Workshops and Seminars
Workshops are available for veterinary clinics, doggy daycare and training centers, spas, animal shelters and rescues. Call or email Alana regarding workshops and seminars.
- Dog Training & Behavior Workshops »
- Cat Behavior Workshops »
- General Animal Behavior Workshops »
- Massage Workshops »
Dog Training & Behavior Workshops
Must Love Dogs: Canine Learning and Body Language
Understand how dogs learn and communicate and how body language influences their interactions and relationships. Learn how your body language and manners of touch can enhance the relationship between you and your dog, and learn how to read and interpret dog-dog interactions.
Problem Prevention: How to Prevent Common Canine Behavior Problems
Learn how to prevent problems from developing when you have a new dog or puppy. Prevent jumping, chewing, play-biting, and other behaviors that can become problems. Learn how to socialize your dog to other dogs, cats, and people. This is a good workshop for new dog owners, for those who are thinking of getting a dog, and for those who volunteer or work in animal protection and animal rescue.
Canine Learning for the Dog Owner
Learn how dogs understand and communicate, how to read their body language, and how touch can influence their behavior, and how touch can enhance the relationship you have with your dog. Prevent normal behaviors from turning into problems, such as jumping up on people, chewing furniture, and playing too roughly.
Canine Learning for Rescue and Shelter Workers
This workshop is for shelter workers and those involved in rescue work and adoptions. Learn how to acclimate dogs to other dogs in the shelter or foster environment. Ways to environmentally enrich the shelter setting will be addressed. How dogs learn, understand, and communicate will be discussed in relation to the shelter setting and foster care. Avoid giving harmful and ineffective training advice to adopters. Ways volunteers can help make dogs more adoptable will be explained.
Behavior Modification Techniques for Difficult-to-Handle Dogs
Learn how to modify behavior in dogs who are labeled as "difficult" to handle or teach; dogs who are labeled as "hyper," can't seem to settle down or relax, require a lot of "discipline," or who are lungey and reactive to other dogs. Understand how dogs learn so you can implement the best, most humane methods possible to teach these dogs. Learn how to remedy problems stemming from fear, aggression, or anxiety.
Children and Dogs
Parents can learn how to positively introduce and acclimate children and dogs to each other. Teach children how to prevent themselves from being bitten. Teach your child how to be dog-savvy. Dogs bite when they are stressed, frightened, and provoked. Learn ways to avoid situations that may cause dogs to be stressed. This workshop is for people who work with children, who have infants or are expecting, or who have children under 10 years old.
Understanding and Resolving Canine Aggression Problems
We have all met or been exposed to dogs who are seemingly aggressive or reactive, whether they bark at other dogs, lunge at people, or growl and bite when stressed. Learn how dogs respond to stressful situations. Understand how to remedy problems that stem from fear, anxiety, and aggression, and how to respond to dogs when they are stressed or anxious. Aggression relating to multi-dog households, fear of people, and leash-lunging will be discussed.
Minimizing Conflict in Multi-Dog Households
Learn how to minimize conflict in a multi-dog household. Having more than one dog can be a blessing. But fights or problems can ensue over sharing toys, food bowls, or receiving a person's attention or affection. Learn how to prevent problems, and how to teach dogs to live together amicably so you can have a stress-free home. This is a good workshop for those who foster dogs, have more than one dog, or who are considering introducing another dog to the household.
Cat Behavior Workshops
Must Love Cats: Understand Cat Body Language and How Your Cat Communicates
Understand how cats communicate with humans and with each other. Learn simple verbal and nonverbal communication techniques to enhance the relationship between you and your cat. Explore how body language, eye contact, and touch can influence that relationship.
Problem Prevention: How to Prevent Common Feline Behavioral Problems
Learn how to prevent behavioral problems when you have a new cat or kitten. Prevent litter box problems, scratching on furniture, and aggressive play. Learn how to acclimate your kitty to other cats, dogs, and people. This is a good workshop for new cat owners, those who are thinking of getting a cat, and for those who volunteer or work in animal protection and animal rescue.
Feline Learning for the Cat Owner
Learn how cats understand and communicate, how to read their body language, and how touch can influence their behavior and enhance the relationship you have with your cat. Prevent normal behaviors from turning into problems, such as scratching on furniture or playing too roughly.
Minimizing Conflict in Multi-Cat Households
Learn how to prevent or alleviate conflict in a multi-cat household. Litter box problems, hiding, and anxiety can present themselves when there is more than one cat in a household. All cats need companionship. Understand how to prevent problems and how to remedy them if they occur. This workshop is great for those who have more than one cat, are considering adopting another cat, for those who rescue, and for shelter workers.
Feline Learning for Rescue and Shelter Workers
This workshop is for shelter workers and those involved in rescue. Learn how to acclimate cats to a shelter environment. If fostering, learn how to introduce cats to other cats, and how to provide an appropriate environment to prevent behavioral problems. Learn ways to environmentally enrich the shelter setting. Understand simple behavior modification techniques so that cats can have a more positive experience in the shelter, and if timid, become more adoptable.
General Animal Behavior Workshops
Making the Veterinary Hospital Behaviorally Friendly for Animals
This workshop is for veterinarians and veterinary staff. There are many ways to minimize stress in a hospital setting and to make animals more comfortable while being examined. Learn ways to keep animals calm and to minimize fear in a hospital practice.
Environmental Enrichment for Shelter Animals: Making the Shelter Behaviorally Friendly for Animals
This workshop is for shelter staff, volunteers, and for those involved in rescue and adoption. Learn ways to enrich the shelter setting to reduce stress and make animals more comfortable. Understand how dogs and cats learn and communicate so you can interpret their behaviors correctly. Behavior modification techniques volunteers can implement to make animals more adoptable will be discussed.
Understanding the Psychology of Aggressive and Fearful Animals
We have all met or been exposed to a dog or cat who is fearful, aggressive, or reactive. Learn how animals cope with stress. Understand simple behavior modification techniques to help animals overcome their fears and anxieties.
Massage Workshops
Animal Massage: Learn to Massage Your Dog or Cat
Learn professional massage strokes and a basic sequence to massage your dog or cat. Understand the difference between stimulating and relaxing touch and learn techniques for massaging areas of the face, head, neck, upper spine, legs, hips, and torso. Professional massage techniques will be demonstrated to you. All animals are individuals and each has personal preferences. Learn techniques that can make touch-sensitive animals love touch and help them to overcome their fears of being handled.
The Benefits of Massage: Acclimating Animals to Touch
Learn how massage can benefit animals by getting them accustomed to positive forms of therapeutic touch. This workshop is helpful for rescue workers and animal health practitioners, as well as dog trainers, behaviorists, and owners of timid and fearful animals. Understand and interpret dog and cat body language to ascertain whether or not your dog or cat likes your manner of touching or handling. Professional massage strokes that you can apply to your own cat or dog will be demonstrated to you.
