Puppy Essentials Getting Started - Your Precursor to Level 1 & Level 2. A Virtual or In-Person Guide To the Top 5 Knowledge Components & Top 5 Skills Needed By Pet Owners To Effectively Train Their Puppy

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How You Can Help Pet Owners To Succeed At Your Programs

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Puppy Essentials – Getting Started – Your Virtual Guide

One of the things we have noticed as professional Dog Trainers, having thousands of hours of experience helping Pet Dog Owners teach their dogs, is that if the owners do not have the pre-requisite mechanical skills underpinned with some important and specific knowledge then training programs can quickly fall apart. Key mechanical skills and an understanding of the process and methodology need to be the start of an effective pet dog training program. This short and fun, interactive, training resource can be used to get Pet Owners off to a flying start before or at the onset of their dog training program.
This curriculum, which can be used in person or as a virtual guide, teaches Pet Owners the top five essential pieces of knowledge and top five skills, they need to successfully move through a dog training program. Afterall, dog training is a mechanical skill and effective dog training is reliant on pet dog owners understanding how to apply these mechanical components to real life scenarios. And, with any skill, the underlying knowledge needs to be in place, so the owner understands why they are doing something in a particular way at a particular time! The focus of the presentation is on the procedural skills required and the critical knowledge. The following is presented with recommended homework and key points to cover.
  1. Your Best Decision
  2. #2 +R Rocks
  3. “No!” isn’t a Behavior
  4. Management for Success
  5. You’ve Got It
  6. Your Training Gear
  7. The Training Steps
  8. What Will You Name It?
  9. Train-Test-Train
  10. Practice Makes Perfect!


Course Curriculum


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Your Instructor


Tudge & Stapleton-Frappell
Tudge & Stapleton-Frappell
The Contributors
Niki Tudge - M.B.A, PCBC-A, CABC, CDBC SSA-CFT, Six Sigma Black Belt, HCITB TS1, TS2 & TS3 Certified People Trainer, Certified Facilitator and Business Project Manager.

As the founder and President of The Pet Professional Guild, DogNostics Career Center and The DogSmith, Niki has substantial leadership experience in the pet industry. Niki has published numerous articles on dog training and dog behavior and her pet dog training businesses have been featured in many publications including The New York Times. Niki’s professional credentials include; AABP-Professional Dog Trainer, AABP-Professional Dog Behavior Consultant, PCBC-A and PCT-A through the Pet Professional Accrediting Board and she has earned diplomas in Animal Behavior Technology and Canine Behavior Science & Technology through the Companion Animal Science Institute. Along with Niki’s business degree and MBA from Oxford Brookes University she is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, a HCITB TS1, TS2 & TS3 certified people trainer and a certified Facilitator and Project Manager.


Louise Stapleton-Frappell - B.A. Hons, PCT- A, PCBC-A, CAP3, CTDI, DN-FSG, DN-CPCT, CWRI

Louise is a Partner and Faculty Member of DogNostics Career Center and Board Member of The Pet Professional Guild. Louise has constantly built on her knowledge and furthered her education in the field of force-free, rewards based, science-based pet training. The creator of the DogNostics’ Dog Trainer Certification Program, Louise has presented at conferences internationally and has gained a reputation for expertly teaching and training humans and canines at her own establishment, The DogSmith of Estepona, in Southern Spain, where she offers a wide range of both group and private classes and pet dog services.


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