Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • About WFA

    • Meet Your Expert
  2. 2

    • Why Cones are Helpful but Cause Fear

    • What You Will Learn
  3. 3

    • Definitions

    • Force-free Training

    • Fear, Anxiety, and Stress

    • Start Buttons
  4. 4

    • Why Your Hands Approaching and Handling Your Dog's Head and Neck is Stressful for Dogs

    • Handling with One Hand

    • Handling with One Hand

    • Both Hands

    • Handling with Both Hands
  5. 5

    • Positive Emotional Response to the Cone

    • Presentation of the Cone

    • +CER to the Cone
  6. 6

    • Approaching the Cone

    • Interacting with the Cone

    • Introducing the Cone
  7. 7

    • The Touch Cue (Hand Target Training)

    • The Touch Cue

    • Touch Cue and Cone Presentation

    • Touch with the Cone
  8. 8

    • Working at Your Dog's Pace to Get Their Head in the Cone

    • Head Into Cone
  9. 9

    • Getting Used To The Cone
  10. 10

    • It's Cone Time
  11. 11

    • The Cone Quiz