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TD305: Toy Dogs-Activities and Travel Safety

Purpose: To prepare your dog for real life – taking your dog everywhere

Prerequisites: General understanding of dog behavior. Training Kit $75.00. See below to order.

Course Info: Learn what activities you can do with your dog and how to travel safely. Learn about AKC activities, outdoor adventures and precautions, acclimating your dog to travel, safety, car, plane and train travel, supplies, hotel stays, hot and cold weather issues, packing lists, what information to take with you, and airline regulations.

Course Length: 6 one-hour sessions

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

What you can expect to learn from this Course:

    • Activities available for you and your dog
    • AKC Activities
    • Outdoor Adventures & Precausions
    • Acclimate your dog to traveling
    • Safety at all times
    • Car, Plane and Train traveling
    • Supplies
    • Hotel Stays
    • Hot and cold weather tips
    • What to do, packing lists etc before you leave
    • What information you need to take with you
    • Airline Regulations

    Toy Dog Training Equipment ($75): The right tools are necessary to gain the desired results. This kit includes 2 clickers; a retractable target stick; a step-in harness; 6 foot leather shoelace lead; and the Training & Behavior Manual for Toy Dog Instructors (Carranco, S.) This training kit will be used in all the toy dog courses and needs to be purchased only once. To order, send an email to Shana Carranco at etrainer@theholisticdogtrainer.com.

    Instructor: Shana Carranco, The Holistic Dog Trainer
    Is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer and has been working with dogs professionally since 1999.  After a long career as a Meeting and Event Planner, she focused on teaching dogs, which evolved quickly to become a Holistic Dog Trainer with a specialty in Toy/Small breeds. She takes a holistic approach to teaching and care of dogs, believing in the balance of mind, body, environment to build and enhance the human/canine relationship.  She is also very interested in natural diets and remedies for pets, knowing Shana Carrancothere is a strong link between behavior and nutrition.

    She instructs weekly Puppy Socials, and Lifeskills Lessons, private consultations and conducts workshops and seminars to the public and canine education instructor training programs to trainers, enthusiasts and those who are interested in becoming dog trainers. In addition, she is a Certified Groomer, Pet First Aid & CPR Instructor for PetTec, AKC – CGC Evaluator, and founder of Miami Toy Dog Training Club.

    She has been published several times in the Stuart News, and was recently interviewed for a DVD production on Meet the Professionals, which will air on cable in 2008. Author of:  Shana Carranco, The Holistic Dog Trainer™ Presents: The First 48 Hours with Your New Toy Puppy (available for download) and soon to be available: Toy Dogs: Training, Behavior and Beyond!

    She has recently launched Little Paws Travel n Adventures which is a specialty travel company for people traveling with Little Dogs! www.TheHolisticDogTrainer.com
    www.LittlePawsTravelnAdventures.com

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    You must also read and agree to the E-Training for Dogs, Inc. Standard Terms and Conditions prior to taking a course: Click here to read these. You will be asked when you register if you have read them and will not be allowed to take the course if you do not agree to the terms.

 

 

 

Steps in Registration:

1. Choose between:
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—You will speak to the instructor
in an online “classroom” with several
other students.
Choose from the
listed times in the Course Registration
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—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.