Advances in technology, new ways of thinking about client compliance, and a structured approach to packaging separation anxiety services have made what once seemed nearly impossible – successful resolution of even severe separation anxiety cases – quite doable.
Join Gina Phairas of dog*tec and Malena DeMartini-Price, a California-based San Francisco SPCA Academy grad with over 10 years’ experience and several hundred successful separation anxiety cases under her belt, for the seminar. You’ll learn how to tackle separation anxiety with confidence, help more dogs, and boost your income with this rare and lucrative training niche.
On the training side, you’ll learn:
- The key components of successful separation anxiety case resolution.
- How to incorporate simple new technologies to make the work quicker and more accurate. (And don’t worry – you don’t have to be a techie.)
- How to set up training plans and create the proper environment for client compliance.
On the business side, you’ll learn:
- How to price, package, and schedule separation anxiety to provide maximum support to the client and be properly compensated for all aspects of working these complex cases.
- Easy, inexpensive (even free) marketing strategies to take specific advantage of this rare training niche.
You CAN Fix the Unfixable!
DAY ONE
The Challenges of Separation Anxiety
Separation Anxiety Diagnosis, Prognosis and Client Interviews
Structuring & Scheduling Your Work
SA Treatment Plans: What Works and What Doesn’t
Making the Sale: Pricing, Packaging, Policies & Selling Points
DAY TWO
Board & Train As A Treatment Strategy
Using Technology To Improve Treatment Efficiency
Training & Technology
Marketing Your Separation Anxiety Niche Holistic And Pharmacological Support
Executing Your Marketing Plan
CEUs
CCPDT
6 CEUs per day (12 for the weekend) for CDPT-KA and CPDT-KSA
IAABC
3.5 CEUs per day (7 for the weekend)
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Malena DeMartini-Price, CTC:
Malena De Martini-Price is renowned in the dog-training world for her expertise on canine separation anxiety disorder. She is an honor’s graduate of the esteemed San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers, where she studied under Jean Donaldson, and is a member of the Association for Pet Dog Trainers (APDT).
Malena has been training dogs professionally for over 10 years, and in this time, she has worked one-on-one with hundreds of separation anxiety cases. Her particular strength lies in reading the subtleties of dog body language and guiding owners patiently and with great enthusiasm through the gentle process of healing their dogs. Today, her practice is focused exclusively on the disorder. When she isn’t working with dog owners in person, she counsels, lectures, and writes to further develop awareness and comprehension of this agonizing behavioral disorder.
Malena lives in Northern California with her husband Kevin—also a certified dog trainer—their two rescue dogs, Leia and Tini, and their forever-hungry cat, Kana, who by all estimations will live to be a hundred.
Gina Phairas, BSC Comms, CTC:
Gina Phairas is one of the forces behind dog*tec, the dog pro industry’s leading business consultancy. A former instructor at the San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers, where she helped trainers learn to teach successful classes, Gina develops products that help trainers succeed in their businesses and works one-on-one with dog pros as a business and case coach. She is a dynamic speaker and gifted teacher who has taught workshops across the country. Gina previously ran a successful dog training business of her own and consulted nationally for shelters and rescue groups.
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Registration includes: seminar support materials, beverages and snacks. Lunch is on your own.
CUMMING, GA:
- $160 – Two days, register and pay on or before
April 30, 2012
- $210 – Two days, register and pay after April
30, 2012
- $100 – One day, register and pay on or before
April 30, 2012
- $125– One day, register and pay after April 30, 2012
NOVATO, CA:
- $160 – Two days, register and pay on or before
June 30, 2012
- $210 – Two days, register and pay after June
30, 2012
- $100 – One day, register and pay on or before
June 30, 2012
- $125– One day, register and pay after June 30, 2012
Group discounts for auditors available for more than 3 participants from the same business/shelter. Contact
Dana Crevling to find out more.
Registration ends 5 days prior to the event or when registration limit is met. Registration at the door may be available depending on space. Check back at this page for walk-in registration information after preregistration ends. There will be a $10/day additional charge for walk-in registration if available.
You may pay for tuition by:
- Personal or Bank Check
- PayPal - using your account or opening a new account
- Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover through PayPal's secure system
Complete payment information will come up on the screen after you complete registration. General Payment Information
If the seminar does not meet the minimum (35 participants) and must be cancelled, currently registered participants will be refunded the full amount without penalty. Please familiarize yourself with the Registration/ Refund Policy and the Waiver before signing up.
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Georgia Location:
Lanier Technical College, Forsyth
Conference Center
7745 Majors Road
Cumming, GA 30041
Directions going North:
• 400 North
• Take Exit 13, Route 141
• Right onto Route 141
• Right onto Ronald Reagan Boulevard
• Entrance to Forsyth Conference Center is before intersection of Majors Road
on the right
Directions going South:
• Take Exit 13, Route 141
• Left onto Route 141
• Right onto Ronald Reagan Boulevard
• Entrance to Forsyth Conference Center is before intersection of Majors Road
on the right
Hotels:
If you are attending a non-working seminar. Make sure you understand ALL the fees and restrictions. Policies and rates may change.
- Comfort Suites
905 Buford Road, Cumming, GA 30041 Ph: 770-889-4141
www.choicehotels.com/hotel/ga030
Block is reserved until May 15, 2012 - DOGSOFCOURSE
$79/night plus tax. Includes breakfast.
Pets are $25.00 per night, per pet
- Holiday Inn Express
and Suites/ Cumming
870
Buford Hwy., Cumming, Ga 30041 Ph: 678-845-7100
http://www.hiexpress.com/cummingga
$85/night plus tax. Includes breakfast, No pets.
- Hampton Inn
915 Ronald Reagan Blvd, Cumming, GA 30014 Ph:
770-889-0877
Area Airports:
- Atlanta, GA - about 50 minute drive
California Location:
Marin Humane Society
171 Bel Marin Keys Blvd
Novato, CA 94949
Directions:
From
Northbound Hwy 101:
Exit Bel Marin Keys Blvd., turn left at first light up toward Bel Marin Keys
Blvd., turn right at Bel Marin Keys Blvd.; at the bottom of the overpass, turn
left at the signal light into our entrance.
From Southbound Hwy 101:
Exit Bel Marin Keys Blvd., go east over the freeway; at the bottom of the
overpass, turn left at the signal light into our entrance.
Hotels:
If you are attending a non-working seminar. Make sure you understand ALL the fees and restrictions. Policies and rates may change.
Inn Marin
250 Entrada Dr, Novato, CA
(415) 883-5952
2 minutes away
Pet friendly; $20/night pet fee
From $139/night
Econo Lodge Inn & Suites
275 Alameda del Prado, Novato, CA
(415) 883-2406
2 minutes away
No pets
From $75/night
Best Western Plus Novato Oaks Inn
215 Alameda Del Prado, Novato, CA
(415) 883-4400
3 minutes away
No pets
From $129/night
America's Best Value Inn
7600 Redwood Blvd, Novato, CA
(415) 892-7500
6 minutes away
Pets in 1st floor rooms. $10/night pet fee
From $70/night
San Francisco-Days Inn Novato
8141 Redwood Blvd, Novato, CA 94945
(415) 897-7111
8 minutes away
Pet friendly. $10/night pet fee
From $80/night
Area Airports:
- Oakland International Airport - 38 miles
away
- San Francisco International Airport - 38
miles away
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No audio or videotaping please. This is a non-working seminar. Please leave your dogs at home.
