It’s one thing to teach your dog commands and how to behave nicely at home. It’s another thing entirely to teach your dog to play well in public, including how to behave around strangers and other dogs. Many owners find that their dogs regress to bad behaviors in new environments and situations, and that’s what our Canine Good Citizen dog training courses are designed to correct.

Dogs that complete these courses of varying lengths become accustomed to and comfortable in a variety of situations, including being approached by strangers, seeing other animals and dogs, handling crowds, and even walking through public spaces and buildings.

3 Different Dog Training Courses:

• Good Citizen – 6 week course
• Good Citizen Advanced – 7 week course
• Good Citizen Urban – 8 week course

Canine Good Citizen: 6 week course

Behaviors learned:

• Accepting a friendly stranger
• Sitting politely for petting
• Appearance for grooming
• Walking on a loose leash
• Walking through a crowd
• Sit and Down command and staying until released
• Coming when called
• Reaction to another dog
• Not reacting to distraction
• Supervised separation

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Canine Good Citizen Advanced: 7 week course

Behaviors learned:

• Sit or down while owner eats out
• Loose leash walking
• Left turn, right turn, halt, fast and slow pace for heeling
• Walking calmly through a busy crowd
• Reaction to another dog with distractions
• Sit while in a group of people
• Accepting stranger carrying items
• Leave it command
• Sit or down while you are 20 feet away
• Recall with distractions, min of 20 feet away
• Manners when exiting and entering building / doorways

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Canine Good Citizen Urban: 8 week course

Behaviors learned:

• Exit enter building, no pulling
• Walking calmly through crowd
• Calmly reacting to city noises
• Crossing the street calmly
• Ignoring food on sidewalk
• Accepting friendly stranger for petting
• Manners in building
• Down stay for 3 minutes
• Going up stairs
• Riding in elevator

Restrictions apply, call for more details on price and scheduling.

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