CAMP R.E.W.A.R.D. - July 2003
(Realizing Excellence With Attention Redirection and Desensitization)
3 Day Camp

We had a great group for the 2nd Camp R.E.W.A.R.D. We had a nice mix of people and dogs; a Catahoula Leopard dog, a Mastiff, a Norwegian Elkhound mix, a Great Dane/Pit mix, an Australian Shepherd, and an All American. It was split for who was aggressive to people and/or dogs.

• Trainer of the day for Wednesday went to Karen Luzzi – Xeres (pronounced Zeres) was phenomenal!
• Trainer of the day for Thursday went to Daphne King and Sadie – Sadie was learning that Daphne really is the best thing since sliced bread!
• Trainer of the day for Friday went to Deette Evans and Lexi – Lexi was doing a great job paying attention to Deette, as well as loose leash walking on a regular collar!

We had a very busy 3 days: Desensitization took on the form of Free shaping, loose leash walking, sits, downs, attention, swimming, Rally, door etiquette and tricks. The few growly incidents we had were quite minimal and ended quickly. I was proud of all of the humans – everyone remained cool and calm and we practiced the breathing exercises every chance we could. We even fit in a relaxing solitary walk (no dogs) on the Paulinskill trail.

In only three days, all of the dogs went from “yeah, whatever, I am busy,” to focusing their attention on their owners with mild distractions, responding to cues MUCH faster and above all, practicing to NOT aggress!

Day One: beginning desensitation sessions
Relaxation exercises
Pam & Cody in foreground, Lisa and Java in background	Pam & Shadow in foreground, Linda & Guinness in background
Daphne & Sadie in background

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Day Two: busy day at Footbridge park! Trying their hands and paws at Rally Obedience
Jeanne & Toby	Daphne & Sadie
Karen & Xeres	Lisa & Java
Free shaping the dogs to "ride" the Buja board
Deette & Lexi	Jeanne & Toby
Teaching old dogs new tricks
Daphne teaching Sadie to nose target a lid	Linda teaching Guinness to nose target her hand
Daphne doing door etiquette with Sadie
Daphne doing backups with Sadie	Deette having Lexi jumping through hoops!
Daphne having Sadie jumping through hoops! (Note: Neither Lexi nor Sadie bit the person holding the hoop!!!!)
Dogs each taking a “solo” swim at the end of a long day.
Jeanne and Toby – is she a BIG dog or WHAT???
Group swimming at the lake! No aggressing! And Sadie actually was almost swimming!
Tracking with Dr. Karen Dashfield, DVM. Not one of the dogs bit Dr. Karen. Wahoo!