She began to study them as soon as she could hold a leash. Her unique approach to training and living with them is called THE THIRD WAY. This program is highly effective, very easy to implement and exceptionally humane and dog-friendly. It results in dogs that are noticeably happier, more attentive and highly bonded and also have better and more reliable performance and competitive skills.

THE THIRD WAY’S Three Foundation Games are now well-known to the global dog community and are utilized more often than any other training program for getting dogs off to a great start! These games teach dogs that what they want is available through attentiveness and cooperation with people.

Chris has written a popular and widely-read Comprehensive Reference Book about her program and also wrote a series of articles for Front and Finish, a renowned dog training magazine. She was a charter board member of the prestigious International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. She was invited to be a member of the American Humane Association committee which built a code of ethics and guidelines for logical and humane dog training. Currently, Chris does seminars throughout the United States and Canada to teach people how to use THE THIRD WAY to its best advantage.

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, is home to Chris, her wonderful and supportive husband, Bill, and their precious pooches Border Collie, Stunner and Sheltie, Doozi.

Saturday, July 25^th, 2009

9:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.

There will be a mid-morning break, a lunch hour, and a mid-afternoon break.

     Introduction

     THE THIRD WAY Foundation
Ø    The “Touchstone”
Ø    The Foundation Games
Ø    Recipe for Attention

     The Three Elements of Teaching
Ø    Get it on a Voluntary Basis
Ø    Put it on Cue
Ø    Manage all other Possibilities

     Teaching vs. Problem Solving
Ø    Two Different Functions
Ø     Two Different Strategies

     Problem Solving
Ø    The Four Problem Solving Options
Ø    The Four Keys to Problem Solving
Ø    The Problem Solving Checklist

PREPARING FOR NOVICE

     The Magic Prop

     Teaching Heeling and Fronts
Ø    What it is
Ø    Where it is
Ø    How to find it
Ø    How to maintain it while moving

     Teaching Positions
Ø    Down
Ø    Stand

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

9:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.

There will be a mid-morning break, a lunch hour,  and a mid-afternoon break.

 PREPARING FOR OPEN

    Teaching the Retrieve
Ø    Hold
Ø    Deliver
Ø    Take it/Front
Ø    Games for speed and attitude

     Teaching Jumping
Ø    With the retrieve
Ø    Angle jumping
Ø    The Broad Jump
        â     Game to prevent corner-cutting

     Teaching the Drop on Recall
Ø    The moving down
Ø    Games for getting a great stop and drop

PREPARING FOR UTILITY

    Teaching Articles
Ø    Let the articles do the talking!

     Teaching the Directed Retrieve
Ø    Teaching “Mark it”
Ø    Proofing “Mark it”

     Teaching Go-Outs
Ø    The “Mission”
Ø    Keeping it in a straight line
Ø    The Turn and Sit
Ø    Combining Jumping w/Go-outs

Summary of Competition Training for Accuracy, Reliability and Relationship

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