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DB202: Advanced Dog Training

Purpose: Expand on behaviors learned in a previous positive reinforcement training course to result in keeping skills fresh and the experience positive so your dog maintains and strengthens its trusting relationship with you and your family. (Available May 1, 2008)

Course Info: This class follows Dog I or Puppy II. The dog will gain much more self-control and confidence by working through a variety of distractions, thereby strengthening behaviors he has already learned. He will learn to focus on his owner even when food (or a favorite toy!) is on the floor beside him and then "leave it" to follow the owner when asked. He will practice proper greeting behavior under a variety of circumstances, longer sit-and down-stays, and he will continue to succeed in reliably recalling even when the environment beckons elsewhere. Owners help shape this course by suggesting behaviors they would like to work on during this course.

Prerequisites: Dogs I or Puppy II and Positive Techniques Training Kit (see below) course supplies from either class. (highly recommended)

Length: This course meets once a week for 6 weeks. Each class is 60 minutes. All times are CST.

Course Length: 6 one-hour sessions

Course Cost (Register above):
For Credit: Live and OnDemand=$225
Audited: Live=$150; OnDemand=$120

Credits: 3*
(*Applies toward certificate programs for students registered in the PDT or PCTS programs. You do not have to be in a certificate program to take this class.)

Recommended Text: CULTURE CLASH by Jean Donaldson

What you can expect to learn from this Course:

  • Longer and more reliable sit- and down-stays
  • Dog will learn to focus onits owner despite intense Dog waiting for a walk.distractions.
  • Changing specific behaviors suggested by you and classmates during the course.

NOTE: There is an additional $130.00 cost for a Positive Techniques Training Kit that is highly recommended for this course. The proper tools are essential for the proper results. This cost is way below what you would pay retail. If you have previously taken a course in the Positive Reinforcement Series, you will NOT need to buy the whole Kit again. You will, however, need to order the DOGS II Instruction Manual ($20). The Kit includes the following training tools to be shipped to you after you register:

  • 2-clickers
  • 1-training lead
  • 1-harness
  • 1-limited slip collar
  • 1-stuffable food toy
  • 1-DOGS I Instruction Manual

Cost includes sales tax, shipping and handling. You will recieve instructions on how to order this under "Course Materials" when you register. You will be expected to have the materials by the second session. If you are taking the Recorded Sessions, order now, click HERE to order and specify the class you are taking, and where you want the materials sent.

Susan Sharpe, A.P.D.T; C.P.D.T.; CA-1 is co-owner and head instructor for Canine Companion by Certified Trainers. She has over 20 years of experience in dog training. Her background includes obedience, article search, tracking, obstacle course, drug detection, personal preotection, and family pet manners. Susan offers group classes, private instruction, and behavior modefication from minor issues, such as unwanted barking, through more severe behaviors including separation anxiety and aggression. She also instructs therapy dog courses and trains service dogs for individuals. Susan is an instructor for the American Red Cross (#12642), including being an instructor for emergency pet first aid. She is a graduate of the Purdue University DOGS! course, a certified Tellington Touch CA-1 practitioner and is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer with the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. Susan is an evaluator for Therapy Dog Inc. as well as a Canine Good Citizen evaluator for the Amerian Kennel Club (#8968). She is the developer of the famous anxiety wrap. She and her dog Skye Ladd hold duel registries with Delta Society and Therapy Dog Inc. Susan spent 17 years in the corporate world before leaving it to work with animals as a full time career.

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Certificate Course: To be applied
toward the PDT, and PCTS.

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Steps in Registration:

1. Choose between:
Live—You will speak to the instructor
in an online “classroom” with several
other students. Choose from the
listed times in the Course Registration
box to your left.
OnDemand/Recorded—Watch the
presentation "OnDemand"- at your
own pace. Click on "Recorded Session"
under "Register for Recorded Class" to
your left.

2. Choose between:
For Credit-You will participate fully in
the class with required homework and tests.
You will send in video homework to learn
"hands on" with the instructor examining and providing individualized feedback, attention and assistance on course material.

Audited-You will participate fully in
the class with no required homework or tests.
The instructor will not provide any assistance
out of class such as viewing your videos in
order to be able to give you individualized
feedback.

NOTE: We will be providing Certification for Professional Dog Trainers in the near future (planned for FALL of 2008). This course is worth 3 credits and can be applied to Certifcation once we are approved by the Colorado Department of Higher Education. Only the "For Credit" courses can be applied to Certification.