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About these webinars
and their approximate timings
Selecting the right dog (43 minutes total)
Part 1: Considerations (13 minutes)
Part 2: Type (13 minutes)
Part 3: Age (17 minutes)
Workshop 1 (1 hour 19 minutes total)
Part 1: Meet the team, expectations, health and welfare (40 minutes)
Part 2: Positive mental experiences, understanding our dogs' brains, laws (20 minutes)
Part 3: Relationship building, considerations, how to support your dog and child (19 minutes)
Workshop 2 (1 hour 26 minutes total)
Part 1: Being a team leader, canine communication (24 minutes)
Part 2: How your dog can help your child and your family (35 minutes)
Part 3: How your dog learns, encouraging appropriate behaviour (27 minutes)
Workshop 3 (1 hour 13 minutes total)
Part 1: Setting up a training session, training styles (29 minutes)
Part 2: Tools for training, advanced taskwork (29 minutes)
Part 3: Advanced taskwork continued, what happens next (15 minutes)
First aid
The 'Part one' presentation will take you through when to see the vets and an introduction to first aid. When you've finished the presentation, have a look at the bandaging video under 'Part two'.
There is also an accompanying first aid kit equipment list, which you can see under 'Handouts'.
When to see the vet and an introduction to first aid.
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Elly from our Health and Welfare team talks you through first aid bandaging.
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Selecting the right dog
These webinars will take you through things to consider when thinking about choosing the right dog for your family.
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In this part of the webinar, we talk about the things to consider before getting a dog.
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In this part of the webinar, we discuss how to choose the right type of dog for your family.
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In this part of the webinar, we talk you through the things to think about when considering what age of dog you might get, where you can get a dog from and how to find a responsible breeder.
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Workshop one
These webinars will introduce you to the service, look at how to meet the health and welfare needs of your dog, and how to set your dog up for success. We'll start to look at how to build up the relationship between both your child and your dog, but also the whole family.
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Meet the Family Dog team and get an introduction to the service. You'll also find out how to physically and emotionally meet your dog's needs, and what you can expect from a companion dog.
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We'll talk you through what it means for your dog to have a positive mental experience, what we mean by "brain slots" and the laws that apply to you as both a dog owner and a member of the public.
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In this section, we'll go through the family dynamic, tips for building a strong relationship, considerations from both your child's and dog's perspective, and some useful resources.
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Watch as Cari demonstrates a health check you can do at home.
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- Laws quiz question sheet (PDF)
- Choosing a good vet (PDF)
- Crate training and creating the safe space (PDF)
- Dog health - First aid (PDF)
- Dog health - Grooming (PDF)
- Dog health - Weight (PDF)
- Dog welfare (PDF)
- Example comic strip - Bringing a dog home (PDF)
- Feeding your dog (PDF)
- House training (PDF)
- Introducing your dog or puppy to your home (PDF)
- New puppy routine guidelines (PDF)
- Poisonous plants and foods (PDF)
- Puppy biting (PDF)
- Settling your dog into a therapeutic role (PDF)
- The positive team leader (PDF)
- Training for a safe, well-adjusted dog (PDF)
Workshop two
Workshop two webinars will focus on canine communication, how your dog can help your family and how to encourage appropriate behaviour.
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This webinar will cover the 'Team Leader' role, introduce you to canine communication and how to respond to your dog's communication.
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We'll cover how your dog can help your child with beginner and intermediate activities.
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This webinar will talk you through how dogs learn, how to encourage wanted behavior, as well as discourage the behaviour we might not be so keen on. We'll also discuss why negative tools and methods aren't always effective.
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Harness:
Hoover:
Nails:
- Basic training - Go to bed and settle (PDF)
- Basic training - Lead walking (PDF)
- Basic training - Leave it (PDF)
- Basic training - Recall (PDF)
- Basic training - Sit and down (PDF)
- Basic training - Teaching wait (PDF)
- Blank hugging my dog story (PDF)
- Example hugging my dog story (PDF)
- Coping with adolescence (PDF)
- How kids should not interact with dogs (PDF)
- How to greet a dog (PDF)
- Introduction to interventions (PDF)
- Tips for a calmer dog - involving the children (PDF)
- Training and learning (PDF)
Workshop three
These webinars will take you through how to set up your training sessions to be successful, as well as how to train some of the more advanced tasks and interventions.
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In this webinar, we'll continue learning about canine communication, how to start training your dog and the different training styles you'll need to know about.
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This webinar will go through the tools that can help with training and advanced taskwork.
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In the final part of your online learning, we'll continue looking at advanced taskwork and talk about what happens next now that you're done.
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Dog play (puppy and adult dog):
Dog play (child and dog):
Getting in the car:
Clicker game:
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Teaching your dog paw:
Teaching your dog paw push:
Teaching your dog pull (part one):
Watch on YouTube
Teaching your dog pull (part two):
Teaching your dog take to retrieve:
Teaching your dog body rest:
Teaching your dog general retrieve (fetch it):
Teaching your dog head rest:
Teaching your dog nose nudge (part one):
Teach your dog nose nudge (part two):
Teaching your dog nose nudge (part three):
- Dog training classes (PDF)
- Canine communication and safety (PDF)
- Equipment and resources list (PDF)
- Training guide - Beg (PDF)
- Training guide - On your bed (PDF)
- Training guide Paw (PDF)
- Training guide - Roll over (PDF)
- Training guide - Spin (PDF)
- Advanced child and dog games (PDF)
- Advanced training - Bedtime routine (PDF)
- Advanced training - Body rest (PDF)
- Advanced training - Button push (PDF)
- Advanced training - Clicker training and shaping (PDF)
- Advanced training - Head rest (PDF)
- Advanced training - Lead work (PDF)
- Advanced training - Nose nudge (PDF)
- Advanced training - Recall (PDF)
- Advanced training - Shake hands (PDF)
- GCDS Bronze (PDF)
- GCDS Silver (PDF)
- GCDS Gold (PDF)
- GCDS Puppy (PDF)
- Ladder of success (PDF)
- Setting objectives and self-evaluating (PDF)
Meet our team
Meet the two passionate experts behind Family Dog. As qualified trainers and behaviour specialists, they bring years of experience supporting families with a wide range of needs, helping them navigate challenges, build confidence, and create positive, lasting connections with their dogs.
Hannah Beal
Family Dog Service Instructor
Cari Miles
Family Dog Service Instructor
Worth everyone with ASD kids attending.
The workshop has left us well-equipped and informed to make the decision about welcoming a dog into our family.
So much information but not too much! Well-planned and thought through. Lots of little tips that I wouldn't even have thought of. Totally non-judgmental, open and accepting.
So reassuring and helpful for families who are already feeling out of their depth with challenges facing their child/children. I feel hopeful that a dog can help us be a calmer family.
The workshops have given me the confidence to train our new puppy to benefit my autistic daughter, and I think it is going to have a massively positive impact on our lives. Thank you so much.
Case studies
Hear about how the Family Dog programme has supported families with autistic children.