Basic Dog Training Class

What you get with your dog training class

These are the basic abilities and knowledge that you need to start off a good relationship with your dog, no matter how old, if it's your first day or you've been years together.

Level: Basic Training and Socialization

Course Content: 

• Basic Obedience Commands, {Sit, Down, Stay, Come, Wait, Watch, etc.}
• Socialization to dogs and people, 
• Behavior Correction
• Calming Behaviors, 
• Dog-to-Human Language

Techniques: 

• Voice and Sign, 
• Clicker, 
• TAG Teaching, 
• Positive Reinforcement
• Mirror Training

Suited for:

• Puppies all ages (one-on-one training)
• Puppies 4-months and older with proper shots (group training)
• Adult Dogs with full set of shots

Requirements: 

• the dog's shots record (to show it on the first class)
• a tube of doggie toothpaste that is meat-flavored, 
• one cup of regular dog food in a zipped bag, 
• clicker,
• fixed-length leash (4-6 ft) and regular collar.

Where:

• In-home dog training in Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale, Tempe, Gilbert.
• Group classes. Locations are announced in the Group Classes tab.

Dogs from shelter in want of training for their owners

There is a mix of virtues and handicaps of the pets you can find at shelters.
Most of the dogs I've seen in rescue organizations, both in Mexico and the United States, are perfectly healthy, happy, adoptable pets, but let's be honest, many of them ended up in there because of something.
Their problem? In most cases, lack of training.
Yes, they need training, but it's their previous owners, or the owners of the dogs that bred them while at large who lack the most training.
Lots of owners get a dog with a frame of mind that doesn't resemble anything like common sense, as if they don't understand that a living creature needs nurturing of the body and mind. They think the puppy they bring home will just know what to do. The humans in the house don't know what to do with a dog and they expect the dog to know what to do with humans? How does that make sense.
This weekend, the Arizona Humane Society is waiving its adoption fees because its overpopulated shelters can no longer receive more pets and they won't turn the new ones away (see the info here), and other shelters will be at the Purina Pro-Plan Rally to Rescue (the info is here).
In the introductory class for volunteers of the AAWL they told us that some of the reasons pets end up in shelters are:

• Potty problems,
• Behavioral problems,
• Changes in the family

All of those problems are solvable with dog training.
I hope all of those animals get the forever home that they deserve with owners who understand the need of education for them and their pets, the benefits of training for bonding and solving problems, and not with people who don't have the time, commitment, space or will to exercise them, educate them and love them.
Most benefits are for the adopters, the human factor of all adoptions, than for the pet, but when that fails, the most damage goes to the animal, who some people think of as disposable.
Come on, train you dog and make your live a whole lot better.

Dogs for adoption in the mall

Support training and rescue of dogs at the Pet Expo at Arizona Mills - Mesa Dog Training | Examiner.com: "From 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, visitors to the Mall will see the Purina Pro Plan Rally to Rescue Tour where hundreds of adoptable pets from various rescue organizations are expected to be."

When you get your dog,  

Coupon for the new class in the Park

The Dog Training class in Countryside Park (Mesa, Gilbert, Scottsdale, Chandler) is coming through big time.
I just issued a coupon at Google Offers - A Dogs Coach and Trainer

Check it out!

Let's hear it for the City of Mesa

Well, I am officially the dog trainer at Countryside Park:

Dog and Puppy Training Classes in Countryside Park
for Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe and Phoenix Arizona

Get more info on the Group Classes tab

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