The results speak for themselves.
Stewart gives control back to the dog allowing a delicate balance of freedom, the ability to make choices and safety. Dogs that were once reactive now become more confident.
Oregon Dog Seminar: Reactive to Resilient! Behavior Adjustment Training (BAT) for Aggression, Frustration & Fear with Grisha Stewart
Corral Creek Dog Sport Center
Newberg OR, United States
How This Seminar Will Help You and the Dogs in Your Life
Do you live or work with dogs who bark, lunge, growl, or flee? Or puppies?
This seminar will give you skills that make everyday life with dogs feel easier, calmer, more predictable, and more connected.
Through a blend of presentation, discussion, practice, and live demonstration, you’ll learn to support dogs of all breeds:
Read subtle canine body language
Set up effective, real-world training scenarios
Apply updated BAT leash skills, including Grisha's innovative Leash Belay system
Support calm, resilient behavior in complex environments
You’ll also explore how to stay grounded and responsive, so you can support dogs skillfully even in unpredictable situations.
This is a workshop to work on the human end of the leash. We'll have a practical sessions to work on leash skills with each other and also demonstrations of BAT with dogs, so please leave your dogs at home.
About BAT
Behavior Adjustment Training (BAT) is a trauma- and attachment-informed approach that has helped people around the world support over 200,000 dogs!
BAT helps dogs and their humans feel safer by increasing choice and control, reducing reactivity, fear, and stress without force, correction, or heavy reliance on food rewards.
Developed by author and trainer Grisha Stewart, BAT combines proactive leash skills, thoughtful setups, and real-life learning to support calm behavior. Body language, nervous system awareness, and trust are all important ingredients for BAT.
Ideal for both professional dog trainers and everyday dog guardians, this humane, science-based approach is designed for real-life situations: leash reactivity, aggression, fear, and confidence building.
More About the Seminar
Grisha Stewart has taught her much-loved BAT seminars around the world, from Sweden to Brazil to Taiwan to the UK and beyond. After a decade of near-constant travel to teach, she shifted her focus in 2019 to building her online Academy for dog professionals and deepening her work.
Now, she’s offering a newly updated 2-day in-person seminar; a rare opportunity to learn with her live. We have a large venue, but we anticipate that tickets will sell out.
This isn’t a throwback. It’s a fresh, current take on the latest version of BAT for real life, grounded in years of continued teaching, observation, and refinement.
Helpful for dog professionals, shelter staff & volunteers, dog sports competitors, and family dogs struggling with reactivity.
Dogs: this is a large seminar for humans (i.e., not like a regular dog training class). Please leave your dog at home unless you've arranged for your dog to be one of the demo dogs.
Continuing education: Professional dog trainers and behaviorists can earn CEUS (continuing education units). We expect to have them for the IAABC, CPDT, and KPA. Let us know if you need them for another organization.
About Grisha, Your Instructor
Grisha Stewart, MA, KPACTP, CPDT-KA
Grisha Stewart is a dynamic international speaker, author, and dog trainer best known for developing Behavior Adjustment Training (BAT) for reactivity, aggression, and fear. With 23 years of professional dog training experience, she has helped reshape how trainers and caregivers approach dog behavior: centering choice, agency, and humane, trauma-informed methods. Grisha founded Ahimsa Dog Training, one of Seattle’s most respected training companies, and ran it for a dozen years before moving to Alaska. She now teaches via the collaborative online Grisha Stewart Academy, supporting professionals and dog guardians worldwide. An engaging and down-to-earth presenter, Grisha is known for making complex concepts practical, accessible, fun, and deeply relational.
Expert reviews of the BAT book
Learning to interpret their dog
BAT helps people understand how to read their dogs. You’re really helping people have that dialogue by giving them nice little tidbits that help them make good choices...
Highly recommend the BAT Book
A comprehensive and detailed approach to working with fear, frustration, and aggression in dogs. I'm impressed by people who continually re-evaluate their perspectives and advice.
Agenda (topic flow is approximate, but the breaks will be on time!)
- 9:30 am
Doors Open
We have chairs, but if you arrive early, you'll have time to set up a comfy chair you brought from home. This is also a good time to connect to each other or walk around the neighborhood.
- 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Intro to BAT
Get the 30,000 view of what BAT is and how it can help
- 11:00 am - 11:15 am
Break
Enjoy the snack potluck and beverages.
- 11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Relationship Skills
What can we do to grow a stronger relationship, one that helps reassure the dog and us of safety?
- 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch on your own
Enjoy lunch! Restaurants are about 15 minutes away, so if you want some relaxation during this time, bring a sack lunch.
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Human Foundations
What skills do you need to know for reactivity? This section includes the BAT leash skills, which support freedom and safety at the same time. We'll practice here with loaner leashes, but you can also bring your own. If you don't already have a 15-foot leash, just bring a couple of 6 footers that we can clip together.
- 3:00 pm - 3:10 pm
Break
- 3:10 pm - 4:30 pm
Human Foundations Continued
More leash skills, like the leash belay. This section might include more hands-on practices for leash skills and other ways you can support a dog's learning.
- 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Break
- 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Dog Foundations
What skills do dogs need before we get going on BAT? Trauma- and attachment-informed practices and skills to help the dog get through sticky situations.
FAQs
- What do I bring?
No dogs - we will have some demonstration dogs, but otherwise, no dogs.
Snacks for the snack potluck. Aim for things that aren't too crumbly.
Comfortable chair & cushion.
Dress in Layers - the barn is not heated and the demonstration may be in the agility barn or outside.
Leash and clicker (if you have one). A 6 foot leash will do, but we will also be practicing with 15 footers.
Clothing that allows you to move, as we will be doing some moving around (If you're mobility challenged we will adjust accordingly.)
- Can I buy your BAT leashes, belay, books, etc.?
Yes! Grisha will have merch available for sale. Cash, cards, or Paypal.
- Is there a group discount?
Yes! If you sign up 4 or more people, you save 10%.
Getting There
The event venue is a spacious dog sports center in Newberg, Oregon.
30 minutes from McMinnville
40 minutes from downtown Portland (50 minutes from PDX airport)
45 minutes from Salem
1 hour 15 from Corvallis
1 hour 40 from Eugene
Carpooling is always great, but there is a great big parking lot.
Staying: The closest town is Newberg, and we'll get a list of hotels as the time gets closer.
There are a few RV hookups (contact Corral Creek to reserve). You are welcome to sleep in your vehicle in the parking area.
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Corral Creek Dog Sport Center
Newberg OR, United States
