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UPCOMING ALL-BREED EVENTS & SEMINARS
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Clicker Trainer Seminar

Corally Burmaster -- "Tools of the Trade"  w/Workshop Sessions and Demos.

Feb. 5 & 6, 2000 -
9 AM to 5 PM  both days
Pittsboro, NC (near Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill)

FMI Contact:
Charlene Dunlap - TEL: (919) 542-1006

DAY ONE:

(I) Concepts and Philosophy of clicker training, how dogs learn, and using learning theory to train more effectively; (II) Getting Started by exploring how to get behavior, teaching basic behaviors and how to get polite walking, come, tricks and more; (III) Developing Proficiency in attaching cues to the behavior, strengthening the behavior, and generalizing the behavior and more.

DAY TWO:

(I) Finishing Behaviors by understanding and getting stimulus control, achieving fluency, 2nd level generalization and more; (II) Eliminating Problem Behavior through management strategies, direct intervention, changing incompatible behaviors, and more; (III) Practical Applications in obedience, conformation, agility, and more.

Canine First Aid Seminar and Workshop

Presented by Dr. Randy Bradshaw DVM

February 5 & 6, 2000
Durham NC

FMI Contact:   Lisa Gross:  TEL:  (804) 237 - 8897

Regardless of whether you do agility, herding, obedience, tracking, fieldwork, etc., these events are for everyone.

Accidents happen. Learn how to perform mouth-to-nose resuscitation and what to do for choking, bleeding, poisoning, heat stroke, fractures, allergic reactions, shock, seizures, bites, and much more.

CLICKER TRAINING WORKSHOP with Morgan Spector

February 19-20, 2000 (President's Day weekend) There are still a few spectator spots still available...

Sponsored by Good Neighbor Dog Training (Anita Fahrenwald and Marti Kincaid) in Hansen, Idaho.

FMI Contact:

Marti Kincaid  (208) 423 - 5442   or
Anita Fahrenwald  (208) 423 - 5091
This hands-on workshop will focus on development of the competition obedience dog and will include work with the following topics and much more:
  • Puppy work
  • Fluencies
  • Targeting
  • The basics of the retrieve
  • Essential learning theories
Spector is the author of the hot, new title, "Clicker Training for Obedience" which has drawn enthusiastic praise from Karen Pryor.
Seminar: Coaching the Canine Athlete
w/ Chris Zink DVM, Ph.D.

February 19 & 20, 2000
Riverside Training Center, Nashua, NH

Sponsored by the
Berkshire Belgian Tervuren Club

Discounts available for 3 or more people coming from the same club or training center.  For more details and registration information, contact:

Dana Mackonis:  TEL  (603) 672 - 4307 (leave a message or your address for a flyer),  or visit the web site.

Do you want to know how to make a dog reach or exceed his potential? This is an excellent seminar for agility and obedience competitors to learn how to:
  • Condition your performance dog
  • Evaluate your own dog's gait
  • How structure affects performance
  • Jump Training
  • Stress
  • Lameness evaluation
This is a working seminar so please bring dogs. We will also have room for observers only. The seminar is limited in size so that Chris can give concentrate on the participants and give you more attention. A limited number of Private Consults will be available outside the seminar.
FLYBALL WORKSHOP -- taught by
Julie & Deb Norman

Sunday, February 20, 2000
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Westmoreland County OTC Training Center
Delmont, PA Route 66 North
(Delmont is located approximately 30 miles E-NE of Pittsburgh)

FMI Contact:  Jan  or  Sandy

The Westmoreland County Obedience Training Club proudly presents a one day WORKING seminar!!!

In case of inclement weather, the workshop will be cancelled and refunds will be made.

Registration deadline is February 15, 2000.

HEALTH FAIR:

Sunday, Mar. 5, 2000
Green Meadows Veterinary Hospital
Westerville, OH

To schedule an appointment or for further information,  please contact Pam Williams

Once again Buckeye Region Agility Group is offering their annual Health Fair. Appointments are necessary and available from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM.  CLINICS AVAILABLE:
  • CERF (Eye Clinic)
  • OFA Hips or Elbows
  • OFA Hips AND Elbows
  • OFA Heart Certification
  • Microchip
  • VWD
  • Thyroid

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