Group Classes with Whole Dog Institute
I've joined forces with Whole Dog Institute, a long-established training school in Durham, to offer foundational manners courses for puppies, adolescent, and adult dogs. See our current offerings below!
Puppy Relationship Building
From Whole Dog Institute's website:
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Age range: 9 weeks – 7 months.
One hour each week for six (6) weeks.
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This is a different kind of puppy class. We will be focusing on building a relationship with your puppy based on trust and respect. Students will learn to recognize the signals that their dog is offering to them and to send signals back that make sense to the dog. While you will learn how to teach your dog basic cues such as sit, down, and come, more importantly, you and your dog will begin a lifelong dialogue which will create a solid foundation for students who want a nice family pet, as well as, students interested in more advanced training with their dog in sports such as K9 Nose Work®, agility, obedience (formal and rally), flyball, and freestyle.
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Class size is small. No more than six puppies. Puppies older than 7 months need to join Relationship Building Fundamentals.
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We will not have puppies at the first class so that we can talk about all the issues of utmost concern to the class participants. Past topics have included: biting, jumping, house training, household management (e.g., how do we keep the puppy from chewing everything?), barking, etc. Most students find this first class session to be a most productive time!
Current Sessions
Saturdays in Durham
Sundays in Hillsborough
Relationship Building Fundamentals
From Whole Dog Institute's website:
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Age range: 7 months and up (no ceiling)
Prerequisite: No prerequisites, but we do suggest a 10-minute, no-charge evaluation prior to registration to insure that your dog has no human/dog aggression and will not bark uncontrollably during the class (if you are confident these are not issues for your dog, no evaluation is needed).
One hour each week for six (6) weeks
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A fun, relaxed class focused on building a strong foundation of communication and understanding between dog and handler. Students will learn to recognize the signals that their dogs are offering to them and to send signals back that make sense to the dogs. While you will learn how to teach your dog basic cues such as sit, down, and come, more importantly, you and your dog will begin a lifelong dialogue which will create a solid foundation for students who want a nice family pet, as well as, students interested in more advanced training with their dog in sports such as K9 Nose Work®, agility, obedience (formal and rally), flyball, and freestyle. The following cues will be worked on: prolonged sit and down with attention, emergency recall, leave it, sit to greet politely, and loose leash walking.
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We will not have dogs at the first class so that we can talk about all the issues of utmost concern to the class participants. This class may be conducted via a ZOOM call. The instructor will send out information prior to the first class.
Work outside of the class will be necessary in order to achieve class goals.