COOL
TO BE KIND
Sarah Fisher (I) and Marie
Miller P3 will be holding a 'Cool to Be Kind' module one on October 29th - 31st, 2011, and
April 28th - 30th, 2012. The cost for the full course (two modules) is £576.00 (includes
VAT).
After working together for over sixteen years Sarah Fisher and Marie Miller have co-taught
many workshops and collaborated on two training books, 100 Ways to Train the Perfect Dog
and 100 Ways to Solve Your Dogs Problems. They have extensive experience working with a
wide variety of dogs and trainers and in response to numerous requests from people working
in a professional capacity with dogs are now organising modular training for anyone with
an interest in gaining new skills and a greater understanding of how to inspire their
clients and colleagues.
This course comprises of two, three day modules and is aimed at trainers, shelter helpers,
kennel assistants, behaviour counsellors and/or anyone working with clients who would like
to learn more about the practicalities of dog training, how to teach it and how to
incorporate TTouch, clicker training and fun games into their classes, staff trainings
and/or client sessions.
The course will be held at
Tilley Farm and will cover;
The link between posture
and behaviour
Visual observations
studying the dogs movement, habitual patterns of bracing, muscle development, coat
patterns, and responses to stimulus.
Responsibilities of being a
trainer and how to best support your clients
Recognising and
accommodating different learning styles
Learning theory
Clicker training including
the use of the clicker to modify unwanted behaviour
Use and types of rewards
and fading the lure
The Tellington TTouch body
work and ground work exercises to reduce stress, improve focus, improve self confidence
and self control, and to help dogs overcome a variety of problems including separation
anxiety, noise sensitivity, reactive behaviours towards people and other dogs, over
excitability and so on.
Use of equipment including
harnesses, long lines, body wraps, T-shirts and Thundershirts, Calming Bands.
Fun training games to
play with dogs to add variety to training classes and to reduce boredom and stress.
There will be a reading
list which will be sent to you prior to the start of module one and there will be some
written work to complete between module one and two.
Please note that whilst TTouch will form a large part of this training course you will not
be qualified as a TTouch Practitioner on completion of module 2. You will however gain a
certificate of completion and be able to incorporate TTouch into your work/classes.
If you wish to attend,
please download the application form from the Tilley Farm website at:
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