2026 S.T.A.R. Team Basic Qualification Test Prep Series

Session 1

Written Materials

Video Links

  • What: Training with a marker (click, verbal, other) — review of basics and targeted practice
  • When: September 10, 7:15-8:15
  • Where: Synergy Behavior Solutions
    2127 NW York St, Portland, OR 97210
  • Instructor: Lorenzo J. Fox
  • Support Personnel: Linda Keast, Tina Arth
  • Agenda for Class 1
  • Handouts (distributed during class)
  • Homework for Class 2 on 9/17.
  • Books distributed
    • It’s Yer Choice: A Dog Impulse Control Game! (We know it as “Don’t Mug My Hand” – it is NOT “Leave it”); The trainer uses “good boy”, you will be using your clicker
    • “Casefile: Tucker – Nailtrim” –  7-minute example of a real-life shaping sequence – this trainer is advanced enough she didn’t need to write down the steps before starting. Count how many steps this WOULD have been if  she had written it down.
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