Lifeskills
for dogs over 6 months old
These are orientated around teaching you and your dogs how to live together with the least amount of stress - in a true Wag More Bark Less environment! We teach:
walking on a loose lead, enjoying the fresh air
we train this so that you can walk your dog anywhere with ease and lay down the basics for free running in the future
greeting people
with good manners, learning to sit to be noticed, and only jumping up when invited
meeting dogs and social skills
learning to make friends, enjoy playing, or learning to walk away from bad manners
learning to play
enjoying quality activities with your dog with safety rules
Lifeskills workshops give your dog lots of opportunities to practice their skills in different situations, and also for you to learn how to manage your dog. Youngsters that are just stepping into the skills can join the Junior Lifeskills on Tuesday evenings.
This 4 hour learning opportunity is ideal for assessment and gaining experience in a range of strategies to manage high energy dogs.
Rehabilitation Workshop
For dogs needing specific training and rehabilitation in a range of environmental situations. Focussing on unsocial, fearful or over arousal behaviours.
- The background to understanding what is happening and why,
- De-stressing activities and avoidance techniques.
- Looking for alternative reinforcement and building exceptional good cue responses.
- Training in short, single dog opportunities, with rest and relaxation between.
- Learning to change your own behaviour to meet the needs of your dog.
You must anticipate that your dog will need to rest in your car.
There is a maximum of 6 dogs on this workshop. You can also attend without a dog to learn about the training and techniques.
There is a specialised workshop focusing on re- training rehabilitation for collies.
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