Karen Pryor Academy, 8 months, 2011

• Graduated with Distinction

Clicker Expo, Newport Beach, Ca., 3 days, January 2011, including: 

• Aggression Treatment and Context (Ken Ramirez)
• Clicking with Class - Teaching Classes Clicker Style (Tia Guest)
• Mine! Using Play to Teach Self Control (Kay Laurence)
• Click to Calm Unleashed - A Winning Combination for the Reactive Dog (Emma Parsons)
• Smart Reinforcement (Ken Ramirez)
• Generalization - Scientifically Explored (Jesus Rosales-Ruiz)
• Learning Games and Play (Kay Laurence) 

Association of Pet Dog Trainers' Conference, Oakland Ca., 5 days, October 2009 including:

• Symposium on Fear & Anxiety Behaviors (Dr. Emily Levine, Sue Sternberg, Kathy Sdao, Nicole Wilde, Pia Silvani, Dr. Doug Kneuven and Ian Dunbar)
• Through a Dog's Ear: The Effect of Human Sounds on Animals (Joshua Leeds)
• Training a Thinking Dog: The Advantages of Marker Training (Gail Fisher)
• Evaluation of Constructional Aggression Treatment (CAT) for Use in Inter-Dog Aggression
• Problem Solving in the Real World (Steve White)
• Handling Aggression Cases (Nicole Wilde)
• It Appears to be Behavioral but Could it Be Medical? (Dr. Ellen Lindell)
• Dog Sports or Dog Parks? (Sue Sternberg)
• Training Small Dogs (Teoti Anderson)

Reactive Rover Camp, Peaceable Paws (Pat Miller), 3 days, Maryland, June 2009

Constructional Aggression Treatment Workshop, Peaceable Paws, 3 days, Maryland, Oct. 2008

Shaping Camp, Peaceable Paws (Pat Miller), 3 days, Maryland, June 2007

Cues and Behavior Chains, Kathy Sdao, 2 days, Massachusetts, April 2007

Advanced Clicker Skills, Kathy Sdao, 2 days, Connecticut, October 2006

Camp Gone to the Dogs, 5 days, Vermont, September 2006, including:

• Preventing, Solving and Managing Behavior Problems (Sue Sternberg)
• Barking Problems
• Dog to Dog Problems
• Real Life Fun & Games
• Tricks
• The Purely Positive Recall (Barb Hooper)
• Attention for Every Dog (Ann Bulke & Lynn Mayo)
• Loose Leash Walking Seminar

Rules, Tools & Tricks of Positive Reinforcement, Leslie Nelson, Delaware, July 2006

Trick Training & Improving Clicker Skills, Broitman & Lippman, 2 days, Connecticut, July 2006

Clicking for Class, Kathy Sdao, 3 days, New York, May 2005

The Biting Dog Conference, Accord, New York, 2 days, November 2004

The Science & Art of Clicker Training, Kathy Sdao, 3 days, New York, May 2004

Fear and Aggression, Jean Donaldson, New Jersey, April 2004

Coaching People to Train their Dogs, Terry Ryan, 3 days, Ohio, March 2004

Aggression Management for Canines, New Jersey, 5 days, September 2002, including:

• Working with Highly Aggressive Dogs
• Object/Food Aggression
• Territorial Aggression
• Predatory Aggression
• Dog-to-Dog Aggression
• Fear Aggression
• Pain-Induced Aggression
• Handler-Induced Aggression

Advanced Instructor Training Course: Consultations and Problem Solving (Pia Silvani, Sue Sternberg, Donna Duford), 5 days, New York, August 2001, including:

• Evaluating Temperament vs. Behavior
• What is this Dog Telling Me? Making Effective Observations
• Ethics and Professionalism
• Feisty Fidos - Reintegrating them into Canine Society
• Reading Stress in Dogs
• Euthanasia Counseling

Instructor's Workshop, Ian Dunbar, 3 days, Florida, May 2001

Instructor Training Course: Teaching and Training (Pia Silvani, Sue Sternberg, Donna Duford), 5 days, New York, April 2000 including:

• Evaluating Shelter Dogs
• Stress in Dogs
• Evaluating Dogs for Cats & Children
• Information Gathering for Behavior Problems
• Evaluating and Treating Behavior Problems

Aggression Workshop, Sue Sternberg, New Jersey, 2 days, April 2000, including:

• Dog to Dog Aggression
• Resource Guarding
• The Controversial Pitbull

Aggression Toward Strangers, Sue Sternberg, NYC, April 5, 2000

Canine Behavior Continuing Education Course, John Rogerson & Gwen Bailey, UK, May 1999 - February 2000

Agility Tricks and Behavior Problem Solving, Donna Duford, 2 days, Garrison, New York, January 2000

Association of Pet Dog Trainers' Conference, San Diego, 5 days, November 1999 including:

• Learning Theory (Ian Dunbar)
• Tricks to Treat Behavior Problems (Donna Duford)
• Understimulation and Overstimulation (Jean Donaldson)
• Temperament Testing (Sue Sternberg)
• Making the Learning Process Understandable & Enjoyable (Steve White)
•  Help! My Dog Bit My Child! (Donna Duford)
• The Human Equation: Why We are Compelled to Punish (Christine Barbiarz)

The Inducive Retrieve, Sue Sternberg, Holbrook, New York, February 1999

Teaching & Training, John Rogerson, 5 days, Great Britain, October 1998

Behavior Problem Solving (Level 2), John Rogerson, 3 days, New York, May 1998

Canine Aggression Seminar, Suzanne Hetts, New Jersey, April 1997

Solving Canine Behavior Problems, New Jersey, April 1996

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