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00:00 – 26:44 – JMV opens up the show by talking about the Pacers win over the Pelicans last night. He dives into the performance of Tyrese Haliburton, and how everything starts with him and how he plays. He talks the College Football Playoffs, and where Indiana may fall if they make the cut.  26:45 – 42:24 – Greg Rakestraw of the ISC Sports Network joins the show as he and John talk the College Football Playoffs! They discuss where they think IU will land in the CFP Rankings after their loss to Ohio State. They also talk about the upcoming IU-Purdue game, and the difference between the two programs right now.  42:25 – 46:22 – JMV wraps up the first hour of the show!  46:23 – 1:11:31 – Nate Atkins of the IndyStar joins the show! He and JMV talk about the growing fan apathy towards this Colts team, as made evident when the Lions and their fans took over Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday. Nate and JMV talk about accountability in the organization, and if that is only reserved for the 22-year-old quarterback. The end by discussing the job done by Shane Steichen in his 2nd year, and if he has regressed as a head coach.   1:11:32 – 1:24:36 – JMV talks about the Pacers (and his dislike of the ‘Cers nickname), and some more on the Colts and Anthony Richardson!   1:24:37 – 1:29:40 – JMV wraps up the 2nd hour by talking about the Maui Invitational, and the conduct of UCONN's head coach Dan Hurley.   1:29:41 – 1:55:42 – Tony East of Locked On Pacers and more joins the show and talks to John about the Pacers win over the Pelicans! Tony talks about the Pacers blowing a big lead against a bad team like the Pelicans, and how they were lucky to get the win. Tony and JMV talk about Tyrese Haliburton, and how he has responded after a slow start to the season.   1:55:43 – 2:04:42 – JMV reads some comments from listeners about the Pacers and their nickname (which JMV hates). He also continues to talk about and give updates from the matchup between UCONN and Colorado in the Maui Invitational. He also takes some calls from listeners!  2:04:43 - 2:11:18 – JMV wraps up another edition of the show! Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/the-ride-with-jmv/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Burocrazia, finanziamenti e modelli: una guida pratica.Un workshop che intende partire dal racconto di cosa sono le comunità energetiche, ovvero quelle associazioni tra cittadini, imprese e amministrazioni locali che sono costituite per produrre, scambiare e consumare energia rinnovabile. E che punti poi soprattutto a spiegare come costruire questi progetti e come tenerli in vita dal lato pratico.ConMarco BianchiRiccardo BreveglieriMassimo BurianiSara CapuzzoLuigi D'AmicoAlessandra FilippiAlberto MasiniParide SuffritiAgnese ZonaModera Gianluca RuggieriPer saperne di più: https://festival.valori.it/programma/venerdi/comunita-energetiche

Insider Financial recaps last week's stock market action and covers the stocks to watch this week. This video covers SPY, QQQ, DIA, IWM, TLT, CAPR, DJT, NFLX, CERS, and AEHR stocks. To get our FREE reports and eBook: https://www.insiderfinancial.com/ What's Happening This Week In The Markets Disclosure: Insider Financial has not been compensated for this video. Insider Financial is not an investment advisor; this video does not provide investment advice. Always do your research, make your own investment decisions, or consult with your nearest financial advisor. This video is not a solicitation or recommendation to buy, sell, or hold securities. This video is our opinion, is meant for informational and educational purposes only, and does not provide investment advice. Past performance is not indicative of future performance. For more information, please read our full disclaimer: https://insiderfinancial.com/disclaimer/ S&p 500, Dow, Nasdaq, SPY ETF, QQQ ETF, quantum computing stocks, Spac stocks, AI stocks, Bitcoin, crypto, Bitcoin stocks, crypto stocks, short squeeze, short squeeze stocks, low float, low float stocks, lithium stocks, ev stocks, small caps, trading, otc stocks, otc stocks list, penny stocks, penny stocks list, NASDAQ penny stocks, NYSE stocks, NYSE penny stocks, biotech stocks #trading #investing #stockmarket

In a new pharmaphorum podcast, web editor Nicole Raleigh speaks with Ethan Drower, co-founder and CEO of Cite Medical Solutions, a company providing full Clinical Evaluation Report (CER) services and industry literature review for European Union Medical Device Regulation (or EU MDR) processes.  

This week on the Federal Retirement Show, Val discusses his recent presentations and thanks federal employees for their loyalty and support! Visit the Federal Retirement Show website for more information and to request a free copy of Val's book on federal benefits. Current or former federal employees are entitled to a complimentary consultation now! Book yours today at FederalRetirementShow.com Call our office: (833) 777-7ABXSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RQM+ Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs (and former BSI), Jaishankar Kutty, Ph.D., discusses the process of reviewing clinical evaluation reports (CERs) by notified body reviewers under the EU MDR in our newest video clip. In the end and more than anything, manufacturers must provide a clear and comprehensive story in their CERs to facilitate the review process.

Des interdits alimentaires sont fréquemment édictés dans les religions monothéistes. Le judaïsme ne fait pas exception à cette règle, les prescriptions alimentaires y étant même rigoureuses et très codifiées.Elles forment un ensemble appelé "kashrout" ou "cacherout". Ce code alimentaire désigne les aliments "casher", c'est-à-dire ceux qu'il est permis de consommer. La "kashrout" dresse ainsi une liste des aliments autorisés et interdits, mais elle indique aussi la manière de les préparer, ainsi que la façon d'abattre les animaux destinés à la consommation.Cers règles sont pour la plupart tirés de la "Torah". Correspondant, pour les chrétiens, au "Pentateuque", elle regroupe les cinq premiers livres de la Bible.La kashrout s'étend aussi bien aux aliments d'origine végétale qu'à ceux d'origine animale. Parmi ces derniers, les animaux terrestres sont autant concernés que les animaux aquatiques.Parmi ceux-ci, on trouve bien sûr les poissons. Ne peuvent être consommés que ceux qui ont des écailles et des nageoires. Ce qui exclut des poissons comme l'esturgeon, qui perd ses écailles au cours de l'accouplement, ou encore l'anguille, dépourvue d'écailles et ne possédant que de petites nageoires pectorales.Comme ils n'ont ni écailles ni nageoires, les fruits de mer ne sont pas non plus des aliments "casher". Ainsi, les juifs ne peuvent pas manger des homards, des langoustes, des crevettes, des moules ou encore des huîtres. Mais les algues ou les échinodermes, comme les oursins, ne sont pas non plus considérés, et pour les mêmes raisons, comme des animaux comestibles.Cette prescription concernant les animaux aquatiques se trouve dans plusieurs versets du 11e chapitre du Lévitique, le troisième Livre de la Torah. Ainsi, on trouve dans le Lévitique 11 : 10 le passage suivant :"Mais vous aurez en abomination tous ceux (les animaux) qui n'ont pas des nageoires et des écailles parmi tout ce qui se meut dans les eaux (...)".En Lévitique 11 : 9, on peut également lire : "Vous mangerez de tous ceux qui ont des nageoires et des écailles parmi tous ceux qui sont dans les eaux (...)". Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Des interdits alimentaires sont fréquemment édictés dans les religions monothéistes. Le judaïsme ne fait pas exception à cette règle, les prescriptions alimentaires y étant même rigoureuses et très codifiées. Elles forment un ensemble appelé "kashrout" ou "cacherout". Ce code alimentaire désigne les aliments "casher", c'est-à-dire ceux qu'il est permis de consommer. La "kashrout" dresse ainsi une liste des aliments autorisés et interdits, mais elle indique aussi la manière de les préparer, ainsi que la façon d'abattre les animaux destinés à la consommation. Cers règles sont pour la plupart tirés de la "Torah". Correspondant, pour les chrétiens, au "Pentateuque", elle regroupe les cinq premiers livres de la Bible. La kashrout s'étend aussi bien aux aliments d'origine végétale qu'à ceux d'origine animale. Parmi ces derniers, les animaux terrestres sont autant concernés que les animaux aquatiques. Parmi ceux-ci, on trouve bien sûr les poissons. Ne peuvent être consommés que ceux qui ont des écailles et des nageoires. Ce qui exclut des poissons comme l'esturgeon, qui perd ses écailles au cours de l'accouplement, ou encore l'anguille, dépourvue d'écailles et ne possédant que de petites nageoires pectorales. Comme ils n'ont ni écailles ni nageoires, les fruits de mer ne sont pas non plus des aliments "casher". Ainsi, les juifs ne peuvent pas manger des homards, des langoustes, des crevettes, des moules ou encore des huîtres. Mais les algues ou les échinodermes, comme les oursins, ne sont pas non plus considérés, et pour les mêmes raisons, comme des animaux comestibles. Cette prescription concernant les animaux aquatiques se trouve dans plusieurs versets du 11e chapitre du Lévitique, le troisième Livre de la Torah. Ainsi, on trouve dans le Lévitique 11 : 10 le passage suivant :"Mais vous aurez en abomination tous ceux (les animaux) qui n'ont pas des nageoires et des écailles parmi tout ce qui se meut dans les eaux (...)". En Lévitique 11 : 9, on peut également lire : "Vous mangerez de tous ceux qui ont des nageoires et des écailles parmi tous ceux qui sont dans les eaux (...)". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Au programme de cette émission :Tour d'horizon de l'actualité réglementaire : feuille de route EBA sur les mandats CRR3 / CRD 6 et ITS mis en consultation sur le reporting prudentiel et le Pilier 3Priorités de supervision de la Banque Centrale Européenne à horizon 2024-2026La chronique "verte" : présentation du rapport conjoint de la BCE et du CERS sur l'impact du changement climatique sur le système financier de l'Union Européenne

Quello delle Comunità Energetiche Rinnovabili e Solidali è un modello energetico diffuso, basato su autoproduzione e autoconsumo di energia da fonti rinnovabili, elettriche e termiche, che si integra con i più grandi impianti a tecnologie pulite, in grado di contribuire alla lotta contro l'emergenza climatica e allo stesso tempo di ridurre il peso geopolitico delle fonti fossili.Con Manuele Messineo, coordinamento CERS Roma

durée : 00:05:46 - Eric Laboute, médecin chef du CERS de Capbreton sur le retour d'Antoine Dupont.

Inscris-toi à la newsletter "Ma Vie Sans Bullsh*t"   Courriel: podcast@maryevelamer.com  Site web : https://www.MaryeveLamer.com Instagram : @maryeve_lamer Groupe FB : https://www.maryevelamer.com/groupe Page FB: https://MaryeveLamer.com/page Après avoir vécu des expériences autant enrichissantes que drainantes, après avoir accompagné des femmes et discuté avec plusieurs autres sur leurs relations, ya un pattern que je vois qui revient souvent quand on parle des relations avec les autres. Un pattern qui fait qu'on arrive pas à avoir les relations qu'on voudrait avoir, qu'on a de la difficulté à communiquer et à se sentir entendue. Est-ce que chacune de tes relations t'aide à te propulser dans ta vie, à devenir une meilleure version de toi-même ou est-ce qu'au contraire, tu ressens parfois ou peut-être même souvent de la frustration parce que t'as l'impression de parler à un mur ou que les gens ne te donnent pas le respect que tu souhaiterais? Si t'as au moins une relation dans la deuxième catégorie ma chère Heureuse, reste avec moi, tu vas retrouver de la valeur dans l'épisode d'aujourd'hui.

It's one of the biggest questions on most managers' minds these days: In the vet med of 2023, where EVERYONE is hiring, how can we keep team members from jumping ship? Stacy Pursell, BA, CPC, CERS, founder and CEO of The Vet Recruiter, shares some of what she's picked up from the trenches of this hypercompetitive job market—including how to run an effective exit interview, what signs to look for that your team is engaged and happy, and why offering sign-on bonuses might hurt the team you already have.   Central Line is generously supported by CareCredit.   Find all of AAHA's most up-to-date Guidelines, including resources for your clients and team, at aaha.org/guidelines.  Wish you could watch these conversations? Catch Central Line on YouTube.   Got something to say? We're always up for constructive comments and conversation. Send us feedback or questions anytime at podcast@aaha.org.  This episode was produced by Clear Contender LLC with generous support from CareCredit. This information is shared solely for your convenience. You are urged to consult with your individual advisors with respect to any information presented. Synchrony and its affiliates, including CareCredit, (collectively, “Synchrony”) makes no representations or warranties regarding this content and accept no liability for any loss or harm arising from the use of the information provided. All statements and opinions are the sole opinions of the speaker.

Imagine being in high school when the pandemic hit; suddenly, school is on your phone, and you're left with infinite free time. Edgars Cers and his brother took this and ran, as they created Comfy Living Chicago.Comfy Living Chicago is a local Chicago business that sells high quality, affordable pre-owned furniture. What started as a side hustle turned into so much more as they learned the need on both sides of the business.From garages to warehouses to even a storefront in just a few years, Comfy Living Chicago has seen great success. Edgars and his brother use a variety of tools on social media for marketing to their local community, especially video! He even shares how they leveraged a local influencer!As they move forward in business, Edgars focuses on the economy, community needs, and how they can be a one stop shop offering affordable home furnishing solutions to renters and owners.As a young entrepreneur, Edgars is focused on learning as much as he can, like this advice from Tony Robbins; The growth of the business is dependent on the owner's mindset. Retailers, I'm rooting for your success!What's Inside:From side hustle to business.A solution for high quality, affordable furniture.Marketing strategies for local business.Should you use influencers for marketing?Solid business advice for any entrepreneur. Mentioned In This Episode:Comfy Living ChicagoComfy Living Chicago on FacebookComfy Living Chicago on InstagramCrystal MediaPayrocCrystal on InstagramCrystal Media on InstagramCrystal Media Co - YouTube

A voz da cantora cabo-verdiana Ceuzany encantou o cantos francês Christophe Maé que a convidou a participar no seu novo single onde presta homenagem a Cabo Verde, a Cersária Évora e à morna. Em entevista à RFI, Ceuzany conta como este encontro teve um impacto na sua carreira. Christophe Maé, um dos maiores intérpretes da música francesa da actualidade, descobriu o país das maravilhas em Cabo Verde. Influenciado por Cesária Évora, o cantor francês seguiu-lhe os passos e deparou-se com a voz de Ceuzany, herdeira das mornas da diva cabo-verdiana. Ceuzany com uma carreira de mais de uma década também não diz não às coladeiras e ao funaná e destacou-se primeiro com o grupo Cordas do Sol, dedicando-se depois à sua carreira a solo. O convite para gravar a música “Pays des marveilles”, ou país das maravilhas em português, e o seu videoclip com Christophe Mae foi uma surpresa para Ceuzany, como descreveu em entrevista à RFI. "Eu não o conhecia, nem sabia como ele chegou até mim, mas ele disse-me que estava no carro a ouvir músicas de Cabo Verde, tipo Mayra Andrade, Cesária, das Cordas de Sol, do qual eu faço parte. Ele gostou da minha voz, procurou o meu manager para fazer esta união. Fui ver as músicas dele percebi que ele é muito famoso, gostei imenso e estou muito contente", disse a cantora. Esta música, que já conta com quase 400 mil visualizações no Youtube, já trouxe Ceuzany ao popular programa de televisão francês StarAcademy, rodeada por batuqueiras. É também este convite que a vai trazer já em 2023 a França para a tournée de Christophe Maé. Na sua carreira a solo, Ceuzany vai lançar um novo single e um novo álbum já em 2021 recheado de mornas, coladeiras e funaná, esperando que estas novas canções agradem "ao povo de Cabo Verde".

Let's understand the business from a company that is on a mission to be a trusted partner for all blood services ensuring quality, supply, and operational efficiency.Chapters:(00:00) Intro(00:16) Business Description(01:09) Industry Landscape(01:51) Annual Financial PerformanceIndustry:  Biotechnology

Aujourd'hui je discute avec Florence Amory. Florence est une kinésithérapeute diplômée de l'IFMK de Marseille en 2011, elle enchaîne ensuite avec le CERS de Saint Raphaël puis le RC Cannes en volley féminin. Elle retourne ensuite au CERS de Saint Raphaël pour 4 ans, et elle valide le DU de Kiné du Sport de Nice en parallèle. Depuis 2017 elle travaille dans la cellule haut niveau au CERS de Capbreton depuis 2017.

Maz ticams, ka daudzi iedzīvotāji, kas mitinās  daudzīvokļu mājās, kuras ir aprīkotas ar liftu, zina, ka šī ērtībai domātā ierīce kvalificējama kā bīstama. Un par bīstamām ierīcēm ir attiecīgi jārūpējas. Kam jārūpējas par liftu drošību daudzīvokļu mājā, raidījumā Kā labāk dzīvot skaidro Patērētāju tiesību aizsardzības centra Bīstamo iekārtu un metroloģiskās uzraudzības daļas vadītājs Nils Sproģis, "Rīgas Namu pārvaldnieka" pārstāve Una Grenevica, „Civinity” Dzīvojamo ēku apsaimniekošanas nodaļas vadītājs Gatis Roze un inspicēšanas institūcijas „Inspecta Latvia” vadītājs Ainārs Cars. Bīstamo iekārtu sarakstā, kas ir visai garš, lifts ir pirmajā vietā, jo to lieto arī mazaizsargātas personas. Tas rada papildus bīstamību, jo to nelieto tikai profesionāļi. Nils Sproģis skaidro, ka ikdienas pārbaudēs bieži redz, ka lifts nav lietošanas kārtībā. Cilvēki neiegulda pietiekamus resursus, līdz ar to lifts neatbilst drošuma prasībām. Ainārs Cers piebilst, ka pārbaudes brīdi lifts var atbilst prasībām, bet reizi gadā pārbaudot, negarantē, ka pēc trīs vai sešiem mēnešiem lifts atbildīs lietošanas noteikumiem un būs kārtībā. Viņš arī norāda, ka problēmas ir ar vecajiem liftiem.

Mil-nove-e-oitenta-e-quatro. No dia 7, o Sporting conquista a Taça CERS em hóquei em patins. Quase um mês depois do 7:4 vs FC Porto na final da Taça de Portugal, eis a consagração europeia e o registo do primeiro clube europeu a juntar as três taças – após a Taça dos Campeões em 1977 e a Taça das Taças em 1981. Para chegar à final, o Sporting ganha todos os seis jogos com um total de 81:18 em golos.

In this episode, Danielle Bodicoat and Duane Mancini discuss being a biostatistician (medical statistics), why she started her own consulting practice, the importance of clinical evidence beyond regulatory requirements, the cost drivers of a clinical trial, factors that go into clinical trial design, the basics of sample size calculation, clinical evaluation plans and clinical evaluation reports, the MDR and how it is affecting clinical in the EU and UK, and so much more. Danielle Bodicoat LinkedIn Danielle Bodicoat Website Project Medtech Website Duane Mancini LinkedIn Project Medtech LinkedIn

This is the audio from RQM+ Live! #51, recorded 24 March, 2022. In this session, our panel of clinicians (including a neurosurgeon and anesthesiologist) will discuss ways that they work with regulatory affairs teams to improve outcomes for submissions, including the following: Scoping intended use/purpose and clinical indications (incorrect scoping is currently the biggest issue notified bodies are findings in IVDR submissions) Scoping state of the art from a physician's perspective, ensuring it truly represents what clinicians do on a daily basis Identifying clinical risks and mitigations clearly across risk, CER/PER and PMCF/PMPF documentation Clearly defining the clinical roadmap for ease of understanding and review Writing CERs/PERs that are comprehensive and will withstand review by clinical experts in regulatory authorities Responding to post market surveillance challenges Reviewing claims and guiding responsible marketing Being part of cross-functional teams from device development through the entire device lifecycle Panelists: Amie Smirthwaite, BEng, Ph.D. – Senior Vice President, Intelligence & Innovation Sally Sennitt, MBBS, FRCA – Medical Director Andrew Tarnaris, M.D. MD(Res) FRCS(NeuroSurg) – Medical Director Dulciana Chan, M.S.E. – Principal Consultant Questions: 1:50 -- What are the areas of the regulatory process where you think we could be leveraging medical directors more? 5:23 -- Have you found other reasons why else it is important to involve clinicians in your submission process? 10:18 -- As an FDA reviewer (to Dulciana), could you see submissions that involve clinicians vs. not, or where intended use is off-base? 11:03 -- Do you think there is going to be a problem with titling these indications, and therefore... clinicians being used to their old ways... using devices almost off label? 14:47 -- How can you include your external medical experts in your QMS processes and training to be able to participate in an organization's procedures for risk management and clinical evaluation? 17:27 -- Scoping State of the Art has been a huge challenge. How could clinicians help with that? 23:07 -- Can you use the designing surgeons to be part of the process? 27:37 -- One process for early understanding of the level of clinical data needed for MDR certification is through ‘proposed clinical path review' by the NB. But the same NB glut and delays observed for cert. are similar for this vehicle (NB clinicians appear to be too busy with cert. to even address clinical path review). Are there other approaches for companies to understand what level of clinical evidence is needed prior to submission of a full application? 39:57 -- Could you enlighten us on where the border between consulting and providing information stands? 41:57 -- Where is that line when it comes to FDA? 44:25 -- What's your opinion on software as a medical device, trends on classification, and how to take help from clinicians for scoping? 47:36 -- What about CERs and PERs, specifically? 52:30 -- Are there any key takeaways to wrap up? (includes commentary on PMCF and an overall summary) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deviceadvice/message

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 The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: The federal government is spending $7.4 billion to extend and create new COVID-19 supports for hard-hot businesses and workers that will carry into the spring. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday that as of Oct. 23, new measures will be put in place to replace the broad Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS), which expire on Saturday. The government said it has paid out more than $95 billion to date to help employers re-hire workers and avoid layoffs through the wage subsidy. ALSO: Trudeau unveils Canada's international proof-of-vaccination for COVID-19  GUEST: Richard Brennan, Former Journalist with The Toronto Star covering both Queen's Park and Parliament Hill - A new, slightly more contagious mutation of the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 is beginning to attract attention — particularly in the United Kingdom, where cases are rising again. The mutation, known as AY.4.2, accounted for six per cent of all new cases genetically sequenced during the final week of September, according to the latest U.K. government data, which also describes it as “expanding” in the country. The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed Tuesday that the mutation — which is being dubbed “Delta plus” — has made its way to Canada, with nine cases identified since July. GUEST: Sam Fazeli, Director of Research with Bloomberg Intelligence - The Canadian Football League Players' Association has distributed the following memo to its membership following a recent report regarding unvaccinated players being barred from the Grey Cup playoffs. Gentlemen, Your CFLPA received the CFL's unilateral travel policy last evening. Our lawyers and counsel are examining the CFL's decision and we are awaiting the Federal Governments clarification on the pending travel restrictions. We will continue to remain in talks with the CFL and the Federal Government as we seek clarity on the validity of the CFL's policy. Please keep informed through your Player Reps and Association, while not relying on information from any other sources. Yours in solidarity, CFLPA GUEST: Justin Dunk, Founder of 3 Down Nation, and Sports Anchor for CHCH News See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Sabe aquela conversas futurísticas? Então, nosso CTO Matheus Rocha e o CEO da Video Front, antigo CTO do CERS, Pedro Zanré fazem essa viagem no tempo com nosso CEO Thiago Lopes até 2035 "and beyond" analisando o que temos hoje a nível de tecnologia. Let's Fly High together? @americaninsight Para saber mais sobre Elon Musk, se inscreva: https://www.youtube.com/Insights4You

This episode of Chasing Compliance features two first-hand accounts of what it was like to participate in the Global Clinical Evaluation Report (CER) Internship Program. This is Part 3 of our series on the Global CER Internship Program. Arun and Kristina, two members of the very first cohort of Global CER Interns take us through their experience in the program and provide some insight on how they feel now that they are done. In the first part of the discussion, they address why they wanted to get into medical writing and what brought them to Global. Then Arun, Kristina, and Jamie discuss what it was like during the first few weeks and months of the internship, what they learned at each phase, which parts were challenging, and how they feel now after they have completed it. We also discuss what it takes to be successful through the program and Arun and Kristina give their tips for those applying to and entering the program. A more detailed list of the topics covered and when they were covered can be found below. If you would like to learn more or apply for the internship, visit us a www.globalrwc.com and navigate to the careers page. Arun holds a PhD in Bioengineering from Rice University. There he studied cell-cell communication during neural development. He moved onto a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania where he studied neuroimaging and systems neuroscience. .Kristina started her post-graduate education in dental school at Rutgers. Her passion for science took over and after a year she found herself in the PhD program studying mechanisms of apoptosis or cell death. She continued her basic science training at the University of Florida where she studied the protective effects of vitamin D on the lungs. 2:30 – How Arun and Kristina got into Medical Writing 6:10 – What was the first week of the program like 9:30 – Was it challenging to work remotely 11:00 – How did you feel during the first few months of the internship? 13:00 – Do you feel as though you use the skills you learned in the internship 15:30 – Kristina and Arun's thoughts on how they were evaluated and challenges within the program. 17:40 – What were the following months like? When were you writing your own CERs? 18:50 – Is writing a CER like writing an academic paper? 21:10 – How do you feel about the progression and environment. Was the internship challenging? 22:30 – Do you recommend the internship? If so, who should apply? 26:30 – What are the characteristics or skills of the ideal CER candidate. 28:45 – What tips would you give Internship candidates? 29:45 – Now that you've completed the internship how do you feel about your future? Do you feel as though you have the necessary experience? 31:30 – Favorite Fridays.

Many businesses are trying to navigate how they fit into the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS), a federal program designed to help businesses overcome challenges due to the pandemic.For farm equipment dealerships, understanding how they might qualify for the program can be difficult; MNP’s tax specialist Trevor Tamke sat down with our very own Mike Kraemer to discuss what dealerships need to know.

Show Opening... But first (0:33); Between Two Hosts. Topic: Fitness trackers... and other stuff(1:41); A couple of things... (21:21); For years, Canada's Divorce Act didn't mention family violence. That changes today (44:20); Medical assistance in dying for mental illness ignores safeguards for vulnerable people (1:05:13); Online purchase scams become riskiest scam in the wake of COVID-19 (1:29:11); Small businesses still don't know what CEWS and CERS will look like past March 14 (1:49:33)

This is the audio-only version of DEVICE LOVE Live! #28, originally recorded February 11, 2021. The MDR and IVDR have significantly increased requirements for clinical, regulatory, and post-market surveillance documentation. To make it even more challenging, there are overlapping requirements resulting in the need for consistent information across a variety of plans and reports. The integration of clinical, regulatory, risk management and post market surveillance is a difficult and confusing task, however, it's essential to ensure consistent information across all plans and reports: CEP/PEP, CER/PER, risk management file, labeling, PSUR, PMCF/PMPF, and SSCP/SSP. Our experts will discuss how the data inputs and outputs for these documents are interrelated and provide guidance and best practices on how to share information throughout the organization to streamline processes and ensure consistency. Amie Smirthwaite, Ph.D. - Head of Clinical Regulatory Affairs, RQM+ Jaishnankar (Jai) Kutty, Ph.D. - Vice President of Clinical Services, RQM+ Nancy Morrison, RAC - Executive Director, Regulatory and Quality Consulting Services Jon Gimbel, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Regulatory and Quality Consulting Services Celeste Maksim, Ph.D. RAC - Senior Manager, PMS and PMCF Services - About RQM+ RQM+ is the world's leading medical device and diagnostics focused regulatory and quality consulting firm. We deliver transformative solutions by providing an unrivaled collective expertise, fueled by passion for client success. Our experts are collaborative, laser-focused on client needs, and committed to delivering high value solutions that exceed expectations. Learn more at RQMplus.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/devicelove/message

This is the audio-only version of DEVICE LOVE Live! #26, originally recorded January 14, 2021. In this unique episode of DEVICE L❤️VE Live!, the focus turns to Dr. Amie Smirthwaite, Head of Clinical Regulatory Affairs at RQM+, as she answers questions from our recent EU MDR and IVDR email survey. Amie will be covering a multitude of areas, including legacy products, CERs, PMCF, PSURs, and notified body/commission commentary. Want to learn more about Amie? Her lengthy credentials are listed below! Please join us this Thursday at 11am ET by registering below, and hear her answers... and have a chance to ask a question of your own. Credentials: Former Global Head of Clinical compliance for BSI Notified Body. Built clinical compliance team and lead clinical aspects of successful MDR designation; also significant contributor to successful IVDR designation on performance evaluation requirements A recent contributor to European Commission Clinical Investigations and Evaluations Expert Group, include subgroups which authored the following guidance documents: MDCG 2019-9 Summary of safety and clinical performance A guide for manufacturers and notified bodies MDCG 2020-5 Guidance on clinical evaluation – Equivalence MDCG 2020-6 Guidance on sufficient clinical evidence for legacy devices MDCG 2020-7 Guidance on PMCF plan template MDCG 2020-8 Guidance on PMCF evaluation report template MDCG 2020-13 Clinical evaluation assessment report template MDCG 2020-x (not yet published) Guidance on PSUR Contributor to an expert panel on how to assess novelty in medical devices, and SCHEER consultation on phthalates in medical devices Member of ISO technical committees 194 (Biological and clinical evaluation of medical devices) and 150 (Implants for surgery), a contributor to ISO 14155 and new proposals for clinical evaluation standards --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/devicelove/message

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Today we're diving deep into the new Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and all about: 1) Qualification a) CRA business number on or before sept 27 2020 b) Have a payroll account march 15th 2020 c) purchased a business 2) Eligibility a) Be an eligible business b) Need to have experienced a drop in revenue (no minimum) c) Have eligible expenses - qualifying property 3) Qualifying property a) real property in Canada that your business owns or rents that you use in the course of ordinary business 4) What are the benefits a) $75,000 per business location at a max of $300,000 for all locations ** NO TOP UP LIMIT** **with certain conditions** b)The money is paid to a third party (not your kids or family) c) The money is paid with respect to the claim period d) The money is paid under an agreement that existed BEFORE October 9th 2020 5) Qualifying Periods Claim period 1: September 27 to October 24, 2020 New Claim period 2: October 25 to November 21, 2020 Claim period 3: November 22 to December 19, 2020

Kim G C Moody and Kenneth Keung discuss the latest federal government subsidy, the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS). What is it and why is it necessary? Find out in the latest episode.

Kim G C Moody and Kenneth Keung discuss the latest federal government subsidy, the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS). What is it and why is it necessary? Find out in the latest episode.

UCLA Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures and Russian Flagship Program webinar by Sasha Razor and Lydia Roberts. Cosponsored by CERS.

UCLA Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures and Russian Flagship Program webinar by Sasha Razor and Lydia Roberts. Cosponsored by CERS.

As regulators around the world look more closely at the Clinical Evaluation Report in support of a device’s safety and efficacy, we revisit the key aspects of discussion on which manufacturers and sponsors should focus their efforts.Listen in to hear Heyam Kalla provide guidance in navigating the world of CERs that meet regulatory expectations, including those that may not be expressly written into the guidance.Presenter: Heyam Kalla, Senior Consultant, Brandwood CKC

As of our latest monthly CSV report, which covers February 2020, Prime Video Direct has dropped filmmakers rates for movies with CER's under 50% to 1 cent an hour. Prior to this there was a sliding rate, which is still intact for movies with CERs of over 50%. But those rates fall from 4 cents and hour at 50% to 1 cent an hour at 49%. In this podcast, I'll cover this drop in more detail and how it directly effects filmmakers pay rates. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thejhorton)

A House panel considers changing CERS management, while the full House moves to prevent human trafficking and open scholarship funding to some former felons. Senate President Robert Stivers pulls a pension-spiking bill. Gov. Andy Beshear gives a coronavirus update. Russellville honors pioneering political journalist Alice Dunnigan.

A House panel considers changing CERS management, while the full House moves to prevent human trafficking and open scholarship funding to some former felons. Senate President Robert Stivers pulls a pension-spiking bill. Gov. Andy Beshear gives a coronavirus update. Russellville honors pioneering political journalist Alice Dunnigan.

Com as saídas de Diogo Alves e João Sardo do Tomar em destaque na semana que passou, o treinador Nuno Lopes foi o convidado do terceiro episódio. No entanto, a hora seria demasiado curta para o técnico que levou o Sporting da zona de descida à conquista da Taça CERS e que esteve no transfiguração quase total do agora campeão europeu. Assumidamente leão de alma e coração, Nuno Lopes não escondeu episódios de intrigas e jogos de bastidores que o deixaram desiludido...

en este podcast el p. Abraham nos comparte varios puntos para mejorar en nuestro liderazgo dentro de las comunidades "cers" y grupos "msp" ademas que nos ayuda a evaluar el liderazgo cotidiano y en los diversos grupos parroquiales

Escucha en este episodio la actualización de los mercados internacionales, entérate de las principales informaciones financieras del día, y las recomendaciones que Alejandro Fernández W. hace en La Plaza Pública.

Escucha en este episodio la actualización de los mercados internacionales, entérate de las principales informaciones financieras del día, y las recomendaciones que Alejandro Fernández W. hace en La Plaza Pública.

Escucha en este episodio la actualización de los mercados internacionales, entérate de las principales informaciones financieras del día, y las recomendaciones que Alejandro Fernández W. hace en La Plaza Pública.

Escucha en este episodio la actualización de los mercados internacionales, entérate de las principales informaciones financieras del día, y las recomendaciones que Alejandro Fernández W. hace en La Plaza Pública.

Le département de l'Aude est habitué à son vent de Cers qui provient de l'ouest et qui dirige secrètement les activités économiques, artistiques et ludiques du territoire. Véritable moteur, dès son entrée par le Lauragais, le Cers s'amplifie dans la plaine centrale du département pour donner sa pleine mesure sur le Littoral... C'est là que se déroule, entre autre, le Mondial du Vent! Nous l'avons capté dans les ailes du moulin de Villeneuve-Minervois, au nord de Carcassonne

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Episode 18 - Hobbyist Highlight - Brandt Cers In this episode we interview special guest, Brandt Cers. Brandt recently won 1st place in the "Best Painted Army - Judges Choice" at Call to Glory 2019 in Canberra, Australia. Call to Glory is an annual Age of Sigmar tournament run by the Heralds of War crew and has become one of the largest events of its kind in the world. We talk to Brandt about how he got into the hobby, why he chose the "Free Peoples" as his army, what inspires him and what informs his hobby. We also discuss his various painting techniques and methods and dive into his passion for all things Freeguild and above all, hobby. The last section of the podcast is all about Brandt's experience at Call to Glory, his games and what's next in store for his hobby plans. For all the hobby buffs out there, this is the episode for you! You can follow Brandt on instagram here: wet_palette_warrior_oz

Esse é um episódio especial: o Prof. Rodrigo Andrade de Almeida entrevista o Prof. Dr. Rodolfo Pamplona Filho, Juiz Titular da 32ª Vara do Trabalho de Salvador, Professor da Graduação, Mestrado e Doutorado da Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Universidade Salvador (UNIFACS), Faculdade Baiana de Direito e do CERS, autor com 79 livros publicados e outros em processo de desenvolvimento, além de poeta e cantor da banda Crooners In Concert. Siga o Prof. Rodolfo Pamplona Filho nas redes sociais: Site: www.rodolfopamplonafilho.com.br Instagram: @rpamplonafilho Crooners In Concert: @croonersinconcert Canal no Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq6Mxa2gtS1oNVrd--atYcw Papeando com Pamplona: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdUugIhWdpiak2__tX-Nne2hiIPmhujXx

American Insight, CERS e Thales Maciel trazem para você um curso so freaking special: Legal English ou Inglês Jurídico. O professor @thalesbcmaciel é advogado e proficiente in English. Nesse episódio ele vai contar um pouco sobre sua experiência e vamos conversar sobre o porquê que você deve fazer o curso. Lembrando que o CERS é a maior escola online de todos os segmentos do Brasil. Segue o link: http://bit.ly/ingles-operadoresdedireito Acesse o nosso site para nos conhecer um pouco melhor: www.americaninsight.com.br

Summary: Nancy Tucker is a certified pet dog trainer and behavior consultant in Sherbrooke, Quebec. She regularly teaches seminars, webinars, and workshops on dog training, dog behavior, and the business end of training to dog owners, trainers, and veterinary staff in Canada, the U.S., and in Europe. She specializes in common behavior issues that affect the family dog, including more complex issues like aggression and anxiety. Nancy has written numerous articles on dog behavior and is a regular contributor to the Whole Dog Journal. At FDSA, she's offering a great class on separation anxiety and a new class on desensitization and counterconditioning for the April Session. Links Nancy's Website Next Episode:  To be released 3/30/2018, featuring Nancy Tucker to talk about desensitization and counter conditioning. TRANSCRIPTION: Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy, an online school dedicated to providing high-quality instruction for competitive dog sports using only the most current and progressive training methods. Today we'll be talking to Nancy Tucker. Nancy is a certified pet dog trainer and behavior consultant in Sherbrooke, Quebec. She regularly teaches seminars, webinars, and workshops on dog training, dog behavior, and the business end of training to dog owners, trainers, and veterinary staff in Canada, the U.S., and in Europe. She specializes in common behavior issues that affect the family dog, including more complex issues like aggression and anxiety. Nancy has written numerous articles on dog behavior and is a regular contributor to the Whole Dog Journal. At FDSA, she's offering a great class on separation anxiety and a new class on desensitization and counterconditioning for the April Session. Hi Nancy, welcome to the podcast! Nancy Tucker: Hi Melissa, hi everyone, I'm very happy to be here. Melissa Breau: I'm excited to have you here. To get us started out, can you just share a little information about the dog you share your life with and what you're working on with him? Nancy Tucker: Sure. I have a Border Terrier named Bennigan. He's not quite 9 months old yet, but he's creeping up on 9 months, so right now we're working on helping him navigate canine adolescence. That means we're teaching him the basics, with an emphasis on things like impulse control, and good, solid recalls, and trying to remain calm. Melissa Breau: With two classes on the calendar, I want to make sure we get to talk about both of them, but I wanted to start with the shiny new one. You named it “Feelings Change.” What inspired that name? Nancy Tucker: Well, it was catchy, because we're talking about feelings and we're talking about changing feelings. In training, we focus a lot on shaping behavior, and when we're dealing with behavior issues that are rooted in fear, we need to address the emotions that are driving that behavior. Lucky for us, there's a way to zero in on those emotions and help our dogs change how they feel about something, and that's huge. Melissa Breau: I know the core is desensitization and counterconditioning; I mentioned that during the intro. I think anyone who's been in the dog world for a while has probably heard those words thrown about, or at least seen the abbreviations, usually ds/cc, but can you explain what they actually mean? Nancy Tucker: In a nutshell, when we're talking about desensitization, we're describing a process that involves exposing our dog to something they fear, and that's done in a very measured and systematic way. We would start exposing them in a way that is completely non-threatening to them. It doesn't induce any fear at all, and we gradually work our way up from there. That's desensitization. Counterconditioning involves pairing the scary thing with something that elicits a positive emotional response in the dog, so now we're working with building an association. When that's done correctly, we can actually change the dog's emotional response in such a way that he's no longer fearful of the thing that he used to be afraid of. Typically we're aiming for a neutral response, that he's just not afraid of that thing anymore, but if we're lucky, we might even go as far as to create a positive emotional response, which means that he actually now feels good about the trigger that used to scare him. So we're talking about two separate and distinct methods here, desensitization and counterconditioning, but together they complement each other and they're very effective in treating fearful responses. Melissa Breau: Listeners of the podcast have definitely heard us talk before about the idea of creating a positive conditioned emotional response, or a CER. How is that concept, that idea of creating a positive CER, different from what you're talking about with desensitization and counterconditioning? Nancy Tucker: CERs — I'm giggling because now every time I hear the term CER, all I can think about is “ball feelings,” as they're known at Fenzi, thanks to … for those who don't know, that was coined on Hannah Branigan's podcast on CERs. When we're talking about CERs, we're dealing with creating a positive response to something that was previously neutral to the dog. So we're starting from scratch, basically, with a clean slate. When we're talking about desensitization and counterconditioning, we're not starting from scratch. The dog has already formed an association with something, and it's not a good one. To give a visual here, if creating a positive CER is like building a brand new house on a vacant lot, with only brand-new materials, desensitization and counterconditioning is like remodeling an old house. You first need to tear down some things, and you're never quite sure what you're going to find when you start knocking down walls. Anybody who's remodeled a house, I think, can probably relate to that. So maybe you discover you can rebuild a whole new fabulous design on a really solid foundation, or maybe you'll need to make some adjustments and compromises along the way, and build something wonderful but not quite a brand new design. Does that make sense? Melissa Breau: Absolutely. I love that analogy. That's fantastic — the idea of building from scratch versus remodeling. And for listeners who aren't Hannah fans, Hannah's podcast is “Drinking From The Toilet,” and I will try and find the specific episode that Nancy's talking about to include a link to it in the show notes. To get back to our conversation, the general concept sounds simple enough — the idea that we want to build this positive association — but I know a lot of people really struggle to do this stuff well. What are some of the common pitfalls that lead folks to struggle and to be unsuccessful? Nancy Tucker: The reason that I want to teach this course in the first place is because of these common pitfalls. The course focuses on the skills and mechanics that we need to have in order to be successful at desensitization and counterconditioning. There are natural laws at play here that we just can't get around. Things need to happen in a very specific way in order to work. We can't cut corners, and we can't speed up the process, and honestly, that's something that we're all guilty of when we're training our dogs. We can be really impatient, and we try to skip a few steps to reach our goal just a little bit faster. Sometimes we're lucky and our dog figures things out on his own, so hurrying up ends up being very reinforcing for us because it worked, so we do it over and over, again and again. But, when we're treating fears, that's just something we can't do, and understanding the process better and practicing our own mechanical skills is the best thing that we can do to finally be able to help our dogs overcome their fear. And it's actually a very rewarding process. Melissa Breau: Can you share a little more about the class? How you approach teaching this to your human learners to help them go through that process with their canine partners? Nancy Tucker: At the start of the class we'll all be on the same page, so we'll all be practicing the same set of skills, regardless of everyone's individual training experience. And you don't need training experience to do this class. It's quite an eye-opener. Once you start to really break down your own mechanical skills — and naturally this is a Fenzi class, so everything is done in the spirit of positivity and support, and there's no judgment — so there will be nitpicking, for sure, there'll be a lot of analyzing mechanics, but it's not about judgment. It's about helping to perfect these skills. So a lot of nitpicking, but in a very good way. The students' skills will grow from this experience, and they'll be able to transfer these skills to their other training projects as well. So at first we'll be making sure everyone fully understands the process and practices their mechanical skills, and then we'll tackle some actual issues. Students will be able to work on changing their dogs' fearful response to something. Melissa Breau: I know the other class you're teaching in April is on separation anxiety. How is separation anxiety different from what we're talking about here – from general desensitization and counterconditioning – and how does that lead to how you treat it? Nancy Tucker: Treating separation anxiety definitely involves desensitization, and a lot of it, in fact. It's the meat of the program. Desensitization is the meat of any program to treat separation anxiety. We very slowly and very gradually expose the dog to the thing that he fears the most, which is being alone or being separated from a particular family member. We make sure the dog only experiences being alone for however amount of time he can handle without experiencing fear or distress. That can be a very time-consuming process, so again, this is one of those things that we can't rush and we can't cut corners. But along with some environmental management, desensitization is really the most effective way to treat separation anxiety. Melissa Breau: I think a lot of the time when people talk about separation anxiety, they are actually talking about a few different things. It's not necessarily one of those terms that has a hard and fast definition in common use. Do you mind sharing what separation anxiety is — your definition — and what some of the symptoms are of true separation anxiety? Nancy Tucker: We tend to use separation anxiety as an umbrella term for what are essentially a few different issues, so most of the time, we're using it incorrectly. But it's so widespread as a label for a common problem that it's easier to use it. I know that's not correct, it's not scientifically correct, but sometimes when everyone misuses a term the same way, it's just as effective to use the term, if that makes any sense. In truth, what most people are dealing with when they say that their dog has separation anxiety is a dog who fears being alone. That is more common than actual separation anxiety. He fears isolation and he panics when he's left alone. True separation anxiety is when a dog experiences distress if he's apart from a particular person or persons. A dog who suffers from fear of isolation will be fine as long as someone, anyone, is with him. A dog who suffers from separation anxiety will experience distress even if someone else is there with him, if that makes sense. Some of the telltale signs that a dog is experiencing distress during your absence, if you're listening to this and you suspect that your dog may be suffering from this, some of these signs — and what I'm about to mention is in no particular order of importance here, and the dog might display one or several of these behaviors, and at different intensities … and before I go into describing what these symptoms might be, I want to point out, too, that the level of intensity of a symptom does not correlate to the level of severeness of the fear. If a dog overtly displays symptoms, it doesn't mean that he is more fearful than the dog who cowers in the corner and does not move all day. That dog could be equally as in distress. Anyway, some of the signs are vocalization, barking, whining. Actually, that's how quite a few people learn that there is a problem is when their neighbor complains about barking during their absence. That's often the first clue. They don't know until somebody complains about it. So vocalization is one. Excessive drooling is another. You might come home and find a puddle of drool that some people might mistake for pee, but it's actually drool. There can be that much of it on the floor, or the dog's bed is soaking wet. Anorexia is a very common one as well. The dog won't touch his food or a treat toy. Sometimes I discover a problem when a client has called me for another issue. When I'm doing my history intake, I ask them how often the dog eats, or when is he fed, and they say, “We feed him in the morning before we go to work, but he doesn't touch that. He's not hungry in the morning. He doesn't eat until we get home.” And I find out that when they get home, the dog devours his food. That's a sign to me, if the dog hasn't touched his food all day from the moment that they leave, that there may be an issue there, that he might not appreciate being alone and there could be a problem there. So anorexia. Obvious signs that the dog has scratched or chewed an area, especially near an exit, near the door that the owner uses to leave the house. Peeing and defecating, usually a lot of it during their absence, even just a short absence. And self-mutilation, signs of excessive licking or chewing at the paws. If you're not sure what your dog might be doing when you're not home, set up a camera and video him, or watch a live feed. There's lots of apps now that we can use to keep an eye on our dogs. Some dogs might pace while you're getting ready to leave. They're pacing and then they continue for another five minutes after you're gone, but then they settle down quickly and they go to sleep without a problem. Or, on the other hand, some dogs might appear perfectly chill for a few minutes after you leave, and then they begin to panic. So you can't know unless you record it or watch a live feed. Melissa Breau: Right. And technology is our friend, for sure. Nancy Tucker: For sure. Melissa Breau: Do we know what actually causes separation anxiety? It seems like some dogs struggle with it and others are never fazed at all. Is there a reason? Nancy Tucker: That's a really, really good question, and I'll start by talking about what doesn't cause separation anxiety. Owners. Owners' behavior does not cause their dog to develop separation anxiety. If you have a dog who panics when left alone, it is not your fault. It's not because of something that you did. It's amazing how many people feel, or are told, that it's because of something that they did. It is not because you've spoiled him. In fact, if you have a puppy, helping him feel secure by responding to his needs will go farther towards building a confident adult dog than if you try to use tough love by letting him cry it out at night. Don't be afraid to shower your puppy with attention and to provide that sense of security. You do need to teach your young dog that being alone is nothing to be afraid of, but you can do that systematically. Back to causes. For starters, dogs who suffer from this problem, they tend to already be predisposed to having anxiety issues. Just like people, some of us might be more genetically predisposed to experience mental health issues, and this is true for dogs as well. It is worth mentioning that there is correlation between a few things in separation anxiety, but it can't be said for sure that these things actually cause it. For example, dogs who are surrendered to a shelter might display some isolation distress once they're adopted into a new home. Actually, that's pretty common. But it's possible that these dogs had this issue in their previous homes, and maybe that's the reason that some of them were surrendered in the first place. It's not always easy to tell. So it's not always accurate to say that a dog develops a fear of isolation because he was surrendered to a shelter or abandoned somewhere. Another possible correlation is dogs who are sick as very, very young puppies might develop separation anxiety as adults. And again, there's correlation there, but nothing to say that this is a cause. What I see most commonly is after a major change in a dog's life, like a move or a major disruption, a divorce, or a huge disruption in a dog's routine or schedule, that can lead to this type of problem. But again, in most cases we're talking about a dog who is already predisposed to experiencing anxiety. So it's not ultimately because you moved into a new house that you caused your dog to develop this problem. Rather, the move may have triggered an anxiety disorder that was already there but hadn't yet manifested into a behavior issue, if that makes sense. Melissa Breau: Absolutely. It's really interesting. I hadn't realized there were those specific things that were correlated with the issue. That's news to me, so it's interesting. I know you're not a vet, but I know that on the syllabus or in the description you mention that you do touch on meds in the class. I was curious if you'd talk about that a little bit. How do you determine if a student should talk to their vet about their options? Nancy Tucker: I really respect my limitations as a trainer and a behavior consultant, and I avoid talking about meds, except to say that everyone should do their own research and find out what's available to you to help your dog deal with an anxiety issue, and there are quite a few options out there. So if your dog is at risk of hurting himself — self-mutilation, or a dog who is scratching or throwing himself through glass, which I experienced that myself, a dog who is simply overwhelmed with fear or anxiety in general — I strongly urge you to look into medication to help him out. I will say this much: medication can be a huge help. It can create a sense of calm in a dog so that he's able to learn the new behaviors that you want to teach him. It puts him in a better state of mind to learn and for behavior modification to take place. A lot of the antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds out there, they will allow for learning to take place, so in other words, they aren't simply a sedative that can affect short-term memory. So that would be an important thing to discuss with the vet. If you're looking for medication to help your dog deal with anxiety or immense fear, you want to use a medication that will allow him to learn. The whole point of using medication to treat separation anxiety is to be able to work through a desensitization program so that the dog can eventually be comfortable alone at home. Melissa Breau: Right. You mention in the class description that, when done right, Gold videos in this class may be sort of … boring, I think is the word you used. Why is that? Nancy Tucker: This is true. This is very true. There isn't a whole lot of action going on when you're teaching a dog to remain calm. Videos are good, and I can still help guide students by watching what's happening in a video. I can dissect the dog's behavior and body language, and I can make recommendations based on the layout of the home, because we talk a lot about finding that home alone space, and sometimes it's good to have a second set of eyes to look at the layout and see what might work, or even based on the student's own movements. So video is good. I might see something in the environment that the student has missed. Sometimes you're just so familiar with something that even when it's right in front of you, you don't see it. But the bottom line is that we are literally aiming for the dog to look bored and chillaxed. So Gold students don't have to post video, actually, but that's OK, because we tend to do a lot of problem-solving and creative planning and troubleshooting on the forums through discussions. During this class the discussion boards are really important. If you want to follow a case, follow the discussion, because even without a video there is a lot of back and forth and a lot of troubleshooting going on. The Gold-level students are still getting a personal coach as they work through this, and because every single case is completely different, all students get to follow and learn from each individual scenario, which is great. In the last couple of sessions we had a lot of trainers join, so I think they benefitted from seeing the different types of cases. Melissa Breau: There's certainly nothing to sneeze at there about taking a Gold spot just because videos don't play a big role. In an area like this, where there's so often those feelings of, “Oh my god, am I doing it wrong?” or “Oh my god, my dog's panicking,” having somebody to hold your hand and say, “No, actually, it's OK, let's take a step back, let's do it this way,” that can be a huge, huge help. Nancy Tucker: Absolutely. It's great to have a second set of eyes with a problem like this, for sure. Melissa Breau: I wanted to ask about common misconceptions or places where students often go wrong when it comes to working on this kind of thing — separation anxiety, that is. Can you share any tips or suggestions? Nancy Tucker: I think that we tend to circle back to the most common problem of all when treating a behavior issue that's based on an emotion like fear, and I mentioned it earlier: we move too fast. We try to rush things. Sometimes I get the feeling that the students somehow feel bad that they don't have more to show, that they feel they need to push it along in order to look like they're progressing. But that's OK, because I know that behavior change takes time, and I am far more giddy about seeing a student take their time and really progress at the dog's speed, whatever that may be for that dog. When I see that, I know that the student is on the right track and they'll get there eventually. So again, the common problem is just moving too fast. Melissa Breau: If students are trying to decide whether either of these classes is appropriate for their dog, I wanted to ask if you have any advice. How can they decide if their dog is a good candidate? Nancy Tucker: Now might be a good time for me to mention that the desensitization and counterconditioning class is not for those dogs who might display aggression towards the thing that they fear. For example, if a dog might bite a visitor entering his home because he's afraid of strangers, this class is not the place for that kind of issue. That's because I would much rather deal with aggression in person. Other than that, what I'd like to see are students working on minor issues throughout the term, throughout the session. I'll bet almost everyone can name at least one or two things their dog is afraid of. Students might think that their dog doesn't like something because he avoids it, but really their dog might be afraid of that thing, and this class would be a perfect opportunity to work on that. They'll get to practice their training mechanics on a minor issue, like a dog avoiding the vacuum cleaner, for example, or getting brushed, or getting their nails clipped. Then they'll be in a better position to handle a bigger issue later on, like aggressive behaviors that are fear-based, for example. Another important point about the desensitization and counterconditioning class is that whatever trigger the students choose, they need to make sure that they have complete control over their dog's access to that trigger while they work on it. In other words, if you plan to help your dog overcome his fear of the sound of kids playing and screaming on the street, you need to make sure you can control when and how your dog hears that sound. You can see how that can be really, really difficult. We can't control when the kids are going to be out playing, but we can maybe try to control the dog's access to that, to manage the environment or something creatively so that he's not exposed to that. That's just an example. The point that I'm trying to make is that we need to have complete control over that stimulus in order to work through the program, because the only way that desensitization and counterconditioning will work is if we're able to exercise that kind of control over the stimulus. As for the Home Alone class, you don't actually need to have a dog with a separation anxiety issue to take the class. Like I mentioned before, over the last couple of sessions we had lots of trainers take the class who wanted to learn more about helping their clients. It's also a good match for people with puppies who want to teach their dog to be alone in a structured way. In fact, a lot of the lecture videos are of my own dog, Bennigan, when he was just a puppy learning to be home alone. Melissa Breau: I did want to dive in a little deeper there , if you don't mind, and ask if there are any examples that come to mind of students with problems that would be a particularly good fit for the desensitization and counterconditioning class. Are there particular problems that you're hoping to get, or that you think might be particularly well suited for that kind of class? Nancy Tucker: Like I said, the two main criteria are that is not an aggression issue in that there is no danger that the dog will bite, so a dog who is extremely … I don't like to use the term “reactive” because it doesn't really describe what's happening, but a dog who might behave aggressively or lunge and bark at the sight of another dog — this is not a good class for that. I believe that Amy Cook has a good class for that. This is not a good class for that because I personally don't want to be dealing with aggression, except maybe resource guarding. If a dog is displaying object guarding and does not have a bite history, that is something that we might be able to handle, but again, I would rather speak with a student first and have them communicate with me to see exactly what's happening, because that might not be fear-based, and when we're talking about desensitization and counterconditioning, I think that what we're aiming for here is to help a dog overcome a fear. So no outright aggression, and to have control over the stimulus. That is the one thing that is an absolute must. So to answer your question, no, there is no specific thing that's carte blanche, and if students are unsure, they can just communicate with me and we can figure it out together. Melissa Breau: Excellent. I know that your class descriptions mentioned something about CEUs. Do you mind sharing with listeners — and I'm sure there are some ears that just perked up there who may be trainers trying to get those Continuing Education credits — what the deal is there? Nancy Tucker: Both classes are approved for 21 CEUs for training for those who are certified with a CCPDT. I specified “for training,” because with the CCPDT — the Certification Council For Professional Dog Trainers — there are training credits and there are behavior credits. These are 21 training CEUs for each class. Students can register at any level, whether it's Gold, Silver, or Bronze, and throughout the term they'll need to collect some code words that will be peppered throughout the lectures and the Gold discussion forums. So they have to follow and pay close attention to the course as it progresses, the lectures and discussion forums. And hey, 21 CEUs is almost two-thirds of a full recertification, so that's not a bad deal. If you take both classes, you get 42 CEUs right there. Melissa Breau: That's awesome. That's really a fantastic opportunity for those people who are out there trying to get those. Thanks so much for coming back on the podcast, Nancy! It's great to chat. Nancy Tucker: Thanks for having me, Melissa. Always a pleasure. Melissa Breau: Absolutely. And thank you to all of our wonderful listeners for tuning in! We'll be back next week with Julie Daniels to discuss confidence-building through shaping. If you haven't already, subscribe to our podcast in iTunes or the podcast app of your choice to have our next episode automatically downloaded to your phone as soon as it becomes available. Credits: Today's show is brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy. Special thanks to Denise Fenzi for supporting this podcast. Music provided royalty-free by BenSound.com; the track featured here is called “Buddy.” Audio editing provided by Chris Lang.  

SUMMARY: Dr. Amy Cook has been training dogs for nearly 25 years and has been specializing in the rehabilitation of shy and fearful dogs for over 15 years. She's the creator of The Play Way, her process for helping dogs learn to cope with the world around them. She's also a certified dog behavior consultant, a long-standing professional member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers, and has attended all four Chicken Camps in Hot Springs, Arkansas, taught by Bob Bailey. Amy returned to school in 2006 to get her PhD in psychology from UC Berkeley. Her research there focused on the dog/human relationship and its effect on problem-solving strategies dogs employ. She's also recently started a blog at playwaydogs.com, and everyone should definitely go check it out. Links Amy's Website Next Episode:  To be released 1/12/2018, and I'll be talking to Stacy Barnett about nosework handling, so stay tuned! TRANSCRIPTION: Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy, an online school dedicated to providing high-quality instruction for competitive dog sports using only the most current and progressive training methods. Today we'll be talking to Dr. Amy Cook. Amy has been training dogs for nearly 25 years and has been specializing in the rehabilitation of shy and fearful dogs for over 15 years. She's the creator of The Play Way, her process for helping dogs learn to cope with the world around them. She's also a certified dog behavior consultant, a long-standing professional member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers, and has attended all four Chicken Camps in Hot Springs, Arkansas, taught by Bob Bailey. Amy returned to school in 2006 to get her PhD in psychology from UC Berkeley. Her research there focused on the dog/human relationship and its effect on problem-solving strategies dogs employ. She's also recently started a blog at playwaydogs.com, and everyone should definitely go check it out. Hi, Amy. Welcome back to the podcast. Amy Cook: Hi. So good to be here, second time around, love it favorite thing to do, talk with you. Melissa Breau: To start us out, do you want to remind listeners who the dogs are that you share your life with? Amy Cook: My dogs, of course. Can I use the whole 45 minutes? I could do that just on my dogs. Marzipan, first off, my darling Whippet. She's 6 now, which I cannot believe. She's my lovely girl. She's on a break right now from agility. She got majorly injured a year ago, a year and a half ago, and so it was a long recovery that we just very recently got a clean bill of health on, which I'm really excited about. So now it's all about reconditioning her body and getting her brain back in the game. As an aside that isn't really an aside, I don't think I really appreciated the psychological effects of what you have to do to really isolate a dog from using their body correctly, and what that does to their minds. Because I think in a lot of ways she's forgotten how much she can push me into work and forgotten how she can have free agency and try to get things done, because so much time was spent asking her to settle down and not do anything. So rehabilitating her psychologically has been part of this. So that's where she is. And then Caper, my darling Chihuahua something-something, my Ikea assembly dog who seems to have come with no bones. If you follow me on Facebook, you'll see lots of pictures of her being made out of rubber. Both of them do agility, and I'm fooling around on my down time on playing with TEAM stuff. I think if the two of them were one dog we're good on TEAM 1 and 2, but they're two dogs, so that doesn't work, so I'm filling in the holes as I go. They're a blast, so everyone follow them on Facebook. They're so much fun. Melissa Breau: I have to agree with that. I definitely look at their pictures, cute puppy pix. I know that you're probably most known at FDSA for something that I mentioned in the intro, your reactive dog classes that use your play-based approach to treating reactivity. But I want to focus on your Science of Training class today because I know it's coming up. So to start us out, do you want to share a basic summary of what the class covers and what it's all about? Amy Cook: Yeah, sure. I love this class. This one is so fun to teach. It was first conceived of in concert with Denise's The Art of Training class. We wanted to throw in The Science of Training to get people all on the same page about what the fundamentals are, but also how to get these mechanics in your body, how to get these details really solid before you go ahead and deviate from them and experiment and try to do different things that are outside of those experiences. What my class is really focusing on is tightening trainer technique and finding these little areas that I think we don't spend the time on, that we neglect, either because we're not sure if they're important, or we're maybe not so good at them, and we practice the things we're good at a lot. So I want to make sure we get right down to them and really understand them. The class assumes that people have a very basic understanding about operant conditioning. You don't need to be able to do it chapter and verse. I'd assume some experience shaping with a clicker, but that's about it. I found that as I was growing as a clicker trainer, there were all sorts of little holes I'd find, little areas where I thought maybe models conflicted, or didn't really match, or how do I get this done when I've heard of this. I would always keep little notes about that, I think maybe waiting for some future audience when I could finally pass that information along. So that's what this class has become for me. It's my baby in that way. I aim to be practical and so much of the scientific approach to training dogs gets lost and gets intellectual, and I want us to get down to be clear with your body, be clear with your clicker, be really clear with your parameters and what you're doing, because that ultimately serves your learner. And there's no better place to learn that than Chicken Camp and trying to learn how to train chickens. It's really humbling to train a bird, very much. Melissa Breau: That leads us nicely into the second thing I wanted to ask you about, because I happen to know part of the answer. I wanted to talk about the name of the class, and the second half of that name is Think, Plan, Do. I wanted you to maybe share where that came from and a little bit about what it means. Amy Cook: You can Google “Think, Plan, Do,” and you'll see that it's just a phrase that a lot of people use in a lot of different industries and domains. It's an organizational psychology phrase, a motivation phrase, but to us, to dog trainers, that phrase is highly connected to Bob Bailey. That is a Bailey-ism, and it's what I feel, at least for me, what I really took as one of the main takeaways from going to Chicken Camp that is often missing in dog training, we don't spend a whole lot of time thinking. We don't spend a whole lot of time making our plans. We spend our time doing. We pick up the clicker, we get the treats, and we just start training. And with a nod thrown at what we're training this time, of course, but really when you train chickens, you spend a lot of time making a plan and thinking it through before you ever bring that bird out on the table and try to train something. And so, as an homage to the great Bob Bailey, I think the place to start to improve yourself in training is to think something through, to really have a plan — even if it's a plan that doesn't work, you'll find out — make a plan before you do anything. Don't have just a loose goal, because that's not going to be optimal to your learner. Your learner is at your mercy. They're just there to receive all the things you're about to do, and the better you are at doing them, and the more concrete your plan, the better the experience is for your learner, which is ultimately one of our highest goals, and I think it should be. Melissa Breau: To maybe dive a little more into that, what kind of things should people be thinking about before they begin to plan out a specific training session? What kind of factors or what kind of things should they take into consideration and think through? Amy Cook: Well, going in order, first spend time thinking. What specifically are you trying to do in this session? What are you trying to do with your dog in general? But today you're thinking, I have my 10 minutes, I'd like to do something. What specifically? Not I need to improve the retrieve we're working on. What specifically? Really have that in mind. And is it realistic for you today? You can have a long goal, but the small part you're going to work on right now needs an entry point, and that needs to be thought through. Also, as you're picturing that, what don't you want in this picture? Let's say … oh, I know something we all don't want. How about barking? Melissa Breau: Whining, barking. Amy Cook: There's all sorts of things you can write a list about. Think ahead of time about all the stuff you're not going to want, because if you see some of it, you don't want to be thinking, Oh I don't know what to do with that, or Oh, I think I'll ignore that, or I don't know what to do with that; I'll go past it. Maybe going past it is going to be the right thing to do. It really depends on too many factors for this answer. But you shouldn't be caught going, Oh, oh, I don't know what, oh shoot, what is he doing now? You should think ahead: If he barks, this is what I'll do. If I start to get whining, I'm going to stop. Think it out about what this training is going to be like, so that you're not stopping. You can concentrate. You have a plan. Even if the plan isn't going to work, you find out, you'll be more settled. You should also think, at least right then, what is your learner like today. Think about where they are, what they like best from you in terms of your speed, your clarity, how they need you to be, and are you feeling that today? Are you there? Are you in a place to provide that today? Settle down so that you're in that good place. It will be a whole lot less confusing for your learner. If you have to think during the session when you're training, you will slow down, and you'll build in pauses, and pauses build in lapses of attention in your learner as they go, Hello? What happened? You don't want to be thinking a whole lot during it. You don't want to leave them spaces. I think it has an effect on all of us when we do that, even if we do that by default habit, our learners get pauses built in, or get some frustration or confusion built into it, and then we do too, because now we're feeling the clock ticking, we're feeling the dog looking at us like, Oh, ah, what am I doing here? Thinking calms everybody down when we think ahead of time. So that's the first part. Really, once you've thought it through, as best you can, you're going to have to come up with a plan that's at least this one session. Another thing people do is they look for a grand plan: I'm going to be teaching the retrieve. That's not a plan. What you're teaching is literally this next one minute of your time with your dog. You need to think that through in detail. I even suggest people write it down. I make people write that down as homework. Of course, in the class you write it down in the forum. You may decide later that writing it down isn't necessary, but if you don't write it down and find out it is necessary, you'll feel sorry about that, so write everything down. The kinds of things you want to have in your plan are, What am I going to do about, let's say, my environment? Have I picked an environment that is conducive to my goal? Am I going to have a cat strolling through my environment? Is that going to be OK, or is that going to really, really matter? So no, I need to plan, I'm going to train my dog to do this behavior, and I'm going to do it in this room on purpose. You do know what you're going to do. You have a plan for what you're going to do when your dog's nose goes to the floor. But you didn't clean the floor ahead of time. Do you need a clean floor? Maybe you don't need a clean floor because you're going to be working on nose is going to the ground. And you have a plan for what you're going to do when nose goes to the ground. So you don't care about your floor, but maybe you want a really clean floor so think that out -- so thinking and planning, right, they go together. Your environment is really going to matter. Also, how much time are you going to spend, and how do you know when you've spent that time? Do you have a timer? How long is too long to train? How long is too short to train? That's different for everybody, but I say go pretty short, go 30 seconds to a minute. If you don't have an answer to that question immediately in mind, don't go more than a minute. And then find out. You might find out it's longer, but don't start longer and find out you should have gone shorter. So in your plan should be how long you're going to train and how you're going to measure it. Will it be by time or will it be by number of treats? Count out 20 treats, and when your 20 are gone, you will stop and you'll reassess. It really matters that you keep things short because you can get into the weeds really fast. You're clicking for something, you're training for something, your dog offers something else. You're like, hey, that looks great, you follow it along, and soon you're not training not only what you intended to train, but you may be getting behaviors you're really not going to want in your final picture. It's not good to just keep training as long as you like. You need to stop and review what you did, reassess, and stick to it. And your plan should be for what are you going to do with your dog when you stop. I find people rarely put this in their plans, but it flummoxes them when they start to go through the session. Let's say you train for a minute and then you review your video. Well, the dog wasn't done in a minute. The dog was having a good time, hopefully, so what are you going to do to make sure your dog can stop while you review? If you stop it entirely and just put them up, that's kind of no fair, right? So knowing your dog, and what they're like, and what their challenges are, you will have to find a way to stop and keep your dog happy at the fact that that's happening and maybe ready to go again. That might be a skill you want to install way before you start training the actual behavior you were planning. You're going to plan certainly criteria, you're going to plan exactly what is correct, and everything else that is not going completely correct, and you're going to have to set up for that. The correct behavior that you're looking for is what you're going to be getting. It takes a lot of thought and a lot of planning, more than people usually give credit for, and that shows up as soon as you start seeing videos: Oh I didn't realize, I didn't even think about that, oh gosh. All the time spent thinking, all the time spent planning makes the minute or five of you doing much smoother and really successful for your learner, I find. Don't just keep going. Don't dig a hole. Stop and think. And review. Melissa Breau: I think you hit on a lot of the pieces there, and I know, just even from keeping up with the FDSA Facebook page, people tend to really struggle with all of that. They really struggle with planning out their training sessions and figuring out how to break things down, and no wonder, because we start training and the dogs apparently forgot to read the plan. So I wanted to ask you a little bit more about how you balance that concept of having something that's detailed enough but also keeping it flexible enough that if a dog shows you something you weren't expecting, or the dog in front of you that day is a little bit different than the one you usually have, how you can roll with that. Amy Cook: Well, I think making plans and thinking about it is not natural to a lot of us. I was going to say all of us, just because it's not natural to me, and that's not fair; I'm not an example for people. But I think it's really common for us to just go with things as we see them, and I don't think that's a bad trait at all. We should be able to think on the fly. We should be able to roll with changing conditions. But when you have a goal, a specific goal, and you're shaping, there's not a lot of room for improvisation. I don't think you should be … I think the word is flexible, but I want you to be exactly in the training session that you're doing. So you set yourself a minute and it's not working, I don't know, on hold for the dumbbell. Your dog shows you something else. Things didn't go exactly as you planned. Don't keep going. Stop and think about that, because maybe you do want to go with it. Maybe you do think that is a way better idea, that's a better way to explain that stage to my dog, or she's getting something I didn't realize she's getting, and I like this a lot better. Stop for a second and really think about that. Because you just spent time thinking about this plan and it was a good one when you enacted it, and whatever your dog is coming up with may be and may not be, and I don't think you should just run with it. Stop for a second, really think about it, and now start again with your new idea, with the new thing your dog is doing. Because, if nothing else, even if it would have been fine if you'd gone with it, if nothing else, it gives you the discipline, the habit, of not just saying, “Oh, great idea, go, go, go, let's just quit that, let's just go,” which is maybe really natural to you and can get you in the weeds. There is no downside if you just stop and say, “Let me think that through first for a second. Here's something for you to chew on, dog, let me think about this and really decide if that's the way I want to go,” and you might realize there is a downside to that, “Actually that's not the way I want to go. It looked good for a second, but hang on, I want to stick to what I'm doing.” If you have a careful plan, your criterion will be so tight, the little pieces clicking will be so specific, and your rate of reinforcement, which I'm sure we'll get to in a bit, will be so high that the session will be going exactly toward what you're headed for. If you planned it well, and if you're executing it, there isn't going to be a lot of room for experimentation. That might be different from when you're hanging out with your dog and just fooling around, but that's not training toward a goal, and this is how to get from A to B specifically. So I say don't be flexible, which is a weird message, I realize, but if a stroke of brilliance happens, there's nothing wrong with thinking it through before you follow the path. That's my opinion right now. Melissa Breau: I want to talk about the review piece a little bit. I know that most of the FDSA instructors strongly endorse the idea of videoing and reviewing their training, and Denise in particular has come out in strong, strong favor of it. I wanted to ask why it's helpful, and what people should be looking for when they do go back and watch those videos, which of course is everybody's least-favorite activity of all time. Amy Cook: Everybody's least-favorite activity of all time because we can't not look at our messy house, and what we chose to wear, and of course how sloppy we just trained that, right? That's what you're going to find. That's what you're going to find. And the videos are super-helpful, super-helpful. I have always underestimated how helpful they are. I think if every bronze student videoed themselves just like the gold, and watched it back every single time, they'd be shocked at how much they'd get out of a bronze level of instruction. I really believe that. It's amazing what videos can teach you, if you can remember that this is all in support of you. The point of videoing yourself and looking at it is not to give yourself an opportunity to shred yourself and notice how much you suck. That's not what we're hoping you learn from a video review. I think in this specific context, video is helpful in everything I teach and everything we all teach, in this specific class, I think what I'd be looking for is, hey, I made a plan, and I predicted what my dog would be like for this minute, and how tight, how shaved my criterion was, and how good my rate was going to be. You should look at that video and just say, “Did I do that? Did I do that at all? Did I get use these 15 cookies in in 30 seconds? Did I do that? How much am I moving?” We're using marker words, or marker sounds, to train a dog, so we have to really isolate them. Still, did I do that? You can see clear as day whether you moved first or clicked first, because the video doesn't lie, but your memory does. It totally does. Did I follow the plan, and was the plan a good one? Looking at the video, you can honestly go, Oh, absolutely not. That is not where I need to start with her. She's way more confused about that than I thought she was. I thought we were in a good place. And that enriches your next plan. You stop, you revise your plan, and with that new information your next session should be much better. You often don't need anyone to tell you what went wrong, because you can just look and go, That is not what I was planning at all. That's not what I meant. And also I think you should really look at what your dog says, because you don't see it as clearly in real time. You just don't. I think we're always trying to get better at that, to see right then and there that your dog is not feeling great about it, or that your dog is confused -- what does your dog's body say in this video? -- especially at a different angle, you're just looking at them head on and if you get a video from the side, you may be able to see more. It might tell you that you need to slow down, or shift your feeding choice, or the way you're reinforcing, so that you can be more clear. Or they might tell you to speed up, that you give them way too much time in between and that's leading them to whine, or whatever it is. And if you look at it and you still don't know what you're doing, you can see that there's a disjoint to it, but you're just not sure what's wrong, you have something to show somebody. You don't have to train your dog again to show them what's wrong and having your dog experience it. You can say, “Hey guys, what am I doing here? What is this?” So it pays to not only take the video, but to have the ego strength to say, “Hey, I'm not perfect, nobody is, none of you are, can you all help me with this?” I think that's how we all approach it here. It's why the trainers, all of us, show what we do and show when we don't do it well, because we're all in the same boat, trying to improve ourselves more than we are, and video keeps us really, really honest. If you lie to yourself, and again, we all do on some sort of level, we think it went well and it really didn't go well, the one who pays is your learner, they may not know what's going on, and their mind is a valuable thing, their willingness to do this stuff with us is valuable, and when we're clear and we're motivating, they're having a lot of fun. When we're not, those take a hit and your dog will get less out of the game. There's nothing worth that, there's no precision, there's nothing you have to train that's worth their attitude. So keep holding your own feet to the fire. It makes you better, but it's really in service to your dog. Melissa Breau: As you were saying that, I was thinking, gee, not only that, but forcing yourself to watch your videos really helps ensure that you keep them short and your training sessions short because nobody wants to sit there and watch themselves for eight to ten minutes. Amy Cook: No kidding. Oh goodness. I hadn't videoed myself playing with dogs before teaching the play class, and now I'm like, do we do jazz hands with everybody? Is that what I do? Do I do jazz hands? I had no idea. No idea. Yes, keep them short, keep them to the point. Dogs think way faster than we do. Their clock speed's way higher. There's a lot going on for them. This is cross-species modes, so the heavy lifting is for us, not for them, so we have to watch ourselves. Melissa Breau: You've broken up the syllabus for the class into six specific topics. I wanted to dive into those a little bit. You have observing the learner, reinforcement, CERs — conditioned emotional responses, for anyone who doesn't know the abbreviation — mechanics, ABCs, and naming behaviors. So I wanted to ask you a little bit about each of those. Why is observing the learner important, and what kinds of things should people really be looking for when they are doing that? Amy Cook: Observing the learner may be my top biggest maybe best “think, plan, do” takeaway from Chicken Camp, oh my god, because to be able to click when you need to, to be able to mark exactly what you need to, you need to know what your dog looks like when they're doing something well, and right before they're about to do something well, the thing that you want. Because it takes you a second to get that sound out of your mouth, or to get that thumb depressed onto the clicker, and that time is lost. You will be late if you don't know really precisely what your dog looks like right as they've decided, and right as they're contracting the right muscle to do the thing that you want, that you're trying to get them to do. I learned that by clicking my dog. I was trying to teach her to tug open the fridge. I kept clicking when she was tugging, but the click would come just slightly too late, and she had finished tugging when the click sound happened, because the tugs were little short tugs, as you can imagine. It kept being imprecise. I remember I asked Bob, I explained in more detail than you guys need here, I asked, “What am I doing?” He didn't even need to know. He said, “Observe the learner.” I said, “What? I'm watching her. She's tugging. I'm clicking when she's tugging.” He said, “What does she look like before she tugs? What does she look like when she's about to tug?” He was right. What I was missing was contraction of neck muscles, shifting of weight, all the stuff that was right before and as the behavior was commencing. I saw a full tug and clicked right as it ended, because that's how long it took my brain to send my thumb the signal. I learned from that, so many pieces. So let's say you're shaping a down. There's lots of ways a dog can get into a down. There's so many. There's many that we like and some that we don't. You have to think, What position am I looking for first, and how exactly do I want them to get into it? Do you want them to fold back? Let's say you want them to fold back. Fine, you want that one. Well, do you know exactly what it looks like when your dog does that? What any dog looks like when they fold back? Listeners who are listening right now, picture it. What happens? Does it begin with a nose dip? Is that what kind of starts for a fold back? Or does the head stay up? Do you know? Do you know what your dog does? Maybe it starts in the shoulders. You don't want maybe, because you're not going to click when the dog gets all the way down. You have to break this apart if you want that precise behavior. So you need to know what this natural behavior, what this behavior, looks like for your dog, and if you don't spend time observing really specifically, you won't be clicking the very things that are on the path toward the behavior that you want. If you know that your dog always puts her head down a little bit first, then her shoulders fold, and then her hindquarters, you won't be tempted to click when you see hindquarter movement at first, which might result in a sit. So getting to be a really good observer of what your animal looks like before they perform behaviors vastly, I think, increases your accuracy and gets your timing better. That's just one example of the many reasons we want to really observe dogs, because our dogs can't tell us anything, except through what they're doing, and so to be able to talk with them, communicate with them, we have to watch them, I think, really carefully. I think Denise goes through that with her Art class, too, from a totally different perspective of observing your learner in a totally different way. It's really neat to watch that. Melissa Breau: The second piece there was on reinforcement, and when talking to Sarah Stremming a few weeks ago, we got into a little bit about how reinforcement differs from rewarding your dog. They're not exactly the same thing. My guess is that you go a little bit deeper. How does a good understanding of things like timing, rate of reinforcement, and criteria actually impact our training? Amy Cook: I do. I get so geeky in this. For me, it's all about clarity. If you want to get from A to B, you have to be able to explain the path to B, and that's all in your mechanics. You don't get any other way to explain that. That's all you have to work with. Your rate keeps your dog in the game. It keeps you from asking for these big jumps that are too big for your dog to accomplish easily, because if you have to keep your rate up really high, the behaviors your dog are giving you are small and easy to do and they're just little slices, so that keeps your dog in this game. Your rate is really important. That means you have to pick specifically a criterion that allows you to reward at that high of a rate at a sufficiently high rate for your learner. Everybody's rate is different. You don't feed rabbits at the same rate you feed chickens. But if you pick something too hard, your dog will struggle and your rate will fall, so they go hand in hand. How you pick your criterion, your specific one that you're going to work on now, will impact the rate that you get to work at. And your dog tells you what the rate needs to be to keep them in the game, keep the learning fun. So it's not just that, hey, I'm going to work on this one. That is not enough of a slice for your plan. You have to think about how it affects the rate of reinforcement that you have to work with. You want your learner plunging forward. they're confidently doing the thing they think that you are rewarding, just doing something really clear and simple and isn't stuck thinking or worrying or feeling frustrated and starting to whine. You don't want any of that. Again, video is going to be your best friend here. Your video tells you what your rate is, not your intuition in any way. Your rate is the one you want to serve. You pick a criterion that helps you work with that correctly. And then timing. Is there anyone listening at all, anyone within any earshot of anything having to do with dog training, who doesn't know we all have to be better about that? I don't think so. Every one of us is trying to improve our timing, because we're human, and we're slow, and we have neurosystems that take a while to engage. Dogs are plenty forgiving, I think, about our lateness. I've watched perfectly successful training videos where things are pretty obviously late, they happen after the behavior has ended, and the dog is like, “Somehow I get this. I will do the behavior that was just before you clicked, no problem.” That's wonderful. That's great if your dog is like that, and many of them are. They're plenty forgiving. But almost no other animal I know of is, and we shouldn't really rely on dogs to do heavy lifting like that, to figure out what we were trying to click. Timing is our mechanical skill and we need to practice it. In fact, “Timing is a mechanical skill” is a Baily-ism. It's what Bob Bailey says at camp all the time. It's a mechanical skill and you have to keep it sharp. You have to keep practicing it. All of us are late sometimes. I'm late all the time when I'm not concentrating well enough, when I didn't see what I thought I saw, I'm late, I'm a person, and I don't know if when we're thinking about this, if I think, This is a skill I need to keep sharp. I need to practice my timing all of the time to keep it really good. It's not something you can just understand and then do well. You have to practice it like a physical skill, and that's where your clarity comes from. If you can explain what you meant to explain, and click on the thing you wanted, and keep your rate high enough to keep your dog in the game, it will force you to pick your criterion that works. Those things all do more than impact your training. They are your training. That's how you're talking to your dog, so it's really crucial that we get some of these tightened up, I think, for all of us. We can all improve. Melissa Breau: You mentioned in there that it's about clear communication. I think that links back to that conditioned emotional response thing. I know that, I'm pretty sure it was last year, you shared a line that all the instructors have mentioned they love, and it's come up a couple of times since, about how we're always working on our dog's conditioned emotional response to the things that we're teaching, whether we're aware of it or not. So I wanted to ask you to explain a little bit about what a CER is, and what you meant by that line at camp. Amy Cook: Gosh, I think now that's a couple of years ago. Melissa Breau: Was it? Amy Cook: Well, I think it was, well i think it was Purina. Was that last year? No, last year was Portland. I think it was Purina. Time flies. Yeah, every time you're teaching your dog what to do, you're teaching him to feel. CER stands for conditioned emotional response. That's another way to say … conditioning is another way to say learning. It's a learned emotion that they're having. It's another way to say that that's the way they feel right now, what they're feeling from the situation they're in with you and how you're teaching them and what you're trying to have them learn. They're getting emotions, like you are, all of the time, and you're folding it into your picture whether you intend to or not, whether you plan to or not, whether you want to or not, whether you like it or not. We don't get to get away from it, ever. And if you are confusing your dog, by accident, if you're worrying them by a slower rate than you intended, if you're frustrating them by a slower rate than you intended, or late clicks, or rewarding them well, then the emotions that come up there for them, they're getting learned and they're getting folded into the very behavior that you're also trying to teach. You may not see that in an obvious way at first, but you can't escape them being in the picture just tied to everything you're doing. So you may as well take control of this. You may as well take control of things and just use it to your advantage and let it make you better. Training, first, to me, serves an emotional goal, then it serves behavioral, then it serves precision. If you are frustrating your dog while you are having a clicker training session, you need to find out why. Find out why you're frustrating your dog. Find out why you're so confusing. Because we want more than anything for our dogs to be enthusiastic and cheerful learners, motivated to be there, and that's on us to create. It's on us to help them achieve that. Too often we put that on them. Why isn't this dog more into this kind of stuff? Why is she so hard to motivate? Well, I don't know. Maybe those things are true. But that's your first job. Your first job is helping them fall in love with you and training and earning stuff and doing things with you, far beyond any precise behavior you're ever trying to teach. So if you don't have a happy attitude and a great willing learner, it doesn't matter what precision you really have. This is the way I feel. So getting control of that is something you can do on purpose. In this class we have an assignment where I just ask people to create a CER out of whole cloth, just create an emotion — you're not creating, you're not inventing, an emotion … just a brand new emotion, come to my class and we're going to invent new emotions! The assignment is you take a neutral item, an item that you prove to me is neutral — a tchotchke from your shelf does just fine — that your dog thinks nothing about in particular, and for the week you try to make your dog really, really excited about seeing this. You're going to create that emotion and attach it to this neutral object. And sure, it's completely arbitrary. It's not something you're needing for a specific training task. But I like people to see that they can take a previously neutral object and get a dog really excited about seeing it. You know, we do this all the time anyway. Leashes are neutral until they become signals that we're going to go for a walk, and shoes are neutral or delicious, either way, except that they signal that it's a work day instead of a fun day for dogs day. For dogs you're creating this kind of stuff all the time outside of basic training scenarios. But I give people an assignment that helps them literally create a specific emotional response to the specific thing, so that you get familiar with the principals of how that's done. And then we talk about how to provide training sessions so that our dog always feels really good about what we're doing, because that's our goal. That's what we want. We can't keep putting on them that they don't have great attitudes in training. Their attitude is ours to inspire, and we should pick up that mantle. Melissa Breau: The other part that the class covers, and you mentioned this a little bit earlier, is improving your training technique, from mechanics to things like understanding ABCs and when to name a behavior. I want to ask you if there's any one place where people tend to struggle, and if you can offer any tips. It would also be great if you could explain what ABCs are in there somewhere, just because you'll do it better than I will. Amy Cook: Training ABCs in that particular, it doesn't mean the generic term of that, like, training ABCs -- training basics. It's more ABC means antecedent, behavior, and consequence, how to get everything in order. Your antecedent is your cue, the thing that signals to the dog that the behavior, it's time to perform that behavior, and then there's behavior, and then there's the consequence. If you do those all in order. That of course sounds very elementary. Of course it goes in that order. But people get that kind of thing, there's reasonable places in which that's confused, and so I make sure that people have each of those elements identified in every moment of their plans. But it's not the place I think people tend to struggle most. I think … the thing that pops into my head when you ask that is I think people struggle the most with doing less. I think we always want to do more. We want to just have one more rep. We just want to say we want to end on a high note, and we push and push longer to get there. We think things are going great and we want to keep riding high on how great that was, let's do it one more time, that was awesome, let's get more practice in. People suck, all of us kind of suck, at doing less, at stopping ourselves. When the time is up, when the preplanned number of reinforcements have stopped, stop yourself and look at what you're doing. Almost no one does this easily, willingly, naturally — Oh, this is a great time to stop after 30 seconds. It often doesn't feel right, whatever the time, it often doesn't feel great to us because we want to keep going. I think that's where people … I hear — and not just in this class, but in all sorts of classes, or even in our own training — it's like, “Yeah, I know it's gone a little long, but I just wanted to show you.” I was just out training with a friend of mine a few days ago, and we videoed the whole thing and we watched it and went, “Wow, that was a really long training session. What are we doing?” You can just get caught up in doing it. That's why it's like, “These are the rules. There's a timer. The timer will go off. You will stop.” It's not to say that you always have to stop exactly when the timer goes off, but it helps you with the discipline of countering something that I think we all will struggle with. I haven't yet seen a person who's like, “Yeah, it's really easy for me to stop. I don't want to keep going.” Well, of course not. We totally want to keep going. So I do focus on getting people to really think about that and not get off in the weeds again. And don't improvise. Don't just keep going. You deviate, you improvise, you explain things you didn't mean to explain at all, you'll wonder why your dog has no idea of what's going on, then they get frustrated. Definitely not worth it. So get your timer on, get your camera on you, don't show anybody, it's fine. But watch it and keep yourself honest. That's the best tip for tightening yourself up. Watch it and keep it short, for sure. Melissa Breau: Last question. If you could share just one key lesson from the class, what would it be? Amy Cook: Hmm … one key lesson. Well, that's what I built the class around. I'd say spend more time figuring out what you want to do and how you go than you spend training. Don't take 10 or 15 seconds to figure out, Yeah, I've got to do that, that, that, and that. Let's go, dog. Spend more time on the thinking and the planning than you spend on the doing, by a lot. If you're new to anything that you're doing — I don't mean new to dog training, although new to dog training too — but if you're new to this class, or you're not sure how it goes, or new to the sport, or anything, new to the class, mentally rehearse without your dog. Practice physically without your dog. Things that we don't spend time doing — do those things, because if you think things through and plan all your action ahead before you pick up that clicker, then you don't pass on as many mistakes and as many … you don't let the dog do as much of the heavy lifting, and that's what I want people to take away. That and just quit while you're ahead. Just quit pushing. There's always tomorrow. There's always an hour from now. You're fine. Don't rush. Don't push. Your dog is depending on that. That's what I think. Melissa Breau: Awesome. Thank you so much for coming back on the podcast, Amy. I really appreciate it. Amy Cook: I love it! You should interview me every day. Every day. Melissa Breau: I'm sure there are people out there who would love that. Careful what you agree to here. Amy Cook: Like, subscribe, whatever it is, share. Melissa Breau: I may try to talk you into it. Amy Cook: Oh god! That's a play button on my chest, and you push it and I just start talking. Melissa Breau: I'm sure it would fit so well into all the other things you have going on every day, too. Amy Cook: Yes, I professionally talk for a living. It is a pleasure. I'm so glad you invited me again for a second time. I really enjoyed it. I would do it in a heartbeat anytime. Thank you so much. Melissa Breau: Well, thank you, and I do think it was a great topic for our first thing heading into the new year. The idea that we're talking about plans and planning and setting everybody on the right path heading into 2018 will be good. Amy Cook: Oh yeah, like a resolution of sorts. A little mini-resolution each time you bring your dog out. Melissa Breau: It's almost like I did it on purpose. Amy Cook: No, you couldn't possibly have! You're so clever. Melissa Breau: Well, thank you. And thanks to all of our listeners for tuning in. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did. We will be back next week. This time I'll have Stacy Barnett back and we'll be talking about Nosework Handling. If you haven't already, please subscribe to the podcast in itunes or the podcast app of your choice and our next episode will automatically download to your phone as soon as it becomes available. CREDITS: Today's show is brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy. Special thanks to Denise Fenzi for supporting this podcast. Music provided royalty-free by BenSound.com; the track featured here is called “Buddy.” Audio editing provided by Chris Lang and transcription written by CLK Transcription Services. Thanks again for tuning in -- and happy training!

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