Canine - Human Relationship Institute

I cannot count the number of times I have taught this Course over the years.

Course I: Fundamentals of Relationship Based Behavior Modification and Training. It is exactly what is in the name.

Where: online.

When: 3 hours a day starting at 10 am to 1:00 pm Central time. This time allows everyone in Europe, Africa, and North and South America to attend.

What days: July 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29. The first three days are almost all lecture time explaining as much about the base of canines including history, morphology, senses, language, psychology of humans vs. dogs, communication methods, and on and on. The last 5 days are assignments given to work and record you and your dog working specifics and recording it. Then I analyze each second of everyone’s videos for your benefit.

While this is a fundamental class for all proceeding courses at the Institute, this is also a stand alone Course for anyone that wants to understand more about dogs and how to actually begin to reach them better, become more effective, and have better results.

This course is offered in person and on line. Each has similar features but are unique in ex*****on.

If you are interested, curious, or just wish to know more about dogs and their human connection, this is the beginning. This information will help you, regardless of your method, philosophy, or techniques. There is no requirement to continue studies afterwards, although most find so much value that they do continue to some point.

There are limited openings for the online classes, however there are still a few slots left for this class.

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What’s on my mind, the empty FB box asks.

What is on my mind is my slight change of perspective from the past 3 years of teaching courses a different way.

For those of you who have had classes and courses from me, for the past couple of decades, if you haven’t been to any classes in the past three years, it is different.

I have been teaching a number of subjects, to people, for more than 40 years now. Teaching thousands of humans. Looking back, it has always been about reaching people. Mentally, physically, and psychologically. Facts are only a tiny part of teaching. The experience of the students and their perspective changes, what they absorb into who they are is the most important aspect. Period. It isn’t about ME. And for those of you teaching some subject or technique to others, it isn’t about you either. It is about “it”. What is that? “It” isn’t a thing, a technique, or your popularity. “It” is as much depth into changing people’s understanding and perspective as you can possibly pour something out for them.

Every class I have had the honor of teaching, over the past 3 years has been better and better. How? Because I am focused not on the outline, but on reaching every person. The depth you need to go to in order to reach someone has nothing to do with the subject matter you are presenting. It has to do with reaching into your soul, with everything you can, and wear yourself out to share.

That is what inspires me. Not the feedback and popularity. Because I rarely get either and that is not what I seek anyway.

With all of that said, the culmination of this time period mentioned above, came coming home from teaching the two courses in Canada this past week. I reflected on the actual feedback from the students on how they absorbed and changed. It came from the all evening long, deep, discussions with students. The questions asked, and the conversations had. It was humbling to realize their trust in what I am teaching and the knowledge and experience I have gained, over my lifetime, that I am able to share reality to them.

In short, I am truly humbled and honored to realize those of you who have taken your time and efforts to learn from me. It seems almost empty to say “thank you, I am honored and I appreciate you more than you can imagine”. But those are the only words I have to give to you in the moment.

Sincerely

I got back home after a little over a week in Canada teaching. Two classes.

Great people, great dogs, tons of learning and change. Completely engaged people. It was a fantastic time and I was honored to work with all of them.

I want to thank each of you who assisted and participated in both classes. I look forward to working with all of you again, soon.

Course I and Art of Leash Handling.

Teaching and talking from 8:00 am to between 11:00 pm - 1 am.

We forgot to get a group photo of all of the people in the first course!

Ask these people what they learned.

I was very busy today. Came downstairs, out in back with the dogs. Our pre-feeding rituals and work. Came in. Started preparing the dogs’ food (Catfish and other stuff). All the dogs go to their normal waiting locations except for Bosch. Bosch always goes to one of two places in the den. Not today. He came in and laid between me and the sink cabinet where I was cutting up the Catfish. He deliberately placed his paw on my right foot. Left it there until I finished cutting up everything. Then he pulled it off of the top, sniffed my boot and laid his head on it. He has never laid here before. Ever.

As a service dog, Bosch is extremely sensitive and has the best innate situational awareness of any dog I’ve have ever encountered.

My right foot has been throbbing all day. Painful. Hobbling around, using a trek pole to walk with some of the times. It has been broken, probably in a couple of places for over a month. The past three days, before today, I was doing a lot of physical things. Even with the foot killing me.

Bosch knows. He sees it, senses it, smells it, sees the heat difference. That’s my boy. I snapped this photo right before I moved.

Why don’t I advertise? Why don’t I market? Our students, professional trainers and canine enthusiasts, are our ads and marketing. If you ask them what each course is about, and what they learned, they are hard pressed to define each course in an “elevator speech” amount of time. Each course is a deep study of a broad range of canine - human aspects. If you really understand dogs in human’s hands, the human is 50% of the equation of the pair. Not more, not less. If the human can comprehend a much deeper and broader problem solving partnership with a dog, the outcome will always be better for both.

That is what we teach. The most in-depth understanding of you and the dog possible. If you are truly wanting to be the best professional, handler or enthusiast, consider asking our CHRI students.

Shortly, we will be posting interviews from various levels of our students and colleagues. We hope these will provide better clarity.

Kate, the watcher. She is 15 months old today. Took her with me on a few errands. She is maturing nicely. Everywhere we went into she was making great decisions. A really nice day.

Good girl Kate.

Tonight. Kate. Smart girl. I taught her how to close and shut a door. Front door, back door, refrigerator door. Any door if I ask her.

How long did it take? About 10 seconds. 2 times. She got it. We went to different doors. How does this happen. Capturing behaviors all the time. Then putting them together in a sequence to use for a specific purpose. That is how I train dogs. You have to be aware and present all the time. If a dog gives you a behavior on its own purpose, it already agrees with it. Now you simply agree and ask it to do it again. You just have to see the whole picture for years ahead.

Sounds simple, right? It’s not if you don’t know how that works in the dog’s brain. That is what I teach.

Seems if you want to be famous and popular with tons of followers in any pursuit, this is one of the most important ingredients.

This girl. Katherine the Great. Kate once again alerted on my wife when she got home around noon. She was right. High blood sugar. Bosch corroborated after. Blood testing after they alerted on her. They were right. Of course.

For medical alert dogs, this is normal. Having two in a house, well, that is special. At least for us.

Worked with Toffee this morning.

This is an amazing soul. Yes she is a dog, a Shepherd, but she is definitely a uniquely pro-social animal. She has “raised” several puppies and dogs as “mom” to help teach them proper behaviors. She is immediately recognized as that by the incoming dogs. Bosch, Maisie, Candy, Kate have all been her “pups” in development.

I have to say she is the most prescient, brilliant dog I have ever had the honor of having. I routinely say she is the smartest dog I have ever encountered, out of many thousands I have had and worked with. I regularly call her an alien being, because she doesn’t match up with any other dog in her cognitive abilities.

With all of that, she is a homebody. Other than going in the car, and being at the CHRI center, she prefers to be home.

I rank her as #1 in cognition of all dogs I have ever had. I rank Bosch the world famous service dog, as #2. Bosch is brilliant in a completely different way. They think! And they are right.