In 2015 and 2016, John and Miya have already planned a full itinerary (including some new and exciting courses!)

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1 *New for 2015* For 2015/2016, John is very pleased to announce that he has teamed up with leading Chinese dog trainer, Miya Guo (who some of you may already have met in 2014). This arrangement brings together John s organisation in the UK, The Northern Centre for Canine Behaviour, and Miya s training organisation in China, Qing Lan International Canine Behaviour Centre. John and Miya have formed the first Anglo-Chinese dog training partnership and together they are likely one of the leading dog training/behaviour partnerships in the world today.

2 In 2015 and 2016, John and Miya have already planned a full itinerary (including some new and exciting courses!) Countries where John and Miya will be offering their unique approach to dog training and behaviour include: England, Wales, Belgium, Holland, New Zealand, Taiwan, China, India and the USA! Lots of others events/seminars/courses are also being planned this year: 1) John will be speaking at the APDT conference in New Zealand during May/June 2015 AND 2) John is booked at the PDTI (Pet Dog Training Institute) in the UK in April!

3 *Courses offered for 2015* Reactive Dog Weekend: New course! Description: Examines all of the reasons that dogs become over reactive and aggressive towards other dogs (mainly) and also scrutinises strategies that can be used to improve their behaviour. This course also looks at limitations on advice regarding dogs that display or use aggression (in the light of changing legislation in the UK - which deals with dangerous/out of control dogs in public and also private places). This course utilises selected reactive dogs in order to demonstrate various ways of measuring and diagnosing aggression and also uses these dogs to demonstrate behaviour modification and control training. Location: Nottingham (United Kingdom) Dates: April 18-19, 2015 Booking: Contact Bev & Marie via ( [email protected] ) 28 day Level 1 (of 5 total levels) Dog Training and Behaviour Course: Repeated again by demand! Description: This is the 3 rd time that this course will run and the first two sold out in a matter of hours after being advertised! We only take 24 students who are fully committed to learning the skills required of a professional dog trainer/behaviourist. There is a written and practical exam at the completion of the course and passing both exams gains entry on to the Level 2 course and so on leading to the ultimate certificate (Level 5) which is Master Dog Trainer. Location: Taichung, Taiwan Dates: April 22 May 19, 2015 Booking: For details visit ABRC website ( )

4 5 Day Canine Crime Scene Investigation Course (with a Survivor element added): New course! Description: 2.5 days of intensive training and then 2.5 days of using the dogs senses to not only solve a crime but also to aid in the participants survival! Bring no food or water for the final 2 days, your dog is responsible for your ultimate survival. This may soon become a TV series, so be the first to come and try it with your dog! No previous training required but please no dog or people aggressive dogs (as you will be working together in small teams). 1) First Location: Belgium Dates: June 10 14, 2015 Booking: Contact Redgy via ([email protected] ) 2) Second Location: Nottingham (United Kingdom) Dates: August 29 September 2, 2015 Booking: Contact Bev & Marie via ([email protected] ) Training Shelter Bull Breeds: New course! Description: This is a 3 day course where we will be taking dogs from a shelter and training them to carry out various exercises in order to make them more desirable to the general public. Location: Maastricht (Netherlands) Dates: June 26 28, 2015 Booking: Contact Eva via ( [email protected] )

5 4 Day Canine Crime Scene Investigation Course (with a Survivor element added): New course! Description: This is a 4 day version (of the five day CSI/Survivor Course) where the first two days will be spent on intensive training and the final two days solving a murder mystery and trying to survive. You will use the dogs senses to not only solve a crime but also to aid in the participants survival! No previous training required but please no dog or people aggressive dogs (as you will be working together in small teams). 1) First Location: Caersws, Wales (United Kingdom) Dates: July 2-5, 2015 Booking: Contact Gail via ( [email protected] ) 2) Second Location: Birmingham (United Kingdom) Dates: July 7-10, 2015 Booking: Contact Dawn via ([email protected] ) Take the Class: This class only runs once every five years! Description: This is John s 2 day intensive companion dog training class where we will gather together a group of beginner dogs and owners and put them through the basics of companion dog training including: stay, emergency stop, loose lead walking, out of sight recalls, play retrieve, Seek back (to find lost keys), and lots more. John stopped running one night a week dog training classes back in 1989 because the intensive training weekend produces better and faster results than an 8 week course of one night each week. Find out why by coming along to watch! Location: Birmingham (United Kingdom) Dates: July 11-12, 2015 Booking: Contact Dawn via ( [email protected] )

6 Ultimate Recall: Always popular and books quickly! Description: Skills taught on this course typically include 1) training a reliable, automatic, non-negotiable, reality recall 2) building block and foundation training of the recall 3) relationship/influence building in recall training 4) the chasing/emergency recall 5) sit and/or down on recall 6) freeze/stop on recall/running wait 7) distance/direction control 8) calling dogs off of distractions 9) out of sight recall (owner hidden) 10) obedience/competition recall (dog is called from a stationary position) 12) free running recall (dog is called while in motion) 13) type "A" recall (dog rejoins his owner in motion). Location: Nottingham (United Kingdom) Dates: July 23-26, 2015 Booking: Contact Bev & Marie via ( [email protected] ) Angels and Demons: A new favourite! Description: A course detailing John s (author of the very popular The Dog Vinci Code ) unique view on how to deal with problems in dog training classes and more importantly, solutions. Answers so simple even the dogs can understand them! Find out how you can take the Demons and turn them into Angels. Location: Andover, Hampshire (United Kingdom) Dates: September 12-13, 2015 Booking: Contact Pauline via ( [email protected] )

7 Clean Boot Tracking: A truly practical course! Description: This course ran for the first time in the UK in 2014, was a great success, and has now been run in various countries around the world. This is real tracking where the dog is actually trained to follow the scent of the tracklayer, unlike AKC or UK Kennel Club Working Trials where the dog is not actually trying to find the tracklayer. Clean boot tracking is great fun and much more practical than most forms of competition tracking for both the dog and handler! Location: Nottingham (United Kingdom) Dates: September 19-20, 2015 Booking: Contact Bev & Marie via ([email protected] ) A lot more dates and lectures being arranged in 2015/2016 so watch this space for postings! *Courses offered for 2016* 20 Day Dog Training and Behaviour Course: Last time offered! Description: Following yet another successful and sold out course in India in Jan 2015 this course is being offered one more time in Jan If you are serious about earning living training dogs, then this may be the course for you. Book early as this will fill quickly and many people were too late to get on the course this year once again! Location: Between Mumbai and Pune (India) Dates: January 3-22, 2016 Booking: Contact Shirin Merchant, KCAI via ( [email protected] )

8 *Correspondence Course News* John is still offering the full correspondence course for those students who attend the 20 day course in India. This comes as part of the 20 day course and is included in the cost. Because of John s increasing workload around the world it is no longer possible for him to mark students answers that they send in and spend time giving them feedback. The course is still very valuable information for anyone wanting to advance their knowledge of dogs especially those who are going through the British Kennel Club Accreditation for dog trainers and behaviourists and gives lots of food for thought with the searching questions it asks of the students. If you are seriously interested in obtaining the full, 20 unit correspondence course, then John is making it available for the unbelievable price of just 200 or $300. For this you will get the full 20 unit course, the only thing that is missing John s feedback.