Comprehensive Pet Therapy

10/10/2025

Meet Mattie! Mattie is a 1-year-old, female Sheepadoodle who prior to her board train exhibited excited barking behavior when viewing a person or dog, poor leash walking skills, and unreliable basic obedience, especially amidst distractions. Her owners wish Mattie to calmly and responsibly accompany them to outdoor venues, including restaurants, when they visit their second home in St. George Island, Florida.

To accomplish their objectives they selected a CPT board train solution.

Mattie started a bit distractible and recalcitrant — but after 2 focused weeks living with professional CPT Trainer Claire Sims, Mattie made incredible progress! Moreover, she enjoys learning and her camaraderie with Claire.

She’s now mastered reliable and responsive obedience, a rapid recall, proper leash manners, and maintaining tranquility and focus, even around distractions. We’re so proud of Mattie's transformation!

Most importantly, Mattie's owners can now experience more enjoyment from Mattie's inclusion in their family. And Mattie now experiences a higher quality of life, because she is calmer, more confident, and her owners can take her everywhere trusting Mattie will be pleasant company.

The video below shows Mattie completing a public down-stay near an outdoor festival that included a live band. The still photos display a public sit-stay in Avalon, a head shot, and Mattie's figurative wings she sprouted during her board train- wings that allow Maggie to fly through a healthier and happier life.

08/08/2025

Students in CPT Trainer Robin Puryear's Advanced Obedience class practicing leashing walking proximal to people and dogs.

06/18/2025

A new article on the CPT website. Enjoy!

Understanding inappropriate chewing and implementing effective solutions is crucial for both canine welfare and household harmony.

03/24/2024

CPT Advanced Obedience students Lily and Ponce at their first Happy Tails assignment. Lily and Ponce, along with their Happy Tails team, visited Kennesaw State University. Canine companionship provides students a productive stress relief during mid-term exams.

03/05/2024

Administrative Assistant (Part-Time)


Comprehensive Pet Therapy, Inc.
6600 Roswell Road
Suite K-2
Sandy Springs, GA 30328

Responsibilities include:
• Responding to incoming phone calls,
• Managing client and payment database,
• Scheduling and maintaining training staff appointments and availability,
• Miscellaneous projects assigned by management, and
• Assisting in keeping the facility clean and presentable.

The ideal person should have excellent verbal and written communication skills; enjoy interacting with people over the phone; have the ability to work independent of immediate supervision; have the ability to work both alongside colleagues and alone; and be willing to obtain familiarity with company services, prices, and policies. Some dog training knowledge would be beneficial. The position is three days per week.

Benefits:

Able to bring dog to work and employee discount.

Interested parties should email a cover letter and resume to [email protected].

12/10/2023

Miro Learning the Competition About Turn

In this session, we focused on building precision on Miro’s competition about turn. Goals were to keep him more proximal to the handler, more attentive, and more reliably in heel position as he navigated the 180° movement.

To begin building the exercise, we break it into component steps. Thus, we abbreviate the turn, while rewarding Miro when he meets goals with the shorter movement. We then add one step at a time until Miro can reliably, confidently, and capably perform the entire 180° turn with perfect precision. In this series, we also challenged Miro with distractions by challenging him to perform in both an indoor and an outdoor environment.

11/16/2023

11/03/2023

3 dogs from the Intermediate Agility class taught by CPT Trainer Melissa Nelson fit the mood of the evening by attending in Halloween costumes. L to R: Cathy Siler with Alfred, Henney Chen with Luna, and Cheryl Jennings with Kate.

11/02/2023

Miro Learning the Competition Come to Front

Miro is a 1.5-year old, intact male Rottweiler. He is in private and group training at CPT, with an end goal of succeeding to high levels in AKC competition obedience.

The following videos document excerpts from a training session working on Miro’s come to front. For the exercise, Miro must sit-stay, wait patiently while the handler departs, come quickly and immediately upon command, then sit straight directly in front of the handler. In the first video, Miro anticipates the Front command, whereupon he “cheats” by starting to leave early. However, in Miro’s case, anticipation is cooperation and emanates from eagerness. Therefore, we correct the error without punishment by changing the predictability of the exercise. Consequently, in videos 2 and 3, CPT Trainer Mark Spivak returns to Miro and rewards the stay, rather than calling him. Then, video 4 documents the resolution of Miro’s error, whereby he calmly awaits the command, responds rapidly when called, and ultimately sits perfectly straight in the front position. The boards are used as a training aid to passively facilitate the habit of a straight front that receives all possible points from an obedience judge.

If you want your dog to obtain obedience skills to the highest level, regardless of whether your goals are for him or her to become an outstanding pet or a victorious competition dog, we welcome you to contact CPT (404-236-2150).

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11/02/2023

CPT Trainer Robin Puryear has been busy and productive during the recent months. Robin teaches Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Obedience for CPT. Robin’s Advanced Obedience class covers a variety of skills, including off-leash obedience and preparation for Happy Tails therapy work.

Recently, 9 students from Robin’s Advanced class passed the rigorous Happy Tails examination. Moreover, of her students, 8/9 passed on their first attempt! Great job Robin!

And great job: 1) John Mortison and Xia (American Staffordshire Terrier), 2) Christine Engstrom and Riggs (Border Collie), 3) Christine Engstrom and Mardi (Border Collie), 4) Sara Ayres and Tumbleweed (Standard Poodle), 5) Cathy Siler and Alfred (Weimaraner), 6) Shawna O'Neil Rodenbaugh and Hazel (Labradoodle), 7) Leslie Malmquist and Sweezie (Miniature Goldendoodle), 8) Lori Mueller and Ponce (Smooth Collie), and 9) Jessica Milburn and Ponce (Chihuahua mix)!

If you are interested in preparing your dog for therapy work, please give CPT a call (404-236-2150). CPT has a diverse menu of group classes, private lessons, in-home private lessons, virtual private lessons, and board train services that can improve your dog’s obedience, housebreaking, manners, socialization, and behavioral problems- and ultimately create an outstanding pet or therapy animal.

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09/22/2023

Discover the joy of effective communication and understanding with your pet 🐶🐱. Comprehensive Pet Therapy, Inc. fosters confidence, cooperation, and lifelong learning: https://ow.ly/ijIV50PBHLM