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SUMMARY:Kynology Down Under: Science and Modern Dog Training (Event #1)
DESCRIPTION:Pro Dog Training\, 1/2D Indwe Street\, West Footscray\, Victoria \n\n\n\nKynology is packing its bags and heading to Australia! This is the first of three unique educational events hosted by our collaborators at Pro Dog Training at their facility in Melbourne\, Victoria. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLink to Pro Dog Training to Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScience and Modern Dog Training\n\n\n\nJoin us for three days of detailed lecture and deep discussion about the ways in which behavioral science informs modern methods for dog training. The intended audience is all Australasian kynologists — dedicated students of dog behavior\, learning\, and training\, who want to fully engage their minds when they train\, and when they discuss dogs. Topics will be relevant to companion dog and sport\, police\, and military working dog disciplines\, but should also interest any fancier who is thoughtful about dogs\, behavior\, and training. \n\n\n\n We’ll discuss Pavlovian and instrumental conditioning in depth\, and the ways these fundamental learning processes interact to produce good training — and the ways these interact to turn our training session into a bloody $%@ing dumpster fire. We’re going to address head-on the controversies about aversive control\, stress\, and the ethics of dog training\, picking up along the way a deep understanding of learned helplessness and why it has a lot to do with top-tier dog training — but not for the reasons that force-free ideologues may try to tell you.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll also unpack the nuts and bolts of stimulus control and secondary reinforcers and punishers\, along the way clarifying the contingency square we’re all taught but never quite understand the way we’d like to. \n\n\n\nThe objectives of the event are to help participants:\n\n\n\n\nLearn the science they need to make up their own minds about the important issues in dog training\n\n\n\nUnderstand on a deep level why certain procedures work well\, and why some procedures that seem to make perfectly good sense always wind up biting them in the ass\, and how to independently analyze their own work to get better results\n\n\n\nArticulate and also — when necessary — defend their personal ethical positions and technical dog training approaches when speaking with clients\, colleagues\, and councils or politicians\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets & Registration\n\n\n\nKynology is packing its bags and heading to Australia! This is one of four unique educational events hosted by our collaborators at Pro Dog Training at their facility in Melbourne\, Victoria. For details and registration go to prodogtraining.com.au/upcoming-events/dr-stewart-hilliard \n\n\n\n\nEvent #1: Science and Modern Dog Training (Oct 29 – 31) — Open registration\n\n\n\nEvent #2: Crash Course in Dog Reactivity (Nov 1) — Open registration\n\n\n\nEvent #3: Civil Aggression in Sport\, Police\, and Military Working Dogs (Nov 3 – 4) — Invite only\n\n\n\nEvent #4: Science and Training of Detector Dogs (Nov 5 – 6) — Open registration\n\n\n\n\nTickets for the first two events are open to anyone who wants to learn more about dog behavior and training\, and can be purchased from ProDog separately or in combo at a discounted rate.The civil aggression workshop is by invitation only. Sport\, police and military working dog agencies interested in joining this event should contact Pro Dog Training directly to inquire. \n\n\n\n\nLink to Pro Dog Training to Register\n\n\n\n\nQuestions about the seminar content? Email us at events@kynology.org. Questions about tickets\, payment\, or logistics on the ground in Melbourne go to Pro Dog Training directly. \n\n\n\nRead Dr. Hilliard’s full biography »
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