Course Lessons

  • 01

    Lesson 1 - Lessons From Keen

  • 02

    Lesson 2 - Life Balance

    • Lesson 2 - Objectives

    • Balance In Your Dog's Life

    • Diet and Sensory Activities

    • Exercise

    • Decompression Walks

    • Communication - How Does It Impact Arousal?

    • Shaping Vs Error Free

    • Communication Regarding Rewards

    • Homework - Analysing Your Dog's Life
  • 03

    Lesson 3 - What Is Arousal?

    • Lesson 3 - Objectives

    • What Is Arousal?

    • What Is Arousal?

    • What Does Over Arousal Look Like?

    • Homework - Analysing your dogs training

  • 04

    Lesson 4 - Better Communication With Rewards

    • Lesson 4 - Objectives

    • Location Markers

    • Brilliant - Food Markers

    • Bright - Toy Markers

    • Homework - Communication With Rewards
  • 05

    Lesson 5 - Bringing Arousal Down

    • Lesson 5 - Objectives

    • Bringing Down Arousal

    • Soothing When Too High

    • Examples of Soothing

    • Homework - Bringing Down Arousal

  • 06

    Lesson 6 - Stationing

    • Lesson 6 - Objectives

    • Stationing

    • Stations Between Work

    • Perch Work

    • Bed/Break training

    • Station Training Session

    • Homework - Stationing

  • 07

    Lesson 7 - Calming Tricks

    • Lesson 7 - Objectives

    • Calming Tricks

    • Calming Tricks

    • Teaching Chin Targets

    • Training Middle

    • Sustained Eye Contact

    • Training Sustained Eye Contact

    • Adding Work After Sustained Eye Contact

    • Homework - Calming Tricks

  • 08

    Lesson 8 - Arousal Shifting

    • Lesson 8 - Objectives

    • Arousal Shifting

    • Keen Arousal Shifting

    • Bright Arousal Shifting

    • Homework - Arousal Shifting
  • 09

    Lesson 9 - Training Routines

    • Lesson 9 - Objectives

    • Training Routines

    • Start And Finish Routines

    • Start Behaviours

    • Bright and Keen - Start Behaviours

    • Testing Protocols

    • Keen Testing Protocols - Easy Environment

    • Keen Testing Protocols - Easy Environment Session 2

    • Keen Testing Protocols - Harder Environment

    • Homework - Training Routines
  • 10

    Lesson 10 - Transitions and Transports

    • Lesson 10 - Objectives

    • Transitions and Transports

    • Transitions Between Doing The Things!

    • Training Loops

    • Brilliant - Transitions and Transports

    • Homework - Transitions and Transports

  • 11

    Lesson 11 - Dealing With Failure And Miscommunication

    • Lesson 11 - Objectives

    • Dealing With Failure/Miscommunication

    • Failure And Miscommunication

    • Fixing Errors While Sequencing

    • Homework - Dealing With Failure/Miscommunication
  • 12

    Lesson 12 - Adding Distractions

    • Lesson 12 - Adding Distractions

    • Adding Distractions

    • Bright - Testing At Agility Environment

    • Brilliant - Testing At Agility Environment

    • When distractions are too much!

    • When The Environment Is Too Hard! - video

    • Homework - Adding Distractions

  • 13

    Lesson 13 - Putting It All Together

    • Lesson 13 - Objectives

    • Putting It All Together

    • Summary

    • Putting It All Together - Keen session 1

    • Putting It All Together - Keen session 2

    • Brilliant - Training Session

    • Keen - Final Result

    • Homework - Putting It All Together