COURSES

You will find here the different training I had in the animal area, by chronological order.

I truly think it’s essential for an animal behaviour consultant or a dog trainer to regularly update their knowledge and continue our education, by taking training courses, on-site or online. I make sure to train with professionals using only science based-> positive -> force free -> fear free methods.

2025

Hoover dogs: stop your dog from scavenging: Webinar with Simone Mueller

2024

Detecting pain and discomfort in dogs:

Course offered by Divergent dog behaviour, 3 modules to learn how pain can affect our dog’s behaviour. Learn techniques for investigating pain, sharing findings with their care team, & implementing non-medical pain management strategies. With guest speakers Dr. Paxton & Dr. Silberstang.

2022-2023

AGRESSION IN DOGS: master course

Course completed in May 2023

This master course by Mike SHIKASHIO covers 23 modules about reactive and agressive dogs.

Dog to dog aggression

Webinar by Mike SHIKASHIO

Recognizing pain in dogs

Online course offered by Dr Debbie GROSS TORRACA on Michael SHIKASHIO’s « agressive dog » platform.

2021

Aggression in dogs conference 2021

Second annual online conference about Aggression in dogs, dedicated to helping dogs with aggression issues. Live talks with canine and animal behaviour experts, such as Mickael SHIKASHIO, Grisha STEWART, Chirag PATEL, Trish McMillan, Chris PACHEL… (speakers list)

Program CLICK HERE

Treat retreat

« HELP FOR THE SOCIALLY SHY DOG ». This online course is about how to train fearful, anxious and shy dogs, to give them new skills and help them feel better and make good choices. Suzanne CLOTHIER and Michael SHIKASHIO are two renown dog experts and work with positive methods. Suzanne CLOTHIER believes in giving the dog a choice, by teaching him new skills, at his own pace.

Clicker expo 2021

This edition of the famous clicker expo, offered by KAREN PRYOR ACADEMY, was on line, due to COVID 19. 3 days of conferences, learning lab, dem-oh and webinars with international dog experts such as Ken RAMIREZ, Michael SHIKASHIO, Chirag PATEL, Emma PARSONS, Debbie MARTIN, Susan G FRIEDMAN and many others.

Program : click here

2020

International dog trainers winter summit

This online event was organized by Dr Ian DUNBAR, world renowned behaviour veterinary, in December 2020. Every day for 25 days, an international dog expert offered an online and live conference. Speakers such as Michael SHIKASHIO, Ian DUNBAR, Moïra Hechenleitner, Grisha STEWART.. talked about dog agression, separation anxiety, K9 sports, online consults,…

Agression in dogs

Online training with Michael Shikashio and Trish Mc Millan, world famous dog trainers and dog behaviourists, especially for their work with agressive dogs. (November 2020)

This 2-day training aims to better comprehend and deal with cases of aggression in dogs, wether towards Humans or other dogs.

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Reactive dogs, workshop

2-days training with Mélanie Plandière, cynologist specializing with reactive dogs. DOG REACT (Brest, September 2020).

During this workshop, we’ve been working on different cases of reactive dogs.

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Stress vs anxiety vs reactivity

Online training by AZCA and Dr Joël DEHASSE, veterinary behaviorist, globally well-known (June 2020).

This high-level training, reserved for professionals, helps understand the difference between stress, anxiety and reactivity in a dog, and how to deal with it.

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Dog shelter behaviour and training program

Online training with the Dunbaracademy, by Dr Ian DUNBAR, famous English vet, animal behaviourist and dog trainer. (May 2020).

This training helps to have a better knowledge of shelter dogs and how to help their rehabilitation, thanks to positive training methods and the involvement of the shelters’ volunteers and employees.

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Dog and cat first-aid

Training with Alforme, veterinary school in Maisons-Alfort (on-site, January 25 2020)

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Reading with the dog

Training with FIMAC Canin, Mrs Chantal HAZARD, in Rennes (on-site, January 18th and 19th 2020)

This training’s goal is to help children gain self-confidence, using a dog as a listener, during individual and supervised reading session. We want to help them, with the dog’s kindly presence, to enjoy reading out loud.

more info (website in French)

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2019

ACACED dogs and cats

(Knowledge of pets certification)

Training with Vox animae in Brest (29, France), on-site, in October 2019

• Grades: 22/23 for the dog unit, 18/23 for the cat unit.
• Mandatory training for any professional who wants to work, particularly for dog trainers, animal behaviour consultants…

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Dog bite prevention

Education program to learn about dogs, their body language and prevent bites.

Training with Fimac canin, with Mrs Chantal HAZARD, creator of the program, (on-site, March 2019).

This training’s goal is to interact with a young public, to teach them about dog body language, to learn how to act around dogs (do’s and don’t) and prevent bite accidents.

more info (website in French)

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2018

Animal behaviour consultant

• Graduate of the Zoo academy, trainings with Jacinthe BOUCHARD (Quebec, Canada).
• On-site, from October to December 2018.
• Training by professionals, globally well-known in the animal area:
  • Jacinthe BOUCHARD, Dany BELANGER, Michel LACASSE, Dr Audrey MARQUIS, Francis ROUSSEAU,…

Area of expertise:

• Interventions based on positive reinforcement
• Managing animal behaviour issues (dogs, cats…)
• Reactive dogs
• Dog and puppy training
• Clicker training
• Medical training
• Animal and human psychology
• Animal health
• Introduction to T-Touch massages
• Training technics on dogs, horses, chicken, foxes, wolves, lynxes, racoons, bison, donkeys…
• In-home consultations and collective lessons

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2015-2016

Animal assisted therapy

French Institute of Zootherapy. From November 2015 to January 2016, in Velanne (38, France).

Trained in animal assisted therapy, to help people with physical or mental difficulties through activities with animals.