The Engaged Dog

Wish you had a truly engaged working partner? Do you wish that you had better control of your dog's arousal and emotional states? A good foundation provides that!

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What I Want For You & Your Dog

Do you want to understand how to control your dog without reducing drive?

Is your dog emotional and Over the Top? Improve your relationship and performance - creating a better partnership - with your dog.

If you build your training based on Learning Theory and proven protocols to create happy working dogs, you can have a dog who is most able to perform at the level you have been dreaming of!

To build more complex behaviour chains, first you must have a really good Foundation. When you teach your dog with systematic protocols and follow good reinforcement delivery principles, you are able to tap into your dog's brain and reflexes for advanced communication.

This course teaches you the WHY as well as the HOW to build a super foundation so you and your dog can be the BEST that you can be!

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The Engaged Dog

Course Content

1. Orientation 1 (O.1) Where Are You Now? The Engaged Dog Assessment
2. O.2 How to Use Zoom
3. O.3 Set Up Your Notebook
4. O.4 It's Your Journey...
5. O.5 Join our Closed Face Book Group
6. O.6 LIVE Coaching Calls
7. O.7 Upcoming Coaching Calls: The Details & The Dates
8. O.8 Connect With Past Coaching Calls
1. 1.1 Learn About Learning Theory
2. 1.1-1 Study Guide Chapter 1
3. 1.2 Brenda's Brain Paradigm - The Movie
4. 1.3 Dog Training: Art or Science - The Movie Part 1 of 2
5. 1.3-1 Dog Training: Art or Science - The Movie Part 2 of 2
6. 1.3-2 Comprehension Questions - Not to Trick you, but to ASSIST you in your journey.
7. 1.3-3 Art or Science - Think About What You Learned
8. 1.4 The Lingo - Insider Language
9. 1.4-2 The Lingo
10. 1.7 What Does Your Dog Like?
11. 1.8 Establish & Use Markers for Memory Enhancement
12. 1.9-1 Establishing Name Recognition
13. 1.9-2 Establishing Name Recognition With a Young Puppy - The Movie
14. 1.9-3 Name Recognition with Trixie - The Movie
15. 1.10-1 Engineering Reinforcement Schedules
16. 1.10-2 Engineering Reinforcement Schedules - The Movie
17. 1-11 The Four Quadrants - The Movie
1. 2.1 Building a Good Foundation
2. 2.1-1 Study Guide Chapter 2
3. 2.2 Foundation Skills
4. 2.3 The Progression of a Behaviour - The Movie
5. 2.3-1 Behaviour Development Stages - Additional Thoughts
6. 2.4 Back Aways - Like Magic Sprinkled Over Your Dog Training
7. 2.4-1 Back Aways: The Magic Tool - The Movie
8. 2.4-2 The Hip Tap: Great Helper for Attention Acquisition - The Movie
9. 2.4-3 Back Aways - Additional Thoughts
10. 2.5 Teaching Concentration
11. 2.5-1 Concentration - The Movie
12. 2.5-2 Concentration - Additional Thoughts
13. 2.6 What is a Paradigm Shift?
14. 2.6-1 What is a Paradigm Shift? Audio
15. 2.6-2 Changing an Instinctive Behaviour to a Changed Paradigm: Watch Lola Learn How To Mand
16. 2.6-3 Changing an Instinctive Behaviour to a Changed Paradigm: Watch Lola Learn How To Mand
17. 2.6-4 Watch Lola Learn How To Mand - 9 days Later
18. 2.7 Restraint Tolerance = Trust & Respect
19. 2.7-1 Sit Restraint Acquisition - The Movie
20. 2.7-2 Restraint Tolerance Bonus Class
21. 2.8 Introduction to Reinforcement Schedules
22. 2.9 Reinforcement Magic Bonus Class
1. 3.1 Change the Brain!
2. 3.2 Study Guide Chapter 3
3. 3.3 Concentration – Eye Contact as an Emotional Anchor, Environmentally Cued
4. 3.3-1 Concentration: Duration & Challenges #1 - The Movie
5. 3.3-2 Concentration: Yet More Challenges - The Movie
6. 3.4 Impulse Control – Delegating Responsibility & Teaching Prioritization
7. 3.4-1 Impulse Control Acquisition - The Movie
8. 3.5 Using Stimulus Control to Clarify Working vs Not Working
9. 3.5-1 Placing Behaviours Under Stimulus Control - The Movie
10. 3.5-2 Audio File with Closed Captioning for the Movie: Placing Behaviours Under Stimulus Control
11. 3.5-3 Don't Keep Your Dog Guessing –How to Use Stimulus Control to Improve Training - The Movie
12. 3.5-4 Stand By & End Working Stimulus Control: Plan and Work Your Dog
13. 3.6 It's Not a Down Until It's a Zen Down
14. 3.6-1 It's not a Down Until It's a Zen Down - The Movie
15. 3.7 Fun With Reinforcement Schedules
16. 3.7-1 Fun With Reinforcement Schedules - The Movie
17. 3.8 Fearful Dog? Here's Help - The Movie
1. 4.1 Let Your Dog Own and Love The Behaviours (S)he Does
2. 4.1-1 Some Thoughts About Delegating Responsibility
3. 4.1-2 Study Guide Chapter 4
4. 4.2 Read About Back Away Challenges
5. 4.2-1 The Back Away Challenges - The Movie 1 of 2
6. 4.2-2 The Back Away Challenges - The Movie 2 of 2
7. 4.2-3 Back Away Challenges: Dog to Dog & Circle Back Aways
8. 4.2-4 Back Away Challenges: Dog to Dog & Circle Back Aways - The Movie
9. 4.3 Impulse Control - Kick It Up a Notch...
10. 4.3-1 Impulse Control Challenges Worksheet
11. 4.3-2 Impulse Control & Concentration Challenge
12. 4.3-3 Impulse Control & Concentration Challenges: Monkey in the Middle - The Movie
13. 4.4 Greeting Ceremonies - The Friend Cue Worksheet
14. 4.4-1 Greeting Ceremony Rituals - The Movie
15. 4.5 Sit Restraint: Make It Useful - The Movie
16. 4.5-1 Why Restraint Tolerance? Bonus Classroom
17. 4.6 The Infant Recall Introduction
18. 4.6-1 The Infant Recall
19. 4.7 Husbandry with Horses
20. 4.7-1 Husbandry with Horses - The Movie
21. 4.8 Down Restraint Tolerance Worksheet
22. 4.8-1 Down Restraint Tolerance - The Movie
23. 4.9 What to Do When Your Dog is Reacting to the Environment
1. 5.1 Skills for the Real World
2. 5.1-1 Study Guide Chapter 5
3. 5.1-2 Education for the Real World
4. 5.2 Be Still - Relaxation On Cue
5. 5.2-1 Read About Be Still
6. 5.2-2 Be Still - The Movie Part 1 of 2
7. 5.2-3 Be Still - The Movie Part 2 of 2
8. 5.3 Loose Leash Walking
9. 5.3-1 Point-to-Point Game - the Movie
10. 5.3-2 Loose Leash Walking: Not Mission Impossible ... - The Movie 1 of 2
11. 5.3-3 Loose Leash Walking: Not Mission Impossible ... - The Movie 2 of 2
12. 5.3-4 LLW Strategies: Establish & Use a Base Station
13. 5.3-5 Loose Leash Walking - But Wait! There's More - The Movie
14. 5.3-6 Even More Loose Leash Walking Strategies
15. 5.4 When It Goes To Hell In A Handbasket... - The Movie
16. 5.4-1 When It Goes to Hell in a Handbasket - Audio Files
17. 5.5 The Recall
18. 5.5-1 The Twos Game
19. 5.5-2 The Twos Game - The Movie
20. 5.6 Lie Down on a Target
21. 5.6-1 Lie Down on a Target - The Movie
22. 5.7 More About Loose Leash Walking and Recalls - Part 1 of 3
23. 5.7-1 More About Loose Leash Walking and Recalls - Part 2 of 3
24. 5.7-2 More About Loose Leash Walking and Recalls - Part 3 of 3
25. 5.7-3 More About Loose Leash Walking and Recalls - Audio Files
26. 5.8 Additional Resources: Down Restraint Chat
27. 5.8-1 Additional Resources: Chat About Attention Seeking - Part 1 of 2
28. 5.8-2 Additional Resources: Chat About Attention Seeking - Part 2 of 2
1. 6 Graduation. What Already?
2. 6.1 Download Chapter 6 Study Guide
3. 6.1-1 Listen to Brenda Read Your Graduation Message
4. 6.2 How Far Have You Come? Your Smartness is Now Amazing!
5. 6.3 The Engaged Dog Comprehension Questions
1. Wowser! Well done you. I hope you enjoyed your learning experience with me. But always looking to improve.
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The Engaged Dog

What I Want For You & Your Dog

Bonus Courses Included

The Engaged Dog

Why The Engaged Dog?

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Let's Get Acquainted! A chapter of Free Lessons

Here We Go! Orientation for Enrolled Students

1.0 It Gets Real Now

2 Concentration: The Backstory on Impulse Control

3 Waking Up the Front Brain

4 Let Your Dog Own and Love The Behaviours (S)he Does

5 Skills for the Real World

6. Graduation. What Already?

Wrap Up

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