Walk This Way Program and Instructor Certification
SPECIAL OFFER! Everything You Need to Add The Program To Your Business Services & Gain A New Credential!
Walking nicely is a life skill that when missing can significantly and negatively impact the human-canine relationship resulting in fewer walks, less exercise, and a decrease in social exposure for the dog. For this reason, DogNostics developed the "Walk This Way" program to support you, supporting and educating clients and pet dogs in your community.
The "Walk This Way" program is a complete professional trainer's program covering all the knowledge, skills, and proofing games you need to implement this service into your business. It can be used for private training, group training, board n train clients, or even as a workshop.
Your "Walk This Way" Package, also includes your assessment to certify as a licensed Walk This Way Instructor.
What is Included
Your 45-page Instructor Manual. The manual includes the following:
- Your group class plan is complete with a full introduction, 6-class schedule, knowledge sections, and practical exercises
- A bonus curriculum for a two-day workshop schedule which can be adjusted to meet your needs
- Workshop verbiage for your attendees on safety & structure
- 10 practical exercises with full instructions
- 8 proofing games with full instructions
- 10 knowledge segments to help you improve your clients' understanding of why dogs pull and how we can prevent it
- A section on how to market the program within your community
- Recommended tools and equipment
- Program advice on group size, layout, and pricing
- Graduation ceremony and certificate presentation
- 6 x How to e-Learning videos
Your Presentation Tools:
- A 70-minute MP4 recording of the Walk This Way Instructor Skills and Knowledge PowerPoint presentation, broken down into easy-to-follow, bite-sized lessons for you to watch at your convenience.
- A copy of each lesson's PowerPoint presentation as a PDF file.
Also included in the program are:
- 2 Editable PDF Client Attendance Certificate
- A 4-page client knowledge handout
The Following DogNostics Handouts:
- Teaching Your Dog to ‘Let’s Go’
- Teaching Your Dog to Stand Politely On-Leash
- Teaching an Alert Sound
- DogNostics Walk This Way Client Knowledge Handout
Your Program Marketing:
4 Social media graphics, as PDFs and JPEGs
Your Walk This Way Certification
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Please click here to view the certification process
Course Curriculum
Check Out These Testimonials!
I love this program!
- Marie Popa Nolan– The Love of Dogs!
I have done several courses with these amazing guys, every one amazing, content is always on point, delivery superb, and best of all the dog (learner) is always put first ... love it!
I have just completed the 'Walk this Way' instructors course, super course and really easy to teach to students, would highly recommend it.
- Lynn Stacey - Dog A.I.D. (Assistance In Disability)
Your Instructor
Louise Stapleton-Frappell - B.A. Hons. PCBC-A. PCT-A. CAP3. CTDI. CWRI. DN-FSG2. DN-CPCT2. FFCP.
Professional Canine Behavior Consultant and Trainer – Accredited by the Pet Professional Accreditation Board
Co-Partner and Faculty Member of DogNostics Career Center and Board Member of The Pet Professional Guild.
Louise’s experience, her background as a teacher and her impressive pet industry credentials means she is uniquely qualified to share her skills and knowledge with both the public and pet industry professionals. 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. Louise has published numerous articles on dog training and dog behavior and is also the published co-author of the following titles, A Lexicon of Practical Terms for Pet Trainers and Behavior Consultants and Pet Training and Behavior Consulting: A Model for Raising the Bar to Protect Professionals, Pets and Their People.