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LLA Testimonials

I just found out that Dr. Susan Friedman will be offering another telecourse with Raising Canine; this one will be based on her own LLA Course, which is so popular, there’s an 18 month waiting list for enrollment!

As a graduate of the LLA Course I can tell you that it was an incredible learning experience for me and a personal highlight in my life; I am proud to have earned my certificate, but am even happier to have had the opportunity to learn from Dr. Susan Friedman, whom I admire and respect so very much.

I encourage you to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity and sign up now – I wouldn’t miss it for the world!

Kim Lutz
Kim’s Canines LLC
Missouri

I have a new foster dog (came from a home with 175 Labs in it - unbelievable) who has many issues, one of which is lunging and trying to run at other dogs in order to play (I think!).

I was thinking about this the other day in my head saying "Man! I wish she wouldn't do that!! How can I get her to stop it??" And my brain went "Well what do you want her TO do?" AHA! (that was you talking in my head, wasn't it?) and then "What is she doing now that most closely approximates our end goal" next AHA.

A shaping plan of course. It's just so very cool. Thank you and this dog thanks you too.

Leslie Mapes
Chagrin Falls, OH 44022

Susan is who I give credit for my new approach to pet ownership. Susan’s mantra is if you change an environment for success, animals learn to behave successfully.

What has been so wonderful for me since I began studying with Susan several years ago is how my relationship with my birds has improved dramatically and how eager they’ve become to learn. Without any use of force or dominance, I have successfully modified behaviors and empowered them to be better students. And, as Susan would say, an empowered animal is a healthy animal.

Lisa Desatnik, Ohio

Hi Susan,

I just wanted to relate a quick moment to you that has everything to do with you and your teachings.

This course is by far one of the best courses I have ever taken. The help we received and personal attention to our questions and homework assignments was top notch, and the patience with us to be sure that we really understood the concepts and material was unmatched. Nowhere have I learned so much that is so applicable to my life, in such a short amount of time. I am so sorry that it has ended now. I now have many new tools that I can use in my communication with Picasso, and I am excited and determined to use them to the benefit of us both!

Pam Price

The class was really helpful to me, because I had such a poor background in training. My only real training experience was in the old established dog obedience classes - yank them by a choke chain until their eyes bulge out kind of stuff. My bird mentor was a lady that I worked for in a pet shop, and who I later figured out should not even be allowed to VISIT birds, let alone OWN them. I got all the wrong advice from all the wrong people - time out for a misbehaving parrot meant 15 minutes alone in the bath tub (no water), that sort of thing. I hang my head in shame. This class has been such an eye opener for me, and I really meant the comment I made a while back about it making me feel free. I'm free to be nice to my birds, even when they don't "get it", and I'm free from having to "punish" them. And I'm free from having to try and figure out what they are thinking - I don't have to *know* what they're thinking! All I have to do is observe what they're Doing!

An additional thought - I haven't trained my birds or worked with them much for 4 or 5 years now. I didn't want to have to make them go sit in the bathtub for biting - that never did seem right to me. So I just fed them and watered them and talked to them in their cages, and what they were willing to offer me is what I settled for. (Most of them will step up for me anyway.) I preferred to just visit with them, talk to them in their cages, and watch them play their silly games than to have to punish them - fully believing that it was a drastic mistake to leave misbehavior unpunished. So - I didn't give them the chance to misbehave so I wouldn't be put in the position of having to punish them. See just how much this class has really helped me? *happy hop*

Helen "Stormie" Egeland

Hi Susan

May I say that you are a phenomenal person and lecturer - I have taken many courses in my time and I have never been so glued to my seat, learning, laughing and empathizing with every part of my being for such long periods of time - thank you for such a wonderful weekend and learning opportunity! You will be happy to know that I am applying the ABCs to my two macaws with fabulous results - they are blossoming as we speak - thank you and do take care!

Helen Swim
Director, Marketing and Sales
First Ontario Fund

Susan Friedman's LLA course was excellent at explaining the fundamentals of functional behavioral analysis and assessment using parrots as the object of study. Working with winged animals that can fly away at will and cannot be controlled by leashes, collars or head halters presents an incredible training challenge. If you want to have an even better understanding about the application of functional behavior analysis and assessment then don't miss this course.

Wendy Van Kerkhove
Fresh Air Training, LLC
wendy@freshairtraining.com
612-377-4770

I actually learned about this course at the LLA course you did in Calgary. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot. I managed to teach a Quaker parrot I'm fostering to step up and stay on my hand using the stuff I learned. He was very wild when he came to me.

I'm also making progress teaching my Red-lored Amazon to step up for me as well. She always steps up for my husband, but is more likely to strike at me, but this is changing. We've had to go very gradually - for example, first I rewarded her for letting me place my hand near her without lunging. My Maroon-bellied Conure is now learning to come to my hand when I call her.

I have Don't Shoot the Dog and all issues of Good Bird, which I got at Parrotdise Perch in Calgary. They're very useful resources! I'll be sure to check out the sample telecourses at Raising Canine. Being mainly dog-based is fine, since I have two dogs as well. Dogs and parrots are quite different, but I've noticed that principles for training the two species seem quite similar.

Thanks!
Jessie Zgurski, Alberta, Canada.