Learn to play disc with your dog with world renowned Dog Sport Studio, Pawsitive Vybe.We have a deep understanding of positive dog training, throwing mechanics and the game of disc and are experts in dog behavior. Pawsitive Vybe delivers all the tools necessary for quality disc play.Catch the Pawsitive Vybe and learn more about the game of disc than you thought possible. Throwing, routine building, canine training, style development, safety and philosophy – This is the best Disc Dog learning experience out there, hands down.Mini-Clinics Seminars and Personal Lessons Available.
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Personal Lessons
1 Hour – $75 1/2 Hour – $40
Learn to get a handle on your Reactive Dog. Hold attention and desensitize your dog to the environment at the same time.This Learning Opportunity is geared towards handler’s who have an understanding of positive training. Leveraging our STARR, DOC and TLC protocols (If you have not clicked those links, you really should!), We can help you help your dog chill out in the presence of distractions.Help your dog develop Self Control and Self Discipline and gain the confidence necessary to handle the hard to handle dog.Mini-Clinics Seminars and Personal Lessons Available.
Reactive Dog Rehab Clinics and Seminars are focused on 4 areas:
Skinner vs Pavlov
Understanding the Principles of Classical (Pavlov) and Operant (Skinner) Conditioning is key to working with Reactive Dogs. Knowing how these two principles are applied on a situation by situation basis is key to the success of socialization and behavioral modification protocols.We eat, sleep and breathe this stuff and can break extremely technical concepts down into perfectly plain English.
STARR Protocol for Reactive Dog Management
Leslie McDevitt’s Look at That Game is the most important development in Positive Training for Reactive Dogs in the last 20 years. Ron has extensive experience working with this technique with his own dogs and also with his client’s dogs. Learn the technical aspects of the Look at That Game and the learning theory behind it.TLC for the Classical Condition
Unsolicited Eye Contact is also a key component of Reactive Dog Rehab. If you have to ask for your dog’s attention, you’re already behind the 8-ball. This skill builds self control and installs self discipline on your dog. Combined with the Look at That Game, it’s a powerful tool that tames that Beast at the End of your leash.DOC Environmental ManagementReactive Dogs require management as you help them develop their self control and self discipline. Ron has a pack of 11 dogs and integrates frequent reactive and troubled Foster Dogs into the Pawsitive Vybe Pack. Management is a key component of Rehabbing a Reactive Dog.
Personal Lessons
1 Hour – $75 1/2 Hour – $40
Working with Rescue Dogs is a challenge. Learn how to better manage, socialize and train rescue dogs through shaping and positive reinforcement.Rescue Dogs RULE!!!Utilizing the principles of positive training Pawsitive Vybe has become a goto resource for evaluation and rehabilitation of troubled Rescue Dogs. 10 of the 12 dogs at Pawsitive Vybe have been rescued and our satellite studios’ packs are mostly rescues as well.Seminars Mini-Clinics and Personal Lessons Available.
A Rescue Dog Mini-Clinic runs between 3-4 hours and is focused on 4 areas:
Skinner vs Pavlov
Understanding the Principles of Classical (Pavlov) and Operant (Skinner) Conditioning is key to rehabbing tough rescues. Knowing how these two principles are applied on a situation by situation basis is the key to the success of socialization and behavioral modification protocols.We eat, sleep and breathe this stuff and can break extremely technical concepts down into perfectly plain English.
Principles of Positive Training
Much has happened in the development of Positive Training in the last 10 years, and Pawsitive Vybe is at the forefront of this development.Learn to mark behaviors, control your rate of reinforcement and to establish easy to attain, yet challenging criteria to get better results in less time.
Shaping and Capturing
Most troubled Rescue Dogs often have serious confidence issues. It’s not enough to teach them what to do, we have to teach them to be confident in their decision making.The path to a confident dog is through capturing and shaping behavior, letting the dog make the decisions and reinforcing them appropriately.
Management and Structure
Much of what Rescue Dog People do is management based and it’s a great strength of people who dedicate their lives to rescuing dogs. Rescue People often miss out on structuring the situation for success. Learn how to be more clinical when addressing behavioral problems and fold your management into that structure.Personal Lessons
1 Hour – $50 1/2 Hour – $25
* This instruction has been deeply discounted for the Rescue Dog Community.
All Positive Training is not equal. Learn how to get the most out of your training. Understand and leverage the combined power of Classical and Operant Conditioning.Catch the Pawsitive Vybe!Pawsitive Vybe delivers a deep understanding of the principles of Positive Dog Training to all experience levels in a fresh and easy to understand manner. Get a fresh perspective on Positive Training theory and practical application.Mini-Clinics Seminars and Personal Lessons Available.
Positive Training Clinics and Seminars are focused on 4 areas:
Communicating Concepts
Learn more about the Positive Marker than you ever thought possible. The Positive Marker can and does do more than simply mark a behavior. The Positive Marker is capable of delivering great understanding about the root concepts of behavior. Do you know the difference between what your dog did and what he knows? Does your dog?Skinner vs Pavlov
Understanding the Principles of Classical (Pavlov) and Operant (Skinner) Conditioning is key to successful dog training. We eat, sleep and breathe this stuff and can break extremely technical concepts down into perfectly plain English.Opportunity and Variable Reinforcement
Dogs don’t earn the cookie, they earn the opportunity to get the cookie. A missed opportunity can be a more powerful motivator than a fat piece of steak. Learn how to use variable reinforcement to get your dog to work more for less.Freight Training:
Freight Training is creating a game out of nothing but reinforcement. Every behavior becomes, in and of itself, reinforcing. This creates a freight train effect, where the game builds momentum and cannot be stopped.Personal Lessons
1 Hour – $75 1/2 Hour – $40
Tugging is not tug of war!Teach your toy motivated dog to retrieve, drop, bite and to have patience in drive. Dogs can think when they’re losing their minds.A great motivator and positional tool, Bitework/Tugging has been used by dog Sport enthusiasts for a long time.Pawsitive Vybe takes a deep understanding of Positive Training and a fresh and creative perspective on Bitework and turns them into something else entirely – Bitework for Behavior.Get a bite, drop and a retrieve in moments and get them under pressure and in full on Drive.This is the learning experience for dog sport enthusiasts.Mini-Clinics Seminars and Personal Lessons Available.
Bitework for Behavior Clinics and Seminars are focused on 4 areas:
In Search of Operant Drive
Operant and Drive Do mix! Shaping and capturing can work while your dog is engaged in drive. Teaching your dog to think when he’s lost his mind is what this learning experience is all about.Jedi Mind Drop
In our brand of bitework, drop equals play. Your dog will learn to love to drop because dropping is the path to all things good in bitework. For those of you who are training geeks: Learn how to make the Drop a Conditioned Reinforcer.- Drop = Play
- You love to drop.
- Dropping as Conditioned Reinforcer
A conditioned reinforcer is a previously neutral stimulus. If the neutral stimulus is paired with a primary reinforcer it acquires the same reinforcement properties associated with the primary reinforcer.
Handler Focused Play
In the game of Tug of War, the focus of the game is on the target. In our flavor of bitework, the focus of the game is on the handler. Just as in good Positive Training, all reinforcement flows through the handler. Handler Focused Play is a key to attaining a state of Operant Drive.Freight Training
Freight Training is creating a game out of nothing but reinforcement. Every behavior becomes a secondary reinforcer – in and of itself, reinforcing. This creates a freight train effect, where the game builds momentum and cannot be stopped.Personal Lessons
1 Hour – $75 1/2 Hour – $40
Learn to throw discs to dogs with Pawsitive Vybe. Creative releases, throwing drills, placement and timing, all covered in this truly unique learning experience.Pawsitive Vybe has traveled all across North America and Europe teaching people how to throw discs to their dogs.We have an easy and simple learning through play philosophy that makes chucking plastic a cinch.Mini-Clinics and Personal Lessons Available.
A Throwing Mini-Clinic runs between 3-4 hours and is focused on 4 areas:
Before
After
Creative Releases
Learn at least 4 different creative releases and get the technical keys to ensure success. Learning through play is our philosophy and the games we play are a riot.Fidgets
Fidgets are tricks that help to add flash to your game and give you confidence in handling a disc. Pawsitive Vybe developed the concept of fidgets in the game of disc and we’re able to teach them quickly and efficiently.Placement and Timing
Your dog can’t jump if the disc isn’t in a good spot and a bad throw can make the best dog look painfully average. We has spent several years developing a framework for understanding disc placement and timing and we have the drills and knowledge to teach you what you need to know to make your dog look like a star.Distance
Add some yardage to your tosses. A picture’s worth a thousand words, so let’s look again.Want to learn how to throw like a pro? Personalized throwing instruction that takes into account your athletic history and is recognized across the planet as the gold standard of disc dog throwing instruction.
Personal Lessons
1 Hour – $75 1/2 Hour – $40
