I AM OFFERING THE ENGLISH VERSION OF MY SUCCESSFUL ONLINE COURSE OF ANIMAL TRAINING IN PROTECTED CONTACT, WHICH I PRESENTED AT THE MET CONFERENCE IN MARCH 2025.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN CREATING AN ENGLISH VERSION, PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL TRAININGISDIALOGUE@GMAIL.COM

Details of the course

Training course through the contact barrier - or "separated and yet closer to each other"

A course of a specific form of positive animal training led by professional trainer RNDr. František Šusta, PhD., author of the books Training is a conversation... and others.

Who is the course suitable for: Basically for any human-dog pair, including those who live together in a normal, problem-free relationship. For such people, the course will simply bring "something new" and a new, interesting form of work. However, it will be very useful for owners of shy or aggressive dogs, for whom touching or procedures such as eye or ear drops, teeth cleaning, claw correction, etc. are a problem... And especially for owners of adopted animals dealing with difficult experiences from the past.

Motivation:

Do you want to try something new, learn the skills of a "zoo trainer" and at the same time teach yourself and your dog a very useful form of cooperation that surprisingly GIVES THE ANIMAL CONFIDENCE, FREEDOM AND A REALLY POSITIVE TRAINING ATTITUDE? So come and learn the so-called protected contact together. Training through a barrier is a very common form of work with zoo animals and for the layman it may give the impression that it is cowardice on the part of the trainer. In reality, however, a barrier provides a sense of security to the animal more and therefore even shy individuals cooperate much better through it. Behind the barrier, usually a contact grid, the animal has its own SAFE PLACE where no one can interfere.

No form of pressure can be applied to him and he can freely give START and STOP at any time through it. In protected contact, pet trainers manage a number of treatments from Claw Trimming, Eye Drops and Teeth Cleaning to Blood Collection and Injections. So why not get inspired for our life with a dog even if we are not afraid of each other?

However, this form of work without the possibility of interfering with the animal's space has its own peculiarities and procedures, as well as the basics that should not be underestimated at the beginning. In this course, I will share with you my experience from training various species in protected contact, procedures from other colleagues from abroad and together we will apply everything to our dogs.

Course format: The course takes place over two months in three meetings of an eighteen-member group via Zoom (you keep the recording) and then in an individual consultation between the lecturer and each participant. As part of this consultation, each participant can send a video of their training with questions to the lecturer once after each joint meeting and receive feedback and answers (i.e. a total of max. 3 consultations for the entire course). If the participant agrees, their video can be discussed directly at the next meeting on Zoom. EVERY DOG IS DIFFERENT AND I EXPECT THAT WE WILL TOGETHER FIND PROCEDURES THAT ARE RIGHT FOR YOU.