NEW DEVELOPMENTS
We are very proud to announce that our team is getting bigger and stronger. Craig Ogilvie will be teaching all 5 days of the practical exercises, Stephanie Karageorgis is joining our team for the theory and the assessment and Helen Motteram will be teaching Behaviour consults, follow up reports and success with clients. And of course Dr Charalambos Petevinos and Dr Loucia Demetriou continue with the first aid and Concepts and Theories of Learning: Our need to know in collaboration.
All PDTA certified trainers are eligible for Approved Instructor Status from Dog Training College and exclusive instructor only benefits. As an Approved Instructor you are promoted to their community of dog owners, offering trusted force free recommendations.
All our certified trainers automatically become ICAN members and can use the official ICAN logo and if you qualify for Certified Animal Trainers then they can be listed on iCANs website.
BECOME A PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINER
14-19 FEBRUARY 2020
Our training program covers the following subjects:
Classical, Counter and Operant conditioning
Conditioned emotional responses (CER)
Positive reinforcement
Premack principle
Ways to get a behavior
Using Clicker
Dog body language
Group classes
1-2-1 training
Behaviour consults, follow up reports and success with clients.
K9 fist aid
Interactive play skills
Concepts and Theories of Learning: Our need to know
Assessment
The PDTA program takes up to 9 months to complete. While it's not designed as a full-time program of study, it does call for commitment. Through the program, you will be required to:
Attend three (3) 5-day courses at Dog Coach School in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Attend four (4) half a day courses, which are Concepts and Theories of Learning: Our need to know in collaboration with Frederick University, Interactive Play with Craig Ogilvy, Behaviour consults, follow up reports and success with clients with Helen Motteram and K9 First Aid with Dr Haris Petevinos
2 reading assignments with Q&A online.
30 hours of practical hands-on training at shelters with video documentations.
Attend final assessment with written and practical examination.
COST 3,000 euro
STEVE MANN IMDT
Sunday 9 February 2020
10am till 4pm
Steve Mann is Author of the Number One best selling dog training book ‘Easy Peasy Puppy Squeezy’ and Founder of The Institute of Modern Dog Trainers’, the leading education provider and membership body for dog trainers and behaviourists.
Steve has presented dog training Seminars in over 20 countries, ranging from ‘Perfect Puppy Foundations’ through to ‘Aggression & Rehabilitation’. With a strict Code Of practice The IMDT is a Membership Organisation for Trainers promoting ethical and science based dog training worldwide.
Steve has consulted on ‘all things canine’, from TV & Film, Security and Detection Dogs through to Prison programmes matching inmates with rescue dogs and promoting positive training and rehabilitation of all.
TV appearances include:-
The Underdog Show
Pet Nation
Who Let The Dogs Out?
BBC Breakfast
The Paul O’Grady Show
Loose Women
Course content includes:
■So you’re getting a puppy, now what?!
■The first night, good luck!
■20 & ½ things your puppy wants you to know
■Toilet training
■Body language
■Mouth manners
■Chewing
■Positive interrupter
■Socialization
■The puppy stages
■Dog park etiquette
■The power of play
■Practical Exercises
■Demos to include: Eye Contact, Emergency Stop, Loose Lead Walking, Recalls, Scent work
■Rucksack walk
■Q+A
COST 80 euro per person
Coffee, refreshments and light lunch is included in the price
UK SNIFFER DOGS - JAMIE POUND
Sunday 23 February 2020 FULLY BOOKED
9:30am till 1:30pm
ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR PET OWNERS
UK SNIFFER DOG'S is Excited to present you the chance to turn your Dog into a Scent Detection Dog with
OUR NEW DETECTION DOG SERIES
Learn how to teach your dog scent detection from your own home... Understand the concepts of scent detection, what a Scent ID is and how to build an indication.
Dogs absolutely love scent work and this course will be their first step in becoming a qualified scent detection dog.
Scent Handler & Detection Dog Series 1 will introduce you to Scent Training Techniques & Exercises for you to enjoy with your Dog. As well as coaching on your Training Programme and Handling of Searches.
UK SNIFFER DOG's aim, is to get more owners and dogs participating in Scent training, whether it be for Fun, Working or Assistance Dog Purposes.
UK DETECTION DOG SERIES’
Series 1
You can work through the Series' on different types of searches
Series' one involves teaching a Passive Indication on one of the Target Odors Covering Three Searches
“On Lead Line up Searches”:
Pots, Pipes & Boxes - 1 Target Odor
Chairs - 1 Target Odor
Vehicles -1 Target Odor
COST 80 euro per person
LIMITED NUMBER OF SPACES. ONLY 8 PET OWNERS AND THEIR DOG.
DURATION 4 HOURS