June 2013 classes now open for enrollment!

Dog in Class

With the start of Summer now here, it can mean only one thing – a new semester of Three Dogs positive reinforcement training classes!

Here’s what we’re got coming up:

Basic

  • Wednesday, June 19th

Intermediate

  • Wednesday, June 19th

Here’s a link to our Class Schedules!

See you in class!

 

Puppy-a-go-go!

Good news, everyone! Puppy Pre-school is scheduled to start this Wednesday, May 8th in the 5:30 pm time slot in our Mahopac location!

As many of you know, the Puppy Pre-school is a lot like a flash-mob for puppies in that it can only run when we have enough puppies between 8 weeks and 20 weeks who can all make it to class at the appointed time.

This class runs for as long as we have enough puppies in that age range. (The longest run was 2011 when we went for three straight months!)

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What’s the new Free Form class all about?

Dog in Class

It’s a solutions/shaping/proofing class.

This is the class where you get to tell me what we will be working on each week as students present me with a couple training challenges or puzzles and together we will work on them.

You might want to work on loose-leash walking, barking, mouthy behaviors, jumping, chewing, stress reduction, pushy attention getting behaviors, tricks, fears and confidence building. This is the place!!!

In other words let’s say you’ve done Basic, maybe Intermediate, or even Advanced and there are still things nagging you – this is the class!

Very often folks have similar issues but don’t compare notes, sometimes teams can learn from each other as much as from me. This is not the class for reactive behavior that we nave not worked on in private setting. Teams need to have done at least Basic manners or have instructor’s approval.

You can enroll for all six classes or drop-in when you can or need to.

 

Spring 2013 Classes Open For Enrollment!

Dog in Class

With Spring now here, it can mean only one thing beside Peeps – a new semester of Three Dogs positive reinforcement training classes!

Here’s what we’re got coming up:

Basic

  • Wednesday, April 10th
  • Saturday, May 18th

Intermediate

  • Saturday, May 18th

Animal Assisted Therapy

  • Saturday, May 18th

Free Form

  • Wednesday, April 10th

Free Form is an entirely new class that we’re offering that I’m really excited about. I’ll be putting up more information shortly about it, but I think it’ll be a whole lot of fun!

Here’s a link to our Class Schedules!

See you in class!

 

The new Three Dogs Newsletter is on the way!

For a long time, I’ve wanted a way to get the latest Three Dogs Training news out to folks who don’t visit the website much or aren’t on Facebook or Twitter.

A while back, I passed this over to Lawrence to see what he could come up with and – after a bit of tinkering – he sent me the very first copy of the Three Dogs Newsletter and I loved it!

Here’s the idea:

  • The digest will go out once a week to the inboxes of everyone on the Three Dogs Training mailing list whenever I publish new posts on the blog.
  • If there’s a week that I don’t publish anything new, there won’t be a digest for that week.

That seems to me the best way to both get the news out to everyone while also cutting back on adding any more email clutter.

If you’re not on the Three Dogs mailing list then click here to join and, as always, I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments!

 

Classes cancelled for Wednesday, March 6th!

The Bumble

Since no one’s sure how tonight’s storm is going to play out, I’d rather be on the safe side so we’re cancelling classes this evening.

We will graduate next week – weather cooperating ;)

Stay warm and safe this evening!

ARF Beacon Needs You!

Not enough dogs in your life? Want to give a dog in need a leg up – or four! – when they really need them? Want to help save a life?

ARF (Animal Rescue Foundation – Beacon) needs foster families to help with some of the dogs who have special needs:

  • Some might be working through a course of heartworm after giving birth and need a quieter environment than a shelter.
  • Some might be scared of going outside at night and need a patient person to show them that it’s okay.
  • Some might be young and in need of the kind of socialization adolescent dogs just can’t get in a shelter.
  • Some might need a good deal of work to help them not spend their lives in a shelter.

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Lisa was profiled by The Journal News!

The Journal News and LoHud.com profiled Lisa and Carmel in their latest My Neighborhood series of articles!

Here’s a link:

My Neighborhood: Lisa Edwards loves the wide open spaces of Carmel

And to top it off, both Boo and a certain little boy ham it up for the camera!

Enjoy!

 

Pet Partner Team Evaluations on February 23rd!

Just a quick heads-up to everyone to let you know that there will be Pet Partner Team Evaluations on Saturday, February 23rd.

They’re being conducted by Diane Anderson of Paw Prints on Our Hearts at the Tolstoy Foundation in Valley Cottage, NY.

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Classes cancelled for Saturday, February 9th!

The Bumble

Due to the oncoming Winter storm and blizzard, Three Dogs Training is preemptively cancelling classes for Saturday, February 9th.

Classes will resume normally next Saturday.

Stay warm, stay dry, and enjoy the snow with your furry friends!