Practicing come when called.
You had a connection. You knew you could become close.
Then the honeymoon ended a few weeks later.
You can’t get your dog to listen to you because you don’t know how to phrase your requests in a way that makes sense to him. You can’t get your dog to stop tearing up the furniture, begging at the table, or jumping up on your houseguests because she honestly doesn’t understand that behaving politely is the best way to make you happy.
And you started to wonder why it seems so impossible that the two of you can live together happily in a solid relationship.
The answer, as for all relationships, is communication. That’s where our basic dog training classes in Jersey City come in.
Basic dog training (also sometimes called “obedience training”) isn’t about changing your dog’s personality. It’s about finding clear ways to communicate what you want to your dog.
Trust me, your dog wants nothing more than to please you. Basic dog training classes can give you the tools you need to tell your dog exactly what kind of behavior you want. The kind of behavior that makes you want to shower your pup with affection and show him off to your friends.
And that’s really all your dog needs to know.
Our Jersey City, NJ dog training classes revolve around rewards-based training. As one of our happy clients noted, our classes aren’t just about dog training – they’re about people training too. Here’s what you and your dog can expect to learn from our obedience classes:
Your Dog Will Learn
Basic commands: By the end of training, your dog will obey the commands “sit,” “down,” “stay,” and “come.” We begin with rewards, but by the end of training, your dog will obey your commands regardless of whether she sees a treat.
Basic manners: Your dog will learn to wait politely for permission before proceeding through a door or taking food that’s within his reach. He’ll learn to check with you first to be sure that’s what you want him to do.
Basic walking: Especially with larger dogs, being pulled down the street is an all-too-familiar hazard. This part of the dog training course shows your dog how to walk politely on a leash.
Basic greetings: Your dog will learn to meet complete strangers and guests to your home politely, without jumping on them or barking. We’ve found many of our clients’ anxieties are deeply relieved by this part of the dog training course.
You’ll Learn
What Your Dog is Thinking: You may not realize it, but some of the ways you try to direct your dog to behave properly are actually confusing. We show you how to be clear and consistent so your dog always understands what you want.
When to Use Treats for Training: Many of our clients have resisted taking dog training classes in the past because they don’t want to become reliant on giving treats to get good behavior. You’ll learn when treats are useful, and how to avoid reliance on them.
How to Take a Leadership Role: While your dog needs to see you as “in charge,” it doesn’t mean you need to dominate with force. We’ll show you how to be fair and firm with your dog, so he knows your leadership comes with love.
Why the Whole Family Should Be Involved: We encourage you to bring your whole family to training, but if that’s not possible, it’s best to take home and share what you’ve learned. We’ll help you communicate with your entire family so they can give your dog consistent feedback and training when she’s not in class.
The Logistics
Basic obedience training is for dogs who are five months of age or older.
Our dog-training classes in Jersey City, NJ are held at:
K9dergarten
173 Newark Avenue.
Jersey City, NJ
Our Jersey City dog training sessions meet once a week for 6 weeks. Each session is one hour long. Tuition is $279.
Our Guarantee
Dog training classes are difficult to guarantee, since it requires an almost equal degree of participation from you, your dog, and the trainer (that’s me). Since I can only control my own devotion to the training process, I can’t guarantee that your dog’s behavior problems will be completely eliminated.
Here’s what I can – and do – guarantee:
I consider your satisfaction to be my measure of progress. If you’re happy, we made great progress. If you’re not satisfied, then even if I brought all my skills, my dedication, and my commitment to the process, we still haven’t made the progress I hoped for.
If that happens, then I will either take new steps to fix the problem to your satisfaction, or offer you a full refund.
Your Choice
Almost every one of our clients comes to our Jersey City dog training classes having attempted, unsuccessfully, to train on their own. That’s not a big surprise – you are, quite literally, learning to communicate with an entirely different species.
That’s not an easy thing to do. It’s an even harder thing to do without help from someone who has already learned to do it successfully.
All of our techniques have been proven over the years, but communicating easily and consistently with your dog is not automatic, and there’s no reason you should be able to do it right out of the gate.
That said, dog training isn’t complicated. Once you know how, it’s easy. All you have to do is show up for an hour a week, six weeks running.
That’s all it takes to unleash the good behavior you always knew your wonderful dog could achieve.
