PROFESSIONAL SERVICES |
| DOG TRAINING BEGINS IN THE HOME |
PRIVATE IN-HOME LESSONS AND GROUP CLASS INSTRUCTION
CONSULTATION AND ASSISTANCE
- American Kennel Club Obedience Competition Training (Novice,Open, Utility)
- American Kennel Club Dog Show Breed Competition (Conformation)
- American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen (CGC) class & testing
CONSULTATION AND ASSISTANCE
- Selecting the right breed of dog for you, based upon your personality, life style, home environment,
and social activities.
- Assistance in locating a responsible breeder, breeder contact, discussion with breeder, and referral.
- Pedigree research of the Sire and Dam. Examination of pedigree back to 4th generation.
- Getting your home ready. Plan in advance! Puppy /Dog Proof your home.
- Housebreaking, crate selection, crate purchase, and crate training.
- Discussion, selection, and purchase of feeding and water bowls.
- Training equipment: Discussion, selection, and purchase of proper leashes and collars.
- Discussion and selection of nutrition, health, grooming, and pet safety.
- Discussion and selection of books and necessary reading and educational material.
- Assistance in aggression and common behavior issues in puppies and adult dogs.
- Jumping.
- Digging. barking, howling, and growling.
- Mouthing, nipping, biting, and chewing.
- Door charging and running away.
- Before you adopt a dog from a shelter, please call me. Let's do a temperament test and evaluate the
dogs behavior BEFORE you bring the dog into your home. Don't be an impulse buyer or allow to be
talked into, " Let's Get A Dog".
When should you start training your dog?
Your training begins the day you bring a puppy or an older dog into your home. Housebreaking is
first on your list. Hopefully you have planned well in advance in selecting the area where you will take
your dog to go to the bathroom. Discussion and planning is all dependent on home environment. Do
you live in a condo? apartment?, single family house? Do you have a yard?
Stainless steel bowls for food and water are highly recommended. A crate, toys, and a book about
your breed of dog. If you have a mixed breed dog I would suggest getting a book that explains the
breed(s) that you think your dog is. A good premium dog food should be purchased along a good
leather buckle collar and a six foot leather leash.
Pet Safety
Dog proof your home. Expensive items laying on a coffee table, end table, or hanging over chairs or
behind doors is an open invitation to the dog to grab and go, hide and chew! Children's toys and
clothing should be picked up and hung up. Anything and everything that the dog can get his paws
and mouth on he will.
A word of caution, Please close all closet doors, bed room doors, and bath room doors. Under
cabinet storage in kitchens and bath rooms can be deadly to a small puppy. If unable to lock make it
secure as possible from opening.
If you have a garage or work area, keep this area totally off limits to your dog. One of the biggest
killers of dogs are weed killers, any type of lawn care liquid or powder, rodent control, and most of
all, ANTIFREEZE! Believe it or not, antifreeze has a very sweet taste to dogs and I can promise you
they will lick it. Dogs go into convulsions and die within minutes of digesting the liquid. Keep an eye
on your dog when you are outside with him. Even on leash, sticks that are chewed and swallowed
can lodge in the dogs throat and can damage the lining of a dog's stomach and cause internal
bleeding and death. Certain flowers, indoor, and outdoor plants are toxic to dog's. Please call the
Animal Poison Control Center if you that your pet may have ingested a potentially poisonous
substance, make the call that can make all the difference: (888) 426-4435. A $60 consultation fee
may be applied to your credit card.
FOX TAIL AND CRAB GRASS A Broadleaf weed with a sharp needle at the end.
Be very careful when letting your dog run in open fields. California is the WORST for fox tails.
I learned this first hand with one of my golden retrievers when I ran him in a field trial. Several days
after the trial he began limping and licking his pad. I could tell he was in pain. I took him to my vet.
Lee was examined, x rays taken. It was discovered that a fox tail had lodged itself between the pad
of Lee's right front foot. It was slowly working itself up through the leg!!! Had it gone undetected,
Lee would have been faced with a very major surgery. As it turned out, a minor surgical operation
was performed and the fox tail was removed. My vet mentioned that not only is the fox tail a
problem getting into pads but also down the ear canal and up a dog's nose. The bill came to
$500.00. Suggestion: check your dog's pads, ears, eyes, nose, legs, and stomach real good when
returning from a run in open fields or hiking.
Your training begins the day you bring a puppy or an older dog into your home. Housebreaking is
first on your list. Hopefully you have planned well in advance in selecting the area where you will take
your dog to go to the bathroom. Discussion and planning is all dependent on home environment. Do
you live in a condo? apartment?, single family house? Do you have a yard?
Stainless steel bowls for food and water are highly recommended. A crate, toys, and a book about
your breed of dog. If you have a mixed breed dog I would suggest getting a book that explains the
breed(s) that you think your dog is. A good premium dog food should be purchased along a good
leather buckle collar and a six foot leather leash.
Pet Safety
Dog proof your home. Expensive items laying on a coffee table, end table, or hanging over chairs or
behind doors is an open invitation to the dog to grab and go, hide and chew! Children's toys and
clothing should be picked up and hung up. Anything and everything that the dog can get his paws
and mouth on he will.
A word of caution, Please close all closet doors, bed room doors, and bath room doors. Under
cabinet storage in kitchens and bath rooms can be deadly to a small puppy. If unable to lock make it
secure as possible from opening.
If you have a garage or work area, keep this area totally off limits to your dog. One of the biggest
killers of dogs are weed killers, any type of lawn care liquid or powder, rodent control, and most of
all, ANTIFREEZE! Believe it or not, antifreeze has a very sweet taste to dogs and I can promise you
they will lick it. Dogs go into convulsions and die within minutes of digesting the liquid. Keep an eye
on your dog when you are outside with him. Even on leash, sticks that are chewed and swallowed
can lodge in the dogs throat and can damage the lining of a dog's stomach and cause internal
bleeding and death. Certain flowers, indoor, and outdoor plants are toxic to dog's. Please call the
Animal Poison Control Center if you that your pet may have ingested a potentially poisonous
substance, make the call that can make all the difference: (888) 426-4435. A $60 consultation fee
may be applied to your credit card.
FOX TAIL AND CRAB GRASS A Broadleaf weed with a sharp needle at the end.
Be very careful when letting your dog run in open fields. California is the WORST for fox tails.
I learned this first hand with one of my golden retrievers when I ran him in a field trial. Several days
after the trial he began limping and licking his pad. I could tell he was in pain. I took him to my vet.
Lee was examined, x rays taken. It was discovered that a fox tail had lodged itself between the pad
of Lee's right front foot. It was slowly working itself up through the leg!!! Had it gone undetected,
Lee would have been faced with a very major surgery. As it turned out, a minor surgical operation
was performed and the fox tail was removed. My vet mentioned that not only is the fox tail a
problem getting into pads but also down the ear canal and up a dog's nose. The bill came to
$500.00. Suggestion: check your dog's pads, ears, eyes, nose, legs, and stomach real good when
returning from a run in open fields or hiking.
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