Collin County Humane Society Presents:
Karen & Bob Deeds - Certified Trainers and Behavioral Consultants
Register at www.collincountyhumanesociety.org
Date: June 13th & 14th 2009 - Time: 9am -- 5pm
Location: 315 Chestnut Square (Bevel House) McKinney, TX 75069
Tickets are $100 for one day or $175 for both days. Lunch is included (special requests can be made if dietary specifications are needed.)
We are accepting a limited number of dogs to participate in the seminar. If you would like your dog to participate, there is an additional $50 fee. Space is limited therefore pre-registration is required.
Day 1, Saturday
Canine Body Language—How to interpret it and how dogs interpret US!
Preventing and Solving Problem Behaviors
· Handling Issues
· Jumping Up
· Counter Surfing
· Trash Diving
· Mouthing / Nipping
· Resource Guarding
· Reactivity / Aggression
Day 2 (Sunday)
Training Foundation Behaviors
· Classical Conditioning
· Operant Conditioning
Reward System
· Bringing out the best in your dog
Additional info about The Deed’s
Bob Deeds is a K9 Search Specialist with the Texas Task Force One of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Bob and his first K9 partner, Kinsey, worked at Ground Zero following 9/11 as well as seven other federal deployments including Hurricanes Ivan, Katrina and Rita. These situations have reinforced Bob’s philosophy that positive reinforcement, along with understanding of canine behavior is critical in dog training. His belief in foundation, laid with positive training techniques is critical in the dog and the owners’ understanding and development. His goal is to achieve a level of training that maximizes the potential of each dog and owner. He and his new partner, Gracie participated in search and rescue efforts late last year during Hurricanes Dolly, Gustav, Eduoard, and Ike.
Karen Deeds is a Field Representative for Paws With A Cause, a non-profit organization that trains service, hearing and seizure response dogs and has been involved in the assistance dog industry since 1995. Following an incident with her show dog in 1990 resulting in a major behavioral problem, Karen learned the importance of understanding canine behavior and how to manage and modify it. While working with a local Humane Society in 1992, Karen quickly realized the need to educate dog owners on canine behavior. She found that with education, training and behavior modification more dogs successfully adapted to a family environment. Karen specializes in behavior problems and assists rescue groups in evaluating their dogs’ behavior problems, working with their fosters and working with the families that adopt the dogs.
