Jan 26, 2022
We are actually providing quite a lot of coaching lessons that will help you get your foster canine from right here to outta right here! Take a look at the descriptions beneath and you should definitely join! You will discover FAQs and extra info right here. We’ll see you in school!
Fundamental Obedience:
Fundamental Obedience Class is designed to assist foster canine study the fundamental expertise wanted to enhance their manners and improve adoptability. This 6-week course consists of one-hour, in-person lessons the place fosters and their canine can study foundational expertise akin to sit, down, recall, and extra, all whereas constructing a stronger relationship with their pup earlier than discovering their houses. Fosters are extremely inspired to attend all six lessons. The course is open to anybody at the moment fostering a canine with Austin Pets Alive! Eligible foster canine have to be absolutely vaccinated and 5 months or older. This course will probably be held on Saturdays at 9 am at The ABGB. SIGN UP HERE!
Foster canine that exhibit behaviors that could possibly be thought of harmful in a category setting might not attend class.
In case your canine is exhibiting behaviors that may disrupt class, akin to reactivity, contact Lyndsey Mosso to schedule personal classes to work together with your foster pup. The utmost variety of fosters who can enroll within the Fundamental Obedience Class is 10. As a result of every week’s class will construct off of the earlier week, we strongly encourage fosters to come back to all six lessons. Nevertheless, if it’s good to miss a category, please contact Lyndsey Mosso forward of time to work one thing out.
Pet Class:
Pet Class is obtainable to fosters who’ve puppies and wish to study extra about elevating a canine within the best, most acceptable, and most profitable means. This 6-week class is targeted on methods to start a pet’s life with quick construction and coaching, in an effort to mitigate behavioral points that would happen sooner or later. Our purpose is for a majority of APA! fosters and their puppies to have correct socialization and choices for doing so.
Pet Class is a 6-part, one-hour, drop-in class that can happen each Thursday at 10 am. It is going to be hosted at The Watering Bowl Canine Park and Bar. It’s best for fosters to come back to each class, however not required if unable to make it on a sure date. SIGN UP HERE!
Transitions Class:
Transitioning from the shelter to a house surroundings may be exhausting for a lot of canine. This digital, 5-part class is directed towards foster canine who’re struggling to regulate from shifting out of the shelter and into a house. We are going to give attention to methods to work these pups by means of the frequent points they’re dealing with, and stop returns to the shelter by doing so. Fosters and their canine will learn to establish stress-related behaviors and use coaching strategies to assist set up calm, collected, and cozy conduct within the dwelling.
This digital, 5-part class will probably be held on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm. Transitions Class will probably be an hour-long drop-in course that’s hosted bi-weekly on Google Meet. This course is open to any fosters who wish to increase their training on methods to cut back transitional conduct points and stress within the dwelling. Fosters usually are not required to attend every class; fairly, they’ll join the subjects they’re most curious about studying about. SIGN UP HERE!
Naughty Behaviors:
This class is focused in the direction of our pups which might be a bit extra delicate than the remaining and who want somewhat additional assist with more difficult behaviors. By providing a bunch class that gives personalised coaching and is targeted on quite a lot of behavioral points, we hope that it’s going to restrict the returns of animals primarily based on these causes. Our purpose is to show handlers to actively work by means of these points confidently and safely. We are going to focus on what every downside conduct appears like, methods to establish these points, and methods to work by means of them with totally different coaching workouts.
Our Naughty Behaviors Class is a 4-week class that’s open to any foster who’s encountering more difficult behavioral points or desires to learn to be proactive on these behaviors. Every week will give attention to one class of conduct and can include two one-hour lessons: a digital class on Wednesday at 6:30 pm and an in-person class on Saturday at 10:15 am. Fosters can attend lessons for each conduct, or decide and select behaviors that the majority apply to them. Any foster with a completely vaccinated canine of 5 months or older can be a part of the category. SIGN UP HERE!