Schedule

Day 1: Fri. Feb 11 | Day 2: Sat. Feb 12 | Day 3: Sun. Feb 13

Please note: all times are in PST (San Francisco, CA time!)

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Day 1

Friday, February 11, 2022

7:00 am

Tom Candy BSc (Hons) MSc CCAB CDBC CSBS

Developing BMPs for Challenging Environments

7:00 am

Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD

Probiotics for Behavioral Health

7:00 am

Deborah Jones, Ph.D.

Raising and Training a Wiz Kid: Performance Puppy 101

9:00 am

Trish McMillan, MSc, CPDT-KA, CDBC

Dogs Healing Dogs: Using Social Facilitation in Behavior Modification

9:00 am

Julie Daniels

Solving Arousal Problems with Stations and Patterns

9:00 am

Denise Fenzi

Precision Heeling Workshop

11:00 am

Kristina Spaulding, PhD, CAAB

Revisiting Reactive Rover

11:00 am

Catja B.Pedersen

Backchaining – The Only Chain Your Dog Needs!

11:00 am

Eva Bertilsson and Emelie Johnson Vegh

Reward Ends – Then What? The perfect spot for prevention and problem solving!

1:00 pm

Melissa Breau

Streamed Live: Mental Health for the Reactive Dog

2:00 pm

Jennifer A Rogers, Founding Director of PAALS

Training Dogs to Make a Difference: Animal Assisted Interventions Activities

2:00 pm

Dante Camacho

From start to finish – The making of a TikTok

2:00 pm

Julie Flanery B.S, CPDT-KA

Structured Shaping: Best of Both Worlds

4:00 pm

Nicole Wiebusch

Fronts and Finishes: Enthusiastic and Accurate!

4:00 pm

Stacy Barnett

The Nosework Confidence Trifecta: Mood, Engagement, and Independence

4:00 pm

Amy Cook, PhD

Play Way Workshop!

6:00 pm

Heather Lawson, CPDT-KSA, KPA-CTP

CONCEPT TRAINING: How Concept Training Could Be Your Ticket to Speedy Training with Less Frustration for Your Dog

6:00 pm

Jennifer Woolf, DVM, MS

Introduction to the Link and Identifying Animal Abuse

6:00 pm

Erin Lynes KPA-CTP

No Pool? No Problem: Dryland Skills for Dock Diving

Day 2

Saturday, February 12, 2022

7:00 am

Melanie Cerone, Ph.D., BCBA, CPDT-KA

And The Survey SAYS…Top 5 Challenges to Accepting Aggression Cases (and How to Overcome Them)*

7:00 am

Kim Brophey

The “Antecedent Iceberg”: Embracing the Natural Integration of Ethology & Behaviorism

7:00 am

Kamal Fernandez

Competing with High Drive Dogs: the Blessing and the Curse!

9:00 am

Amy Learn VMD, FFCP, LSH silver, Chief of Staff Animal Behavior Wellness Center

The “Ins” and “Outs” of Behavior: How Physical and Mental Health Go Together

9:00 am

Linlin Cao, PhD, CPDT-KA, CCUI

Cooperative Care Unleashed

9:00 am

Jane Ardern BSc (Hons) Dip CABT

Mission Control: How to Train The High Drive Dog

11:00 am

Linda Randall, DVM and Kathie Nurena, MD, KPA

Consider the Circumstances: Trauma and its Consequences

11:00 am

Sophie Liu DVM

Mental Health and Performance Dogs: A New Paradigm

11:00 am

Simon Gadbois

Olfaction in Dogs from the Point of View of Modern Psychology, Ethology and Neuroscience

1:00 pm

Melissa Breau

Live Streamed: It’s All In How They’re Raised… (Or Is It?)

2:00 pm

Michelle Mullins CDBC, KPA CTP, CPDT-KSA

You’ve Got a Friend In Me or Do Ya? Managing Dog Introductions in a Dog Friendly World.

2:00 pm

Lauren Fraser

‘Manure Has Hit The Fan’ Zone: How Desensitization (DS) With Horses Is Portrayed on Social Media and How You Can Do It (And Other Techniques) Better

2:00 pm

Megan Foster

Oops! I Did it Again: Troubleshooting Your Agility Training

4:00 pm

Leslie McDevitt

Have some LATTE with your Lemonade: Enriching Your Dog’s Counterconditioning Experience

4:00 pm

Michael Shikashio CDBC

Choice and Control – It’s All Good Unless a Dog is Trying to Bite Your Face Off

4:00 pm

Sara Brueske KPA-CTP

Happy Holds Workshop

6:00 pm

Barbara Lloyd

Dog Reactivity: A Different Approach

6:00 pm

Chrissi Schranz & Marco Ojeda

Of Dogs and People: The Life of Free-Roaming Dogs

6:00 pm

Shade Whitesel

Cutting out the Cookies: Reducing Reinforcement for the R+ Trainer

Day 3

Sunday, February 13, 2022

7:00 am

Amy L. Pike, DVM, DACVB, IAABC-CABC

Separation Anxiety in a Post-COVID World

7:00 am

Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA

Troubleshooting Your Dog’s Golden Years: Dealing with Age-Related Challenges

7:00 am

Julie Symons

Nosework: Adding Clarity with Contrasts

9:00 am

Camille Ward, M.S., M.S., Ph.D., CAAB

The Science of Dog Play and Its Applications

9:00 am

Amy Johnson

Chase the Dog: Photographing the Fast-Paced World of Dog Sports

9:00 am

Petra C Ford

Powerful Performance: Personalized Fitness to Optimize All Sports

11:00 am

James W. Crosby MS CBCC-KA

Dog Bite Injuries and Behavioral Projections: What we have learned about fatal attacks by following the evidence

11:00 am

Allie Bender, CDBC, SBA, CPDT-KA & Emily Strong, CDBC, SBA

Enrichment Foundations for Success

11:00 am

Laura Waudby

Where’s My Cookie?!

1:00 pm

Melissa Breau

Live Stream: The Future of R+ Training

2:00 pm

Katenna Jones, ScM, ACAAB, CCBC, CDBC, Certified Fear Free Trainer

Cat and Dog Integrations – The Basics

2:00 pm

Kathryn Lord

Domestication: What Dogs Were and Are Today

2:00 pm

Nancy Gagliardi Little

Glue Skills for Performance Dogs

4:00 pm

Elinor Karlsson

Can DNA Testing Save Dogs? What Sequencing is Telling Us About Diagnosing and Treating Cancers, and How We Can Breed Healthy Litters

4:00 pm

Jiovany Alcaide, CPDT-KA, IAABC-ADT and Taylor Barconey, CPDT-KA, IAABC-ADT

Digital Delegation: Using Hybrid Learning to Mold the Ultimate Ideal Client

4:00 pm

Sarah Stremming

Pay Up: Strategizing Reinforcement for Sustainable Behaviors

6:00 pm

Dr. E’Lise Christensen DVM; Bobbie Bhambree CDBC, CPDT-KA

Dancing with Fear, Hope, & Trust: Getting clients on board and sticking with the plan

6:00 pm

Daniel Promislow

The Effects of Age on Activity and Cognition: Results from the Dog Aging Project

6:00 pm

Sharon Carroll MAnSc, CDBC, CPDT-KA

Working with Sensitive Sport Dogs