Description:

Private Lessons: Manners Training & Behaviour Modification consists of weekly, private lessons that provide you with the tools and techniques to address and correct unwanted behaviours exhibited by your dog, as well as provide general manners training and foundation work. The lessons are informative and hands on. They enable you to identify the root cause of the bad behaviours and implement effective techniques to stop them.
We build your awareness to better read and understand your dog's actions and body language, so that you’re able to better predict bad behaviours before they occur. Focus is placed on mastering day to day routines, such as feeding, crate training, leash walking around the house, controlling resources, answering the door politely, and much more.

Many people seek obedience training before establishing pack leadership without knowing that this is a backwards approach. Obedience training should be the follow-up after understanding your dog’s psychology and addressing all behavioural problems.

Behavioural Problems include:

• Leash reactivity
• Jumping up (on people, furniture, etc.)
• Barking excessively
• Digging (in the backyard, park, etc.)
• Chewing unwanted objects
• Leash pulling
• Doorbell barking & excitement
• Chasing moving objects (cars, bikes, skateboarders, joggers, etc.)
• Housebreaking (peeing in the home)
• Begging (for food, attention, affection, etc.)
• Crate resistance

What are Manners?
Manners are polite, socially appropriate behaviors. Dogs don’t come pre-programmed with good manners from the factory. Manners have to be taught. Teaching a dog manners is hard work. It requires a lot of patience, repetition, consistency and constant supervision.


Manners Training includes:

• General calmness in the home
• Impulse control – learning to contain themselves, through waiting
• Down stays during dinner
• The "Place" command
• Politely greeting guests
• Submitting to being brushed on bathed
• Staying when the doorbell rings
• Walking on leash without pulling
• Going into the crate on command
• Respect for all family members – no mouthing, jumping, or barking at
• Respecting thresholds and boundaries (car, stairs, doorways, etc.)
• Waiting calmly for food and water
• Sitting quietly for collar and leash
• Basic obedience commands
• Reliable recall training – come when called

Weekly Lessons:

• How to address and solve problem behaviours with your dog.
• Essential obedience commands to assert control of your dog.
• Proper manners training to make your dog a joy to live with.
• The knowledge and tools in understanding dog psychology.

As part of our commitment to you and your dog, we provide continuous training support in between weekly lessons via phone call and/or through text message.

Keep in mind, no dog problem is unfixable. There is a solution to all behavioural issues.
By choosing our training program, you will receive personalized coaching and guidance on how to use the specific techniques, as well as the knowledge and tools on how to follow through with the resolution.

Rates:

Initial Consultation / Dog Assessment (1 hr and 30 min):

• $180

Private Lessons (1 hr and 15 min):


All prices include taxes. Lessons take place on-site/outdoors in King City.

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