Pawsitive Training NL

Pawsitive Training NL Group dog obedience classes or private consultations to help you build a better relationship with your companion animal. Duration: 1 hour per week for 7 weeks.

Christine Doucet (owner), Adam Gaudet (instructor), and Jenna Mosher (assistant)

All classes focus on positive reinforcement for helping your dog be a calm and confident member of your family. Puppy Play Sessions - for socialization and play time with puppies of a similar age, size, and temperament. Puppies are dropped off at scheduled day time and have the ability to free play with other puppi

es. Great exercise and stimulation for all puppies and exposes puppies to other dogs during critical development periods. Duration: 30 minutes as scheduled weekday late afternoons. Puppy Classes - for socialization, communication, and building a strong foundation for a dog who can be a member of your family wherever you go. Exposure to puppies, people, sights, sounds and textures in a positive environment. Introduction of the basic commands and discussion and tips on how to work with problematic puppy behaviours such as housetraining, chewing, nipping, barking etc. Large Breed under 6 months, Small Breed under 1 year. Basic Obedience Classes - focus on the basic commands and learning to listen and respond even when there is distraction. Build a strong recall, learn to walk nicely on a loose leash, leave it, drop it, stay and much more. Positive reinforcement creates a strong bond and a dog who wants to work with you and behaves in a way that gives you the confidence to take your dog wherever you go. Discussion and training for problematic behaviours such as jumping up, going nuts when people come to the door, counter surfing etc. Large or Small breed 4 months - 20 years. Advanced Obedience Classes - focus on advanced commands and behaviours for dog/handler teams who might be interested in therapy or emotional support work. Sit, down at a distance, walking nicely through a crowd and greeting other people and dogs indoors and outside. Exposure to crowds, noise, people with assistive devices, body handling and grooming by friendly strangers, advanced recall, stay, leave it and focus on the handler. Duration: 1 hour per week for 9 weeks. Large or Small Breed 10 months and older. Reactive Dog Classes - focus on helping dogs learn how to be calm in the presence of other dogs and/or new people. On leash, for dogs who either bark/growl/lunge when seeing other dogs or people or who are overly excited and bark/whine/jump/pull when seeing other dogs or people. Work to create calm and a dog who learns to focus on the handler when encountering something new and scary or exciting. This class is only offered in the summer and is mostly outdoors. Duration: 2 hours per week for 4 weeks. Large or Small Breed 6 months and older. Agility and Nosework classes for beginners and beyond. Introduction to clicker training and noise desensitization classes. Done the basic obedience and would like to try something new and fun with your dog? I have a class for that. Private Consultations - One-on-one sessions to work on problematic behaviours. Can be done in your home or at the training facility. Tips and information to help your dog understand how you want him to behave in particular situations. Duration: 30-45 minutes as scheduled, daytimes, evening or weekends. Dogs of any age, breed. Message me for next available classes and pricing

Puppy Class - If you've brought a new puppy into your home over the holidays, why not start them out right with a class ...
12/17/2024

Puppy Class - If you've brought a new puppy into your home over the holidays, why not start them out right with a class to help you and the puppy build a better relationship. My puppy classes focus on socialization and communication - helping to build a strong bond based on trust and mutual respect. We provide opportunity for lots of experiences with sights, sounds, textures, people, and puppies, all in a positive way. We provide tools for helping with grooming, vet visits, and in-home care, and introduce the basic cues. And we cover all the common puppy issues, to help you understand the normal but unwanted puppy behaviours, and teach the puppies how to get what they need using alternate, acceptable behaviours. Class will be Monday nights from 7:15-8:15 for 7 weeks. Message me for more information or to register.

12/16/2024
12/15/2024
12/15/2024

Pups learn fast and as they move into adolescence they will continue to need your guidance by practicing everything you taught in real life situations or you might find you lack of follow through, consistency and patience will lead to unwanted behaviors and a dog who won’t listen to you any more. It’s not their fault. They aren’t trying to dominate you or test you, you just stopped practicing.

The good news is getting back on track is easy once you start up again.

Have fun and your dog will too.

Puppy Party!!! Congratulations to all those puppies who completed the Puppy Fundamentals class tonight. Everyone made g...
12/13/2024

Puppy Party!!! Congratulations to all those puppies who completed the Puppy Fundamentals class tonight. Everyone made great progress and we had so much fun exploring a bit of agility tonight. Next puppy classes start in January. Message me for details.

Congratulations to all the dogs who completed the basic obedience class Monday night!Our next basic obedience will start...
12/12/2024

Congratulations to all the dogs who completed the basic obedience class Monday night!

Our next basic obedience will start in January, message us for more details or to register
We look forward to seeing you and your dogs!

Introduction to Nosework Class - Have some fun with you furry friend this winter. Learn new ways to engage them mentall...
12/11/2024

Introduction to Nosework Class - Have some fun with you furry friend this winter. Learn new ways to engage them mentally and physically. Can be done indoors in small spaces. Using their nose is highly rewarding for dogs. Doing it with you makes it even better. Whether its's for fun, competition, or maybe to give search ad rescue a try, this course will provide a solid foundation. Class will be Wednesday evening at 7pm starting January 8th. Message me for more info or to sign up.

12/11/2024

Just because you can take your dog places, doesn’t necessarily mean you should.

While it’s lovely for our dogs to join us and some of them may thrive in busy areas. Many will not.

Often we focus on making our dogs the perfect pub dog or café companion. When actually they would prefer to be the perfect stay at home dog.

Remember you need a break too. There’s no shame in taking a night off.

Dog First Aid Class - I'm considering offereing this on Sunday, January 5th from 10am to 3pm (ish). The class is design...
12/09/2024

Dog First Aid Class - I'm considering offereing this on Sunday, January 5th from 10am to 3pm (ish). The class is designed to provide guidance on what to do in an emergency and how you can help your dog before you can get to the vet. We will have hands on practice doing techniques such as CPR and wound care and you will have a chance to practice on my dogs who have been trained to allow bandaging, splinting, vitals checks, improvised muzzling etc. Cost for the class is $100+tax and I will run it with 6 people, maximum class size is 8. Message me if you would like to sign up.

Congratulations to everyone who completed the Advanced Obedience Class today! Everyone did a fantastic job. Special co...
12/09/2024

Congratulations to everyone who completed the Advanced Obedience Class today! Everyone did a fantastic job. Special congratulations to Jordy and handler Holly, who passed the test. And thank you to special guests Charlie, Christine, Janice, Andrea, Carla and our dog guest Sam and his person Glenda.

Puppies and their people learning about muzzles tonight. Muzzles are a great tool but you dog must be comfortable with t...
12/05/2024

Puppies and their people learning about muzzles tonight. Muzzles are a great tool but you dog must be comfortable with them before they are needed. Great job everyone.

12/05/2024

Unpopular opinion: Dogs should not be obedient.

That, from me, a behaviourist and trainer.

I wish people would remember that dogs are not robots.

They are not here to do your bidding.

No animal is.

They are not your employees.

Nor are they your belongings.

They are sentient beings.

They are living, breathing creatures with wants, needs, emotions, dislikes and feelings of their own.

You should treat them as your family. When family has a problem, you help them with it.

Family doesn’t have to be obedient.

Family is loved and understood.

Family joins in and does stuff together.

Use games, rewards and Fun Not Fear® to teach them a better way.

Welcome to a much better life with your dog.

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12/03/2024

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HAPPENING ON THURSDAY!!

We hope you will join us for the 1st Annual Rainbow Bridge Tree of Memories🐾 This event will be happening on December 5th, and is a shared event with Sunshine Kitty Rescue.

This event is an opportunity to remember all of our beloved pets who have crossed the rainbow bridge 🌈🐶🐱🐰

Make a donation in memory of your pet and receive an ornament to be hung on our tree of memories. We will have refreshments for sale and live music from the Sunday night boys, Kerry & Chris Wells.

The event will be happening at our shelter on Lundrigan Drive in Corner Brook.

You are welcome to bring your pets to the outdoor tree lighting, however, please ensure they are on a leash.

If you have a special ornament you would like to place on our tree in memory of your animal, you are certainly welcome to do so, however, we are not responsible for any ornaments after the event. No glass ornaments please.

12/02/2024

🐾🐶👃Why is sniffing so important for dogs?👃🐶🐾

'Sniffing is your dog's way of making sense of the world around them - and it provides lots of mental stimulation, which can help keep their brain healthy as well as their body.

Did you know that 10 minutes of sniffing for your dog is equivalent to 1 hours exercise.......let your dog sniff 🙂 '

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Corner Brook, NL

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Introduction to Nosework Class - Starting Wednesday October 2, 6:30-7:30, 8 weeks. Join us and learn about this fun dog sport and how to harness the power of your dog's nose. Great games to keep your dog physically and mentally stimulated. Great for small spaces, indoors and outdoors. Teach them to find specific scents and set them up to have some fun. Can help anxious dogs build confidence and help settle and focus dogs who need a job. Message me to sign up or for more information.

Drop In nosework started on Sunday! Great day at a new location. The dogs and handlers did great with the exterior search. Here’s Remi showing how it’s done. If you’d like to try this rewarding and fun sport with your dog, message me. I have an introductory class starting soon on Wednesday evenings, 7-8 pm.

Nosework class last night practiced container searches. Here’s Remi taking her turn. If you would like to try this fun sport, message me. I have an introductory class starting soon.

Some Easter fun at nosework class! Dogs and handlers had a great time finding Aerial hides

We had a wonderful time at the Winter Carnival - Who Let the Dogs Out Event. Thanks to everyone who came out and played with us. We have puppy classes and basic obedience classes starting the first week of March and Nosework classes starting at the end of March. If you would like to come play with us and build a stronger relationship with your dog, message us for info or to sign up. This is Lily doing a nosework search with 3 scent containers and 1 distraction container (with kibble and dehydrated chicken). She locates the 3 scent containers and ignores the distraction! Great job Lily

Remi nailing the multi-container, multi-hide search in nosework tonight. All the dogs did a great job

Intro Agility Class - one spot remaining in this introductory class. Sunday 6:15-7pm starting January 7th. Have some fun with your pup this winter. Learn the basics, build confidence, and learn to work as a team. 10 week program, $300+tax. Message me for more information or to grab this last spot.

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