We love teaching pets and their people! Here’s a run-through of our basic classes that are on on weekday evenings.
Puppy Manners
Puppy class isn’t really about teaching obedience and “commands”, but more so about making sure we are installing some vital life skills that puppies must develop during their first few months.
Anything you want in a two year old dog or a five year old dog, we have to prepare for now, while puppy is in those early months of life. All is not lost if we don’t get started that early, but certainly we need to get working on this stuff as soon as possible.
This clip gives you a taste of just some of the work we do on this course – and this is just the tip of the iceberg…
Puppy Manners course:
- 6 class course
- roll on/roll off – start as soon as your puppy is fully vaccinated
- for puppies under 5-6 months of age (still have baby teeth!)
- course costs €125
- Tuesday evenings, 7-8pm
Before your puppy is vaccinated, it’s important to use that time to get a headstart with a Puppy Session (90 minute private session – €60).
If you book both a Puppy Session (€60) and a Puppy Manners course (€125) you pay just €150 – which is a great foundation for you and your puppy to get off on the right paw (not to mention a great bargain!)
More on Puppy Sessions here and register here.
Teenagers Manners
Once puppy education is over, that’s not the end of your dog’s lessons; indeed it’s only the beginning – we wouldn’t expect a child to be done with school after the first half of primary school!
Teenage dogs, just like puppies, have specific requirements. Adolescent dogs are most likely to become unwanted so we want to put lots of work in place to make sure the teenag dog stays a lifelong canine companion.
We work on lots during the Teenagers Manners course, all based in helping the adolescent dog develop better self-control and self-calming skills.
Teenagers Manners course:
- 6 class course
- for dogs over six months and under 14-18 months
- course costs €125
- Wednesday evenings, 7-8pm
Monday Manners
This is a quick, intense basics course – all done in four classes!
The Monday Manners course is for adult dogs, over 18 months of age.
This is some of what we cover:
Monday Manners course:
- 4 class course
- for dogs over 18 months of age
- course costs €100
- Monday evenings, 7-8pm
We welcome all types of dogs at AniEd but not all dogs benefit from a class environment. We do everything possible to keep our training class environment low-stress (see our videos!) but some dogs have difficulty coping with even that; proximity of strange dogs or people, lots of food rewards or toys, lots of distracting smells and general excitement associated with being some place new can be pretty challenging.
I often tell our training class students that bringing their dogs to class and asking them to concentrate is like bringing their seven year old to Disney World and then asking them to do their homework!
So, we will work with you to make sure that we find the best service and approach to help you and your dog – there’s nothing ‘wrong’ with your dog (or you), every one’s an individual and we will do our best to help you.
Email or call us if you have any queries about class, suitability and AniEd services: contact us.
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