Lessons in this Course:

• Module 1: Get Started!
  • Welcome!
  • Goals
  • Expectations
  • How to join our LIVE Coaching Calls
  • Introduce yourself & get to know your classmates
  • Using food in training
  • What is your dog’s currency?
  • Ideas: Treats for training
  • Recipe: Doggie Meatloaf / Meatballs
  • Currency Worksheet
  • What next?
  • FREE mini-course: Food-Motivation 101
  • Join the Cranky Canine Membership Forum
  • Visit the Cranky Canine Resource Library
• Module 2: Understanding your dog & reactivity
  • Welcome to Week One!
  • Learning Outcomes
  • What is reactivity and why is it happening?
  • Canine Communication & Body Language
  • Link: http://www.ispeakdog.org/aggression.html
  • Article: Understanding dog-dog sociability
  • Canine Wellness
  • Reactive Dog Tracker (download)
  • Activity: Worksheets
  • Tools & Equipment
  • Assignment: The Bark Bonus
  • Myth-Busting
• Module 3: Defensive Handling & Counterconditioning
  • Learning Outcomes
  • Triggers & Thresholds
  • Reaction to Novel Stimulus
  • Leash Handling
  • Emergency U-Turn
  • Find it! – Disengage from the Trigger
  • How Dogs Learn: Classical Conditioning
  • Classical Counterconditioning in Action
  • Put it all together!
  • Assignments
• Module 4: Focus & Attention
  • Learning Outcomes
  • How Dogs Learn: Operant Conditioning
  • FREE mini-course: Marker-Based Training
  • Polite Walking
  • Assignments
• Module 5: Impulse Control
  • Learning Outcomes
  • Conditioned Emotional Response (CER)
  • Impulse Control
  • Elevator Game
  • Say Please
  • Wait
  • Look at That (LAT)
  • Assignments
  • UPLOAD YOUR VIDEO FOR COACHING
• Module 6: Generalising Behaviours in the Real World
  • Trigger-seeking Ninja!
  • Systematic desensitisation
  • Generalising behaviours
  • Will I have to use treats forever?
• Module 7: Closing the Gap with Setups
  • Systematic Desensitisation
  • Worksheets
  • Building a training plan
  • Cranky Canine: Mission Control
  • Your Guide to Creating Reactive Dog Setups
  • Assessing Results
  • Cranky Canine Group Class Setup 1
  • Cranky Canine Group Class Setup 2
• Module 8: Post-Reaction Recovery
  • Learning Outcomes
  • Outbursts and Post-Reaction Recovery
  • Learn how to “deal” with Jessica Dolce, Compassion Fatigue Educator
  • Hand Targeting
  • Calm on Cue
  • Assignments
  • Final Feedback
  • Well done! You did it.