Pawsitive Training NL

Christine Doucet (owner), Adam Gaudet (instructor), and Jenna Mosher (assistant)

All classes focus on positive reinforcement for helping your dog be a calm and confident member of your family. Puppy Play Sessions - for socialization and play time with puppies of a similar age, size, and temperament. Puppies are dropped off at scheduled day time and have the ability to free play with other puppies. Great exercise and stimulation for all puppies and exposes puppies to other dogs during critical development periods. Duration: 30 minutes as scheduled weekday late afternoons. Puppy Classes - for socialization, communication, and building a strong foundation for a dog who can be a member of your family wherever you go. Exposure to puppies, people, sights, sounds and textures in a positive environment. Introduction of the basic commands and discussion and tips on how to work with problematic puppy behaviours such as housetraining, chewing, nipping, barking etc. Large Breed under 6 months, Small Breed under 1 year. Basic Obedience Classes - focus on the basic commands and learning to listen and respond even when there is distraction. Build a strong recall, learn to walk nicely on a loose leash, leave it, drop it, stay and much more. Positive reinforcement creates a strong bond and a dog who wants to work with you and behaves in a way that gives you the confidence to take your dog wherever you go. Discussion and training for problematic behaviours such as jumping up, going nuts when people come to the door, counter surfing etc. Large or Small breed 4 months - 20 years. Advanced Obedience Classes - focus on advanced commands and behaviours for dog/handler teams who might be interested in therapy or emotional support work. Sit, down at a distance, walking nicely through a crowd and greeting other people and dogs indoors and outside. Exposure to crowds, noise, people with assistive devices, body handling and grooming by friendly strangers, advanced recall, stay, leave it and focus on the handler. Duration: 1 hour per week for 9 weeks. Large or Small Breed 10 months and older. Reactive Dog Classes - focus on helping dogs learn how to be calm in the presence of other dogs and/or new people. On leash, for dogs who either bark/growl/lunge when seeing other dogs or people or who are overly excited and bark/whine/jump/pull when seeing other dogs or people. Work to create calm and a dog who learns to focus on the handler when encountering something new and scary or exciting. This class is only offered in the summer and is mostly outdoors. Duration: 2 hours per week for 4 weeks. Large or Small Breed 6 months and older. Agility and Nosework classes for beginners and beyond. Introduction to clicker training and noise desensitization classes. Done the basic obedience and would like to try something new and fun with your dog? I have a class for that. Private Consultations - One-on-one sessions to work on problematic behaviours. Can be done in your home or at the training facility. Tips and information to help your dog understand how you want him to behave in particular situations. Duration: 30-45 minutes as scheduled, daytimes, evening or weekends. Dogs of any age, breed. Message me for next available classes and pricing