Extended private lesson program is available for dogs in need of significant help overcoming undesired behaviors, like resource guarding and aggression.
Typical Basic Obedience Training, Private Lesson progression is as follows (actual lesson progression may vary):
- Lesson 1…
- Instruction in how we train dogs
- Reiteration of goals & how we’re going to achieve them,
- Introduction to loose-leash walking
- Introduction to sit
- Lesson 2…
- Check in and further human education
- Continuing loose leash walking
- Continuing sit
- Introduction to down
- Lesson 3…
- Check in and warm up with loose leash walking and sit
- Continuing down
- Introducing recall
- Neighborhood walks with loose leash
- Lesson 4…
- Check in and warm up with loose leash walking, sit, down, and recall
- Introducing place
- Neighborhood walk with loose leash walking, sit, down, and recall
- Lesson 5…
- Check in and warm up with loose leash walking, sit, down, and place
- Solidifying place
- Neighborhood walk with loose leash walking, sit, down, and recall
- Lesson 6… bringing it home
- At-home place instruction with doorbell
- At-home neighborhood walk with loose leash walking, sit, down, and recall