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SUMMARY:Kynology 4.0 Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers\, Santa Rosa\, CA\n\n\n\nGetting the %$#@’ing Band Back Together\n\n\n\nAll the science\, twice the caffeine\, probably at least one good party\, and more cussing than ever! Join the incomparable Michael Ellis\, the puckish and masterful Forrest Micke\, and the deeply irreverent Stewart Hilliard for five days of behavioral science\, the ethics and data underlying animal welfare\, and the history\, mechanics\, and future of dog training. We’ll play updated cuts of all our grooves\, and some new songs\, too\, and like Bob we may suddenly go electric and &%$# with your mind. If you were here for Kynology 1\, 2\, or 3\, you know what you are in for\, only more. If not\, then buckle up. \n\n\n\n\n\nProgram OverviewRegistration Options (& Demo Dog Application!)\n\nKynology 4.0\n\n\n\nFeaturing: Michael Ellis\, Forrest Micke\, and Darshan Herrán (Dog Demos) & Dr. Stewart Hilliard (Lectures & Discussion) \n\n\n\nThe symposium\, as the name implies\, will be discussion-heavy\, perhaps 50% (or more) lecture and theory and 50% practical exercises. Forrest will describe and show\, as only he can\, how science-based theory is put into practice. Michael will be super-smart\, eloquent\, and crystal-clear\, all at the same time– causing everything to make simple sense. Dr. Hilliard’s lectures will be comprehensive\, passionate\, at times comical or profane or both\, and feature detailed treatment of the following topics: \n\n\n\n\nAll the Lessons of Dog Spit\, and why Ivan (not Balabanov\, that other one) is out to get you\n\n\n\nConsequences\, Schmonsequences\, and what is the deal with people who say “Operant” versus everybody else?\n\n\n\nIvan Again\, that Asshole? The misbehavior of raccoons\, pigs\, dogs\, and college undergraduates.\n\n\n\nTaking the Piss out of BF Skinner — The risks of positive reinforcement\n\n\n\nThe Harshing of the Mellow — Aversiveness and positive punishment\n\n\n\nHow come Pat Nolan Wears Shoes? Escape and avoidance\n\n\n\nGood News — Signaling to your dog about positive reinforcement\, and the offsets of buzzkills\n\n\n\nBad News — Signaling to your dog about all that other shit \n\n\n\nHow We Confuse Dogs Without Really Trying — Stimulus control\, blocking\, overshadowing\, and other tools of the Devil\n\n\n\nControl is Freaky — Learned helplessness and how people who don’t know enough about it\, or about the way dogs are trained in the real world\, use it as a cudgel to try to beat the the rest of us senseless \n\n\n\nTraining Methodology — Seriously: The Agency- Accountability Approach to dog training and how it provides for training techniques that are kind and fair to dogs\, ethically-defensible\, and consistent with scientific data on animal learning and animal welfare — while also providing real-world results for dog trainers\n\n\n\nNOTE — If a bunch of this doesn’t make sense to you\, then it will when we’re done with you\, and you’ll be &%$#ing fascinated\n\n\n\n\nSchedule:\n\n\n\nAll events located at Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers  3641 Stony Point Rd\, Santa Rosa\, CA 95407 unless otherwise posted \n\n\n\n\nPre-Event Mixer — April 13 ( Monday )  6 PM to 8 PM (ish) — note that this time has been moved an hour earlier than originally posted\n\n\n\nSymposium — April 14 – 18 ( Tues – Sat ) 9:30 AM to 5 PM (ish)\n\n\n\nNote that in-person students are welcome to watch morning training from 8 am – 9:15 am (ish). As this is not officially part of the symposium\, morning training sessions will not be live-streamed.\n\n\n\nNew: We plan to have an outdoor Potlock/BBQ at a nearby location on Thursday from 6 – 9 pm (address to be announced at the event)\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Options – Click Tab above\n\n\n\nThis includes detailed information on registration options (in-person vs. livestream) and how to nominate your dog to participate in working sessions. \n\n\n\nReturning IN-PERSON attendees of another Kynology event receive a discount (check your email for discount code). \n\n\n\nDemo Dog Applicants\n\n\n\nPlease Submit videos of your dog ASAP to events@kynology.org (see instructions on Registration tab) \n\n\n\nPre-Event Resources (HOMEWORK)\n\n\n\nPlease check for an email from events@kynology.org containing the link to the Kynology 4 Student Portal\, where you will find Event Resources including Full length lectures to review prior to the event. \n\n\n\n\n\nKynology Symposium – $2\,000 (Limited to 40 slots)\n\n\n\nReturning IN-PERSON attendees of another Kynology event receive a discount (check your email for discount code). \n\n\n\nDemonstration dogs\n\n\n\nThis is not a working seminar meant to advance individual handler-dog teams. It is a Kynology Symposium meant to explore general dog training principles and themes….. and to analyze and demonstrate how they are translated into technique. That said we will definitely use live dogs to demonstrate practical work. The objective is to select approximately 5 demonstration dogs in the initial stages of training (but exhibiting good engagement with food and “toys\,” and confident behavior in new and busy environments) and 5 dogs well-advanced in their training for their chosen discipline. If participants are interested in employing their dogs as demo dogs (to be handled by themselves and/or by instructors)\, they should please submit one\, or at most two\, 3- or 4-min video clips of the dogs working. Videos should particularly feature the dogs engaging with food and “toys” in a novel\, busy environment. Instructors will evaluate the videos and select dogs based on their suitability to illustrate the principles of the course. Please host your videos on any platform you prefer (Youtube\, Vimeo\, etc.) and send link to doc@kynology.org \n\n\n\nVirtual Participation – $700\n\n\n\nThe event will be live-streamed. All attendees\, both live and virtual\, will have 6 MONTHS of access to recordings of the event. Virtual attendees will have the ability to submit comments and questions; while these inputs may not be reviewed by instructors in real time\, they will influence event contents and discussions. All activities taking place in the main training room at MES (lectures\, discussions\, and practical training) will be recorded and live-streamed. Early morning training sessions (which in-person students are welcome to observe but are not officially part of the event) will not. \n\n\n\nNote that the event begins on the evening of 13 April with a mixer\, and a lecture by Dr. Hilliard. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTicket Purchase\n\n\n\nYou must register for an account (or login) before purchasing a ticket. We do this so that you are able to access pre-event resources tied to your event ticket purchase 🙂 \n\n\n\nFor step-by-step instructions on how to do this\, check out our FAQ Page. If you’re still having issues\, feel free to email us at events@kynology.org. \n\n\n\n\nAccount Registration\n\n\nLog in
URL:https://kynology.org/event/kynology-4-symposium/
LOCATION:Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers\, 3641 Stony Point Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95407\, United States
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