Pet Manners Workshops

These 3-week workshops put a lot of focus on specific issues. They are a great way to zero in and solve your biggest issues with your dog.

Manners Tune-up

Life gets busy, distractions pop up, and training can easily slide to the back burner. Just like your car, your dog’s training benefits from an occasional tune-up. This three-week class is designed to refresh and strengthen skills that may have slipped—or simply make them more reliable in everyday life.

This class offers a fun, practical way to “tune up” your dog’s existing training. We’ll be reinforcing behaviors your dog already knows rather than introducing new ones, so participants must have completed a basic manners group class (either at WAGD or elsewhere).

From there, we tailor each exercise to match where you and your dog are right now. Classes are interactive, upbeat, and focused on real-life situations. You’ll leave with training strategies you can continue using long after the class ends.

Key Focus Areas

• • Polite Greetings: Reducing jumping when guests arrive
    
    
  • Leash Manners: Less pulling, better walk etiquette
    
    
  • Reliable Recall: Strengthening the “come” cue
    
    

Who This Class Is For

• • Dogs with prior training who need a refresher
  • Owners who want to keep good manners from slipping due to busy schedules
  • Fee:   $120 for three weekly 50-minute sessions.

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The following workshops are not currently scheduled. But let us know if you’d like to see them pop-up on the schedule. 

Teenage Workshop – The get your sanity back workshop

Is your adolescent dog often less than a joy to live with? This 3-week class will give you the tools to help tame your “wild child”. We’ll polish up those key skills from Manners 1 and we’ll train important impulse control exercises to help transform your teenage pup into a well-mannered companion. 

Great Walks! The leash walking workshop

Want to turn your neighborhood walk into a joy instead of a pain? This 3-week class will give you the tools to teach your dog to stop pulling and walk nicely on leash. You’ll learn which techniques are best for your particular dog’s profile and you’ll get plenty of practice on each technique during class.  We’ll cover equipment choices and teach you how to use positive training methods to teach your dog to walk nicely on leash. Great leash walking isn’t something that is completed in just 3 weeks. But this workshop will give you a great start and arm you with the techniques to continue improving with every walk you take. Soon the members of your family will be arguing over who GETS to walk the dog, rather than who HAS to walk the dog!    

Great Greetings! The jumping workshop

Learn the very best protocols for helping your dog keep “4 on the floor” when he’s greeting people. You’ll get in plenty of practice with greeting different staff members, under the guidance of an instructor. This 3-week class is a great choice for people who would like their dog to learn to be more polite when greeting people.  This also good extra practice on polite greetings for those preparing to take the CGC test. 

Great Recalls! The coming when called workshop
Teaching your dog to reliably come when called is one of the most important things you’ll train.  Having a reliable recall is crucial for your dog’s safety and it will allow you to take part in off leash activities that are a lot of fun for both you and your dog. This includes agility, off leash hiking, dock diving and more!  This 3 week class will teach you all the skills you need to build that rock solid recall we all want!