Workshop: The power of free shaping!

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The Power of Free Shaping
by Chris Puls

Saturday Jan 11, 2025
1pm - 4pm

This will be a 3 or 4 hour hands-on workshop/seminar on the topic of "free shaping". This is not going to be your run of the mill, '101 things to do with a box' (though I'll talk about that). It will include some mind-blowing and exciting info on the topic and how to take it beyond the "hot/cold game" and use free shaping to train a WIDE variety of skills, tasks and complicated behaviors you can use (or need) for multiple sports, in a fraction of the time, and with much greater retention by the dog!

You will learn many reasons why EVERY dog and handler should have free shaping skills in their "training toolbox"! Like confidence building, teaching the dog to think and problem solve, making it easier to add verbal cues to behaviors, making behaviors themselves rewarding, excellent foundation skill to build on, and so much more!

I'll also cover how to control and prevent the number one issue with free shaping: A dog that just wants to randomly "throw behaviors" at you.

There will be a chance for everyone to practice some free shaping skills, so I need to know how many people plan to attend in advance. And I need to limit attendance to 40 to ensure enough time and space for everyone to get a chance to try it.

You do NOT want to miss this! It will give a ton of new and useful info to everyone from the very beginner trainer to folks with extensive training experience. And instructors will want to attend as well! It is also open to the general public so feel free to share with your friends and students.

This workshop is not likely to be added online, so don't miss it!

NOTE: This workshop is for human attendees only to learn about and work on their free shaping skills. No dogs needed.