What makes animals behave the way they do? How does our own behavior influence how an animal behaves? How can we get them to behave the way we want them to?Last weekend 74 animal professionals congregated at Think Pawsitive Dog Training in Oconomowoc to learn the answers to these questions and more at a seminar hosted by HAWS with speaker Sophia Yin, DVM.
Police officers, humane officers, vets, vet techs, and dog trainers who wanted to learn more about how best to interact with the furry members of our community and gain new skills in their profession were in attendance. Dedicated animal rescuers and shelter volunteers also came to learn, as well as people with a strong interest in animal behavior and training.
After a day and a half of sitting and learning attendees had an opportunity to put some of what they learned in a Sunday afternoon program entitled "Circus School For Dogs".
101 Things to Do with a Box is a great training game for both dogs and people. It allows the human to learn how to train by letting the dog "offer" behaviors. It allows the dog to "figure it out" and use their brain.
Some of the other things attendees learned are profiled in the video below.
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What a great idea - this looks like a lot of fun, and really helpful at the same time! I have tried to learn clicker training by teaching a dog to step into a box - I am awful at it. I think its my timing that is off. Anyway, something like this would be great to help people like me learn to communicate better with their pets!
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