Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to your Resource Portal

    • Welcome to your Resource Portal
  • 2

    Dog Body Language poster

    • Dog Body Language poster
  • 3

    Barking

    • Dealing with Excessive Barking

    • Fear / anxiety barking

    • Demand / Attention Seeking Barking

    • Alert or Alarm Barking

    • Boredom Barking

    • Teaching Woof & Shush
  • 4

    The 3 stages of Stuffing a Kong

    • The 3 stages of Stuffing a Kong

    • The 3 stages of Stuffing a Kong - printable handout
  • 5

    Puppy Related Struggles

    • How to House Train your puppy

    • How to Deal with Puppy Nipping

    • How to Introduce a Crate to Your Puppy or Any Age Dog

    • How to Introduce an Exercise Pen

    • Puppy Zoomies / Witching hour
  • 6

    Socialization Checklists for SD candidate puppies

    • SD Socialization Checklist - Week 1

    • SD Socialization Checklist - Week 2

    • SD Socialization Checklist - Week 3

    • SD Socialization Checklist - Week 4
  • 7

    Body Handling to prepare for Grooming / Vet visits

    • Intro to Handling All Over - Week 1

    • Progression of Handling - Week 2

    • Progression for Handling - Week 3

    • The next progression of HANDLING - Week 4
  • 8

    Husbandry

    • How to Trim Your Dog's Nails

    • How to introduce the MAKO leash & head collar

    • How to Introduce the Gentle Leader (Head Collar)

    • Dogs afraid of their harness

    • Appropriate exercise for puppies
  • 9

    Common Struggles

    • Teaching Your Dog How To Settle

    • Dogs That Eat Their Own Poop

    • How to deal with excessive jumping when you return home

    • Do you have a dog that is hard to feed treats to, it hurts?

    • How to prevent destructive chewing

    • How to deal with unwanted digging

    • Why Does My Dog Jump on People?

    • Dealing With Leash Pulling

    • Dealing With Doorbells and Door Knocks

    • Dogs Chasing Vehicles

    • How to Introduce new dogs that may live together

    • Motion Sickness in Dogs

    • Overlooked training tips for a better recall
  • 10

    Counter Surfing (stealing food from the kitchen counters)

    • Counter Surfing

    • Counter Surfing - Plan B

    • Counter Surfing - Plan C
  • 11

    Adolescent Dog Struggles

    • Have an adolescent dog that refuses to come inside the house when called

    • Dogs that jump and bite at you while off leash or on walks - The Check Me Out Game

    • Getting compliance in an Adolescent Dog
  • 12

    Multiple dogs - Households

    • Multiple Dog Household - Door Knocks

    • Multiple Dogs - Sending to Their Beds
  • 13

    Introducing a Cat and Dog to live together

    • Introducing a Cat and Dog to live together
  • 14

    Alternative Exercises for when your dog CAN'T go for a walk

    • At-Home K9 Fitness Program

    • The Whip it! Game

    • The Canine version of Equine Lunging

    • Demo Video - Canine Lunging - beginning stages

    • Demo Video - Canine Lunging - making the circle bigger

    • Demo Video - Canine Lunging - Advanced

    • Figure 8 walking in the backyard