We announced some time ago that we were moving to streaming media and video on-demand to greatly increase our production output and that while all previous releases would still be available on DVD, no new titles would be released on outdated formats.  There are mulitiple reasons for moving to streaming media and Podium View™ On-Demand has been a tremendous success.  Customers from all over the world are taking advantage of the benefits of immediate delivery of our content, chapter navigation and our anytime, anywhere philosophy.  We now have over 70 of our products available for Lifetime Purchase and will continue to populate Podium View™ with our complete library.

We're still receiving inquiries about two recent titles, Nose Work 2: The Indication and Concepts in Reinforcement: Training with Food and whether they will ever be released on DVD.  In addition to streaming being an obstacle for some customers for multiple reasons, others stated they wanted DVD's to round out their set.  The reasons for streaming were and still are clear which forced our decision initially.  This ongoing inquiry prompted our survey to get direct feedback and see what the concensus was.  We appreciate the feedback!

Over the years when we've released titles, you, our loyal customer base, have contacted us when illegal pirating of our media was found so that we could take action.  We've always been incredibly impressed by this; your customer loyalty and honesty has been amazing.  More recently, we're dealing with individuals that intentionally violate our Terms of Use and unethically purchase products solely for the purpose of providing them to individuals that will use them directly in violation of our Terms.  This is particularly troubling on multiple levels.  First, it's unethical and fraud.  This goes without saying.  The marketplace is being forced to change in direct proportion to this. 

Second, it's a deal killer for return on investment.  This applies to our technical experts and our bottom line.  We're a small business and real people.  Heather and I have been married since 1997 and both enjoy being active with our kids and dogs. You've spoken to one of us if you've called us in the last 17 years.  My oldest son Spencer plays both JV and Varsity high school soccer, my daugher Jocelyn dances and does CrossFit and my youngest son Landon enjoys multiple sports.  We rely on your patronage and honesty for our family to continue to produce training titles.  If you're aware of someone violating our Terms of Use in any way,  please let us know!  

We've decided to offer these two titles on DVD to those who are interested in pre-purchasing them with a few caveats in mind.  First, we'll accept pre-orders until the DVD's are authored (coded) and ready to send to the replicator (we'll announce this date as it's available, likely in about 2 weeks or so).  Second, if the pre-order volume doesn't hit the threshold of interest we've been told there is, we'll refund the pre-orders and remain streaming only.  We're leaving it completely up to you to decide.  It's in your hands based on your interest and order volume.  Both videos are fully completed and have been available for some time so what remains is strictly the production of DVD's.  We anticipate 4-6 weeks conservatively to have product in-house to ship.

We've created a specific category for these titles and are offering them in multiple configurations; single discs and a variety of combinations depending on what you may have already purchased.  If you have questions, please contact us.

You can pre-order individual titles and bundled sets here.

The Nose Work 2 Preview... 

The Training with Food Preview... 

There is an intangible with dogs that draws us to keeping, training and loving them.  From the perspecitve of the dog, the other side of the relationship becomes evident- it's a two way street.  This short film from Felt Soul Media is absolutely awesome. We love their work and follow them on Vimeo.  Enjoy, but grab a tissue.

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We read about this problem a LOT on social media.  It seems to be a very pervasive problem in older training methodologies.  The 4X International Award Winning Training Through Pictures with Dave Kroyer- Nose Work 1 - The Indication circumvents these issues but some people still run into issues with specific dogs.

Q: When doing nosework (the indication) training, my dog is extremely excited and if I don't click and reward immediately when he sticks his nose into the hole in the box he starts hitting the box with his paws, putting his nose on other parts of the box and biting it. He never puts his nose in softly. He always pushes his nose in so if the hole is big enough he will even push his whole head in the box. How do I teach him to be more calm and patient?

A: In seminars I see this quite often, generally from dogs being retrained in other systems, dogs being cross-trained or high energy/drive breeds.  There are quite a few reasons why this happens 'typically'.  Here are just a few...
    

1. Dogs that have extensive work with prey items become easily stimulated when frustrated and the emotions of active play become present when the dog is faced with a problem that is unclear.  I always use food for teaching the indication and add the toy much later after many, many repetitions of the ideal indication are strongly conditioned.  Starting with or moving to prey reward too soon can compound this problem.  Moving to a lower value reward item can be really, really helpful.
2. Some dogs are very physical and have a very natural physical response to objects whether biting, chewing, scratching or pushing objects.  This is of course not an ideal behavior for a passive response but the energy behind it can be useful for vigilant searching and durability to source later.  The very movement of objects can provide self-reward to the dog and a venting of drive and frustration.
3. The timing of the mark is not precise enough.  Some people still prefer to use a verbal marker over a clicker.  A verbal marker can carry a tremendous amount of emotion with it depending on how it's conditioned and this can stimulate the dog.  A verbal marker isn't as precise either, it's like doing surgery with a putty knife.  I prefer the scalpel like precision of the clicker.  Training the indication requires precise feeback, not emotion.  As the handler institutes a "search cue", emotion can be adjusted to stimulate searching or calm the dog.   Waiting for calm, intense, contained emotion and energy prior to releasing to search is ideal.

It's possible to resolve the issue in a number of ways depending on how far you are with your indication.  It's generally resolved using a combination of modifications.
 

1. Anchor the box so that the dog can't move it.  This may provide you with enough repetitions to solve a pushing problem.  Placing a brick inside cardboard or plastic tubs can help tremendously.
2. Return to the shaping phase and flood calm indications with your hand outside the box, only returning when the dog maintains his indication can be helpful.
3. Wait the dog out.  As with distractions, if you feel the dog has a clear understanding of the indication, waiting for the dog to return to a calm indication and marking may be enough to isolate a desired behavior.  The dog must learn to be "still" and avoiding the problem may be the problem.
4. Adjust your intervals of variable reinforcement.  Some dogs become more still and intense when they are asked to hold the indication momentarily.
5. Introduce an incompatible behavior now.  I teach a sit and down with the stare (nose at point of odor) which is useful.  This forces a pair of behaviors which requires focus from the dog, particularly when adding variables.  It also helps gauge the dog's mood and forces it to control it's body. 
6. Add the down at the box in combination with solution 2 above.  If you're following along with the DVD, doing repetitions of down in a session immediately prior to working the indication will help settle the dog.
7. Consider the dog's mood before the session.  Perhaps the dog is too hungry, could use some exercise or is more calm during a certain time of the day.

We hope this helps clarify some of the causes and solutions.  It's a pretty pervasive problem, but if dealt with quickly, generally fixable.  As always best of luck with your dog and training!

I recently ran across a video that, according to the presenter, was in response to a common training question they're asked in the realm of detection work.  It went like this:

Q: "How do you stop a dog from bothering the hide?  My dog paws and bites at the hide and I'm unsure how to get him to stop."

After a few minutes of build up in the video, the response was:

A: "Put the hide where the dog can't access it."

That's a solution for sure but almost certainly not the training information being looked for.  This blog post is to address the lack of information and help anyone with that question actually solve the problem.  Honestly, it's a great training question and deserves some investigation, mainly because it's a major problem in detection work where passive indication is desired.  Many methods of teaching passive indication encourage this problem where it could have been avoided altogether if training proceeded differently.  There are a range of questions that have to be asked to begin to answer the question that include the ones below.

1. What does your normal indication look like?
2. How do you communicate that to your dog?
3. What reward type and delivery method do you use once it's been communicated?
4. Did the behavior just start?
5. Did something in your training just change?  (Duration, reward type, new odor, distractions, hide type, new location etc.)

That's just a start.  There are a number of things that can cause a variation or breakdown in any kind of behavior.  Lack of true understanding, lack of repetition of correct behaviors, incorrect proofing, inappropriate distractions, stress, change in reward type/drive level, conflict over reward presentation.  The list goes on.

The first question to ask is how did the dog learn the indication initially.  Often times in classes, dogs learn to search for food or toy objects prior to learning about a clean indication at odor source.  The dog's relationship with food and toys becomes it's initial relationship with the training boxes.  When active behaviors are inadvertantly allowed through exploration of boxes, they must be neutralized but the dog's relationship with these items away from training directly impacts scent work.  The dog will always revert to it's foundation when it's unsure and will even offer these behaviors when they've been successful elsewhere.  These are considerations when structuring training sessions.

More often than not, the answer comes back to a solid understanding of the indication.  Allowing the dog to offer a range of behaviors and be rewarded for only correct ones does a few things.  First, it allows for precision in clarifying exactly what earns reward.  The repetition of ideal behaviors creates a habit and muscle memory of what should 'reflexively' occur when odor source is encountered.  The creation of this behavior in isolation of all else cements the indication against variables when discrimination learning takes place.  When any number of variables are encountered, the dog is equipped with the answer already.  We can allow him to experiment and learn clearly WHAT DOESN'T earn reward.  This is incredibly powerful.

Second, and directly related to the previous point, through teaching the dog to ignore variables surrounding JUST THE INDICATION, we create an awareness in the dog that only one thing will earn reward.  The dog becomes actively resistant to variables he encounters.  He will very quickly accept that they hold no value and return to learned responses.  This principle is called "Associative Blocking" and is a powerful concept that is useful when training against "Concomitant Odors".  This very understanding helps avoid the extraneous behaviors often at the root of the pawing and biting problem,  "displacement behaviors".  These are behaviors that are byproducts of stress, drive or lack of clarity that interfere with clean behavior performance. 

Through isolating the indication first and adding variables later, any failure to indicate ideally can be addressed where it's encountered.  Because it's separate of the search, new locations and a range of other variables, training can proceed at a brisk pace until the problem is encountered and then dealt with directly.  For help with the indication and training progression please view, Training Through Pictures with Dave Kroyer- Nose Work 1- The Indication.  Teaching the indication in isolation to near perfection prior to search training eliminates a tremendous number of issues many trainers encounter. 

The award-winning title is 88 minutes in Hi-Definition and a short trailer can be seen below.

With the release of the International Award-Winning Training Through Pictures with Dave Kroyer- Nose Work 1- The Indication DVD, we've received a few emails, read a few social media posts and responded to email messages regarding indication first methods. In 2014, we're unaware of any modern methods that aren't indication first. We felt it best to just make a blog post that explains.

In 2005, Canine Training Systems released the 8X International Award-Winning On Target Training Substance Detector Dogs with Randy Hare- Detection 1 DVD that became the professional standard for modern detection work.  Randy has been contracted to provide his Detector Dog Trainers Course for the Military, FBI Academy in Quantico, VA and Special Forces in addition to police departments on nearly every continent. It completely circumvents the pitfalls of primary reward - odor source pairing. Like any modern method of behavior training, the behavior of indicating is broken into it's smaller components and the search is later back-chained as a natural training progression.  This is simply the easiest, most clear method for teaching behaviors of any kind.

With the release of our new detection title with Dave Kroyer in the modern era of civilian detection sports, the question has again come to the forefront because of the proliferation of "old school" trainers leading the civilian detector sports charge.  The reasons for indication first are still easily understood in the context of learning theory and it's important to consider the ramifications of "reward/odor pairing" techniques and "search/indication" training techniques because they are still apparently common in civilian circles where scent work is relatively "new". 

To get to the bottom of it, let's talk in generalities and in terms that are easily understood. 

Detection work is a compound behavior.  At it's most basic level, it is:

1. A search to reach, ideally, target odor source, and then
2. a distinct, durable indication at odor source.  

So detection work is two distinct parts, performed linearly.  The question we have to ask ourselves is, if the dog doesn't know either behavior, is it wise to ask him to learn both at once?  Common sense dictates that the answer is NO.

There are of course multiple methods to achieve the goal but in order to motivate the dog to search, antiquated methods 1. pair reward with odor source or 2. teach the search by hiding food in a box.  There are a number of problems the trainer will encounter when these methods are used. First, let's understand what this training methodology really is.

The goal of odor/reward pairings, also called a "primary hide" is two fold.  On the one hand, when odor source is paired with a toy, through play, a very basic hunt behavior is established.  The toy elicits a prey response, produces energy and a desire to interact with it.  When paired with food, a basic search will be executed that is an ends to a means.  At the end of both exercises, toy and food, the dog can be self-reward automatically as part of the process.  Seems simple enough, grab the toy or eat the food.  Remember, the pairing has to be done consistently enough to form an association, to predict the reward to be beneficial.  This can be done for quite awhile to get the dog searching fairly extensively and it looks pretty good.  Let's assume now that the dog associates the toy and food with target odor. 

Now, remove the toy or food and ask the dog to search.  A laundry list of things will happen to varying degrees that will need to be addressed (re-trained).

• the dog will search a few times until it learns that odor and reward aren't paired and the conditioning will erode and searching will slow or stop
• the dog will look to the handler as an information source because toys and food historically come from the handler in other scenarios
• to maintain searching, throwing a toy at odor source is often used to reward the dog. (dog's are smarter than that)
• worst case, the handler will have to lead the dog on the search as it weakens, to create a rewardable behavior (the handler is now part of the search)

With the above items in mind, we still have to produce a reliable indication.  There are a few additional problems that will need to be addressed.

• when presented with a problem it's not equipped to solve, the dog will resort to the "first order of learning" meaning it will engage in conditioned behaviors surrounding the odor.  The dog will often bite, scratch or perform other active behaviors associated with trying to reach reward
• these behaviors will have to be rewarded or extinguished to create a baseline for the indication

Second, when searching for food in a box, the dog is not doing anything in training that any dog will do otherwise.  Every dog will do this and it does nothing in regard to the indication.  If food is removed, there is no clear, trained, identifiable behavior to benefit the odor/reward relationship.  The dog has identified a box with food but there is no target odor source.  The indication must still be shaped.  In addition, you will need to teach the dog to search despite reward source being the handler.  This method will work to some degree but inevitably results wide variation in indication behaviors.

Have you experienced any of this?  Your goal remains a precise indication at the end of a "search".   There is no "search" in most cases because in terms of detection work, the dog hasn't actually identified the target.  A habit of finding reward was established while "associating" odor source.  If by chance your dog does show a behavior change when it encounters odor source, was the search strong?  Was the indication ideal?  If not, because it hasn't been trained, you'll still have to reward it.  When you teach two separate behaviors at the same time, generally you get two average behaviors.  It may be time to retrain.

Now, imagine teaching just an indication directly at the source of odor.

• teach the dog to move away from the reward & handler to achieve reward and the dog will understand that the handler isn't the route to reward (targeting)
• teach an operant, independent indication without searching or odor/reward pairing
• reward it hundreds of times

Consider the durability of that indication before ever "searching".  Once conditioned, variations like distance, angles, handler neutralization, leash handling and odor discrimination can easily be added without any interference to the indication itself.  It's a solid behavior and odor will trigger it instantly.  It's THE KEY to earning reward when target substance is located.  Better yet, the dog knows the handler offers no information so it focuses purely on it's own behavior relative to a signal already established that indicates reward is imminent.

Now ask the dog to search.  Sound too good to be true?  It's not.

Order now. If your dog doesn't understand "Targeting", we're offering a 2-Disc Set which features the pre-requisite Learning to Learn and Nose Work 1 - The Indication DVD as a bundled set here.

The much anticipated Training Through Picture with Dave Kroyer- Nose Work 1 - The Indication DVD is COMPLETED and being replicated! We are now accepting pre-orders! You can order yours here! If you haven't ordered the prerequisite title, you can order both titles at a reduced price here.

We have been inundated with phone calls and emails regarding this title!  This substance detection title pertains to any type of nose work whether professional or civilian.  This title teaches ANY DOG to locate odor source and perform a clear, intense, focused, durable and distraction free indication. The video features a variety of breeds ranging from rescues and mixed breeds, Papillons, Pugs, Beagles, Bulldogs, German Shepherds, Malinois, Koolie's, Border Collies and even a 12 week old puppy. This is the same technique Dave uses for border patrol, police K9, military detection, diabetes alert and more (substance, explosive, biological, pest).  (In 2014 Dave has presented detection seminars at Lackland Air Force Base for the military working dog detection program.)  If you're involved in detection work, this title is a MUST!

If your current system started with odor source/primary reward pairing (hiding food or toys with odor and searching), you desperately need this DVD. If your dog looks to you when he encounters source odor for more than a few repetitions, you're conditioning it as your alert. You need this DVD. If you've not actively proofed against handler influence, environmental distractions, leash tension and more, you need this DVD. If you started detection work with a search first and are working on your indication second you REALLY need this DVD. If your dog doesn't show a clear, intense, focused, durable, distraction free indication at odor source, you need this DVD. If you're not sure when to incorporate a prey item into your detection training routine, you need this DVD. If your dog is  destructive, shows displacement behaviors or offers unwanted behaviors surrounding odor, you need this DVD. If you desire a very clear, step-by-step, effective, proven method for fast, intense detection work with a clear, reliable, durable, distraction resistant indication at the odor source, you need this DVD.

Here's the trailer. If you'd like to be notified upon receipt of inventory, join our newsletter list, send us an email, or follow us on Facebook.  You'll probably hear the accolades of this title at the watercooler as well.

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Training Through Pictures with Dave Kroyer: Nose Work 1 - The Indication
This is the highly anticipated follow up to the prerequisite 4X International Award Winning Training Through Pictures - Learning to Learn, the definitive guide on the first 6-8 months with your puppy or working dog, with Dave Kroyer! Known as a teacher of trainers, a competitor, coach, 10 Time World Team Member and UKC Nose Work Judge, Dave Kroyer and his students have stood atop podiums in the arenas of Schutzhund/IPO, Mondio and French Ring Sport, Police K9, AKC Obedience, Agility, SAR and AKC Tracking. He has represented the United States Internationally on multiple World Teams while gaining notoriety both domestically and abroad. As a student of animal behavior, Dave's approach to training is intuitive, calculated and utilizes the tools and techniques of many disciplines and styles in a system of training that has helped his students achieve National and International success.

The INDICATION is the bedrock foundation of detection training. This title details the steps in creating an incredibly precise, clear, persistent, durable, passive indication to 5 odors from the very start. The search is taught as a by-product of indication training allowing the indication to remain forefront until fully learned and conditioned. Once the indication is fully established, odor discrimination, the search, distraction work, distance, angles, search cues and line handling are easily added, completely bypassing the range of problems learned in other systems. This title covers Nose Work through the Odor Recognition Test (ORT) for 5 substances and traditional Professional Substance Detection (narcotics, explosives and biologicals, ) work through the indication, odor discrimination, distraction proofing, distance work and basic leash handling. Beneficial to puppy owners, trainers with problem dogs or anyone wanting a more clear understanding of how to train detection work. To anyone wanting to eliminate the problems of weak indication, weak searching, false alerts, focus on handler behavior and alerting on fringe odor, this title is a must have!!

Copyright 2014 Canine Training Systems®, 16:9 Widescreen Hi-Definition DVD, 1 hour 28 minutes.

NOTE: This title relies upon the concepts in the 4X International Award Winning definitive guide on the first 6-8 months with your puppy or working dog, Learning to Learn.

Columbia, MO- Oct 7, 2014- Canine Training Systems, the leading provider of broadcast quality instructional training titles for sport, service and companion dogs, today announced that their most recent offering, Training Through Pictures with Dave Kroyer- Nose Work 1 - The Indication DVD has been released for pre-order.

Nose Work 1 - The Indication is a highly anticipated release from Canine Training Systems.  Known as a teacher of trainers, a competitor, coach, 10 Time World Team Member and UKC Nose Work Judge, Dave Kroyer and his students have stood atop podiums in the arenas of Schutzhund/IPO, Mondio and French Ring Sport, Police K9, AKC Obedience, Agility, SAR and AKC Tracking. He has represented the United States Internationally on multiple World Teams while gaining notoriety both domestically and abroad.  As a student of animal behavior, Dave's approach to training is intuitive, calculated and utilizes the tools and techniques of many disciplines and styles in a system of training that has helped his students achieve National and International success.  

This exciting new title features detailed instructional footage throughout, beautiful illustrative graphics and a step-by-step progression of the foundation of all detection work, the indication of odor source. This product is ideal for anyone involved in scent work from the K9 professional to the civilian interested in the new sport of Nose Work. This title is a follow up to the 4X International Award-Winning Training Through Pictures with Dave Kroyer- Learning to Learn DVD which lays the foundation for the basis of the Kroyer system- targeting training.  

Product Highlights

• This production details the teaching of the indication of odor source, the bedrock foundation of all detection training.
• The integration of auditory behavior markers allows the pinpointing of multiple aspects of the indication itself; speed, intensity of alert, duration, ability to withstand distraction and more
• The various drawbacks and benefits of "concomitant odors"
• Hide preparation, presentation and how to carefully shape an intense, focused, durable indication response through the correct use of variable reinforcement schedules
• Isolating the indication from handler input and environmental distraction
• Because the foundation work in Dave's system is multi-dimensional, the concepts taught are beneficial for ANY type of detection work including Professional Substance Detection (narcotics, explosives and biologicals) like Police K9, border patrol, customs, DEA, Homeland Security through a range of civilian detection types including pest detection and the sport of Nose Work.
• This Hi-Definition, 16:9 aspect ratio production is available on professionally authored and replicated DVD for playback on the widest variety of consumer equipment.

Pricing and Availability
Training Through Pictures with Dave Kroyer- Nose Work 1 - The Indication, is immediately available through the Canine Training Systems worldwide reseller channel and direct from the Canine Training Systems website at www.caninetrainingsystems.com for an MSRP of $79.95.  The website contains a detailed outline as well as excerpts from the 88 minute, hi-definition title.

About Canine Training Systems
Founded in 1987, Canine Training Systems is the worldwide leader in instructional titles for pet owners, dog sport competitors, industry professionals and institutions of higher education.  The company’s success lies in its ability to couple with the experts in service, sport and companion dog training and deliver their techniques to consumers through the most up-to-date delivery formats.  With the strength of their growing expert list, no other organization in the market place can offer the variety of techniques, disciplines, depth of knowledge or quality of product that Canine Training Systems routinely provides it’s worldwide customer base.

Canine Training Systems Press Contact
Douglas Calhoun
+1(573) 214-0900
doug@caninetrainingsystems.com

Training Through Pictures with Dave Kroyer- Learning to Learn has won a 2014 Videographer Award of Excellence!  It's a beautiful production, many of you have told us too.  We're proud of it and as the next title in the series nears release, it's good news for us to receive word of it's 4th production award. 

From the Videographer Awards website- "The Videographer Award of Excellence is awarded to those entries whose ability to capture the event or communicate the message is exceptional."  Cool.

We had no idea what a "Texas" Hat-Trick was.  A customer told us which seemed fitting because it's largely a hockey term.  Four goals in one game.  Nice.  Well, okay, we'll use it and it seems fitting since Dave Kroyer lives in Austin, TX.  Back to editing for us, the next title is on the cusp of going to DVD authoring as it's for the most part done. 

Watch this space, more to come!  As always, we appreciate your business and thanks for your feedback.

It's nice to get feedback.  It's really nice.  Success comes in many forms and ultimately what drives us is customer feedback.  It's icing on the cake when a product does well among broadcast production industry professionals though.  Training Through Pictures with Dave Kroyer- Learning to Learn has won a 2014 Telly Award.  The award is nice to win but we're humbled by the comments we've received about the video.  It's a long process to produce a quality title, and it's doubtful that many realize what goes into producing one.  There are a lot of choices and we realize that. 

In addition, the title has already won:

• 2014 Communicator Award of Distinction
• 2014 Marcom Gold Award

Word is still out on a few others we've entered, but we're working on the next few titles in the series.  We'll update here as we know more.  It's a great title and valuable for anyone that trains, regardless of discipline.

From Dave Kroyer-

"Although the DVD took quite a while to produce, the project was a major undertaking for a few reasons. Up to this point in dog sports, no one has really touched on this type of training and theory and the beginning stages are very 'conceptual'. It's not really a 'this is how to teach sit,down,heel behaviors' project.  It's something MUCH greater and has many depths and layers to it.  It was crucial my info made a clean transfer from outline to script into narration and video.  Doug and CTS hit it outta the park!!!  It's a beautiful production and I feel the info is ULTRACLEAR!  I am super proud of the work everyone has contributed to the project!"

As always, we truly appreciate your business and hope you enjoy the final product!

Columbia, MO- June 11, 2014- Canine Training Systems, the leading provider of broadcast quality instructional training titles for sport, service and companion dogs, today announced that their most recent offering, Training Through Pictures with Dave Kroyer- Learning to Learn DVD has been awarded a 2014 Bronze Telly Award.

Training Through Pictures with Dave Kroyer- Learning to Learn is a highly anticipated release from Canine Training Systems.  Known as a teacher of trainers, a competitor, coach and judge, Dave Kroyer and his students have stood atop podiums in the arenas of Schutzhund/IPO, Mondio and French Ring Sport, Police K9, AKC Obedience, Agility, SAR and AKC Tracking.  He has represented the United States Internationally on multiple World Teams while gaining notoriety both domestically and abroad.  As a student of animal behavior, Dave's approach to training is intuitive, calculated and utilizes the tools and techniques of many disciplines and styles in a system of training that has helped his students achieve National and International success.  

Featuring detailed instructional footage throughout, beautiful illustrative graphics and a step-by-step progression of the first 8 months of Dave's system, this title is ideal for anyone wanting a broad, comprehensive foundation in dog sport.  This title features rare footage of the father of Classical Conditioning, Ivan Pavlov, and his experiments on salivary secretions.  Beneficial to puppy owners, trainers with problem dogs or anyone wanting a more clear understanding of how to isolate behaviors.  For any trainer wanting to establish or teach students to create a dynamic, interactive worker while establishing a common language, this title is a must have!

“Dave Kroyer's foundation work is best described as multi-dimensional”, commented Calhoun.  “Conceptually, the dog is able to learn new behaviors incredibly quickly.  Because the dog understands the concept of behavior first, then reward, the dog is free to offer behaviors, even in the immediate presence of highly desirable rewards.  This lack of understanding in many systems of training is a roadblock to precision and flexibility in what a dog can achieve.”  

"Although the DVD took quite a while to produce, the project was a major undertaking for a few reasons. Up to this point in dog sports, no one has really touched on this type of training and theory and the beginning stages are very 'conceptual'. It's not really a 'this is how to teach sit,down,heel behaviors' project.  It's something MUCH greater and has many depths and layers to it.  It was crucial my info made a clean transfer from outline to script into narration and video.  Doug and CTS hit it outta the park!!!  It's a beautiful production and I feel the info is ULTRACLEAR!  I am super proud of the work everyone has contributed to the project" added Dave Kroyer.

Product Highlights

• This production details a systematic approach that yields a strong partnership based on trust, reliable, clean dialog and a habit of correct performance
• The integration of auditory behavior markers into the training routine is demonstrated and efficacy is discussed
• Through shaping positive, clean habits, Dave circumvents many bad habits that are byproducts of traditional methods
• The dog is taught the concept of 'Targeting' which teaches the relationship of behavior first, then reward
• Through Targeting, the dog is "untethered" from the handler which removes the handler as a lure from the training environment and expands behavioral possibilities including motion work, send-aways, object guard, scent indication and more
• Because the foundation work in Dave's system is multi-dimensional, the concepts taught are beneficial for ANY dog sport- Kennel Club Obedience, IPO, Ring Sport, Agility, Nose Work, Police K9, pet training and more
• This Hi-Definition, 16:9 aspect ratio production is available on professionally authored and replicated DVD for playback on the widest variety of consumer equipment.

Pricing and Availability
Training Through Pictures with Dave Kroyer- Learning to Learn, is immediately available through the Canine Training Systems worldwide reseller channel and direct from the Canine Training Systems website at www.caninetrainingsystems.com for an MSRP of $79.95.  The website contains a detailed outline as well as excerpts from the 105 minute, hi-definition title here.

About The Telly Awards
The Telly Awards was founded in 1979 and is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online commercials, video and films. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world. A prestigious judging panel of over 500 accomplished industry professionals, each a past winner of a Silver Telly and a member of The Silver Telly Council, judged the competition, upholding the historical standard of excellence that Telly represents. The Silver Council evaluated entries to recognize distinction in creative work – entries do not compete against each other – rather entries are judged against a high standard of merit. Less than 10% of entries are chosen as Winners of the Silver Telly, our highest honor. Approximately 25% of entries are chosen as Winners of the Bronze Telly.You can learn more about the Telly Awards here.

About Canine Training Systems
Founded in 1987, Canine Training Systems is the worldwide leader in instructional titles for pet owners, dog sport competitors, industry professionals and institutions of higher education.  The company’s success lies in its ability to couple with the experts in service, sport and companion dog training and deliver their techniques to consumers through the most up-to-date delivery formats.  With the strength of their growing expert list, no other organization in the market place can offer the variety of techniques, disciplines, depth of knowledge or quality of product that Canine Training Systems routinely provides it’s worldwide customer base.


Canine Training Systems Press Contact
Douglas Calhoun
+1(573) 214-0900
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