Basic Manners

This series of lessons will set you and your dog up for adventures! It’s an entry level reward-based training series which focuses on building communication and creating a stronger relationship with your dog. We will teach you the skills necessary for your dog to become a solid citizen. You and your dog are encouraged to work at your own level.

In this series of six lessons, you’ll learn the basics of all positive training and feel the benefits as your bond with your dog grows.  We will cover how to easily incorporate rewards into your training sessions and how to understand your dog at a deeper level through recognition of canine calming and stress signs.

Dogs Learn:

• Offering attention and focus

• Sit

• Down

• Touch a Target (used for coming when called and greeting people nicely)

• Impulse Control (leave it)

• Settle on a Mat

• Beginning Loose Leash walking

• Stay

Humans Learn:

• Dog body language and calming signals

• Dog observation skills

• How and where to reward

• How and when to increase criteria (ask the dog to try a new level)

• Management strategies to use while training is taking place

We recommend this lesson series for any beginning dog or dogs who need a refresher!