Advanced Dog Training Classes

If your long-term goal is to have a dog you can take everywhere you go, and to be able to trust your dog in almost any situation that would involve other dogs, other animals, children, people, moving objects (bicycles, vehicles etc.), then you are likely to continue training after your foundational classes.

Think of our Speciality Dog Training Classes as an opportunity to focus on one specific skill more deeply, and develop it in such a way that it can be applied in various situations, conditions, and environments with reliability.

Using the above definitions, our Specialty Dog Training Classes are designed to promote learning in a way that is immersive, sensory, and relative to the dog and the world he or she lives in. We’re not just teaching them a behavior, we are teaching them all the variations of that behavior, the range in which a specific behavior can occur, and still earn reinforcement or hold value.

For example, in our foundation classes, you and your dog learn the basics of how to hold a leash (human) and how to manage and maintain the distance of leash offered (dog) in relationship with each other, such that you and your dog are able to walk on a loose leash.

The next level in learning Loose Leash Walking, is to take the basic skills (walking by your side, inside turns, outside turns, and auto sits) and apply them to conditions that you and your dog are likely to encounter when on a walk:

• How do you pass by another dog?
• What happens should you encounter a person on a bicycle (wheelchair, stroller or car)?
• How do you engage your dog when you meet a person, etc.?

The entire focus of our 4-week Specialty Dog Training Classes is on:

• Proficiency
• Reliability
• Critical thinking
• Generalization