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No Dog Required!
This workshop offers a unique and highly effective approach: you won't bring your dog. Why? Because it's all about supercharging YOUR training abilities.
By removing the distractions of working with dogs in a group, you can fully immerse yourself in the learning process. This focused environment means you'll develop skills that make your future training sessions faster, clearer, and far more creative.
Prepare to gain the knowledge and tools for truly amazing results when you return to working with your dog. They'll thank you for it!
Add-On PORTL Equipment
Enhance your learning and keep practicing after the workshop with PORTL equipment, available for purchase during registration. A limited number of PORTL Kits and Manuals will also be sold at the event.
PORTL Manual: This comprehensive 200-page manual is your guide to understanding behavior and boosting your training with PORTL. It includes over 40 exercises to deepen your skills. Get it for just $25 (usually $40).
PORTL Kit: Save time and effort with a ready-made PORTL kit! Inside, you'll find a helpful collection of over 30 small objects, a clicker, reinforcer blocks, cue cards, and a convenient storage pouch. We've included a variety of objects to help you teach many of the behaviors covered in the manual. All this for only $15 (usually $18).
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Mary Hunter - Bio:
Mary Hunter has a Master of Science in Behavior Analysis from the University of North Texas, where she focused on animal behavior and training with Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz. She also obtained a biology degree from the University of Chicago.
Mary is dedicated to the science of animal training, emphasizing smarter and more humane techniques. She offers training and behavior services for diverse species, mainly dogs and horses, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Additionally, Mary teaches undergraduate and graduate courses as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Behavior Analysis at the University of North Texas.
In 2019, Mary co-authored "PORTL: The Portable Operant Research and Teaching Lab" with Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz. This book offers a series of exercises for a tabletop game designed to teach shaping and other principles of behavior analysis. She also conducts online "Shaping Skills Workshops" via her company, Behavior Explorer. Additionally, Mary serves as the president of The Art and Science of Animal Training, a nonprofit focused on animal training education.
Her diverse experience includes training numerous species and extensive involvement in animal welfare. She is an active member of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, where she regularly presents her research on animal training and teaching methods.
She also shares regularly about her training adventures and the science of training on her blog, StaleCheerios.com.