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Custom obedience program

Program Overview    

  • A course tailored to the individual requirements and needs of dog and owner

  • Designed for dogs 12 weeks plus

  • For clients that have specific requirements that sit outside of our standard programmes, or

    want to focus on a few key behaviours

  • Your dog will stay in a caring and loving home environment primed to develop a well

    balanced, content and obedient character

  • Provides owners with the roadmap to a successful relationship with their dog

  • Behaviour modification and programme focus to be agreed upon prior to the course start

  • Length of programme determined by severity and volume of issues raised prior to start date

    Behaviour Modification and Targeted Inclusions:

  • Basic obedience commands (as defined in our two week basic programme)

  • Attentive unleashed heel

  • Advanced work on impulse control in stressful situations

  • Distance recall and improved responsiveness

  • Extended stays and commands from a distance

  • Door manners - controlled entry and exit through doors, waiting in designated place during open-door scenarios

  • Greeting manners - calm interactions when greeting people and dogs

  • Structured play and socialization with other dogs, people and animals

  • Mild anxiety relating to a specific trigger

  • Resource Guarding (growling, baring of teeth, dipping of the head, ‘freezing’)

  • Obsessive/neurotic behaviours - staring and/or chasing lights, shadows or fast-moving items,

    running compulsively or frantically rubbing against surfaces

  • Extremely poor recall (life-threatening)

  • Pulling on leash

  • Destructive behaviour in the home

 

Also included in the program

  • Regular progress updates - explanations, tips, videos

  • Detailed handover session upon drop off - demonstrations and coaching

  • Tailored end-of-program report - summarising progress & future advice

  • 4 weeks of post-program text support 

  • 1 hour complimentary 1:1 refresher training (up to 12 weeks post-program)

*Off-leash walking is not included as standard but can be incorporated depending on learning speed  and maturity of the dog    

**Come/recall using long-line only. Distance will be determined by the learning speed and maturity of the  dog    

NOTE: This is not for dogs who have shown aggression or reactivity towards other dogs, animals or  humans  

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Duration : 1-8 weeks depending on needs
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Language : English, Dutch, German or Portuguese