Animal Behavior Conference

Friday - Featuring Gary Wilkes

Gary is internationally known in Animal Behavior. This five-hour program will challenge you in every way and offer insights to handling pets that you may have never explored before.

How To Build New Behaviors
While most people can teach a dog to
sit, few can teach a dog to sit, “over there.” Many people can teach a dog to paw the mat the dinner table – but few know how to teach a dog to paw them to mean “I need to go potty.” This class will examine some of the ways that teaching new behavior can dramatically improve the human-animal bond – and the step-by-step way to get it to happen.

Behavior Modification For Trainers, Groomers And Dog Owners

“A lady called me today with a very good dog,”- according to her, says Gary. He is 18 months of age. She rescued Buddy a month ago. First day out, he shredded the blinds at the front door. He’s afraid of everyone except her. He’s not housetrained, but “he’s very smart.” The husband turned sour when the dog caused $300 damage to the mini-blinds. Can you help? Would you know what to say or do to x this type of mess? Start to build your skill level for solving these and other common dog problems.

House Training
The foundation of a good relationship
with a dog starts with teaching them to
go outdoors to do their business. This
presentation will look at house training from the foundation upward, including the most difficult of house training problems and scent marking.
Gary Wilkes
Early Puppy Development And
Training: Biting, Chewing And Weeing

The three most lethal puppy behaviors
are biting people, chewing up valuable
items and soiling inside the house. Fix these problems, the dog lives. Fail to fix these problems and the pup is in the pound.

Cats, Cats, Cats: You Can’t Live
With Them And They Won’t Let You
Live Without Them

The primary problems for cats are biting, scratching, urinating and scent marking. Learning how these behaviors relate to normal cat behavior will give you great insight into solving these most common cat calamities.

This five-hour Add-on Program is part
of the Do-It-All admission and can be
purchased separately.