So How Do We Help Our Dogs Calm Down?

Reducing Reactivity Mega course

Zoom Recordings & Downloadables

**THE MEGA LIST**
Links to all zoom recordings
The Dog Training Pyramid

Bonus - Live Training Recording on Orientation and Let's Get Started

Recording Link

Orientation

Welcome
How to get the most out of this program
Live Training Recording 1
How dogs learn
Your Dog
Downloadable workbook - Module 1: Orientation

Let’s get started: Well-being for your Dog.

Importance of Health Checks (1:28)
The impact of Diet and how we deliver food (1:40)
Physical Cues (1:52)
Thoughts : Lets Consider
Start work Training Calmness & Enrichment
Ancestral Hunt/Chase Sequence -v- Dobermann’s physical needs
Goal Setting to make progress (1:11)
Using Diaries (2:21)
What are Your Dog's Candles? (1:07)
Downloadable Workbook - Module 2: Well-being for your dog
Live Training Recording - Calmness, Life Skills, Relationship Building & Triggers

Bonus Live Recording - Setting Goals & Utilizing ACE in your training

Live Recording Link for Goal Setting and Using ACE

Let’s Get Started : Practical Training for you and your dog

Teach a Marker word (1:14)
ACE Freework (2:36)
The Chill Mat - Settle : the first few steps (12:05)
Feeding by Hand (2:00)
Starting to teach “Luring” (2:59)
Feeding on the Walk (5:49)
Up and Down Pattern Game (0:45)
Ping Pong Pattern Game (1:22)
Downloadable Workbook - Module 3: Practical Training

Bonus - Live Training Recording on Science, Management, Sniffing & Essential Skills

Live training recording 2

The Science

Stress Responses : The Four F's (1:15)
A little bit of science - 1 Safety & the Nervous System
A little bit of science -2 Building Resilience
A little bit of science - 3 Neuroception
Arousal & Threshold in Dogs
Triggers and Trigger Stacking (1:45)
Downloadable Workbook - Module 4: The Science

The importance of Management including equipment

So How Do We Help Our Dogs Calm Down?
The Importance of Management (6:24)
The Traffic Light System For Managing Distance on walks (1:18)
What Equipment should I use
Downloadable Workbook - Module 5 Management

Sniffing is Magic!

Let’s get sniffing! (5:59)
Box Sniffs (2:55)
Cone Search (5:04)

Luring - Shaping - Capturing : How to teach new behaviours to our dogs

Let’s get teaching our dog new skills
New Lesson

Luring

Let’s get luring (2:16)
Orbit

Start Shaping

Paws up - easy starter (3:34)
Jump in a box - next level (2:42)
Go Round - harder (6:25)

Bonus - Live Training Recording Essential Skills & Walks

Recording 3 Link

Essential Training Skills

Nose Touch (1:32)
Middle (4:44)
The Treats Game (Positive Interrupter) (1:51)
Let's Go - Emergency 'U' Turn (1:19)
Back Up and Treat (1:17)
Repeat Sits Backwards (0:51)
The Counting Game (2:27)
Live training Recording - Positive Pairing, Look At That +
Positive Pairing (1:05)
What is Look at That? (1:18)
Teaching Look at That (1:42)
LATTE
Slowing Down your Exit (1:37)
Waiting At The Door (6:26)
Loose Lead Walking = 300 Peck (1:40)
Figure of Eight to Calm (1:03)
Live Training Recording - Counter Conditioning & Desensitization
Counter Conditioning & Desensitization
1-2-3 Walking Game

Walkies: Should I walk my reactive or over excitable dog?

What dogs want
What Dogs Need (1:05)
The Deconstructed Dog Walk (1:17)
Practical Alternatives to walks (2:25)
Understanding your Dog’s Threshold
Why Dogs Pull
A bit more on equipment to help manage
How to help your dog out on walks
Safety cuts both ways ( A blog from Janet Finlay of Canine Confidence)
BONUS - LOOSE LEAD WALKING E-BOOK

The Importance of Learning and Understanding our Dog’s Body Language

The importance of understanding our Dog's Body Language (7:59)
Canine Body Language - Presentation by Wendy Lilley

Bonus - Live Training Recording - Reactivity

Recording Link 4

Reactivity and Behaviour

Reactivity or Over Reaction - What Causes Reactivity? (3:34)
Why Reactivity is Hard for us (2:14)
Both Ends of the Lead (1:44)
What comes before Behaviour
Behaviour is always happening
Outcomes of Behaviour (1:08)
Behavioural Responses (1:04)
Three Steps to Behaviour Change (1:26)
You - Why its important to become a Grounded Human (1:57)
Changing Associations (2:15)
Change/Time/Space

The Dobermann

The Dobermann
Sauer The Dobermann Legend

Prey Drive (and Dobermann dreaded cats)

Cats and Prey Drive
Hunt & Chase ping pong
Let’s play food chasing (2:44)
The Prey Dummy (5:06)

Bonus Live Training on Prey Drive

Prey Drive Live Recording

Prey Drive II

Live Recording: Prey Drive
Session 2 : let’s get hunting
Management
Work & Hunt with your dog
Self Control in arousal (7:16)

Bonus Live Training on Holidays & Car Travel

Recording Link Holidays & Car Travel

Holidays & Travel with your Dobermann

Holidays with my Dobermann. Are they possible? What if he/she is Reactive?
Hot Tips for going away with your Dobermann
Reactive dog Holiday Destination Links
How can I Leave my dog home safely whilst I go away?
Car Travel Issues with my Dobermann

Scentwork

First Steps (5:35)

Reset

Less is More (1:16)
Take a Breath (1:45)
Getting Enough Sleep (1:37)
Intro to T Touch (1:31)
Ear T Touch (0:58)
Turtle T Touch (1:06)
Zebra T Touch (0:57)
Calmness Protocol
Self-calming breathing techniques for you (1:02)
Self Calming -12345 (0:55)
Activities
Downloadable Handout - Reset
Live Training Recording - Multi-Dog Households
Multi-dog - Managing Intra-Household reactivity (1:46)
Multiple Dog Households - preventing additional stress (1:48)

Fabulous E-Books

Is my Dog trying to become Pack Leader : Debunking Myths
Fireworks and Noise desensitisation
Super Skills
Equipment for walking e-book
The Pitfalls of Punishment

Bonus Live Training Recording - Mindset

Mindset Live Recording

Build Confidence

Live Training Recording - Confidence Building for You
Feeling Safe ourselves : our own feelings and emotions
Resilience and the Negativity Bias (1:34)
Self-Care and why its so important
Power ups for you (1:21)
Threat or Challenge Mindset? (1:00)
Reframing your Response (1:48)
Posture
The importance of Posture (1:00)
Live Training Recording - Confidence Building
Why Do games help us with Mindset
Mindset games to help with reactivity (1:15)
The Cup Final Game (1:15)
Reactivity Bingo (1:16)
Pattern Games for Easy Walks (1:00)
123 Treat (1:27)
Activities
Downloadable Handout - Build Confidence

Ready for the Real World

Live Training Recording Part 1 - Real World Skills
Live Training Recording: Real World - Part II
Progress for you (1:04)
Progress for your Dog (1:20)
The Real World
Successful Set up & Stealth Training (1:35)
Hazard & Risk Assessment (1:48)
Planning your walk and using What's in the Environment (0:57)
PRACTICING HAZARD AWARENESS (1:48)
Emergency Situations (2:13)

Toy Play : Why, How & the importance

Live Training Recording - Toy Play
Toy play for our Dogs & it’s use in building relationship
Why Play ?
How to start (3:12)
Be Engaging and animated (1:36)
Using Toys for Recall (0:53)
Play builds Confidence
Play for Training (2:15)
What Toys?
Overcoming struggles
What games?
The Power of Play (3:23)

Handling Skills

Live Training Recording - Human End of the Lead & Handling Skills
Preparation and Handling
Preparation
Hazard avoidance
Your Handling Skills
Your turn now:
Shaping

Live Training Recording - Sniffing & Searchwork

Sniffing & Searchwork Live Recording Link

The Dog’s nose knows! Searching simplified and explained.

Sniffing and searching : Information and benefits
Simple Beginnings - where to start
The Muffin Tin Game
Search for a Bonus! (0:24)
Garden search (2:45)
Flowerpot Fun (0:17)

The Dog’s nose : Searching Part II

Box Search (0:53)
Cone Search (2:43)
Scatter Feed - Sniff out the food (1:07)
Ping Pong find it (1:04)

Searching Part III

Retrieve
Trade for Food (2:46)
Toy Swap Retrieve (3:12)

Searching Part IV Real Walk Searches

Hunting on your walk for focus : use searching out and about
Cheesy Finds (1:32)
Recall search (0:25)
Throw the toy (1:19)
Go find it! (0:28)
Retrieve over obstacles (0:20)
Grass search (0:43)

Searching Part V: Article Search & intro to search square

Introduction
Searching for articles : Getting started (3:13)
Search Square intro : pole association (1:53)
Search Square : intro - find it (1:00)
Full Competition Search Square as performed by Sassi (1:15)
Wind and your dog’s nose (0:08)

Searching Part VI: Tracking

Tracking in Working Trials
Tangled long lines 😩 (0:29)
How to “put up” and safely use your long line! No tangles 👌 (3:00)
Long line management (0:30)
Tracking Equipment (0:56)
Tracking cues & markers : (1:55)
Lay a new track for each practice
Let’s start tracking (5:11)
Tracking Step II (1:10)
Tracking Step III (1:41)
Now we are really tracking step IV (2:37)
Introducing corners (2:32)
Sassi demonstrating a classic open box tracking pattern (2:29)
Tracking Patterns
SAUER THE DOBERMANN : THE TRACKING DOG WORLD RECORD HOLDER

Advanced Searches

Example advanced searches (5:26)
Useful Links

Scentwork

Live Training Recording - Scentwork - 1st Level
Introduction
Equipment required
Make up Your Scent Pot (0:25)
What you need for your first session (0:25)
Using a Clicker (0:29)
Intro to box search (1:29)
Add more boxes (4:07)
Introduce the Scent (1:07)
Let’s get searching for the scent (1:03)
Scent Search in more boxes (1:51)
Intro Furniture Search (1:33)
Shape a passive indication
Make up your Scent Swabs
Flowerpot Search (0:38)
How to set up a flowerpot scent search
Let’s do it (0:08)
Scent tab chair search (0:49)
Chair search demo (0:14)
Kiedy’s got the chair search (0:06)
Search High & Low (1:04)
Teach a vehicle search (3:19)
FUN SCENTWORK GAME

Recall and Emergency Stop

Emergency Stop
First introduce a stop (1:19)
Emergency Stop Whilst In High Drive (9:55)
Improve your Recall (5:51)

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