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The Puppy Class Curriculum

What Is It?
A professionally designed R+ curriculum for anyone teaching puppy classes.

Never again start with 10 students and finish with 6, or piece a class together from other trainers’ plans. Set your clients up for success beyond the classroom to keep them coming back to your classes time and again. And with our open enrollment option, you can fill up classes and never make puppies wait.

  • Easy to use
  • Designed by master curriculum designers
  • Fully editable
  • Available for PC and Mac
  • Tried and tested by dog pros across the country
  • Can be used to guide private lessons

 

 

What You Get
Materials: Fully scripted curriculum | student homework handbook | instructor’s handbook | assistant’s handbook | 2-hour DVD for instructors

Behaviors covered: Sit | down | stay | come | go to your mat | leave it | loose-leash walking

Training concepts: Basic learning theory | nothing for free | life rewards | luring | shaping | reward removal (negative punishment) | timing | criteria | proofing / handling distraction | getting and keeping focus | rate of reinforcement | fading the lure | problem solving

Prevention topics: House-training | crate training | socialization | anti-jumping | bite inhibition | handling | food guarding

Want to save money on a full package of products and/or consulting? Check out our discounted Business Success Packages.

  • The Puppy Class Curriculum is superb—and easily converts to private lessons. Everything has gone swimmingly. Thank you for your wonderful and well-thought out materials.”
    –Ellen Brantley, Win Win Dog Training
  • Absolutely fantastic! I hadn’t used Open Enrollment in my classes before, but my puppy revenues are up almost 10% in a 2.5-month period compared with last year. Clients are much more likely to sign up if they can start right away. In the past I’d lose 4-5 weeks of signups because I was in the middle of a session. Now I have a roster filled to the gills. This is one of the best investments I ever made for my business. Thanks!”
    –Barb Levenson, Barb Levenson Dog Training
How Is It Different?
Open enrollment:
There’s a class every week.

  • Clients with new puppies can start anytime, no waiting.
  • Puppies don’t miss out on crucial socialization time.
  • You never have to turn clients away.
Self-contained design:
Teach clients and dogs at different levels in the same class.

  • First-week students with fifth-week students? No problem.
  • Visual learners with auditory learners? No problem.
  • Focused Lassies with distracted Scoobie Doos? No problem.
Contextual learning:
Clients learn through real or simulated (your choice) situations.

  • Vet visits, groomer visit: Handling.
  • Kitchen manners: Resource guarding prevention.
  • Outside strolls, café visits: Socialization.