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Canine Highschool

Foundation Skills

The Canine Highschool class utilizes and refines the skills learned in Puppy Primary School by increasing the criteria of each skill by introducing various distractions. Introducing new variables to your canine companion's training, allows him or her to generalize these behaviors and strengthen them for a more reliable response. This class also teaches you how to phase out the use of food-based rewards and replace them with real life rewards like access to the outdoors, going for a walk or a game of tug to name a few. This class shows you how to apply this knowledge to continue to teach your dog to want to listen and work with you.

Class Length: 6 Lessons

Duration: 50 minutes

 Schedule: Held Once Each Week

Age of Dog: 6 months and older

Location: Coming Soon!

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Group Lesson Rate: $299 plus tax

Private Lesson Rate: $599 plus tax

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CURRICULUM

The Canine Highschool Class 

  Class 1:​

  • ​​Sit

  • Down

  • Eye Contact 

  • Fading Out Food Lures 

  • Generalization

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  Class 2:

  • Take It /Drop It 

  • Leave It (Distractions)

  • Station Behaviour - Go To Your Bed

  • Behaviour Chains

  • Learning to Use Non-Food Rewards

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   Class 3 & 4:

  • Loose Leash Walking

  • Emergency Recall

  • Ignoring Distractions 

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​   Class 5:

  • Cooperative Care 

  • Chin Rest (Brushing Teeth)

  • Paw (Nail Trim)

  • Lay On Side (Administer Medication)

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   Class 6:

  • Stay Around Distractions

  • Understanding Body Language 

  • Jumping Prevention

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Canine University

Advanced Skills

Canine Good Neighbour Prep Class

The Canine University course serves a dual purpose. This course is not only dedicated to developing your dog’s advanced skills around a multitude of distractions  but it is also a prep course towards having your dog earn their Canine Good Neighbour Title. The Canine Good Neighbour Title is proof that your dog can present good manners at home, in public places and in the presence of other dogs.

Class length: 6 Lessons

Duration: 50 minutes

 Schedule: Held Once Each Week

Age of Dog: 6 months and older

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Group Lesson Rate: $299 plus tax

Private Lesson Rate: $599 plus tax 

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The Canine University Class Includes:

  • Accepting A Friendly Stranger: teach your dog to conquer their excitement and wait patiently, ignoring the friendly stranger greeting you. 

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  • Politely Accepts Petting: teach your dog to confidently stay still while being pet on the head, shoulder and talked to.

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  • Appearance and Grooming: teach your dog to calmly accept having a stranger examine their ears, eyes and each front foot as well as softly comb or brush them on the body.

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  • Out For A Walk: teach your dog to walk on a loose leash passed dogs and people both still and moving.

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  • Walking Through A Doorway: teach your dog to wait for you to cue them to pass through a door when there is an exciting distraction on the other side. 

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  • Greeting With A Strange Dog: teach your dog to conquer their excitement and wait patiently, ignoring the stranger greeting you and their dog.

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  • Walking Through A Crowd:  teach your dog to walk on a loose leash passed: people doing activities (on a bike or skateboard, pushing a stroller, walking with a cane, raking etc.), unusual objects and distracting sounds. 

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  • Sit & Down Stay In A Crowd: teach your dog to sit and down stay while you walk away from them in a distracting environment. 

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  • Recall Away From and Passed Distractions: teach your dog to come to you and ignore toys, food and sounds along the way. 

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  • Excitement and Self-Control: teach your dog how to get from an elevated and aroused state to a calm and focused state.​​​

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  • Supervised Isolation: teach your dog to wait with a designated person as you leave and go out of sight for 2 minutes.  

Just For Tricks!

Earn Your Trick Dog Titles! 

Just For Tricks! is a Trick Training class that aims to teach you how to communicate with your dog in a new way, build an even stronger bond and have incredible bragging rights all by learning dog tricks! From learning basic to awe-inspiring tricks, your dog will be sure to wow your family, friends and passersby! Your dog can even earn trick titles while you both have a blast turning into trick superstars!

Class length: 5 Lessons 

Duration: 50 minutes

 Schedule: Held Once Each Week

Age of Dog: 6 months and older

Location: Coming Soon

Start Date: Coming Soon

Unlimited Opportunities to Get Your Dog's

Novice Title Included in Price!  

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Group Lesson Rate: $349 plus tax

Private Lesson Rate: $549 plus tax 

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CURRICULUM

Class 1: 

  • Spin

  • Toys in Toy Box

  • Kisses

  • Play Dead

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Class 2:​

  • Roll Over 

  • Roll Out Yoga Mat

  • Take a Bow

  • Back Up

Class 3: 

  • Peekaboo

  • Discern Object Names

  • Heart Nose Boop

  • Head Down

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Class 4

  • Paws in a box (shaping)

  • Paws Up

  • Wipe Your Paws

  • Target Stick or Hand Target

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Class 5

  • Review and Evaluation

The Just For Tricks! 

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