Speaker Schedule
October 18
1 / Andre Yeu, CPDT-KA, KPA, TAG
Title: Opening Keynote - Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight
2 / Sean Will & Maasa Nishimuta
Title: Unlocking Happiness: Understanding Emotions from a Dog's Perspective
3 / Dr. Linda Randall, DVM, KPA-CTP & Kathie Nurena, M.D., KPA-CTP, CNWI
Title: Talking Trauma Informed Care: From the Medical Office to the Training Floor
4 / Tiffany Chen
Title: How to create content for social media to attract your ideal client and grow your business
5 / Risë VanFleet, PhD, RPT-S, CDBC, CAEBI
Title: Building Reciprocity into Human-Canine Relationships: Considerations of Empathy, Empowerment, and Enthusiasm in Dogs’ Lives
6 / Ferdie Yau, MA, CPDT-KA
Title: Resilience Conditioning in Shelter Dogs: Building Bounce Back for Life in the Real World
7 / Emma Parsons, KPA-CTP, CDBC
Title: The New Click to Calm!
8 / Karen Deeds, CDBC
Title: Multiple Marker Cues for Behavior and Beyond
October 19
1 / Sassafras Lowrey, CPDT-KA, CTDI
Title: LGBTQ Sensitivity for Dog Trainers: Being inclusive and welcoming to LGBTQ+ Dog Owners
2 / Allie Bender, CDBC, CPBT-KA, SBA
Title: Upleveling Your Dog Training Business Using an Enrichment Framework
3 / Ferdie Yau, MA, CPDT-KA
Title: Digging into Aggression Cases? Growing Your Skills to Treat Aggressive Behavior in Dogs
4 / Mandy Eakins, CPDT-KA, KPA CTP
Title: Be a Dog Trainer They Said...
5 / Panel: Tiffany Chen, Andre Yeu, and Josh Boutelle
Title: From Snail Mail to Email to In Your DMs: The Evolution of Marketing Tactics
6 / Emma Parsons, KPA-CTP, CDBC
Title: The Faulty Behavior Chain: Why the Order We Teach Matters
7 / Sean Will & Maasa Nishimuta
Title: Gimme Shelter: Enhancing the Lives of Animals and the People Who Care for Them with a Constructional Approach
8 / Dr. Amy Learn, VMD, DACVB, IAABC-CABC
Title: Home Alone: How to Help Your Canine Patients Survive Being Alone
9 / Josh Boutelle, CDBC, CSAT
Title: Marketing Good Education While Marketing Your Business
10 / Sassafras Lowrey, CPDT-KA, CTDI
Title: Trick Training
October 20
1 / Emily Dutrow, Ph.D.
Title: Domestic Dog Lineages Reveal Genetic Drivers of Behavioral Diversification
2 / Marsha Penner, Ph.D., KPA-CTP, CPDT-KA
Title: 'Impulse Control' from a Neuroscience Perspective
3 / Dr. Amy Learn, VMD, DACVB, IAABC-CABC
Title: The Mysterious World of Canine Health and Behavior: How the Body and Brain Work Together.
4 / Laurie Williams, CPDT-KA CCUI CTDI
Title: Small Dog Big Feelings - Working with Fear, Shyness, and Reactivity in Small Dogs
5 / Megan Stanley, CPDT-KA, CBCC-KA
Title: Building Puppy Programs for Lifelong Clients
6 / Simon Gadbois, Ph.D.
Title: Closing Keynote - Incentive Motivation and Incentive Learning: Can We Train Motivation?