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Contents 1.Course details (date/location/price/ criteria) 2.About the course tutors 3.About the show 4.About the venue 5.Course aims and assessment 6.Day 1 7.Day 2 8.Day 3 9.DAY 4 10.DAY 5 11.What you will need 12.Booking form
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COURSE DETAILS Date: September 12th - 16th 2016 Location: Battersea Old Windsor Price: £650 for full five day course (10am - 5pm) Payment: A £200 deposit is needed to confirm your place prior to attendance but payment plans are available. Email Jo & Nando with your application for more information. About the course: This is course for instructors who wish to help people with disabilities to select and train rescue dogs to become helper dogs - focusing on tasks to help vulnerable people. The course will cover: How to assess both dog and vulnerable person to team them up successfully; How to train the 5 foundation behaviours any dog who is intended to become a helper dog needs; writing and practicing training plans; learning to choose which behaviours are needed to aid people with specific requirements; the true power of positive reinforcement and fundamentals of great training! Successful trainers will join our Super Dogs team with the opportunity to work with the next series of Rescue Dog to Super Dog on Channel 4 as well as be part of our referrals to help vulnerable people. About You (criteria for undertaking Super Dogs Instructors Course): • This course is an AMBER practical course - that means it is open to dog trainers and behaviourists but not to dog owners. • The course is a mix of practical and theory and to enjoy it you must have previous experience of training pet dogs using a clicker but we will match participants based on skill level and experience - so no one is out of their depth or held back. • No formal qualifications in dog training are necessary however an understanding of basic learning theory will be assumed. • We are force-free animal trainers and we will be training using clickers and food reinforcement. We will be teaching using these techniques. • We recommend that you watch the show Rescue Dogs to Super Dogs prior to attendance to ensure you know what sort of training we will be going through. • Please note we are training trainers to achieve helper dog level with dogs - this is not an accredited assistance dog course.
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About the tutors Nando has been working as a dog trainer and instructor for 12 years. Best known for his accessible style, impressive YouTube tutorials, big personality and aweinspiring ability to train the tricky dogs that many people claim are untrainable. Nando is enjoying a successful career in television having worked with Jo-Rosie on Rescue Dog to Super Dog and is currently working on new projects for the channel. As well as being an esteemed trick dog instructor – and founder of the In The Dog House trick dog titles, Nando‘s also made a significant contribution to the world of scent – and this year bought competitive nosework back on the UK radar by starting up The Man Hunt. Nando teaches hundreds of new and experienced dog trainers across the world in all aspects of dog training and has been invited to run seminars and talk at various large conferences in South Africa, America, South America, New Zealand, Australia and throughout Europe. Jo-Rosie is an animal behaviourist who, after completing a degree in applied psychology and a post graduate in animal behaviour, worked for a large rescue organisation. After moving into a large private behaviour clinic and working mainly with section 1 and 3 dangerous dogs, she became an independent expert witness and then went to work for herself. Jo-Rosie set up a Sussex based behaviour and training company which is still thriving. Jo-Rosie also co-presents channel 4‘s Rescue Dogs to Super Dogs and has enjoyed a range of other TV opportunities. She is currently working on new projects for channel 4. In 2015 Jo-Rosie published popular training book ‘The Real Dog Yoga’ and is currently writing another title for the same publisher called ‘Desperate House Dogs’ which is set for release in 2017. Her passion for rescue dogs and in particular Pit Bull Terriers, has lead her to be one of the countries leading experts on the breed and as such she has been asked to talk on mainstream national TV, international and local radio as well as write for National and local papers on the subject. For the last year Jo-Rosie has enjoyed her role as Head of Behaviour for the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers lecturing both in the UK and Internationally and writing the level IV OCN assessment process for assessing dog behaviourists.
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About the show Rescue Dogs to Super Dogs was a Channel 4 series that aired in June this year. The first series followed the story of Emily, Dom, Alan, Paula, Ellie and Enola six vulnerable people who suffered with a variety of disabilities and disorders. Channel 4 put Nando and Jo to the test by giving them three months to select, bond and train six rescue dogs to help their new owners with various assistance-type tasks including teaching the dogs the following: to lay beside Em when she collapsed, to disrupt Alan’s physical tourettes, to help to undress Enola, to alert Paula to the door bell and to retrieve her ringing phone, to find and retrieve Alan and Em’s medical bags on the cue of an alarm, to retrieve named items for Ellie, to take Ellie’s socks and cardigan off, to open doors for Enola and Paula, to tidy the hall in preparation for Dom’s wheelchair, to go to the bed to keep Dom company on the cue of a bell, to walk by a their owners wheelchairs, to press disability and pedestrian crossing buttons. The show was a huge success and as a result Nando and Jo have been overwhelmed with people wanting ‘helper’ dogs instead of disability dogs. Additionally the show reignited an interest in using abandoned, neglected and stray dogs for the helper dog role rather than selecting and rearing puppies. As a result of this Jo and Nando are looking to build a team of people to whom they can recommend for these clients hence the decision to build a course to train trainers to select and work rescue and pet dogs to this standard.
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About the venue We are very lucky to be running this course at Battersea Dogs & Cats home. The rescue organisation is 150 years old and helps around 8000 cats and dogs every year. Since being established in 1860, they have cared for over three million animals. Today, with 154 years of experience behind them, the home is one of the UK's most famous and longest-serving charities, and is proud to be leading the industry in ethical and humane rehoming. The old Windsor site is just like the central London site and runs the same way. It is slightly smaller however, housing around 36 dogs and 45 cats at any one time. During the five days we will be working with selected Battersea dogs and helping them to learn skills which will definitely make them easier for Battersea to rehome. Some of the dogs we will be working with may have had a trickier history and it will be paramount that all members of the course listen closely to details regarding the dogs history as well as particular do’s and dont’s for the individuals we will be working with. The dogs at Old Windsor come from a vast array of backgrounds with many stray, abandoned, neglected and abused dogs looking for homes. This is a fantastic opportunity, to meet and assess a selection of rescue dogs and then train the dogs you have selected for the helper dog role. During their time with us we hope that you will all take plenty of photos and videos of the dogs which will help to attract potential new owners for the dogs we are working with. Each group of four will be given two human case studies. During the course you will select and assess a dog to work with each case study. Pairs will then take one of the case studies and one dog to work with for the entirety of the course. We will have access to non public areas of the site during the course and we will brief everyone with rules to follow during our visit but it is important to remember we will be guests.
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Course aims & assessment The course aims to teach participants how to select dogs, match dogs and train dogs to support vulnerable people with specific needs. On the last day people can choose to take the assessment. Successful candidates will then be put on the register and be sent clients looking to select and train a helper dog. They will also have a chance at being selected to aid Jo and Nando in future filming of the series. Throughout the course we aim to teach our participants how to select the right dog for the right vulnerable person. On the final day a new case study will be given. Participants will be asked to write answers to questions regarding the selection process and the criteria they would use to select a dog for the case study. We will analyse answers (not spelling or gamma - we are only interested in ideas and content). This little test will be used to give participants an opportunity to demonstrate what they have learnt throughout the course. Obviously one of the most important aspects to this course is learning how to train the dogs. Each person will have learnt and practiced the Super Skills (which all dogs need to learn if they want to become ‘helper’ dogs). As an instructor course we are also teaching people to work with vulnerable people, and the best ways to structure teaching them. On the final day each participant will be matched to another pair and asked to train them one of the super skills relevant to a final task for the case study mentioned above. The participants will be assessed on their teaching skills and their understanding of clicker training, chaining and context cues.
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Day 1 Itinerary 10:00am INTRODUCTION - House keeping - Kennel etiquette - Introductions 10:30 ASSESSING PEOPLE NEEDS (LECTURE) - Human case studies - Priority behaviour charts - Helper vs Assistance dogs (who to pass on and how) COFFEE AND SNACKS 11:45 ASSESSING DOGS (LECTURE AND PRACTICAL) - Vito vs desirable doggy criteria - Kennel book (Battersea staff on hand to help choose) - How do we assess helper dogs? LUNCH 1:45pm ASSESSING DOGS (PRACTICAL SESSION) TEA AND SNACK 4:45: DEBRIEF __________________FIRST NIGHT GROUP SOCIAL_____________ We think it is super important that everyone on the course interacts. Not only can courses be strange and awkward when you donʼt know the name of the person sitting next to you but they can also be a missed networking opportunity! On the first night group social we will all meet up, have a drink, eat a meal and enjoy some ʻgetting to know youʼ round the meal table games. This helps people to loosen up and enjoy the rest of the course. It also means people feel more comfortable sharing experiences and opinions.
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Day 2 Itinerary 10:00am SUPERSKILLS (PRACTICAL CLINIC) - What are the 5 superskills and how do we teach them - How are they relevant to helper dog work - Prioritising tasks COFFEE AND SNACKS 11:30 CLINIC - Each pair choose and clinic their superskill training with Jo and Nando - Participants watch and learn from each pair before working their dog LUNCH 2:00 PLANNING & TRAINING WORKSHOP (PRACTICAL) - Writing training plans for you and the client (theory) - Chaining your superskill to your tasks (theory) - Workshop where each group gets to know their dog and begins to works through their dogs behaviour plans (practical) TEA AND SNACK 4:45: DEBRIEF __________________CLINIC STYLES _______________________ Clinics are a great way to have some one-on-one time with your instructors. We use clinic style teaching throughout this course in various ways to ensure that people understand what to do and to give everyone an opportunity to learn from each other. What Ęťclinic styleĘź learning is, for this course, is when a pair of participants and their dog come out infront of the group and train. They do this under the guidance and supervision of Nando and Jo who will give them tips and advise to ensure their training is as effective as possible. It means spectators also get to hear all feedback and tips.
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Day 3 Itinerary 10:00am GETTING TO GRIPS WITH YOUR BEHAVIOUR (PRACTICAL) - This morning each group is put in a workshop room and given an opportunity to have some quality training time helping their dogs get to grips with the behaviour they have planned under Jo and Nando’s supervision COFFEE AND SNACKS 11:30 CHAINING (LECTURE) - A lecture with Nando explaining what chaining is, how to use chains to get complex behaviours and how they are used in training assistance-type behaviours LUNCH 2:00 TIME TO START TEACHING (PRACTICAL) - 30 minute clinics are given to check progress and to begin giving participants the chance to teach helper dog work instead of just handling - 10x minute clinic with Jo is followed by a 10x minute practice clinic with Nando - after this you will take a clinic to teach your partner the skills you have learnt TEA AND SNACK 4:45: DEBRIEF __________________WHY WORKSHOP?______________________ Luckily at Battersea we have an amazing venue with three distinct areas to use. That means we can workshop our groups. This style of learning is different to the guided clinics. It gives participants the opportunity to freely train their dogs the skills, practicing what they have learnt. Nando and Jo are still on hand to answer questions and troubleshoot. We have found participants learn the optimum amount when they experience a mix of theory, 121 clinics and group workshops.
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Day 4 Itinerary 10:00am VERBAL VS CONTEXT CUES (LECTURE) - Jo-Rosie will talk through the science of cueing and how to introduce context cues. We will also go through the need and use for context cues when working with vulnerable clients. COFFEE AND SNACKS 11:15 CONTEXT CUE (PRACTICAL WORKSHOP) - Participants will then plan and work their dogs, beginning, where appropriate, to bring in context cues to cue the behaviour. LUNCH 2:00 Canine Generated Independence (CGI) talk (LECTURE) - Two members of CGI will visit us and talk about the organisation, how it works and about working with vulnerable people training live-in pet dogs. They will also talk about how you can become involved with training for CGI.* TEA AND SNACK 3:30 DEVELOPING YOUR TEACHING SKILLS - You will continue teaching your dog the chosen task via the plan however, this time you will be strictly hands off and instead teach your partner via your plan. - Assessment time and partner allocations for tomorrow. __________________*ABOUT CGI ______________________
CGI are a not for profit organisation who work with Owner-Trainers by pairing them with dog trainers and assisting them to get their dogs to a recogised assistance dog level. As a member of IAADP they follow their public test. Their trainers then assess the owner-trainers after they have logged sufficient time training. Visit www.cgidogs.com for more information.
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Day 5 Itinerary 10:00am ASSESSMENT (THEORY) - We will present to you a new case study which you will not have previously seen - Participants will then be given the morning session to come up with dog selection criteria, assessment ideas, task and superskill ideas as well as previsionary training plans. COFFEE AND SNACKS 11:30 ASSESSMENT PRACTICAL - Each participant will have been given a task and a dog-handler pair to work with on day 4. - Each trainer will then tell us what task they are training, where they are starting from and what things they had to consider. - Each trainer will then take a clinic session to teach their partner to train their dog the allocated task. - Training plans will be given in at the end of each session for assessment. LUNCH WILL BE TAKEN DURING AN APPROPRIATE BREAK (AROUND 1:30) TEA AND SNACK 4:50 DEBRIEF, SAYING GOODBYE & CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE - We will try to finish early on the last day to ensure everyone misses the traffic however, there are lots of you to get through so it might be that we finish at the normal time. - Certificates of attendance are given to all participants. Assessment results will be emailed with the notes from the course within 7 days. ________________________________________________________
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Where to stay and what to bring Tea and coffee facilities as well as lots of water and some delicious and healthy snacks will be provided but you will be responsible for your own lunch and dinner. You will be responsible for finding accommodation and/or travel to the venue although there are accommodation suggestions below: Accommodation: - Chertsy camping site offers fantastic pitches for those brave enough to camp in tents or vans. It is dog friendly and around £20 per night. - MacDonald Berystede Hotel and Spa is lovely (very posh). The food is expensive unless you get the bar menu but it has a pool and they are dog friendly throughout. It costs around £90 per night - Beaumont Estate is pretty although massive. Not dog friendly although has a pool and nice selection of food. £80 per night. - Union B+B is £70 a night. Limited space as it is above a pub but ‘no frills’ nice food and good service. You will need to bring with you: • • • • • •
5 days worth of clothing appropriate to working outside and with dogs A clicker A whole range of treats to be used with your rescue dog A treat bag Prior knowledge using a clicker to train dogs Prior experience teaching people to train dogs
_________________NOT FOR YOUR DOGS__________________ Each participant will be selecting a suitable rescue dog to train throughout the course which means this course is not for your dogs. We will have breaks however, if you have to bring your dogs they will need to remain in an appropriately ventilated vehicle throughout the course and cannot to be reactive to other dogs insight within the vehicle as staff will be walking kennel dogs passed throughout the day. Whilst risk assessments and checks will be taken to ensure the safety of all participants, you will be choosing to come to the course at your own risk and should ensure you feel comfortable throughout the course that you are safe.
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Application Form FEEL FREE TO COPY AND PASTE THESE HEADINGS IN AN EMAIL SHOULD YOU NOT BE ABLE TO EDIT THIS DOCUMENT. SEND TO: jos4d@outlook.com Name: Telephone number: Address: Postcode: Email address: Should I be offered a place on the course I am happy to pay a non refundable deposit of ÂŁ200 to confirm the place. I understand that this deposit will be returned if the course is cancelled but should I cancel this deposit in non refundable: Yes [ ] No [ ] Please describe below your current experience working and/or handling dogs (feel free to continue on another sheet) : Please list any courses or qualifications you have that you feel are relevant to the course (feel free to continue on another sheet): Please list any other information you wish us to have including any physical disabilities/ allergies or injuries (feel free to continue on another sheet): We aim to confirm bookings within 2 working days of application. Thanks!