Kathy Sdao Dog Trainer Workshop in Seattle
Seminar Title: Improve your "I-Cue" - Learn the Science of Signals
Seminar Date: June 26-27, 2008, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m in Seattle, Washington State
"I am still simmering with gratitude over the fabulous job you did with everything at ClickerExpo, as usual, and especially with the ever-growing topic of cueing. I LOVED how you did it, and so did everyone else."
- Karen Pryor to Kathy Sdao
Ahimsa Dog Training of Seattle is hosting a Thursday/Friday workshop for trainers and dog-savvy owners by behaviorist Kathy Sdao, MA, CAAB.
Seminar Description: Cueing for Reliable Dog Training
Dog training class instructors, dog trainers, and dog owners all want compliance. They want their dogs to respond to “commands” accurately and quickly. People often attribute a dog’s failure to respond instantly to dominance, stupidity or stubbornness.
It’s more likely that these mistakes result from the dog's confusion (or insufficient motivation); the dog doesn’t know what the trainer wants because the cues are unfamiliar, inconsistent or unclear.
In this training seminar, you can learn to improve the process by which you choose, add, change and maintain cues in animals you train. By training skillfully, you will be able to minimize the amount of static in the signals you send your dog, providing a clearer channel of communication.
An understanding of behavioral cues will also pave the way for the creation of conceptual cues that go beyond eliciting simple movements. Your dog can understand more than you might think, and this seminar will help you teach these advanced skills!
This hands-on dog training workshop by Kathy Sdao in Seattle combines lecture, video examples and several exercises with your dog. 
Kathy will walk you through the steps to build strong meaningful cues in this continuing education seminar for pet-dog instructors, competition trainers, working-dog trainers, and owners who want a more reliable and responsive dog.
About the I-Cue Seminar Presenter
Kathy Sdao is an associate Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist with decades of hands-on animal training and seminar-leading experience to add to her scientific understanding of dogs.
An expert in clicker training and animal behavior, Kathy Sdao regularly presents continuing education workshops for dog trainers at the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, Clicker Expo, and Guide Dogs for the Blind, among other seminar venues. Click here for Kathy Sdao's website. Dorothy Turley, CPDT will assist Kathy for this seminar in Seattle.
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Other Seattle I-Cue Seminar Details
Kathy Sdao's I-Cue workshop in Seattle, Washington State will have space for 8 working dogs. Please sign your dog up as a working dog only if your s/he is not dog or human reactive and is comfortable staying in a crate during the lecture portion of Kathy's workshop. Students with working dogs should bring plenty of treats, toys, crate, and other necessary dog gear.
CPDTs: This seminar has been approved for 13 CEUs by the CCPDT! Other folks, please let us know if you need continuing education credit from a different organization for this workshop.
- This workshop will be held in the Garden Room at Magnuson Park, building 406 (Brig) (NEW LOCATION!). There's a dog park, with a small/shy dog park as well, just steps away from the facility where the seminar is held.
- Dress in layers and bring sunscreen / sunglasses. We will be working both inside and out, and summer in Seattle isn't always pretty!
- If you are bringing a working dog to the seminar, please bring a fold-up crate, if possible, and a blanket to cover the crate during the seminar.
- Please do not bring your dog to the seminar unless you have signed him/her up as a working dog. We have limited space for this workshop.
- The Ahimsa dog training center should have enough chairs for the seminar, but bring your own if you have a comfy fold-up chair.
- The workshop is 9 - 5 with a one-hour break for lunch.
- Click here for a list of nearby hotels & accommodations.
I-Cue Workshop Fees & Registration
- Seminar students with Working Dogs: $345 before or on April 15, $360 after April 15. (14 total spots)
- Seminar students without Dogs: $310 before or on April 15, $325 after April 15. (about 28 total spots)
- Breakfast, lunch, & snacks will be provided at the seminar. Please email us after you register for the workshop if you have a meaty meal preference - otherwise, it will be vegetarian.
REGISTER!
| Kathy Sdao Workshop - Working Dog | $360 | FULL | |
| Kathy Sdao Workshop - No Dog | $325 | 10 spot(s) left |
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