Get Connected with Brenda Aloff
Saturday, May 26th - Monday, May 28th
at
Exercise Finished Dog Training Center, Inc.
Chicopee, MA
“Getting connected with your dog is the key to building a relationship in which learning
can flourish and the needs of both the dog and owner are met. Relationships are build
on communication, so having a common language that both sides can understand is of
paramount importance. Luckily, dogs are masters of body language and you can learn
to utilize movement and other kinds of body language to help build an effective
communication loop with your dog.”
Topics included are:
 The 6 exercises in the Get ConnectedTM Protocol – what they are and how to
teach them.
 Exploration of the usefulness of the Get ConnectedTM Protocol for heeling, stays,
judge examinations, control between exercises, and general attentiveness for
obedience dogs.
 Exercises used with drivey dogs to preserve drive & speed but improve
compliance.
 The developmental stages of behavior acquisition from initial teaching all the way
to delegation of responsibility to the dog to do the job properly without help and
prompting from the handler.
 Common mistakes with positive reinforcement training that inhibit the dog’s ability
to learn what you want and reproduce it in the absence of food.
 Live demonstrations of problem solving with pre-selected dog/handler teams.
 Presentation will include lecture, video, and live demonstrations.
Approved for 12.5 CEUs for trainers and 14 CEUs for behavior consultants
through the CCPDT and 26.5 through the IAABC. CEU’s are not offered for
individual days. The CEU’s offered are for all three days of attendance.
Saturday and Sunday will follow the Get Connected guideline. Monday is a
bonus day for advanced handlers and trainers working on problem
behaviors with their dogs.
Early bird registration (before 4/22):
Auditors $90/day, Working Teams $140/day (FULL – no longer accepting working teams)
Registration after 4/22:
Auditors: $110/day, Working Teams $160/day FULL – no longer accepting working teams)
Lunch: $8/day
FMI: Elise Gouge (413) 230-9873 or www.petbehaviorconsulting.com
About Brenda Aloff
Brenda has been involved with animals her entire life. She got her first pony when she was four
and had a succession of horses, dogs and cats and kept hens. In her youth and premotherhood years she showed horses on the Class A Circuit- Arabs, Morgans and
Saddlebreds, did private riding instruction and trained many different horses, for herself and
worked with various professional trainers. A few years ago she returned to her love of horses,
taking up dressage as a personal hobby.
Over 20 years ago Brenda got involved in training dogs and became an avid student of Learning
Theory and Operant Conditioning. She has competed with Smooth Fox Terriers, a German
Shepherd Dog and a Border Collie in AKC and UKC Obedience. She has also trained one or
more dogs in Agility, Canine Freestyle, and Tracking.
Later Brenda branched out into dog behavior counseling, at least in part due to what she
learned about dealing with aggression and reactivity in one of her own dogs. Brenda runs
Heaven on Arf Training Center in Midland, MI, providing group classes for basic obedience,
competition obedience, field, and tracking. She also offers private lessons for pet and
competition training and behavior consultations for problem dogs. She considers problem
behavior in canines to be her specialty.
Brenda is the author of several books and DVDs, including the Maxwell Award winning (Dog
Writers Association of America) Canine Body Language: A Photographic Guide and the
book upon which much of this seminar is based Get Connected With Your Dog: Emphasizing
the Relationship While Training Your Dog. She has done clinics all over the United States
and Canada, Italy, Australia helping people with their problem dogs. She has also been an
invited speaker at IAABC (International Association of Animal Behavior Counselors) and NADOI
(National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors)
Brenda Aloff has applied her extensive knowledge of dog behavior and learning theory, plus
gentle “pressure on – pressure off” techniques borrowed from the world of equestrian dressage
to develop a series of seemingly simple exercises that will allow you to effectively control your
dog’s movement using just your body language. These exercises have the profound result of
helping you to guide your dog’s priorities and gain relevance even in the face of strong
distractions.
For More Information: elise@petbehaviorconsutling.com or 413-230-9873
To Register go to: www.petbehaviorconsulting.com/events