International GUEST SPEAKER
Eric salas guest speaking
Eric's career with canines started in California in 1976 where he worked with the industry's top handlers, groomers, and trainers. Eric's background in animal behavior comes from his close mentorships with amazing dog and animal training professionals. In addition, he is one of the top land and underwater wildlife photographers, and he has spent thousands of hours with some of the world's most dangerous wildlife. He believes that studying animal in their own environment is the best way to learn how to cooperate with dogs and other creatures. He has traveled the world conducting seminars on animal behavior, conditioning, handling, training, grooming, and working with aggressive dogs.
Eric has been featured on Nickelodeon's All In with Cam Newton, in Martha Stewart "Living" magazine, and featured guest appearances on Animal Planet.
Eric has been a featured judge and speaker at numerous top grooming shows worldwide, such as Chicago's All American Grooming Show; New England Pet Grooming Professionals (NEPGP); Intergroom in Hershey, PA; the Atlanta Pet Fair; and the Dallas Pet Pro Classic. He also attended pet expos in Paris, France, England, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Australia, New Zealand, and many more.
Topics:
- Foundation Training for connection and problem solving
- Training dogs for all dog sports (conformation, agility, obedience, rally, dock diving, barn hunt, etc)
- How to reasearch and choose a dog for your lifestyle
- Working with aggressive dogs
- Grooming
- Animal Behavior
- Conditioning canine athletes
- Protection training
- Before training starts