Workshop is from 9:00a -5:00p, 1 hour break for lunch.

Do dogs have a “personal space”?  How big is it?  How does it work?  Are the things we’re doing having an effect on them that we might not want?  Learn how to measure it and understand the role it plays in training and behavior.

Join us for a two-day exploration of canine flight zones, sub-conscious motor responses, and a very different way to look at motivation and causes of behavior in our dogs.

Weekend Observer:   $175
Dog+Handler Team: $225 (limited to 10 dogs)
*Single day registrations also available

For 30 years, OBi has been a dog trainer, dog behavior consultant and researcher with an interest in the fight/flight/freeze phenomenon as it applies to dogs. Sometimes controversial, and always enlightening, her work on the role motor system plays in behavior draws from the fields of animal science, classical ethology, behaviorism, radical behaviorism (ABA) and recent findings in the neurophysiology of movement. She was acknowledged for her contribution of the correlations between the classical concepts of fixed action patterns and flight zones with the current findings in a 10-year overview paper published in The Journal of Neuropsychology in 2006. She lives in Colorado Springs, CO.

We can learn more about our dogs’ experience of the world by becoming objective observers of specific patterns of movement, orientation and ‘body language’. The motor responses involved in avoidance, flight, and the threat response as well as those of acquisition and approach can be read and understood – and this can open up a new dimension in the way we interact with our canine companions and work partners. From training of obedience behaviors to advanced desensitization protocols, attendees of this seminar weekend will never look at behavior the same way again.On Saturday morning we’ll learn the fundamental principles of the somatosensory zone (protective bubble) and the way that things (stimuli) moving in and out of this space can directly trigger a movement/orientation response. In the afternoon, we’ll be out of our seats learning how to “feel” our human version of this system for ourselves and begin to start learning to test and identify the response in dogs. On Sunday we will explore the application of these concepts with a variety of exercises with a limited number of dogs (working spots) to see how we can use this knowledge to increase effectiveness of training and behavioral assessments and interventions.

Dog-Handler Working Teams should include only non-aggressive and non-reactive dogs. If you are not sure if this seminar is right for your dog, please call us. Seminar is limited to 10 Dog-Handler Teams. Observer spots are unlimited. Early Bird until September 4th. For more information click here.

IAABC CEUs: 14
CCPDT CEUs – CPDT: 18
CCPDT CEUs – CBCC: 18

Doors open at 8:00 am for coffee and snacks