Speaking of Dogs Presents: TACT (Touch Associated Clicker Training) featuring Julie Robitaille
Sunday September 15th, 2013
Toronto Don Valley Hotel and Suites, Toronto ON
9 AM to 5 PM
Cost: 135.00
CEUS will be applied for
For more information visit www.speakingofdogs.com or call 416-444-4190 email
Positive, practical solutions for the most challenging behavior problems
Living with a dog exhibiting fearful, reactive or aggressive behavior can be heartbreaking. It can leave pet owners with little to no hope of sharing a peaceful life with their canine companions. This one day seminar introduces a new innovative training methodology designed for the mostchallenging behavior problems faced by pet owners.
TACT, Touch Associated Clicker Training creatively combines the science and art of learning theory, clicker training and massage therapy. This unique approach is used specifically to rehabilitate and prevent shy, fearful, reactive, and aggressive behavior in dogs and puppies utilizing positive training methods.
TACT utilizes a ritualized protocol designed with safety, structure and predictability. TACT develops confidence and coping skills while changing the emotional response in fearful dogs. TACT incorporates a detailed home management and real world exposure control program for owners to follow to coincide with their training protocol. TACT is beneficial for all dogs, including puppies, shy dogs, and shelter dogs.
Both pet owners and experienced trainers will learn how to use the TACT program to:
Desensitize a dog’s fear of people and new environments
Build confidence and coping skills, while changing the emotional response in fearful dogs
Provide structure, bringing predictability to the dog’s life
Develop and deepen the canine/human relationship
Recognize canine body language and how to use this knowledge to set their dog up for success to maximize training results
Implement an effective home and real world management program
Develop a two way communication system between dog and handler
Enlist pet owners to become part of the solution in a creative and fun way
An effective tool in the canine professional’s behavior modification toolbox
TACT’s Caregivers Fatigue program provides a plan for healthy self care
Whether you are a canine professional or a pet owner this seminar will be provide valuable information to add to your training toolbox.
TACT Seminar Schedule Outline
8:30 to 9:00: Registration
9:00 to 10:30: TACT History, Four Year Behavior Case Study
Clicker Training 101 Review, Reactive Dog Principles
TACT Management Program - Home and Real World
TACT Foundation and Emergency Foundation Behaviors
Reactive Dog Vacation Review
10:30 to 10:45: Break
10:45 to12:00: Dress Rehearsal Review and Video
TACT Training Stage OneReview
TACT Case Study Stage One Video
Advanced Stage One Video
12:00 to 1:00: Lunch Break and Roundtable Discussion
1:00 to 3:00: TACT Training Stage Two Review
TACT Case Study Stage Two Video
Advanced Stage Two Video
Incorporating
In Touch/Massage: TACT Relaxation on Cue Review
TACT Relaxation on Cue Video
3:00 to 3:15: Break
3:15 to 5:00: TACT Training Stage Three Review
TACT Case Study Stage Three Video
TACT Training Stage Four Review
TACT Case Study Stage Four Video
TACT Stage Four Discussion, Getting Creative with TACT
Q&A Wrap Up
Julie Robitaille Profile
Julie Robitaille, CAMT, CPDT-KA, is the Founder of Animal Wellness Massage Therapy and Touch Click Calm, LLC, a Certified Small Animal Massage Therapist and a Certified Pet Dog Trainer. She is a graduate of the Bancroft School of Massage Therapy and completed an internship at Sterling Impression Animal Rehabilitation Center of New England where she currently works. Julie is best known for her work with reactive and aggressive canine behavior modification and is the Founder of the TACT methodology, Touch Associated Clicker Training. Julie has been a canine behavior consultant with Emma Parsons author of Click to Calm: Healing the Aggressive Dog in reactive dog training classes and seminars since 2006. Julie has presented seminars for TACT in the US and in Europe. Robitaille and Parsons recently published the TACT methodology as a 5 set DVD and Companion Workbook through Clean Run Productions.
TACT began its experimental stages in early 2007 when Julie was repeatedly requested by clients to provide canine massage therapy services to dogs that did not welcome the touch of human strangers. Julie experimented with Parsons Click to Calm methodology and over time developed a new training methodology specifically designed to prevent and rehabilitate fearful, reactive, and aggressive canine behavior directed at people. She is the Operations Committee Member of the State of Massachusetts Animal Response Team (SMART), and the Co-Team Leader for SMART’s Search and Rescue Team. Julie has completed the ACOAM, Animal Control Officers Association of Massachusetts Certification Program for Massachusetts Animal Protection and Law Enforcement and currently works with many Animal Control officers with canine behavior modification programs.