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Seminar and Workshop

with   Kathy Sdao, MA, ACAAB

Date : 4^th to 6^th of November 2011

Location : Munich - near airport

         Nehmen Sie teil an 3 Tagen im Trainer „Denk – Aktiv - Aquarium“

ein optimale Mischung aus Vorträgen und viel aktivem Training unter erstklassiger und professioneller Führung von Kathy Sdao

Tiere / Hunde auszubilden ist eine Handlung, die Verhalten eines Tieres hervorruft, formt, anpasst und kontrolliert. Diese Tätigkeit erfordert kognitive, observierende, als auch physische Fertigkeiten und verpflichtet den Hundetrainer dazu aus scheinbar endlosen verschiedenen Methoden, Möglichkeiten, Mitteln die Prioritäten zu wählen. Für die anfängliche Wahl von „WIE“ ein erwünschtes Verhalten zu bekommen, zu der späteren Entscheidung, WO und WANN das gelernte Verhalten in das Repertoire und das tägliche Leben des Hundes zu integrieren wird, muss sich der Trainer ständig praktische Strategien, Zweckdienlichkeiten überlegen und vor allem das emotionale Wohlbefinden des Hundes im Lern- und Lebensprozess tunlichst im Auge behalten. Wir Tiertrainer streben danach die bestmöglichste Wahl zu treffen. Und wir erweitern ständig unser Wissen und Können über Fortbildungen, studieren Wissenschaften, beobachten hervorragende Trainer in Aktion, erweitern unseren Horizont durch Brainstorming und Diskussionen mit anderen Kollegen und versuchen dann die gemachten Erfahrungen an unseren Hunden umzusetzen. Dieses Seminar wird alle diese Aktivitäten beinhalten. Wir werden verschiedene Referatssegmente aus Kathy Sdao´s großem Vortrags - Repertoire hören und die Möglichkeit zu sehr viel praktischer Anwendung bekommen, ebenso wie Hundetrainings Übungen, Spiele und genügend Zeit für Fragen und Antworten erleben. (VERSPROCHEN!)     BACK

          Think of this workshop as a chance to participate in a three-day “trainers’ think tank”- the perfect mixture of lecture and lots of active training

Dog training is an activity designed to elicit, modify and control the behaviors of dogs. It requires cognitive skill as well as physical skill and it obliges dog trainers to make seemingly endless choices about methods, tools and priorities. From the initial choice of how to “get” the desired dog-behavior to  occur, to later decisions about how to integrate the learned behavior into the dog’s repertoire and daily  life, the trainer must consider practicality, expediency and the dog’s emotional welfare. We dog trainers aspire to make the best choices possible. And so we continue to educate ourselves, by studying the science, by watching great trainers in action, by brainstorming ideas and then trying them out with our own dogs, and by discussing concepts with our colleagues. This workshop will include all these activities. We’ll combine lecture segments about the practical application of SMART (See, Mark and Reward Training) with plenty of dog-training exercises, demonstrations, games and time for questions. Promised!   BACK

 

Dogs are limited to 15.  There is only one dog per trainer possible to participate. The other participants are able to learn by watching others train.

 

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 Parts of the progam

Day 1

Lecture 1: Choices – for trainers & for dogs

Training: Create plan for novel behavior 1 (discrete behavior); begin training

Lecture 2: Ten ways to “get behavior”; SMART review (See, Mark and Reinforce Training)

Training: Continue training novel behavior 1

Lecture 3: Reinforcement options

Training: Final training for novel behavior 1 & demonstrations of training progress

Lecture 4: Premack; Preserving reinforcers & punishers

Training: Make a plan for novel behavior 2 (trick: behavior chain); begin training

Lecture 5: Mark

Day 2

Lecture 6: See

Training: Continue training novel behavior 2

Lecture 7: The other “S” = Set-up

Training: Final training for novel behavior 2 & demonstrations of training progress

Lecture 8: Make the whale jump: What a cue can do

Training: Cue discrimination test

Lecture 9: “Good enough” syndrome; maximizing clarity of cues

Training: “Prove It” game (cue clean-up)

Day 3

Training: Object Discrimination 1 – Touch object A; add one cold object

Lecture 10: The real lesson of Clever Hans

Training: Object Discrimination 2 – Name object A; vary cold objects

Lecture 11: Concept cues, including keep going signals

Training: Object Discrimination 3 – Touch object B; add one cold object

Lecture 12: Video examples of matching to sample

Training: Object Discrimination 4 – Name object B; vary cold objects

[Optional, if time] Lecture 13: More video examples of matching to sample

[Optional, if time] Training: Object Discrimination 5 – Review (cue A & B separately)

Training: Object Discrimination 6: Cue discrimination
 

As fare as time allows, Kathy will include and talk about some topic below too:

Operant conditioning as analogous to natural selection
Carrots and organic gardening: why choose positive reinforcement?
Unconditioned vs. conditioned reinforcers
Behavioral markers as the fulcrum
Using + R to shift the behavioral distribution curve
Creating new reinforcers concept of conditioning new reinforcers
Preserving existing reinforcers: satiation, inadvertent chaining
Reinforcement timing; Reinforcement frequency & schedules of reinforcement
Seeing behavior: setting your filter
What if the environment offers better reinforcers than you have?
Limits of what reinforcement can do
Behavioral economics and the “reinforcement package”
Placement of reinforcers
Choosing types of reinforcers
What about punishment?

                      Notice: This program is tentative. There will never be a 100% guarantee that the program will be completely done. The decision will stay in the hand of the speaker.  

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  Comments about her last seminar

  What would you say are the speaker's strengths?

·     Humor, Knowledge, able to read audience well & keep things moving. I’ve never heard a better speaker!

·     What can you say! Kathy is one of the best speakers I’ve seen & I’ve been to several APDT conferences.

·     Ability to truly listen to questions and comment. Empathy for problems of attendees. Respect for peoples' opinions.

·     Entertaining............passionate..........lots of examples.

·     She keeps everyone in the room engaged and excited about what they're learning.

·     Wonderful attitude towards all workshops participants - novice up to very experienced

·     Depth of knowledge based on both education and wide experience Passion for animals that shines through Energy and enthusiasm in her presentation

·     Use of relevant and entertaining examples to make topics as accessible as possible. Engagement of the participants in problem solving helped promote confidence building in their training skills.                                                                                             

·     What I loved is that she did not let us get bogged down with/ "well, my dog does this how do I fix it?" which happens all too often at seminars. She really kept things moving and on topic.

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 About Kathy Sdao (Sdao is pronounced Suh Day Oh with Suh said quickly.)

For the past 21 years, Kathy has earned her living as a full-time animal trainer, first with marine mammals and now with dogs and their people. As an associate Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist (CAAB), Kathy Sdao is uniquely qualified to work with dog training and behavior problems. Unlike "dog trainer," "dog psychologist," or "behaviorist," titles that anyone can give themselves, a CAAB is a certified professional with a graduate degree in an animal behavior field. More on Kathy´s Bio with articles     BACK

There are lots of information about Kathy on the web, like:  http://beyondcesarmillan.weebly.com/kathy-sdao.html

Interested in Kathy Sdao DVDs? Please contact me for doing a collective order of DVDs. We will get a great special price with 30% reduction on all DVDs ( not only Kathy´s ) Tawzer sells. Shipping costs are extra. More details when I know how many will be orderd. Look here: http://www.tawzerdogvideos.com/Kathy-Sdao.htm Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich wegen einer Sammelbestellung. Es wird uns ein großzügiger Rabatt von 30 % gewährt. Auch auf alle anderen Videos/DVDs wird uns dieser Rabatt gegeben. Alles immer plus Versand. Hier findet ihr eine Sammlung ihrer DVDs:  http://www.tawzerdogvideos.com/Kathy-Sdao.htm

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Price for the seminar without rooms:

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                                 The Seminar price includes:

•  Seminar participation

•  costs for conference room

•  Coffee / tea breaks in the morning

•  lunch  (you only have to pay your beverage yourselves)

•  coffee break in the afternoon with cake and fruits (only Friday and Saturday )  

       Other drinks like coffee, tea, fruit-juice, soda are available at breaks, but must be payed seperat, the drink for lunch as well.

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  ACCOMMONDATION:

Price for rooms per night at the Airport Hotel Mercure: Please book your rooms directly at the Airport Hotel Mercure !  80 .- Euros Singleroom incl. breakfast  ( 3 nights 240 .- Euros )  95 .- Euros Doubleroom incl. breakfast ( 3 nights 285 .- Euros ) http://www.airporthotel-muenchen.de/ Email : reservierung@airporthotel-muenchen.de   or phone:  (049) 8122/8670 Since there is only a limited amount of double - and single rooms available, please start booking them early.  Rooms can be booked from Thursday 03th of November. If you don´t want to stay at the hotel, there a small low-priced guesthouses nearby. Please contact me and I will send you adress and phone numbers.

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