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Training my two german wirehaired pointers, Oreo and Lilo.

 

 

Phantom, my fox terrier, learning how to tube behind our boat!!!  He LOVES swimming!!

 

 

Lilo, hanging out on the back of the boat after a swim!!

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Training

Behaviour Consultations | New Puppy Orientation | Puppy Preschool | Group classes | Fiesty Fiedo Classes

Prices: All prices do not include GST


Behaviour Consultations

These are one hour long and usually done in the comfort of your own home. We can work on a variety of different issues from dog-dog aggression to basic manners, pulling on the leash, or any other behavioral issues you may be having.

By appointment.

Price: $75/hr
Package pricing is available for sets of lessons more than 4.

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New Puppy Orientation

Also done in the comfort of your own home!
This one hour private lesson is a must for every new puppy owner! We help you focus on several very important issues including developing a soft mouth, socialization, and housebreaking, or any other problems you may be having with your new puppy. We start you out on the right paw and get your puppy ready for puppy preschool.

Price: $60/hr
By appointment
 

Puppy Preschool
Duration: 6 weeks.
This is a must for every new puppy and owner. This important (and fun!) class focuses on bite inhibition (soft mouth), socialization, confidence building, stopping unwanted behaviour (ie. chewing, nipping, jumping up, barking), and beginning obedience work. You will have plenty of time to let your puppy socialize with other puppies in an off leash and safe environment. It is recommended that your puppy has its 2nd set of vaccines.

Price: $139.99    
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Basic Manners Level 1

Duration: 6 weeks.
Picks up where puppy preschool leaves off. This class is great for those dogs who have completed basic obedience before, but need a tune up! Class size is limited to allow greater personal attention. Course includes teaching your dog to pay attention to you, walk on a leash without pulling, heel, sit, stay, stand, and come on command.

Recommended for pups over 5 months of age.

Price: $139.99    
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Basic Manners Level 2
Duration: 6 weeks.
Level 2—Beyond Basics--Pre-requisite—level 1 with Pawsitively Canine—this NEW program works on more specific obedience cues including loose leash walking, heel, stay, watch me, and most importantly, emergency recall, with some beginning off leash work.  All of these cues are worked on extensively with distractions and challenges!!  There is one outdoor field trip included in this course.  Classes are once again kept to a limit of 6 for excellent personal attention.


Price: $139.99    
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Basic Manners Level 3
Duration: 6 weeks.
Above and Beyond...training for the real world!!—Pre-requisite—level 2 with Pawsitively Canine--This is a 100% outdoor class and is only offered in the spring, summer and early fall  and months.  Each week we visit a different location between the tri-cities and ridge meadows areas.  The focus is working on the most important basics....in the most distractive environments...this is a fun and challenging class working specifically on emergency recall, stay, loose leash walking, distance cues and heel.  Some off leash work will begin if dogs are ready!!


Price: $139.99    
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FIESTY FIEDO CLASSES

January 2010....FIESTY FIEDO CLASSES....at last, a small, 4-5 dog class to address issues such as lunging, growling and snapping at other dogs or even children.  These sessions are ongoing, paid for at 6 sessions at a time....one trainer, one helper, done in a spacious indoor facility in Maple Ridge, at Be Cuz We Care dog daycare.  Positive methods ONLY are used to help build confidence and use management techniques to help teach the dogs what is needed to cope in the real world.  Pre-requisite--at least 2 private lessons, approval of trainer, and acceptance of canny collar (preferably) or gentle leader/halti.  For more details, please phone or email.

 

 
     

Fun and Trivia

 

Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog...Sidney Jeanne Seward

 

 

Isn’t it wonderful how dogs can win friends and influence people without ever reading a book??...E.C. McKenzie

 

 

Mixed Breed—cross and pointer with a setter and you’ll get a pointsetter—a traditional Christmas pet

 

 

At the tail end of The Beatles song A Day in the Life, an ultrasonic whistle, heard only to dogs, was recorded by Paul McCartney for his Shetland sheepdog.

 

 

Don’t make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans, or they’ll treat you like dogs

 

 

Scientiests have recently claimed that dogs do in fact laugh.  This laughter is expressed through “play panting” among joyful canines

 

 

If never spayed or neutered, a female dog, her mate and their offspring, could produce over 66,000 puppies in 6 years

 

 

94% of pet owners say their pet makes them smile more than once a day

 

 

A dog says more with his tail in moments than his master can say with his tongue in hours

 

 

The world’s smallest dog, in length, is Heaven Sent Brandy, a female Chihuahua owned by Paulette Keller, which measured 6 inches from the nose to the tip of her tail on January 31, 2005