Welcome to the first edition of
The Carolark Times
The quarterly newsletter is available to our clients to obtain information on upcoming classes, seminars and information on the local dog scene.
Fall 2007
We have a busy fall schedule. Carolark is proud to present Dr. Jesus Rosales-Ruiz and Kellie Snider presenting exciting new research and practical applications. The topics are understanding “Poisoned Cues” and the effect on behaviour. Reducing Aggressive Behaviour in Dogs: A New Approach to Rehabilitation for Aggression. The seminar is scheduled for Sat., Sept. 22nd and Sun., Sept. 23rd at the Richmond Fair Grounds Dining Hall, Richmond. The cost for the seminar is $225.00 taxes included.
Emotions in companion animals can be both endearing and perplexing. When emotional behaviours help to deepen our relationships with our animals, we are delighted, but when they take other forms such as “shutting down”, avoidance and particularly dangerous forms such as aggression, we are lost. By the time it becomes a problem, aggression is learned operant behaviour.
New research from the University of North Texas has demonstrated that we have been missing an important component in the development and maintenance of emotional behaviours in animals.
In this important seminar, Dr. Rosales-Ruiz and Ms. Snider will use demonstration, discussion and videos to explain the research that revealed how poisoned cue affect behaviour and how we can use an operant shaping procedure to switch off canine aggression and replace it with desirable behaviour. For more information about the presenters, registration and hotel information visit www.carolark.com/seminars
Or phone to register (613) 591-3277 or Toll free 1-977-763-6664.
The Youth Group and Adult Leaders from St. Philips Church will provide lunches available to purchase as fund raiser for their projects.
Lunch for the two days is $15 tax included. You may of course provide your own.
Morning coffee and mid-morning/afternoon breaks are included
in the registration fee.
Dr. Jesus Rosales-Ruiz
Carolark is pleased to announce that TTouch workshops will be added to the fall schedule. TTOUCH training is a gentle, respectful and effective approach to the care and training of your companion animal.
TTouch is a valuable tool that can help animals overcome a variety of problems including:
Dian McTaggart a Guild Certified Practitioner will be offering the workshops. Dian has taught workshops with the Ottawa District School boards and at Algonquin College.
If you are interested in registering for a workshop please
contact the Centre at:
Phone: (613)
591-3277 or Email Carolark@igs.net
Carolark hosted the first TAGTeach workshop in Canada on June 9th and 10th.
TAG stands for Teaching with Acoustical Guidance and uses a sound marker to indicate correct performance. The TAG refers to the distinctive sound made to mark or “TAG” a moment in time. This sound becomes an acoustical binary message, a sort of “snapshot” that is quickly processed by the brain.
A TAG means “yes.” Absence of a TAG means “try again.” TAG points are the individual pieces of a desired response action or position. Students receive a TAG (the click sound) when the points are correctly performed.
The TAG points may vary from teacher to teacher and from student to student depending on the teaching style and the needs of the student. Positive please! TAGTeach utilizes a method of phrasing that presents exactly what the teacher/coach is asking of the student in a clearly positive manner. Remember, the TAG tells the student what they did right! “The TAG point is: touch your ear.” As the student touches her ear, she hears the TAG.
Carolyn
hopes to schedule another seminar in 2008!
Visit the website www.carolark.com
for information on upcoming seminars.
Carolark presented Dee Ganley author of “Changing People, Changing Dogs” for a two day workshop on June 16th
and 17th.
Here is what one conference participant had to say about the seminar:
“I was very impressed with the way Dee worked with the handlers and with the techniques she used with the dogs. Always patient, ready to ask or explain again, guiding them through.”
Dee Ganley’s book “Changing People, Changing Dogs” is available for purchase at the centre.
On The Road Again . . .
Carolyn traveled to Japan to teach this summer. Combining work and pleasure, she had an opportunity to teach a four day course to an Instructors’ group, in Chiba, just outside Tokyo. This was a follow up to a previous one and two day courses Carolyn has given in Tokyo and Miyazaki in the past four years. Staying at a “dog hotel” was interesting!
Special menus for dogs, doggy play area in the lobby, dog footwash stand outside the front door, tie up rings at all tables in the dining room and baskets of courtesy “accident towels” at all elevator stops, entrances and dining room, courtesy dog bowls and fresh ice water available throughout. Even a professional photographer was onsite to take pet pics.
A visit to the Peace memorial in Hiroshima and a few days visit with son and grandchildren in Osaka rounded out the trip.
Judy Miller, a licensed Rally Obedience judge and one of our instructors, judged Rally Obedience trials in St. Basil, Quebec and in Newburgh, Kingston this summer. The outdoor events proceeded rain or shine!
Back to school
Don’t forget to enroll your “fur kids” in a back to school
program such as a Good Manners class or Rally O class.
Rally O is a new team sport for dog/handler teams. Teams move through a course designed to test their basic skills of sit, down, stand and heel. A great way to have fun, practice the essentials and learn some new moves.
NEW AT CAROLARK
HALL RENTAL & COACHING
Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons between 1 and 4 p.m. 1 hour time slots are available.
Hall Rental is $10.00
per hour/plus GST per dog with a maximum
of 3 dogs.
HALL RENTAL WITH COACH
Thursdays only an experienced instructor is available for coaching at $35.00 per hour – one dog only.
Dogs must have successfully completed Level 1 at Carolark to qualify for this service. Please call the Centre at 613-591-3277 to reserve your space. Payments must be made at the time of reservation and are non-refundable.
Carolark is proud to announce that the Centre is the only dog training facility in Canada to partner with the Karen Pryor Academy. The Academy is an innovative institution dedicated to educating, certifying and promoting the next generation of dog trainers. The program combines the convenience of online learning with hands on teaching. The program promotes intensive training in the force-free techniques needed to teach both animals and their human caregivers, as well as access to business training.
You will work with a teacher of your choosing for two intensive days. Registrations are by e-mail with the Karen Pryor Academyv. Go to www.karenpryoracademy.com
There are four online units, each followed by a two day intensive workshop. Carolyn is the workshop leader and advisor in Canada. These workshops take place at the Centre. There are several other locations and teachers across the U.S. When registering students indicate the teacher and location of their choosing for the workshop portion of the course
Please contact the Centre at 613-591-3277 for more details on this exciting new program.
Upcoming Events:
Sun. Sept. 9th Start Time: 10:00 a.m.
The 19th Annual Ottawa Humane Society Wiggle Waggle Walkathon at the Central Experimental Farm – the Arboretum.
Sat. Sept. 15th TTouch 1 p.m.
TTouch demo at the Centre
Sat. Sept. 22nd & Sun. Sept. 23rd
Dr. Jesus Rosales-Ruiz and Kellie Snider - New Research and Practical applications at “The Dining Hall”, Richmond Fair Grounds.
Fri. Sept. 21st at 6:30 p.m.
“Going to the Dogs”
A buffet dinner and race night fundraiser at the Rideau Carleton Raceway, 4837 Albion Rd.
It will be a fun filled evening with live racing, fabulous food, door prizes, 50/50 draw and a silent auction. Tickets are $40 per person and admission includes valet parking, coat-check, all you can eat buffet, complimentary race program and your first $2 wager. All proceeds go to:
For tickets and information contact Cathy at going2the dogs@gmail.com
An Introductory TTouch workshop. It will include demos and practice of the circular TTouches, strokes and lifts to be used on your companion animal.
Contact the Centre at 613-591-3277 for more details.
Editor: Dian McTaggart
September
2007