COOL TRICKS FOR COOPERATIVE CARE Sara McLoudrey • LIVE Cooperative care makes caring for your dog safer, less stressful, and more consistent for you, your pets, and anyone else involved. However, teaching pets the behaviors needed for cooperative care can intimidate even the most well-intended trainers and pet guardians (injection training? Yikes!). Then, your social media feed shows you perfection …
Building Performance Fluency for Competition Success- For You and Your Dog with Emelie Johnson Vegh
BUILDING PERFORMANCE FLUENCY FOR COMPETITION SUCCESS- FOR YOU AND YOUR DOG! Emelie Johnson Vegh • LIVE Performance goals? Chances are you’ve put a lot of thought into helping your dog reach fluency with their skills and preparing them for the competition setting. Oh, I just said “dog” – but this applies regardless of the species! We often put a lot …
Nail Care Alchemy with Debbie Martin
NAIL CARE ALCHEMY Debbie Martin • LIVE Nail care can be the most challenging routine husbandry procedure for pets. This Session will delve into the anatomy of the nail, including individual variations. A variety of techniques for trimming nails and training pets to willingly participate in nail care will be discussed and demonstrated via video. Often overlooked, a key component …
Distraction Training for TRAINERS! Wait, What? Sports Edition with Emelie Johnson Vegh
DISTRACTION TRAINING FOR TRAINERS! WAIT, WHAT?- SPORTS EDITION Emelie Johnson Vegh• LIVE (virtual) As good dog trainers, we work systematically and methodically through the challenges that stand in the way of fluent performance, including both routine environmental and novel distractions. However, our dogs aren’t the only ones involved in the training process—we are, too, facing similar challenges! Join Emelie Johnson …
We Know About Start Buttons: How About “Continue Buttons?” with Peggy Hogan
WE KNOW ABOUT START BUTTONS: HOW ABOUT “CONTINUE BUTTONS?” Peggy Hogan • LIVE (virtual) Cooperative care, choice, control, and Start Buttons have become hot topics, even in the horse world. In a dialogue with our horses (learners), a Start Button is a first step in that conversation, and Continue Buttons are the second. In this Demo-OH!, Peggy Hogan will be …
Enrichment for Shelter Populations with Allie Bender
ENRICHMENT FOR SHELTER POPULATIONS Allie Bender • LIVE (virtual) From dogs to penguins to rhinos to alligators, behavior analysis has universal relevance across species, settings, and behaviors! At ClickerExpo LIVE, you’ll get the opportunity to observe a live behavior consultation between Susan G. Friedman, Ph.D. and the team at The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, as they teach a rhino and a …
Reinforcement Specific Markers with Shade Whitesel
REINFORCEMENT SPECIFIC MARKERS Shade Whitesel • LIVE (virtual) Does your dog leap forward to mouth your hand when you want to toss a treat, or step back anticipating a toy throw when you want them to take it out of your hand? Perhaps they seem “disappointed” when given a treat while you hold a toy in your other hand. Reinforcement …
Holy Cow! Cow Training in the Field
HOLY COW! COW TRAINING IN THE FIELD Sarah Owings• LIVE (virtual) What happens when a long-time clicker trainer, specializing primarily in dogs, adopts a small herd of bovines? A new learning adventure begins! Targeting, offering behavior, and participating in medical care—just like zoo animals, cows are excellent learners. Join ClickerExpo faculty member Sarah Owings as she shares some of her …
Learn The Rules So You Can Break Them: Balancing Structure With Innovation
In this LIVE Dem-OH!, learn to structure, assess, and continually improve training sessions while leaving room for innovation. Instead of getting stuck in the paralysis that can come from over-planning, discover the joy of letting your learner lead the way. Participants will each be given a training challenge.
Skateboarding: A Rad Window to the Soul of Training Decisions
A complex and super fun behavior, skateboarding is a perfect vehicle for examining some of the least obvious but most important trainer skills—how to break down behaviors and how long to reinforce a behavior before raising criteria. See just how many ways a behavior can be broken down!