So you’ve decided that dog training classes is the way to go, but you aren’t sure which direction to head. With all the information available, you are tempted to just close your eyes and point at an ad in the yellow pages, and hope for the best. Wait!
Do yourself a favor, and find out as much as you can about the method taught at the training school you’re looking at. It would be a waste of your time and money to find out at the end of the course that the techniques and methods taught haven’t solved your dog’s problems whatsoever!
Perhaps you have a “special case” pet. No problem! Balanced training works well for all dogs, including:
1)
Blind dog training
- Dogs born blind, older dogs, or dogs with a degenerative disease causing blindness can do well with our methods.
2)
Deaf dog training
-Training a deaf canine would include hand signals, not voice commands.
3) Aggressive dog training – No dog is un-trainable. Using humane methods, a dog that is prone to growling or biting at other dogs or people can still be obedience trained.
4) Older dogs – Put that old wives' tale to bed. A dog is never too old to learn new tricks!
5) Rescue or adopted dogs – My dog, Justice, was a rescue pup, and she is doing wonderful in the Intermediate level!
Most of these cases can be helped in a group class scenario, while others would require private one-on-one training to enable us to take the dog to places where the problem lies (i.e. loud traffic, lots of people).
Find out more about the different
training collars
that are used and not used at Precision K9. Photos help to show you what they look like!
Now that you know more about our dog training classes, you are able to make an informed decision on where to take your older dog, rescue dog, or puppy for obedience training...that's right - to us!
Here are the different courses and services that we offer:
Board & Train: No time to come to classes or train your pooch yourself? Several different board and train packages available:
1) 1 week - your dog will learn to heel by your side on walks and sit (every time you tell him to, after the first command!), come.
2) 2 weeks - heeling and sit, sit-stay, and down
3) 4 weeks - Week 1: heeling and sit, Week 2: sit-for-exam and down, Week 3: sit-stay and stand-for-exam, Week 4: down-stay and come.
For all of these options, your dog will stay in our home with Justice, our 2 year old mutt, and be treated as part of the family! Trouble-shooting is also included for problems such as jumping, nipping, house training and crate training. All dogs must have proof of up-to-date vaccinations including rabies and bordatella (kennel cough), and be dog and people friendly.
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