Dog Trick Instructor Professional Toolkit & Certification Program
Everything You Need to Start Your Dog Trick Classes!
Would You Like to Increase Your Business Service Offerings?
DogNostics Provides the Solution!
Dogs and people love tricks and games. Offering fun trick classes or incorporating fun tricks and games into your pet dog manners classes or pet care services will broaden your service offerings, help build client loyalty, increase your business revenue, and support the needs of your community!
Dogs and their humans learn new skills in a fun and exciting way!
Teaching dogs tricks helps provide mental and physical enrichment; build confidence; improve general ‘manners’ skills, and increase the bond between the pet dog guardian and their dog!
Your DogNostics Dog Trick Instructor Certification Program contains all the practical skills that you will teach, the key knowledge concepts that you will share, and the games that you will play!
We provide you with all the tools you need to start offering fun trick classes. It's like a business in a box. Lesson plans and a fully detailed curriculum, which can be used as is or adapted to suit your training situation; marketing tools; class graduation certificates, and much more. Everything you need to get going!
The Dog Trick Professional Tool-Kit is an Invaluable Resource for ALL Trainers & Pet Care Providers - Increase Your Business Income While Providing a Service that Both Humans and Dogs will LOVE!
CEU - PPAB 7.5, IAABC 7.5, CPDT 7.5
WHY BECOME A DOGNOSTICS' CERTIFIED TRICK INSTRUCTOR?
Earn the right to use the following title after your name: DN-DTI
The DogNostics Dog Trick Instructor credential is for professionals who believe there is no place for shock, choke, prong, fear, or intimidation in canine training and behavior practices.
Gaining your DogNostics Dog Trick Instructor Certificate will allow you to stand out from the crowd. Your knowledge has been tested, and you have demonstrated competent mechanical skills, supported by people coaching skills.
On certification, you will receive your DogNostics Dog Trick Instructor Certificate and DN-DTI badge to display on your website!
Your Program Introduction
- An Introduction to the Program Instructor
- Program Overview
- The Benefits of Running a Trick Class
Module One - Planning for Success
- Listing, Marketing, and Selling Your Classes
- The Essentials - What You Will Need
Module Two - Your 6-Class Curriculum
- Including the knowledge concepts to share, the tricks to teach, and games to include!
- The Class Format
- On-Task Skill Coaching
- Class 1-6 - A Breakdown of Each Class Curriculum
- How to Adapt the Curriculum for Intermediate & Advanced Classes
- The Key Knowledge Concepts:
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- Canine communication & recognizing signs of stress
- The 3-Second Rule for meet and greets
- The use of food in training
- Behavior markers
- The Train-Test-Train Method
- How to lure a behavior
- How to use a bridging stimulus
- Appropriately reinforcing correct responses
- How to use the Train-Test-Train method
- How and when to introduce a new cue
- How to capture a behavior
- The 3 Ds and proofing behaviors
- What is positive reinforcement?
- Management strategies
- Understand negative punishment
- The Premack Principle - Grandma's Rule!
We guide you through how to train the suggested tricks that are included in the 6-class curriculum via step-by-step e-learning videos. The skills include,
- Puppy Push-Ups - Down & Pop!
- Spin - 360° Anticlockwise Turn
- Peekaboo - Sit or Stand Between the Guardian's Legs
- DogNostics Recall - Come When Called
- Stop - It's an Emergency!
- Shake Hands - Offer a Paw
- Watch Me - Share a Loving Gaze
- Say "Cheese"! - It's Photo Time!
- Paws Up - Let's Collaborate Together!
- Go Around - Go Out & Around an Object
- Leave it - Four Fun Training Games!
- Take a Bow - You've Earned it!
As you can see, these aren't just tricks, many of them are skills that have a practical application in everyday life!
Module Four - Your Class Games
- The Kiss-Kiss Game & How to Teach a Positive Interrupter
- The Wobbles
- Food & Toy Recall Alley
- The Magic Mat Shaping Game
- Grandma's Recall
- You're Rocking It - A Fun Loose Leash Walking & Leave it Contest
- Rally Mini Course
YOUR FILES TO DOWNLOAD
- Your Fun Trick Class Instructor Manual
- Full 6-Class Curriculum!
- Trainer's 6-Class Quick Reference Plan
- 6 Client 'Homework' Handouts
- Editable Client Graduation Certification
We have also included some wonderful marketing resources for you!
- 2 Social Media Graphics
- 1 x Editable Class Flyer. You can insert the date, time, & location of your class, and where to register e.g., your website, email address, or phone number.
The Opportunity to Qualify as a DogNostics Dog Trick Instructor
On passing an Open-Book Online Knowledge Test & Skill Assessment, you will receive
- DogNostics Dog Trick Instructor Licensed Presenter Agreement
- Your DogNostics Dog Trick Instructor Certificate
- The right to the post-nominal title Dog Trick Instructor, DN-DTI
- DogNostics Dog Trick Instructor Logo/Badge to publish on your website
LISTEN TO A FULL PROGRAM OVERVIEW BELOW
Course Curriculum
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StartThe Class Format, Skill Coaching, & Knowledge Concepts (41:03)
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StartClass 1 Curriculum (19:40)
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StartClass 2 Curriculum (8:16)
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StartClass 3 Curriculum (8:35)
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StartClass 4 Curriculum (3:01)
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StartClass 5 Curriculum (7:24)
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StartClass 6 Curriculum (4:12)
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StartHow to Adapt the Curriculum for Intermediate & Advanced Classes (13:08)
Your Instructor
Louise Stapleton-Frappell - B.A. Hons. PCBC-A. PCT-A. CAP3. CTDI. CWRI. DN-FSG2. DN-CPCT2. FFCP.
Louise Stapleton-Frappell is a highly respected professional canine trainer and behavior consultant, and a valued Partner and Faculty Member of DogNostics Career Center. She also serves as a Board Member of The Pet Professional Guild, a global organization that promotes the use of force-free, science-based training and pet care practices.
A graduate of the University of Leeds, Louise holds a joint honors degree in Spanish and Portuguese with subsidiary studies in Management Economics and Industrial Management. She was among the first to achieve dual accreditation as both a Professional Canine Trainer and Professional Canine Behavior Consultant through the Pet Professional Accreditation Board.
Louise is the creator and lead instructor of the internationally respected DogNostics Dog Trainer Certificate Program, a comprehensive curriculum that prepares aspiring professionals to train ethically, effectively, and with confidence. She also authors and instructs a range of other DogNostics programs including the Trick Dog Instructor Program, Fostering Collaborative Care, and Walk This Way Instructor Program. In addition to program development, Louise has co-authored several respected industry texts and educational resources, contributing significantly to the continuing education of pet professionals worldwide.
Through her business, The DogSmith of Estepona, Louise offers personalized training services to an international clientele in Southern Spain. Known for her clarity, compassion, and commitment to positive training, she is frequently invited to speak at international conferences and educational summits.
Louise continues to raise industry standards through her mentorship, educational leadership, and unwavering dedication to force-free, ethical training.