Help for Over Reactive Dogs
Classes
Help for Dogs Who Overreact at Dogs
$339(HST included)
8 Week Class
- 1 x 2 hour virtual seminar
- 1x 1 hour in person handler only lesson
- 6 x 1 hour dog and handler lesson
Course Goals:
You will learn what to do in day-to-day situations to help your dog that over reacts. Your dog will learn other choices and control of their environment.
You will have experts coaching you through the exercises and guiding you along each step of the way. We are working to modify your dog’s emotional reaction to their triggers. We are working to replace unwanted behaviours with more appropriate and desirable behaviours.
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Course Length: 8 weeks (the elements are compulsory).
– Week 1 is an online seminar (1.5-2 hours delivered via Zoom)*.
- Week 2 is for the humans. We will work on human skills.
- Week 3 thru Week 8 Are in a classroom with other handlers and dogs and two instructors.
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Classes starting on the same day meet as one group for both the online and human only weeks and then split into multiple groups at different times. Class schedules are affected by holidays and professional development days.
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PREREQUISITE
Your dog is overreactive to dogs.
If your dog is fearful of people or has bitten people or dogs and drawn blood please look to private sessions. All people present in the room must be at least 14 years of age.
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This is a class that requires your commitment to attend all sessions and commit time to work on homework items between sessions. It is a small class where each class member is relying on the others to support their efforts with their own dogs by you working with yours. If you are unable to commit to a class schedule please take a look at Private Sessions or delay until the class schedule aligns with yours.
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Semi Private Class for dogs who Overeact to Dogs
$50(HST included)
45 Minute Session.
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Session Goals:
You will continue to expand and solidify skills you and your dog are working on as well as continued work on helping your dog feel safe and /or calm in the presence of other dogs in varying situations.
Prerequisite: You have completed Help for Dogs Who Overreact to Dogs class or Private lessons for reactive behaviour. Your instructors will have indicated to you that this program is an appropriate next step.
The advantage of working in tandem around another dog is the opportunity to work around a dog that is being well-managed and receiving coaching and instruction.
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We will have invited you to create a login and added you to a membership list to access the schedule for this program, if you have not received this please let us know.
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Course Length: Each lesson is booked separately. Lessons are 45 minutes long.
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Nosey to Neutral
$210(HST included)
5 Week Class
5x-1 hour lesson
Course Goals:
This the course for the dog that struggles to "mind their own business" and just move on or the dog who gets nervously excited or slightly worried at activity in the environment.
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Course Length: 5 weeks
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COURSE CONTENT
This class consists of a number of exercises and patterns of behaviour that help dogs to cope better with the shifting enviornment. Course exercises draw from the great work by Dr. Karen Overall and Leslie McDevitt that focus on calm and comfort in an environment and biofeedback exercises
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PREREQUISITE
Your dog is reactive to the environment in the form of struggling to be connected to you (like a walk with a friend) or gets overly excited/a little worried about their environment
If your dog is fearful of people or has bitten people or dogs and drawn blood please look to private sessions.
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If your dog is lunging and barking on sight or at greater distances please refer to Help for Dogs who Over React to Dogs or Private Sessions
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Nosey to Neutral Beyond Grad
$42(HST included)
1 Week Class
1 hour lesson
Session Goals:
You will continue to expand and solidify skills you and your dog are working on as well as continued work on helping your dog feel safe and /or calm in the presence of other dogs in varying situations.
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Length: 1 session
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Session Content
This Session continues the use of exercises and patterns of behaviour that help dogs to cope better with the shifting environment. Exercises are drawn from the great work by Dr. Karen Overall and Leslie McDevitt that focus on calm and comfort in an environment and biofeedback exercises
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PREREQUISITE
Your dog has completed Nosey to Neutral. The sessions associated to this service can be booked by individuals who have completed Nosey to Neutral. For Grads ...You will need to have created a password for the registration service to see and book this service.
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