Help your adolescent go from terrible to terrific!
Have you completed Manners 1 with your teenage pup (6 – 24 months)? If your adolescent dog is a little hard to live with or struggles with impulse control, then this 6-week class is for you! This class can be a good step in between Manners 1 and 2 for the teenage dog. Think of it as Manners 1. 5. In this class we’re going to go over many aspects of this adolescent phase and how to live in harmony with your dog during this difficult age!
Just some of what you’ll learn in Terrific Teenagers:
- A better understanding the developmental changes your adolescent dog is going through and the tools needed to be successful during this stage
- How to increase your dog’s engagement with focus-building exercises and games
- Cooperative Care techniques to be more compliant and reduce stress when being handled
- How to build your dog’s resilience, helping them learn to deal with their impulsiveness and frustration
- Management techniques for jumping, mouthing, leash pulling, counter surfing, demand barking and more!
- Dogs must have completed Manners 1 (or higher level class) within the two months prior to this class starting or take a Class Readiness Evaluation (must be completed at least one week prior to your class start date, but no more than 1 month prior to class start date)
- Dogs must be current on vaccinations
- Review the Be Ready for Group Class page and the WAGD Policies page prior to enrollment.
- Class Fee – $210
- Six consecutive weekly 50-minute class meetings at your designated day/time
- Included Materials – class book
- Private make-ups for missed classes may be scheduled at the discounted rate of $40 / half hour
After enrollment, watch for a confirmation email with important details.
Class Preview (Coming Soon)
Your Instructors
Pet Manners Trainer
Diane Cocchiara CPDT-KA
Diane Cocchiara joined WAGD in 2018. She teaches Pet Manners, Puppy Preschools and Private Lessons. She completed her Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Foundations course in 2018 and WAGD Trainer Education Program in 2019. She now is certified through the Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers and an AKC Evaluator. Diane has two dogs of her own, Eugene a Lab/Hound […]
Pet Manners Trainer
Fable Gay IAABC-ADT FDM
Fable Gay joined the What a Great Dog! team in 2017. They are an Accredited Dog Trainer through the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, a Certified Family Dog Mediator through Kim Brophey’s Applied Ethology LEGS Course, and an AKC CGC Evaluator. They studied under Michael Shikashio CDBC and completed his Aggression in Dogs Master Course in 2022. They teach […]
Specialty & Pet Manners Trainer
Gabi Vannini CPDT-KA
Gabi Vannini CPDT-KA joined the WAGD staff in fall 2018. She teaches barn hunt, agility, conformation, rally and manners. She is an AKC CGC, trick, ACT test, temperament test and farm dog evaluator. Gabi competes in a variety of dog sports with her own dogs and has titled in obedience, agility, rally, conformation, lure coursing, dock diving, barn hunt, tricks […]
Senior Pet Manners Trainer
Jean May CPDT-KA
Jean is a Senior Trainer who joined What a Great Dog! in April of 2017. She is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) who teaches Pet Manners classes and privates lessons at both locations. Jean has always had a passion for dogs and the desire to work with them. She has a degree in Emergency Management and retired from the […]
Senior Pet Manners Trainer
Kristi Bass CPDT-KA
Kristi joined the What a Great Dog! team in 2016. She is a Senior Trainer, teaching Pet Manners in both group classes and private lessons at our Frisco location. While working with dog playgroups in the daycare setting, she became fascinated by canine behavior. After 8 years in banking, she decided it was time to change careers. She completed the Karen […]
Martha Connell CDTK
Martha is a Pet Manners Trainer who teaches both private lessons and pet manners group classes. She started her dog journey in January of 2019 boarding and walking pups while her husband was stationed in Virginia Beach, VA. She gained experience working with dogs of all ages, breeds, and personalities. This exposure really got her interested in pursuing dog training […]
Matt Henry
Matt joined the What a Great Dog! Team in March of 2022. He completed the Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Foundations course in the fall of 2022, is currently finishing the WAGD Trainer Education Program, and will be teaching Pet Manners classes at the Richardson location. Matt was raised in upstate New York, but he has called Texas home since […]
Michael Roderick ABCDT
Roderick is a WAGD Pet Manners trainer, teaching group classes, private lessons and Great Puppy Day School. He joined WAGD and completed our Trainer Education Program in 2022. He graduated from the Animal Behavior College Dog Training Program, while working as a dog walker. Roderick has a deep passion for helping people build a better relationship with their dogs. He was […]
Stephanie Schwanke
Stephanie joined What a Great Dog! in August of 2020. She is a shift manager and Pet Manners trainer in our Frisco location. If you have visited our retail store you may know her as “Aunt Stephanie”. All the pups know she’s always ready to give some extra love and treats, for good behavior of course. Before joining What a […]
Victoria Johnson
Victoria is a trainer for Manners classes, Puppy Preschool, Barn Hunt and private lessons at our Richardson location. After joining the WAGD team in 2020, she completed WAGD’s Trainer Education Program and the Karen Pryor Academy Foundations course. Absolute Dogs’ Pro Dog Trainer and Pro Dog Trainer Geek programs were completed in 2021 and she is enrolled in their ongoing […]