
Stage One: Behaviour Dog Parent Training (BDPT-S1)
By the end of BDPT-Stage One, you will have learned:
- The roles you need to perform to help your dog as found in our ACCEPT© Model
- Identify triggers and set a strategy
- Expectations set for your investment of time and energy
- The layout of each of our eight sessions
- How dogs change their behaviour
- Begin to build your 'Calming Toolkit'
You will be able to:
- Motivate your dog to learn, listen and calm themselves
- Understand the foundations around how to change your dog
All downloadable worksheets, tools and files for BDPT - Stage One are found below. To understand their use and to apply them properly please watch all the lectures contained in the course.
18 Lessons
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Downloadable Files

Daily Journal Tracking
How success is achieved through self-tracking to escalate and creates precision focus on progress.
ACCEPT© Model

ACCEPT© Model & the Roles to Change Your Dog for Life
Introduces various roles a dog parent must play in order to become the best caregiver.
The Impact of Fear & Force

Why Force Undermines Your Parenting Role
Brings awareness and insight into what force is, what it does to human-dog relationships and popular beliefs
Suspending Triggers & Calming the Mind

The Basics of Triggers
To understand what triggers are and asks parents to create a list of triggers.
Trigger Worksheet Assignment
An assignment to help dog parents identify triggers their dog may have and is essential to develop strategies in following lessons

Practical: Manage Stage and the Build Stage
The two equally important strategies to support behaviour change.
Making Learning a Happy Place

Motivating Your Dog With Recipe Included
Dog parents learn all about motivating their dogs to find joy in learning with them.

The Power of Puzzles
Dog parents gain an understanding of enrichment through puzzle play

Practical: Nurturing Problem-Solving Skills and Mental Stimulation
Dog parents apply teaching and coaching best practices for enriching problem-solving.

More Games ...
Explore new games to provide teaching and coaching opportunities, while creating enrichment in the dog's life.
The Power of Your Voice

Introduction to CPM

Canine Paralanguage Method (CPM)
This lesson teaches how our voice and expression can deliver a type of therapy add-on to support behaviour change and deepen our bond with our dogs.
Practical: CPM and Psychophysiology Tool Creation
Games that Teach and Calm
Practical: Basic Level for Strengthening Impulse Control
Dog Parents begin to put in place impulse control. This foundational level will be built upon throughout this course until Mastery is achieved.
Practical: Intermediate Level for Strengthening Impulse Control
In Real-Time: Teaching Leave-it & Quiz

Practical: Beginner & Intermediate Touch
Learn how to teach Touch the PivotalChange.ca way - it different and works on building your relationship

Self-Assessment for Stage 2 Readiness
Introduction to stage one metrics and self tracking dashboard