Motorcycles Make Terrible School Buses: Selecting the Right Dog for Your Goals
Motorcycles make terrible school buses. Even a smidgen of common sense makes that clear. Nothing wrong with either school buses or motorcycles. They are simply built for different purposes.
The same is true of dogs. Breed reputations and impressive pedigrees describe populations of dogs, not individuals. Some dogs from that famous working line or from that titled litter or the result of a custom blend of breeds will do the thing you’d like the dog to do. Reality check: some dogs – regardless of breed, group, background, parentage – won’t be able to do the job.
On Wednesday, September 23 find where the real trouble lives between you and your dog. Suzanne Clothier’s clear-eyed look at fit, connection, and repair in a 60-minute live webinar, plus Q&A.
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The question is never “Is this a good dog?”
The important question: “Is this a good dog for this sport, this goal, this life?”
The answer is not found in generalizations or statistics, but in observable behavior. What does suitability actually look like?
In this webinar, Suzanne Clothier applies CARAT™ (Clothier Animal Response Assessment Tool) to the practical challenge of selecting a puppy or dog for your goals, whether that’s competitive sports, working roles, or a full family life.
Getting good answers requires good questions. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to sort what is truly non-negotiable for your goals, what would merely be nice to have, and where you can be flexible. A dog unsuitable for one task may be ideal for another. The motorcycle isn’t broken just because it can’t carry forty kids.
You’ll also learn:
- How CARAT’s bi-directional scoring reveals patterns of behavior based on observed behaviors, not labels
- Principles of good testing: novel and naive settings, freedom to choose, unprompted responses, and why food and toys stay out of the picture first
- Cautions when evaluating breeders and litters
Video footage of puppy evaluations and a real-world case study of a successful working K9 selected using these principles show how observation-based selection translates into a genuine partnership.
If you would like to get this webinar, all the recorded webinars AND future webinars, you can subscribe to the RCT Reference Collection – there is a monthly or annual option that will give you access to live webinars, as well as the whole library of recorded webinars.
NOTE: This product is purchased through Thinkific. When you click to purchase, a new window will open for that site, where you will need to create an account or log-in to your existing Thinkific account to complete the purchase.
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