Solutions for Everyday (& Not so Everyday) Behavior Problems
Presented by: Pat Miller
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About Pat Miller
Day 1 - Dogs Will Be Dogs: Problem Behaviors Other Than Aggression (PBOTA)
Introductions: Basic Behavior Foundation;
The Medical Connection to Behavior; Pharmaceutical Intervention
10:45 - Noon
Discussion & Solutions for Selected Problems
- Barking: Types; Use of Positive Interupt; Redirecting: Teaching "Quiet Please"
- Diggin: Management; Reinforcing the "Dig Box"; Teaching "Go Dig"
- Jumping up: Removing all reinforcements; reinforcing alternatives
- Hard Mouth: Teaching bite inhibition, managing hard mouth behavior
- Escaping: Management techniques
- Leash Pulling/Leash Grabbing: Variable click & treat to focus on handler not environment; short intense play time to defuse excess energy
1:00 - 2:30pm
More Problem Behaviors (PBOTA) & Solutions
- Housetraining: Dealing with not-normal house soiling behaviors
- Predatory Behavior: Counter conditioning to modify "fun-chase" association; teach operant response to interrupt chase, use of Premack
- Crating Woes: Modifying fear of crates, inappropriate use of crates, crate-soiling
- Canine Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD's): Causes and types of OCD & modification programs; pharmaceutical intervention
- Fears, Anxieties, Phobias: Diagnoses, prevention, desensitization & counter conditioning, operant conditioning
2:45 - 4:30pm
Selected Case Histories (from forms filled out in advance by seminar attendees); Plus Q & A
Day 2 - Reality Bites: Canine Aggression
Opening Overview of Aggression; Modification Choices
- Operant/Classical
- CAT - Constructional Aggression Treatment
- CC&D - Counter Conditioning & Desensitization
- BAT - Behavior Adjustment Training
10:45 - Noon
Role of Stress in Aggressive Behaviors; Strategies for Stressors
Eliminate; Medical Evaluation; Prevent exposure, Counter Conditioning/Operant Conditioning
Classification of Aggression Behaviors & Modification/Management Options
- Fear Based: scrupulous management of environment for dog's security during modification / perhaps always
- Idiopathic: ("rage"--unknown origin, rare and rarely treatable
- Interdog: based on social hierarchies; teaching operant response to cues for deference; classical conditioning
1:00 - 2:30pm
Classifications of Aggression & Modification/Management Options (continued)
- Maternal: pups can learn by observing mother's aggressions
- Play: from rough-housing with dogs or humans; close supervision; when to interrupt escalation; matching styles of play
- Crating Woes: modifying fear of crates, inappropriate use of crates, crate-soiling
- Possession: manage envrionment; remove all triggers; 10 point multi-week exercises for food and all desirables - the "Trade Game"
- Predatory: counter conditioning to modifiy "fun-chase: association; teach operant response to interrupt chase, use of Premack
2:45 - 4:30pm
Framework for a Typical Client Conult & Consult Follow-up: Selected Case Histories (from forms filled out in advance by seminar attendees); Plus Q & A
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| Date: | November 13 - 14, 2010 |
| Time: | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Location: | Narnia Pet Behavior and Training, Inc.
10143 Clow Creek Road
Plainfield, IL 60585 |
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