Behaviors Project

Swing Finish

???AM Sat Morning in Coronado

Reactivity Threshold: entrance to Coronado Dog Beach

Strolling Ocean Blvd

Public Manners/BMO/L1,2:

CGC

LUNCH On Orange Ave

Afternoon Feet up/Dogs crated

Optional Reactivity Threshold: Tidelands Park: children/picnicers/etc

400PM Happy Hour at the Brig

Evening Discussion: breakout groups :*D

Debrief

SUN

700AM Breakfast on Orange Ave

830AM BP: Central Fountain

Field Trip 3: Intro to Red Bus

Sunday in the Park

Unfinished Business

Final wrap up

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CONFERENCE RESOURCES


Videos:

The How of Bow Wow I and II: Virginia Broitman (2 videos)

Clicker Fun (1 video)

Tracking Videos: Steve White (6 cd set)

FD Clinic: 2005: Sue Ailsby (6 cd set)

Conformation Video

Training Your Assistance Dog: Barbara Handelman (4 cd set)

Control Unleashed: Leslie McDevitt (1 cd)

Crate Games: Susan Garrett (1 cd)

Fundamentals of Animal Training : Bob Bailey (4 cd set)

Microshaping: Alexandra Kurland (1 cd)

Games People Play to Train Their Dogs: Terry Ryan (1 cd)
Constructional Aggression Treatment: Dr Jesus Rosales-Ruiz
Testing the Training Levels: Sue Ailsby: Langley BC 2007

Articles:

The Sue Ailsby Collection

The Debi Davis Collection

The Stitch Collection

The Randolph Collection


Review of Training Books:
The Thinking Dog: Gail Fischer
Learning Games: Kay Laurence
Animal Training: Ken Ramirez
Canine Body Language: Brenda Aloff
Aggression in Dogs: Brenda Aloff

Round Table Topics:

Coaching/Mentoring Techniques

Training Smart and Effective Time Mgmt

Zero Tolerance: What does it mean to you?

Tools for Training

Individual Clinic Behaviors Project:

Go 6

Change

Station

Effective Shaping

OPTIONAL FIELD TRIPS:

PetCo/PetSmart/Pet People/Home Depot/Armstrong's Nursery (all near each other)

V/NV

each trainer take a turn playing the role of Sue in leading the group/coaching

"On the Road with Boon"

http://boonflips.blogspot.com/2010/03/on-road-boon-32010.html

http://boonflips.blogspot.com/2010/04/safeway-stay-boon-4-2010.html

http://boonflips.blogspot.com/2010/04/boon-denver-car-show-3-minute-down-stay.html

http://boonflips.blogspot.com/2010/04/tagawa-garden-center.html

GAMES/EXERCISES:

Name Recognition

http://boonflips.blogspot.com/2010/05/name-recogniton-and-self-control.html

PLEASE BRING:

"soccer" ball

personal play equipment for your dog

V/NV harness

Steps

HANDOUTS: (from new book)

Leash L2/3

Zen L2/3

Relax L2

laptop (if you have one)

Flip

Boot Camp “uniform”: green shirt, camo bandana for your dog

FD training “uniform”: vest, FD shirt, FD ID tags

videos you would like to share

anything else you would like to share

(beverages of your choice)

nibbles and snacks (for humans)

Mentoring Session: 10/7/10

Jan/Nad
Cathy/Rooster

Karen/Webster

Lynn/Lily

LOCATION:
Balboa Park Organ Pavillion

MENTORING SESSION

• Steve White:  "Pre-brief, Be Brief, Debrief"
• criteria
• Wearing harnesses for SDW, removing harnesses for LL
• leash length
• footprint
• demeanor
• focus and attention
• noses
• V/NV L3 behaviors
• stairs
• speed
• position
• Surfaces L2 on open benches
• GTM L2 on own mats/shaping to different mats (ala clinic)
• different mats
• mats on stairs
• mats on benches
• by shaping
• Come L3
• ramp
• name recognition all together and individually
• C&L adding distance
• DownStay L3
• C&L: adding distance
• dog/trainer on different level
• trainer leaving dog
• Down L3
• Sit L3
• Stand L3
• using C&L
• dog performing behavior at a distance
• HOLES:  one cue or two?
• fluency
• latency
• LL walking to Tea Garden
• ZERO tolerance; LL
• GTM w/o mat
• lying quietly at table during lunch

WORKING LUNCH

Discussion

• end of year goals
• resolve reactivity
• L3
• CGC
• qualify for supervised vested training
• find out what the requirements are
• individually?  as a group?
• coaching goals
• clinic GTM
• What to do?
• Sheila: shaped
• ZERO tolerance
• What does it mean to you?
• Time management
• training smart
• other obligations
• saying "no"
• Handling misunderstandings
• Videographer
• Flip AND upload
• Rachael agrees!
• 4th Thurs (after class) do public work in Oceanside/CP
• Clinic Project
• Go 6
• Change
• Station
• Comebefores
• Where We're Going
• How We're Getting There
• SDW:  read Level 6 Leash and assorted Introduction sections for addtl. guidance

• INTRODUCTION/STEPS
  Problem Solving
  Foodless Behaviors
  In the Game
  You Can Take That to the Bank
  Default Behaviors
  Competition Heeling, Loose Leash Walking, and Service Dog Walking
  Safety
  Vested and Non-Vested
  Plays Well with Others

• PMOCAPDT
• ideas

Song and the Sheep

Let me tell you the story of Song And The Sheep. Song is a Giant Schnauzer, and Giant Schnauzers are generally relatively calm and reasonable creatures, but they do have Passions about some things, and one of Song's Passions is Sheep. She would start screaming in the car when we were a quarter of a mile from the sheep pasture, and keep it up until she was running around sheep, where she wouldn't listen worth a darn, being too busy running around sheep to bother with me. The herding people around here basically told me to let her go, let her run around sheep, use a bag on a stick in her face to keep her from dive-bombing them, and after ten or fifteen minutes she would start to slow down and listen to me. My response to that was not to do herding any more, because a Giant Schnauzer having a heart attack on the floor could still be screaming about sheep. I whined about this on a list one day, and got several helpful answers, resulting in the flat-forehead DUH.

I took a paperback book, a lawn chair, a sturdy leash, a clicker, and Song, and drove to the pasture. I got her screaming out of the car, put down my chair, sat in it, and read my book, holding the leash of the screaming, lunging, jumping Giant Schnauzer for over an hour. Note I did NOTHING but read my book and sit on the leash. When she finally shut up and looked back at me ("Did you die? Why aren't we in with the sheep?"), I clicked and started to stand up. Of course, she screamed and jumped back at the sheep, so I sat down again immediately. About twenty minutes later, she shut up and looked at me again, click. This time I got to stand up and almost take a step before she started screaming and I had to sit down again. That day, it took me three hours to get approximately 20 feet into the pasture. When we were in there, I had a responsive, quiet, pleasant herding dog working sheep. 

The next day, it took me twenty minutes to get into the pasture, and once in, I once again found myself working a responsive, quiet, pleasant dog.

The third day, it took five minutes.

The fourth day, she bounced eagerly out of the car and strut-step heeled with eye contact into the sheep pasture, without me asking her to, and then went to work.

It works. Stop jumping around. Stop trying to DO something to get the behaviour, simply decide that you don't go that way until you have contact.

Sue eh?

MENTORING SESSION AGENDA: 10/7/10

This is the last time that I remember a FD training session in the Organ Pavillion.

Karen's daughter, Rachael, took the picture.
Kate, Charlie and Claudia were still with us.
Is that Barb behind Claudia?
I don't think Webster or Gunner had been born!

Does anyone recall the year?

LOCATION:

Balboa Park Organ Pavillion

The goal is to meet IN the Organ Pavillion,

This will be another "first".  Previously we have met in the parking lot of the OP, because getting in to the pavillion on a totally loose leash was not possible.  The totally loose leash remains the singular CRITERIA.
(Jan's first FD visit was a mentoring session in the OP parking lot!)

BRING:

a mat
Steps
most recent clinic handout
your dogs harness

THE PLAN:

The plan is to work on L2 and L3 behaviors in the pavillion.  If, however, we need to work on Lazy Leashes instead, then that's what we will do.

WORKING LUNCH:

A discussion on the mentoring session with Sue and the Flips on the blog.

• Review clinic
• Vested/Non Vested behavior
• SDW
• What you click is what you will get
• ZERO tolerance: when, where
• Reactivity
• No social promotions
• The 3Rs
• Re-teach
• Re-view
• Re-mind
• Training w/treats
• Working for delayed reward
• CGC:
• treatless
• practice
• Under stimulus control
• Latency
• Fluency
• Level 3 behaviors
• Coaching
• PMOCAPDT planning

"Pre-brief, Be brief, De-brief"

Description of a good training session

by Steve White