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		<title>Chicken Camp with Terry Ryan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poultry in Motion: clicker training a chicken as a pathway to training dogs Paw Prints Pet Training presents Terry Ryan (USA) in Perth, WA for the two day Chicken Camp. Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of June 2012 at Billy’s Day-Care for Dogs, 6 / 106 Robinson Ave, Belmont. (Morning and afternoon tea and sandwich lunch provided) Why train chickens? To improve your training skills with a species that will not tolerate poor timing or poor mechanical skills like our dogs do! Who should attend? Anyone who wants to improve their training skills and therefore better assist dogs and their owners ‘It is pretty well true when you can train a chicken you can train almost anything’ Bob Bailey Trainer or observer? Trainers work with a chicken and will capture and shape simple behaviours using targets, a clicker and reinforcement. The observer status is perfect for people who learn best by listening, watching and taking notes. Topics covered: How chickens acquire and process information The basics of operant and classical conditioning Observation and graphing behaviour Mechanical skills with special attention to timing and eye-hand co-ordination Record keeping Systematic desensitisation Capturing and shaping behaviours Use of targets Coaching skills and team building Discrimination trials re: colour, shape and line definition Extinction trials Decision making based on rapidly changing behavioural criteria and many more! The number of places is strictly limited to 20 Trainer participants and 20 Observers. Registrations will be accepted in order of receipt, early registration is recommended. A $75 holding deposit is required with the balance payable before 30th March 2012. Two day chicken camp - Trainer  -  $385 Observer  -  $190 Payment options (Contact Us to get your Registration Form) - Cheque or money order made out to Paw Prints Pet Training, Post to PO Box 115, Greenwood WA 6924 EFT to Paw Prints Pet Training: Bankwest, BSB: 306 127, Account: 0131079 Credit card via email or phone Get in touch today! Paw Prints Pet TrainingPO Box 115&#160;Greenwood,&#160;WA,&#160;6924&#160;Australia&#160;enquiries@pawprintspettraining.com.au&#160;&#8226;&#038;nbsp0411 385 840]]></description>
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		<title>January 2012 Newsletter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our New Year&#8217;s Resolution to aid in decreasing the number of shelter dogs, free agility fun, and C.L.A.S.S. for dogs! Hi Paw Printers! Happy New Year and welcome to our January newsletter! New Year&#8217;s Resolution Team Paw Print would like to offer our clients free downloads of Dr Ian Dunbar&#8217;s BEFORE You Get Your Puppy and AFTER You Get Your Puppy. They are chock-full of information for dog owners and we believe if the advice within is followed, we can decrease the number of dogs ending up in shelters! Please share with your friends! Click the titles to download the PDFs. Last chance to try out agility for free! Ever thought of trying agility training for your dog? Our first two free classes were a great success with a lot of agility converts coming out of them! The final try out class before our set course begins will be held Sunday 29th January at our Floreat location, 8am &#8211; 9am. All friendly dogs are welcome to come along and try out some equipment and be assisted by Trainers. Lawler Park is on Draper Street in Floreat, and we suggest you arrive 10 minutes early to allow your dog to toilet and sniff around! Please BYO food rewards and a fun toy for your dog. Does Your Dog Have C.L.A.S.S.? Our new class this year is the Canine Life and Social Skills (C.L.A.S.S.) course, developed to encourage dogs and their owners to keep training beyond the basics and to earn a BA, MA or PhD! The BA classes are held at our Floreat and Murdoch locations and testing will be every 10 weeks at both locations. For more info check out this site, and keep an eye on our website and Facebook page. From the team at Paw Prints Pet Training!]]></description>
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		<title>December 2011 Newsletter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World&#8217;s Dog Trainer, continuing Puppy Kindy over Christmas, upcoming canine accreditation and Paw Prints All Stars Calendar! Hi Paw Printers! Welcome to our December newsletter. Christmas and New Year Firstly we would like to wish all of our lovely clients (2 and 4 legged) a merry and safe Christmas and a happy New Year! Puppy Kindy carries through! One of the reasons Paw Prints was created was to stop dogs ending up in shelters. For this reason we run all of our Puppy Kindy classes throughout the Christmas and New Year period (except for public holidays) when most puppy schools have a holiday. Please tell your friends and family, up to 16 weeks of age is the most important time to be socialising and training a puppy! World&#8217;s Dog Trainer Paw Prints was delighted to be asked by one of our heroes, Dr Ian Dunbar, to be involved in World&#8217;s Dog Trainer on his website Dog Star Daily. Here is the link to see Paw Prints in action! Canine Life And Social Skills We are introducing new classes in 2012, stay tuned to our website and Facebook page. We will be holding a Canine Life And Social Skills (C.L.A.S.S.) course where dogs can gain the titles BA, MA and PhD! Register your interest via email. From the team at Paw Prints Pet Training! See you all in the New Year! Click here to download the 2012 Paw Prints All Stars Calendar! (PDF, under 1MB)]]></description>
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		<title>November 2011 Newsletter</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clicker fun, Christmas approaches, and helpful hints for dog park harmony! Hi Paw Printers! Welcome to our November newsletter. Clicker Fun We had so much fun at our recent Clicker Training workshop with Debra Millikan, the skills we&#8217;ve learnt will make us better trainers &#8211; as well as being able to pass on this knowledge to our wonderful clients! Christmas and New Year Break Christmas is approaching! Training continues at Murdoch Institute of Technology (Juvenile Puppy and Companion Dog Life-Skills), with our final day for 2012 being Saturday December 17th. We recommence classes Saturday February 11th 2012. Floreat training will have it&#8217;s final day Sunday 11th December and recommence Sunday 15th January 2012. We have some casual classes planned for over the Christmas break, ask your trainer or check our website or Facebook page for details. Ettiquette Unleashed! Many of us have holidays over the Christmas period which means more time for training and exercising our dogs! Here is an article written by Paw Prints member Kylie Hildebrand on how to keep your dog park experience positive and interactive. From the team at Paw Prints Pet Training! Keep an eye out for our December News!]]></description>
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		<title>Etiquette Unleashed!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helpful hints for dog park harmony Every town council has rules on the Control of Dogs in Public Places. They will all state that the dog needs to be under the control of the person (whether they are from the dog’s family or friend or employee etc.) handling the dog when out in public. It’s a good idea to have a plan in place when out and about with your canine buddy. The following points may come in handy! Essential Equipment Poo bags – as many as you can carry Your dog’s lead Treat pouch Tasty treats An emergency squeaky toy or ball You + Your Eyes If your dog is off lead it is your responsibility to keep an eye on his or her behaviour in public. If your dog is not in your line of sight, you need to be turning and checking every few seconds. A sensible parent who has their toddler out of the stroller would be doing the same. This can also be a life-saving practice as so many dog exercise areas are unfenced – potential traffic accidents abound. A friend of mine has a Labrador cross who picks up and eats plastic items he finds – stray poo bags are a particular favourite. This dog has had two emergency operations because his person wasn’t fast enough to catch him before he’d ingested bags, but was able to get him to the vet quickly enough to save him from life-threatening bowel obstructions. You + Their Poo Speaking of poo bags, all councils will also fine you if your dog’s waste is left on the ground. You don’t have any excuse if you’ve been following the above point – you can’t miss seeing your dog squat if you’re doing a good job checking on him or her! If you genuinely can’t find the poo – follow the Poo Karma Rule and pick up the first one you see or you will definitely step in it instead. The old soft, smelly, sliding step! Remember to congratulate your dog for toileting at the park as it never hurts to reinforce this – they are doing exactly what you want and not going in the house! Poo bags can also be used for other purposes. They are strong enough to hold water for a makeshift bowl if your dog isn’t a fan of drinking straight from the tap – just roll it down and hold it resting on the ground. Or for picking up a slobbery ball when it’s time to go home. I have also used them to dispose of washed-up blowfish at the river when curious pooches have nearly eaten the poisonous blowies. You + Their Tasty Treats A dog park essential, treats that your dog actually values will make your outing more fun and so much easier. The treats are like a bold underlining of your intended communication with your dog! Who cares if other dogs prefer you rather than their own people, it’s a testament to the scientifically proven method that is reward-based training! Treats can be used to reinforce appropriate play behaviour (ask your trainer about this) and if necessary, distract them from a possibly dangerous encounter – the easiest way to do this is to train your dog to a hand target. (Another one to learn from your dog trainer!) You + A Closely Gathered Crowd I am very wary of joining a large crowd of people and dogs at the park as it can so often erupt easily and end in tears – for the dogs, adults, and children. These groups are often too closely gathered for comfort and the dogs’ play is restricted – this always seems to cause the play to escalate and tension between the playmates rises, causing scuffles or fights. Standing around tends to give dogs the impression that they need to jump on you to get your attention – not a good habit to practice, especially in a crowd. It’s far more pleasant to stroll about with your dog and to let them greet their friends nicely – this will also help to ward off potential resource guarding of ‘their patch’. Not being stationary can also help if your dog is meeting new dogs, if they aren’t getting along it’s easier to get away, whereas standing around can be unintentionally confrontational for dogs. Your Dog + Equable Play It’s wonderful when your dog has a friend he or she can play with where they are both having an equally good time. However, if you are getting the feeling that your dog is giving another a hard time or vice versa, it is safer all round to trust your hunch and call your dog away. An emergency squeaky toy could be useful here in case distraction is needed to get your dog’s attention. (NB: be careful with squeakies, because, at best they may make you the Pied Piper of dogs, or could at worst cause squabbles when one or more dogs decide that they’d like a turn with the toy.) If you are strolling the park and your dog runs rudely at other dogs or just keeps hassling them, continue your walk with your dog on lead. If it’s becoming an unpleasant experience altogether, why not come back another time, when neither of you are feeling tense or annoyed, and save the park as a place where you can have fun together. Care also needs to be taken with playmates of inverse sizes! Although very cute, a Ridgeback and Chihuahua play session will definitely end badly if the Ridgeback accidentally makes a bad choice of paw placement – that’s a whole lot of weight potentially bearing down on a tiny body! Your Dog + Intact Males Or Females It’s never nice for an unsterilised female in heat at the dog park. She will never, ever, ever, ever get a moment’s peace. That’s all there is to it! It’s important to watch your entire male carefully, as their very presence could inadvertently cause a ruckus – they just seem to have that animal magnetism that gets them in strife! Your Dog + Their Social Network Sometimes you need a social network to find out what your friends have been up to. Imagine that Facebook is not made up of your friends’ photos and stories but the scents they leave behind. Just delightful! But this is actually how your dog catches up with the latest news, gossip and probably what their friends have been eating – so instead of hurrying them along to keep up with you, why not let them stop and smell the roses (and trees, and poles, and benches etc!) Check out your dog after it has rained at the park. It’s like it was a watercolour painting of scents which has had water thrown at it, creating a crazy new melange of olfactory wonder! They’ll be sniffing at all the old spots with renewed interest. Your Dog + Fun With You Did you know that you and your dog can make amazing discoveries at the park? When you find these things together you can have a wonderful time congratulating each other! The secret is that you are actually engineering the discovery opportunity – if your dog is busily sniffing somewhere, take one of the tasty treats and squish it against a tree, then call your dog over excitedly, showing them what you’ve found. Time to celebrate! This is a great game to enjoy together, reinforcing your dog’s recall to you and reminding them how much fun it is to hang out with you. Your trainer will have a heap more ideas you can use to play (and train) at the park. So use your common sense, keep an eye on your dog and his or her behaviour, be considerate of other park users, and above all, enjoy your outings together! By Kylie Hildebrand Download a PDF version &#8211; Etiquette Unleashed! Helpful Hints For Dog Park Harmony]]></description>
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		<title>October 2011 Newsletter</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The return of agility, trainers getting smart, great AVA publication and exciting 2012 events planned! Thanks everyone! We&#8217;d like to say thank you to all the dogs for bringing such great handlers to our classes! If any handlers are interested in learning about clicker training, we have the upcoming Clicker Training workshop over the weekend of the 12th and 13th of November. We have observer and assistant spots left, both are very reasonably priced, see our website or Facebook page for more info. Agility Returns! We will be starting agility classes again mid January, please check our website and Facebook page for further details in the coming weeks. Upcoming Events We have loads of exciting workshops planned for 2012: A scent workshop for dogs, a &#8216;how to prepare your dog for dog sports&#8217; workshop, Terry Ryan (USA) and her chicken training weekend and Sue Hogben and Gina O&#8217;Keefe for their focus and motivation workshops. Get smart . . . As to Team Paw Print pursuing further education, the majority of trainers will be attending the annual APDT conference held in Sydney at the end of October. Classes over the weekend of October 29th and 30th will be postponed, we will return on Saturday 5th of November full of enthusiasm and fresh ideas. . . . and Vet smart! We were very pleased to see that the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) have issued a position statement strongly supporting reward based training methods, check out their publication here. Keep an eye out for our November News!]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you like to learn how to clicker train your dog? You have the opportunity to do this and prepare for competency assessment, all over the course of one weekend! Join South Australian-based trainer Debra Millikan, as she works with handlers to develop their clicker training technique. Please read the following guidelines in order to prepare for the workshop: What delegates with dogs need to bring to the workshop Clicker and lots of soft small tasty treats – more than you expect to use! If you have a small dog ensure that the treats are cut very, very finely Target stick Two small plastic bowls into which treats can be placed (something unbreakable) Mat for the dog (even if dog is being crated during workshop) as this will be used for practice An object that your dog has never before interacted with but one that is big enough for him to walk on, go into, sit on, play with, pick up in his mouth, etc. Find out more on the Clicker Competency Assessment Programme by visiting Kay Laurence&#8217;s website Learning About Dogs. Contact Us to secure you place today!]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The making of an accomplished Beagle! I swore I would never get a Beagle. Being a Dog Trainer, plus working in a shelter, I would often see the worst representations of breeds and the beagle was no exception! Bender was surrendered to the shelter at 9 weeks of age because he was whining and barking all day while the owner was at work. I took him home that day and I can honestly say he has taught me more about training and reinforcement than anything from a textbook! I brought him up using confinement training and when he was not supervised by me, he was in a crate or puppy pen. This was well worth the invested time as he is now excellent in the house, does not &#8216;counter surf&#8217; or steal food and he is very well toilet trained (I can leave him inside for 12 hours and he will not toilet). I often hear owners say their Beagle lives outside because of their poor house etiquette and I can honestly say that they are a breed that does not cope well with isolation.  Confinement training can be done with any age of dog, although pups do accept it more readily. I also hear that Beagles cannot be trained to reliably come when called. Well, I take my boy out twice a day, off lead and he has a reliable recall. Here is how I got there: I never allowed Bender off lead unless he was in an enclosed area. Otherwise I would keep him on a long line (5 metres). This occurred until he grew out of adolescence (around 2 years of age). He never got the opportunity to gain reinforcement from the environment unless I allowed it. I took rewards with me everywhere. I noticed and heavily reinforced eye contact, body orientation towards me and ignoring other dogs! I never, ever called his name or used ‘come’ unless I knew he was going to come to me. I used a nose target (nose touch to my hand) as my recall cue and rewarded at a high rate for many years (I still do now!) I used play with other dogs as a reward. When Bender was a baby, I took him to work every day and let him play with every social dog I could find. Before he was allowed to interact I would ask for a sit, with eye contact, and then release him to play as a reward. He would, at some point, look at me and I would reward him and release him back to play. I have probably done this thousands of times and it is such a powerful exercise! I put sniffing on cue and used it as a reward. Beagles like to sniff, we all know that. But sometimes I wanted his nose off the ground and when he offered me that behaviour, I would thank him and say ‘go sniff’ and he would. Then he would check in with me (look at me) and I would reward with a treat. I played with him a lot. I mean a lot! I have invested a lot of time into play and now he mostly likes playing with me over play with other dogs. Not to say he isn’t social, he is the most reliable dog with other dogs I have ever met (good genes and loads of socialisation helps this, he had met around 200 dogs by the time he was 6 months). We play tug and fetch every day. Play is integrated into training so, for him, it all seems like play. For example: at the dog park in the afternoons he has to sit-stay while I throw his toy, then he has to look at me for an extended period of time, then he is allowed to ‘get it!’ Another game we play is a restrained retrieve. He has been conditioned to having his collar held, so I hold his collar, throw the toy, jazz him up then let him go and he is like a sling shot! This is helpful for jazzing him up for an agility run. He also loves &#8216;classic catches&#8217; where I sit on the grass and wait for eye contact, then throw his toy high in the air and he catches it. Every throw of the toy or tug game must be preceded by a behaviour such as sit, eye contact, drop, beg, wave etc. We train every day. He is 4 years old and still goes to a weekly agility class, plus the stuff I do with him during the week. Beagles are such smarties, they should be challenged daily. Tracking is obviously a good choice but agility is more fun! (I think so anyway!) Beagles are an intelligent breed and I think that their enjoyment of reward based training is often underestimated. Sign up for a class or join a dog club with your Beagle. It doesn’t matter what their age is, training has been proven to stop or slow the effects of Canine Cognitive Dysfunction. STOP THE PRESS: At the WA State Agility Trial, April 2011, Bender won all 3 classes he was in as well as the final in novice jumping (400mm height). By Georgia Karajas]]></description>
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		<title>Raptor Seminar With Marra Apgar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paw Prints Pet Training are proud to present an upcoming seminar with Marra Apgar, featuring live demonstrations with raptors! Working With Wild Birds: What Raptors Have Taught Me About Animal Training Seminar Outline How wild animals differ from domestic animals: stress responses and behaviour. The behaviour animals use to respond to stress: freeze flee fight Learning to &#8216;read&#8217; signs of stress: Instant replay: What happened before the response you noticed? Refinement: Can you see clues before that response happens? Training that works &#8211; taking stress responses into account: Managing the environment Desensitise and counter-condition directly Give them a job to enjoy doing Learned handler trust Ideas for your dog – working through challenges to improve confidence and trust. Seminar Details: Date &#8211; Sunday 28th August 2011 Time &#8211; 2:00pm – 4:00pm Location &#8211; Billy’s Day-Care For Dogs, 6/106 Robinson Ave, Belmont WA 6014 Price &#8211; $15 per person Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be available on the day! Payment to be made on the day, or pre-pay with bank deposit using the following details - Bankwest account &#8211; Paw Prints Pet Training BSB &#8211; 306127 Account Number &#8211; 0131079 If choosing to pay via bank deposit, please leave your surname and the word &#8216;Raptor&#8216; as the reference. Please also contact us to let us know that you have made the deposit &#8211; your place will be secured! Some background on Marra Apgar Marra Apgar is a specialist nature educator and wildlife rehabilitator. Her background includes a life long interest in wild animals and conservation, a Degree in Biology from Murdoch University and lots of experience in the areas of animal training and presenting. Marra is a member of several professional organisations including International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators, International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council and National Speakers Association of Australia. Marra runs the Perth Raptor Care bird of prey hospital from her home as a volunteer, and is part of the Society for the Preservation of Raptors network. Her business, Raptor Presentations, aims to raise awareness of local wildlife, encourage conservation and give people a taste of the benefits of being close to nature. Marra&#8217;s life journey has included moving countries/states four times before the age of five, rescuing her first bird age 6, being the shyest kid in high school, getting a license to keep non-releasable (disabled) raptors for education in 1998 and starting her business at age 28. Recently Marra has been in the process of upgrading her traditional (falconry style) raptor training with clicker training techniques.]]></description>
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		<title>Kids and Dogs: Safe Interaction Posters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These free downloadable posters are courtesy of Dr. Sophia Yin&#8217;s Animal Behavior and Medicine Blog. Download the full-size PDF version of How Kids SHOULD NOT Interact With Dogs Download the full-size PDF version of How Kids SHOULD Interact With Dogs]]></description>
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