March 09 - 30, 2025
Control Unleashed - Sun. 10:00 am - Ali Sutch
Santa Rosa Campus - Indoor Dog Training Room • 5345 Highway 12 West Santa Rosa, CA 95407 Organized by Humane Society of Sonoma County
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About this event
Control Unleashed©, developed by Leslie McDevitt MA CDBC, is a framework for applying classical and operant conditioning procedures. Put simply, this is a series of training games that you can use to help your dog feel more comfortable and confident in the world. CU games are designed to be fun and simple for both dog and handler, to empower both ends of the leash. You will learn to harness the powers of predictability, choice, and positive reinforcement. We pay careful attention to the dog’s body language and their offered behaviors to ensure that they remain under threshold- meaning they feel safe enough to learn. This approach centers joyful participation, which leads to more humane and effective behavior modification than traditional coercive training methods. Any dog can benefit from the proper application of these training games. They can be especially helpful for dogs who show reactive, anxious, fear- or frustration-related behaviors. Even dogs who tend to thrive in different environments can benefit from the clear communication and choice aspects of this program. CU was actually originally designed to help dogs in and around the agility ring and has come a long way! This class is led by Ali Sutch KPA-CTP CCUI DDP (Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, Certified Control Unleashed© Instructor, Dynamic Dog Practitioner). Ali is an experienced trainer who recently relocated to Santa Rosa from Oakland. She deals mostly with clients experiencing complex behavioral challenges, and takes a holistic approach that includes thoroughly screening dogs for signs of underlying pain/discomfort, setting households up with successful management and enrichment plans, and using effective positive reinforcement based methods. More information about her private training practice can be found here: www.uptosnuff. Prerequisites: none Series length: 4 weeks 1 hour per class Price: $150 Contact Info: dogtraining@humanesocietysoco.org
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