Do you live or work with a dog that gets too excited and jumps, mouths, or scratches, people, destroys furniture and objects, or struggles with separation anxiety?

 

If we don't do anything, these behaviors can become problematic for dogs and humans... It can lead to changing our daily routines to accommodate our dog's behavior, fewer interactions or outings for the dog, or the dog being surrendered to an animal shelter or rehomed.

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However, there is good news! When our dogs behave like this, they are telling us something important - that we have something they really want... OUR AFFECTION!

 

To fulfill the dog's needs and teach more desirable behaviors, we can give the dog what they want, our affection, for doing easier and more desirable behavior that we want. And we have the perfect training technique to do this!

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Constructional Affection is a training procedure that uses affection in the form of gentle petting and stroking as a reinforcer to build desirable behavior and interactions. Constructional Affection is the first and only method available that teaches humans how impactful our daily interactions can be in establishing our relationships with our animal companions and how to harness our affection to shape desirable behavior. 

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The benefits of Constructional Affection include:

• Build mutually enjoyable relationships between dogs and the people who care for them

• Establish clear communication with our dogs

• Build a foundation for a better live with our dogs

• Solve problem behaviors that are maintained by human interaction

• Help with separation anxiety

• Teach dog how to relax in many settings

• Help shelter dogs get adopted and stay adopted

• It is fun and easy for everyone!

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Constructional Affection has been able to successfully help dogs and their family establish the kinds of relationships they always dreamed of. It also has helped shelter dogs learn the kinds of behaviors that get them adopted and stay adopted. ​

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​We will teach you the process and the training technique in a step-by-step fashion!​​​​​

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Class Description

 

In this class, you will learn the fundamental knowledge and skills of the Constructional Affection!

 

• How to train based on the Constructional Approach

• When and what kind of animals we can use Constructional Affection for

• Goals of the Constructional Affection

• How to do the Interaction Guidelines

• How to plan Affection Loop

• How to do Affection Loop

• Decision-making during the Constructional Affection

• How to live a Constructional Affection lifestyle

• Receive individual feedback and advice from Sean and Maasa and implement and revise Constructional Affection with your own animal

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This is an interactive project-based online class. Listening to the lecture only will not help you gain the knowledge and skills. We included many interactive exercises to support your learning, as well as class assignment in each class, where you can practice the skills you learn in the class. Let's learn and think together and apply what you learn with your animal with Sean and Maasa's support! We do our best to create a learning environment where you can easily ask any questions, so we encourage all the questions and discussions! 

 

You can learn these content only from CAAWT, and what you learn are lifetime skills.

Let's learn how to create an affectionate and mutually enjoyable relationship together!

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Constructional Affection is a training program we offer when training with shelter dogs. Here are two success stories of shelter dogs, Sammy and Caramel, who were thought to be difficult to get adopted, learned desirable behaviors through Constructional Affection and found their forever home!​