TACT: A Training Program for Dogs that Are Fearful or Reactive Toward People

TACT: A Training Program for Dogs that Are Fearful or Reactive Toward PeopleAuthor: Emma Parsons & Julie Robitaille Format: DVD, 5 discs, NTSC format Running Time: 5 hours, 10 minutes Bonus Materials: 115 page workbook in PDF format Release Date: 2011 Positive, practical training solutions for the most challenging canine behaviour problems! TACT, Touch Associated Clicker Training, is an innovative new training methodology that creatively combines the science and art of learning theory, clicker training, and massage therapy.

Author: Emma Parsons & Julie Robitaille
Format: DVD, 5 discs, NTSC format
Running Time: 5 hours, 10 minutes
Bonus Materials: 115-page workbook in PDF format
Release Date: 2011

Positive, practical training solutions for the most challenging canine behaviour problems!

TACT, Touch Associated Clicker Training, is an innovative new training methodology that creatively combines the science and art of learning theory, clicker training, and massage therapy. This unique approach is used specifically to rehabilitate and prevent shy, fearful, reactive, and aggressive behavior in dogs and puppies. TACT incorporates ritualized protocols designed with safety, structure, and predictability.

This 5-DVD set and the 115-page companion PDF workbook teaches both pet owners and experienced canine professionals how to:

·         Desensitize a dog’s fear of people and new environments

·         Build confidence and coping skills, while changing the emotional response in fearful dogs

·         Provide structure, bringing predictability to the dog’s life 

·         Develop and deepen the canine/human relationship

·         Recognize canine body language and use this knowledge to set dogs up for success

·         Implement an effective home and real world management program 

·         Develop a two-way communication system between dog and handler

·         Provide a plan for healthy self-care through the TACT Caregivers Fatigue program

About the Authors
Emma Parsons has been training dogs for more than 20 years, and is currently the Canine Behaviour Training Consultant for the VCA Rotherwood Animal Hospital in Newton, MA. Her training service, The Creative Canine, specializes in managing and rehabilitating the reactive and aggressive dog. Emma is a faculty member of Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training & Behavior as well as of the Karen Pryor Clicker training-sponsored Clicker Expo conferences. She gives “Click to Calm” seminars around the world, teaching others how to manage and rehabilitate reactive and aggressive dogs. Emma also teaches reactive dog classes at Masterpeace Dog Training in Franklin, MA, and Control Unleashed® classes at the MSPCA in Methuen, MA. She is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), the International Association of Animal Behaviour Consultants (IAABC), and the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors (NADOI).

Julie Robitaille, CAMT, CPDT-KA, is the founder of Animal Wellness Massage Therapy and Touch Click Calm, LLC, and is a Certified Small Animal Massage Therapist and a Certified Pet Dog Trainer. She is a graduate of the Bancroft School of Massage Therapy and completed an internship at Sterling Impressions Animal Rehabilitation Center of New England where she currently works as a contractor. Julie is best known for her work in reactive and aggressive canine behavior modification/rehabilitation and is the co-founder of the TACT, Touch Associated Clicker Training, methodology. Julie has been an assistant instructor to Emma Parsons, author of Click to Calm: Healing the Aggressive Dog, in her reactive dog training classes and seminars for nearly four years.