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THINKING-DOG

LIFE SKILLS FOUNDATION SESSION

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Our dogs and puppies can often have changes in their lives that can leave them feeling confused and uncertain. Some dogs react to these feelings by becoming overly-excited or anxious. Our single Life Skills Foundation teaches you the core skills to help them through these feelings.

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The session is useful for puppies/dogs who are showing one of the following:

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  • Over excitement, such as jumping-up, overly boisterous play and inability to settle calmly with visitors

  • Stress and/or anxiety when leaving the house and on walks (this looks like reluctance to move forward and rushing to get home or back to the car)

  • Anxiety travelling in the car (where your puppy/dog seems reluctant to get in the car, and/or trembles in the car, and/or has motion sickness)

  • Mild separation anxiety

  • Mild to moderate fear of fireworks/noise anxiety

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SESSION STRUCTURE

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Fern teaches you training exercises and practical management solutions to help your puppy/dog become calm and confident in all situations. 

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The 1-1 session lasts 60 minutes, allowing time for a brief discussion of your puppy/dog’s issues before moving onto practical work where you will learn: 

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  • Foundation exercises for creating calm in all situations

  • Foundation exercises for building focus and responsiveness in all situations

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If you would like specific work on recall, loose lead walking or other practical skills, these can be covered in further follow-up sessions.

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IS THIS THE RIGHT COURSE FOR ME AND MY PUPPY/DOG?

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The Foundation session is very practical and deals with one issue. 

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If your puppy/dog has two or more of the above issues, please ask for information about our Thinking Dog Behaviour Programme. Please click here for further information: 

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The Life Skills Foundation Session is not suitable for puppies/dogs with the following: 

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  • Bite history towards people

  • Bite history towards dogs (including resident dogs)

  • Severe anxiety levels

  • Barking at other dogs on walks 

  • Barking at people on walks 

  • Persistent barking and inability to settle with visitors to the home 

  • Guarding food/toys/locations/people 

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If your puppy/dog has any of these issues, please ask for information about our Thinking-Dog Behaviour Programme so that we can give you and your puppy/dog more in-depth support. 

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FEE

Foundation Session:

£75 per 60 minute session

£18.75 per 15 minutes if the initial hour is exceeded

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Follow up sessions:

£37.50 per 30 minute session

£18.75 per 15 minutes if the initial 30 minutes is exceeded

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