This document provides an overview of the SATZ method for canine training, which focuses on clear communication and cooperation between dogs and their handlers. The 10 key principles of SATZ training are described, including using success signals to mark desired behaviors, targeting to focus the dog's attention, explaining actions with language, and incorporating self-relaxation to build the dog's decision-making skills and reduce reactivity. The goal of SATZ is to empower dogs and strengthen the human-canine relationship through understanding.

1. in
Canine / Human
Relations
Presented by PK Shader &
Your Host Ginny
Wilken
Reclaiming The Joy
of
Working WITH

2. Through Communication,
Cooperation and Trust
Where Do We Start?
We Start with SATZ

4. SATZ Basics 1 thru 10
1. The Success and Guidance
Signals
2. The Target
3. Name And Explain & Using Foils
4. Time to Think
5. Are You Ready

5. 6 Cycles with Components or
variables
7 Party Pay Review
8 Always End With Success
9 Turn Aways and Walk
Outs
10 Self Relaxation for Self
Control

6. 1 The Success Signal X
• The Success Signal X !
• Marks the exact moment of
success
• Removes all guesswork for the
dog
• Focuses the dogs attention on you
for the information he needs to be
successful
• Makes YOU much more significant
to the dog

7. • Becomes it’s own reward
• Eliminates the very distracting
practice of Luring (benefit is
forthcoming)
• You empower your dog with the
understanding of human language
and anchor him to you for the
information he needs to learn to
make good, sound, reasoned
decisions and to take
responsibility for those decisions

8. The Guidance Signal
• Ends casting around and throwing
behaviors
• Relieves the pressure on the dog
during his performance
• Greatly reduces the fear of making
a mistake
• Speeds progressive learning
• Intensifies focus, speed, relaxation
and all aspects of behavior

9. • Helps the animal feel SAFE in
taking new or uncertain challenges
• It is your dogs anchor in situations
where he is unsure how to act
• It can rescue behavior before it
falls apart
• Greatly reduces lesson times
ending the need to nag and drill
• Can be used to teach duration

10. • The Guidance Signal builds
the dogs confidence in you
and your confidence in your
dog. You start to become
the cohesive, cooperative
team you were meant to be.

11. 2 The Target
• Tells the dog “where” you want him or
part of him to be
• Tells the dog what you want him to “see”
• Helps the dog “focus” upon an object or
location of the desired behavior
• Is used to focus the dog’s attention to
receive information
• The dog receives an immediate “benefit”
the Success Signal X, for visual or tactile
contact with the target

12. With humans we look for eye contact as an
indication of attention or understanding.
With dogs, who consider eye contact threatening, we
need to find a different way to give them
information and get their feed back
By teaching that some point of the dog must match
some point of the teacher, such as nose to
target, we can show the dog exactly what he
needs to do to earn his Success Signal.
Information is more easily transferred to the dog if
the dog is prepared to receive that information

13. 3 Name and Explain
• Name what the dog is seeing,
feeling, hearing, smelling, tasting,
doing or being asked to accomplish
• Sight – Show the dog a bone, name
it “Bone, X, Bone”
• Feeling -“That’s Easy, X, Easy”
explains relaxation
• Hearing – “That’s the door bell, X,
door bell”

14. • Smelling – “That’s bacon frying, X,
bacon frying”
• Tasting – “This is liver, X, liver”
• Asked to accomplish – “That’s
minding your own business, X,
minding your own business”
• The dog is empowered by
language
• Helps him understand the human
world

15. Foils or Opposites
• First teach the understandable
• Now teach the opposite
• To teach “Off” you must first teach
“On”
• To teach “heel” or “walk carefully on
lead” you must first teach “pull”
• To teach “wait” you must first teach
“forward

16. 4 Time to Think
• Just that !
• Greatly decreases reactivity
• Fosters sound decision making skills
• Make a request then give the dog a
moment to think about what was just
said.
• How you ask is as important as what you
ask.
• Do you want it done immediately or do
you want it done well?

17. 5 Are You Ready?
• Also Decreases reactivity
• Allows the dog to safely participate
• Is respectful to the learning process
• The “decision” to start is his
• Gives you feedback on the dogs
understanding
• Gauges the dog’s level of comfort with
the request
• Invests the dog in his own behavior
• Builds confidence in you

18. How Will You Know
If The Dog Is Ready?
• Explain what you want then ask
• Be willing to give the dog time
• Be Patient to the dog’s time
• She will center herself and anchor
off you
• She will focus on the work

19. How Will I Know My Dog
Is Not Ready?
• She moves out of position
• She “breaks” (Self Relaxation)
• She turns or walks away
• She barks or whines
• She paws at you or fidgets
• She circles you or the work area
without looking to leave
• She acts silly

20. 6 Cycles With Components
or Variables
• Cycles are always done in sets of
3 successes
• 1 st to show the dog
• 2 nd to see understanding from the
dog
• 3 rd the dog proves understanding
• Then move to the next variable or
component

21. Components or Variables
• Piece or individual step of each
desired end behavior
• Only one is changed per every
successful cycle of 3
• Makes the behavior as simple as
possible
• Makes the problems as small as
possible

22. 7 Party Pay Review
• Party – Enthusiastic and abundant praise
Conveys significance and importance
of the dog cooperating with you
• Pay - The dogs “paycheck” for
cooperating
Meat, ball toss, tug o war, a big hug,
a walk or ride in the car. Whatever is of
high value to the dog
• Review – Telling the dog exactly what he
has done to earn your praise and his
paycheck

23. 8 Always End In Success
• The dog mentally rehearses his success
• The lessons are always positive
• Builds confidence and trust
• Dogs learn from success not failure
• Replaces self medicating with adrenaline
• Learning becomes positively compelling

24. 9 Turn Aways and Walk
Outs
• The consequences for non cooperation
• Turn Away asks the dog to calm down,
regroup and try again
• Walk Out tells the dog his behavior is not
acceptable
• Speaks to the dog in an understandable
language
• Gives the dog consequences he takes
very seriously
• Walk with me or walk alone

25. 10 Self Relaxation for
Self Control
• Teaches excellent decision making
skills
• Replaces reactivity (aggression,
fear, excitement)
• Makes the dog take responsibility
for his own actions
• Ends 24/7 management of the dog

26. • Gives the dog an alternative to an
adrenaline “fix”
• The dog remains calm and looks to
you for direction when
circumstances dictate
• Increases performance and
attention