Our informative Adult/Adolescent Basic Manners Course now in an online, self paced format! You get all the great content from our renowned trainers as well as problem solving of common teenaged dog behaviors to do at home. This self paced course allows you to go a pace that is comfortable for you and your dog! Need some extra time with training? Great! Take all the time you need! Have a superstar learner? Move forward as quickly as you'd like. You'll get live access to our trainers once a week to ask questions and get help with training via Zoom during weekly open "office hours".
Learn the foundation behaviors essential to having a polite family dog. The emphasis in this class is on communication and teaching the dog what behaviors we want to substitute those we do not. We focus on the most common complaints dog owners have with adolescent and adult dogs.
These include: Jumping up, door crashing, pulling on leash, not coming when called and destructive behaviors. Dog and owners will also learn the basic obedience skills listed below.
- Sit
- Down
- Loose-leash walking
- Stop the Jumping/ Polite Greetings
- Stay and Wait
- Door Manners
- Place (settle on a mat)
- Come/Recall
- Attention: Name Recognition and Look
- Leave-it/ Drop-it
| Module 1 | Lesson One | |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | How Dogs Think and Learn | |
| Unit 2 | Positive Interrupter | |
| Unit 3 | Sit | |
| Unit 4 | Name Recognition | |
| Unit 5 | *edit* Mouthing and Chewing in Older Puppies and Adults | |
| Unit 6 | Chew THIS not THAT! A puppy Kongaholic | |
| Unit 7 | Getting Ready to Train! | |
| Unit 8 | Things to remember!!! | |
| Unit 9 | Canine Enrichment | |
| Module 2 | Lesson Two | |
| Unit 1 | Preventing and Breaking Bad Habits | |
| Unit 2 | Potty / House Training Adolescent/ Adult Dogs | |
| Unit 3 | Adding Verbal Cue to Sit | |
| Unit 4 | Down or Lay Down | |
| Unit 5 | Come and Let's Go | |
| Unit 6 | The Choice Game/ Leave It: Stage 1 | |
| Unit 7 | *edit* Enrichment Activity #2 | |
| Module 3 | Lesson Three | |
| Unit 1 | Adding the Verbal Cue to Down | |
| Unit 2 | Activity: Puppy Push Ups! | |
| Unit 3 | Preventing Jumping Up- Polite Greetings with People | |
| Unit 4 | The Choice Game / Leave It: Stage 2 | |
| Unit 5 | Starting Stay / Duration in behavior | |
| Unit 6 | Enrichment Activity #3 *needs editing* | |
| Module 4 | Lesson Four | |
| Unit 1 | Exercise | |
| Unit 2 | Recall: TAG you're it! | |
| Unit 3 | Loose Leash Walking | |
| Unit 4 | The Choice Game / Leave It: Stage 3 | |
| Unit 5 | Enrichment Activity #4 | |
| Module 5 | Lesson Five | |
| Unit 1 | Dog Language Guide | |
| Unit 2 | Look/ Watch Me | |
| Unit 3 | The Choice Game/ Leave It: Stage 4 | |
| Unit 4 | WAIT! Step One: The Hors d'oeuvres Game | |
| Unit 5 | Loose Leash Walking: Step 2 | |
| Unit 6 | Socialization Activity #4 | |
| Module 6 | Lesson Six | |
| Unit 1 | Puppy Attention Spans and Motivation ** | |
| Unit 2 | Building Focus and Attention | |
| Unit 3 | Distractions | |
| Unit 4 | Hand Targeting | |
| Unit 5 | Activity: Running Recalls | |
| Unit 6 | WAIT: Step Two * | |
| Unit 7 | Relax/ Settle * |