Our Dog Training Philosophy
Balanced, Comprehensive Dog Training Techniques
We believe in training dogs using modern and scientific training techniques. The hard science of Psychology and Operant and Classical Conditioning lies behind all training techniques. Psychology encompasses not just the dog's drives and natural behavior, but also the interaction between the dog and its trainer or handler, learning theory, and the emotional, cognitive, and historical components that drive behavior.
A dog that is trained using these modern methods is a joy to handle. We pride ourselves in conducting dog training that is as scientific, systematic, consistent, and as humane as possible. We believe our dog training program is the most effective dog training program in the industry. Consistency, and having a system to ensure consistency, allows us to train dogs very effectively. Only our dog trainers handle our dogs. The dogs are worked daily following sound scientific psychological principles.
Our Dog Training Methods
Our dog training program is based on contemporary concepts in the scientific field of Behavioral Psychology. Our methods are based on the principles of Operant and Classical Conditioning and Associative and Instrumental Learning.
Our training methods apply Behavior Shaping, Varying Schedules of Reinforcement, Bridging, and Component Chaining. We shape behaviors using mostly Positive Reinforcement.
Our Dog Training Experience
All of our trainers are experienced dog handlers. Our experience comes from many areas of canine training and handling including: pet dog training, Assistance Dog training, obedience competition, Schutzhund competition, bomb detection, tracking, and significant continuing education.
In addition, several of our trainers have directed training programs for other Assistance Dog training organizations. We have come together to share our experience with the vision of creating an exceptional and unique Assistance Dog program.
Just as important as our canine training experience is our business background. We have extensive experience in the healthcare industry, business administration, customer service, and quality management. Much of our experience has centered on working with physically challenged individuals in a university clinical care and research setting.
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