Weekend Workshops / Getaways

Moun­tains of Learn­ing: Week­end Get­aways For Dog Lovers

Escape to the Blue Ridge Moun­tains for dog train­ing work­shops in a stun­ning nat­ural set­ting. What could be bet­ter? Hone your dog train­ing skills, have fun with your dog, and enjoy morn­ing hikes along trails in pris­tine forests.

At the end of the week­end, you return home refreshed, inspired, with a bounty of lovely memories—and a better-behaved dog!

Work­shops

Fab­u­lous Focus:  All dog train­ing begins with your dog pay­ing rapt atten­tion to you.
Dial Up Your Per­for­mance:  Obe­di­ence booster that takes you and your dog to the next level.

Fab­u­lous Focus

Strengthen your dog’s man­ners and teach him new ones. Learn how to keep your dog’s atten­tion on you despite dis­trac­tions like bounc­ing ten­nis balls and skate­boards.
When:  Twice a year
Next dates:  May 4–6 & Octo­ber 12–14
Who for:  Novice clicker train­ers and dogs
Dura­tion:  2.5 days; half day Fri­day, full days Sat­ur­day & Sun­day
Class size:  10 han­dlers and dogs
Cost:  $295 includ­ing lunch Sat­ur­day & Sun­day
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Dial Up Your Performance

Taught by expert Han­nah Brani­gan of Won­der­pups Train­ing. Take your han­dling skills and your dog’s obe­di­ence to the next level. Great for all-purpose obe­di­ence train­ing and for any­one want­ing to com­pete in Obe­di­ence, Rally, and Con­for­ma­tion.
Next date:  August  25/26 2012
Who for:  All dog train­ing enthu­si­asts
Dura­tion:  2 days, Sat­ur­day & Sun­day
Class size:  10 han­dlers and dogs
Cost:  $295 includ­ing lunch Sat­ur­day & Sun­day
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Fear­ful Dog Sem­i­nar with Nicole Wilde

Anx­i­ety, fear­ful­ness and pho­bias are some of the most chal­leng­ing behav­iors dog own­ers, trainer, shelter/rescue work­ers and other canine pro­fes­sion­als are con­fronted with daily. Based on her award win­ning book Help for Your Fear­ful Dog, this one-day work­shop uses lec­ture, pho­tographs, and videos to explore ways to effec­tively, humanely, and safely work with fear­ful dogs.  Nicole will also over­lap into the area of fear­ful aggression.

Date: Sat­ur­day, June 9, 2012
Cost: $95 includes lunch

Instruc­tor

Nicole Wilde, CPDT-KA, is a Cer­ti­fied Pro­fes­sional Dog Trainer who spe­cial­izes in behav­ior issues and an inter­na­tion­ally rec­og­nized author and lec­turer. Her books include Liv­ing with Wolf­dogs, Wolf­dogs A-Z, So You Want to be a Dog Trainer, It’s Not the Dogs, It’s the Peo­ple!, One on One: A Dog Trainer’s Guide to Pri­vate Train­ing, Help for Your Fear­ful Dog, and Get­ting a Grip on Aggres­sion Cases. She has pre­sented sem­i­nars both domes­ti­cally and inter­na­tion­ally for APDT con­fer­ences, train­ing clubs, and other groups.

Mas­ter the Growlies with Kim Moeller & Gina Phairas of dog∗tec

Learn suc­cess­ful train­ing and busi­ness prac­tices for dog-dog aggres­sion cases. Rel­e­vant for dog train­ers, behav­ior­ists, walk­ers, vet­eri­nar­i­ans, and oth­ers who work with on-leash or off-leash dog-dog aggres­sion, as well as any­one with an inter­est in the pro­fes­sional side of dog-dog aggression.

Dura­tion: 2 Day Sem­i­nar
Date: Sep­tem­ber 8–9, 2012
Cost: $185.00

Instruc­tors

Kim Moeller is a pro­fes­sional dog trainer and a cer­ti­fied spe­cial­ist in dog-dog aggres­sion and reac­tiv­ity, Kim Moeller is the San Fran­cisco SPCA’s dog-dog social­iza­tion and reha­bil­i­ta­tion expert. A rec­og­nized expert in dog reac­tiv­ity, Kim has spo­ken inter­na­tion­ally on the sub­ject of dog-dog aggres­sion and has earned renown within the indus­try for her content-rich, hands-on, enter­tain­ing sem­i­nars. Her long-standing pri­vate prac­tice focuses on aggres­sion issues. Kim co-designed, and cur­rently teaches, the SPCA’s famous Growly Dog pro­gram. Her skill in read­ing dog body lan­guage and work­ing with reac­tive dogs is well known and respected among her peers. Her exper­tise in suc­cess­fully work­ing with dogs of all types reflects her love of ani­mals and her pas­sion for the work she does.

Gina Phairas, Bsc Comms, CTC, has been assist­ing dog*tec clients estab­lish and grow their pet pro­fes­sional busi­nesses for the past three years. She is a trainer with exten­sive expe­ri­ence in the dog ser­vice indus­try. Gina has run suc­cess­ful dog train­ing busi­nesses of her own and has con­sulted for shel­ters, res­cue groups, and day care facil­i­ties across the coun­try.  Gina is a for­mer San Fran­cisco SPCA Acad­emy for Dog Train­ers instruc­tor and grad­u­ate. As the SF/SPCA Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Coor­di­na­tor she devel­oped and over­saw staff train­ing as well as devel­oped cur­ricu­lum and taught classes for the SPCA and other organizations.

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