ABC Dog Training Caroline Bird Cpdt - Ka

ABC Dog Training Caroline Bird Cpdt - Ka Caroline Bird CPDT-KA Certified trainer with 16 years of class teaching experience with dogs and owners. offering classes in obedience, puppy and agility.

Private sessions both in home and at my boarding kennels near st martins.

11/28/2025

This is the latest agility group of students who completed their pre-agility class that started in September. They have now moved onto the introduction to the agility equipment. This is them in their 3rd class showing some awesome progress.
If anyone would like to join us in the next new pre-agility class then register via the website www.abcdogtraining.org

SUNDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2025 starting at 2pm. We will be holding our annual fund raising Christmas agility event. Held in a...
11/27/2025

SUNDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2025 starting at 2pm. We will be holding our annual fund raising Christmas agility event.
Held in an purpose built indoor heated room that has cushion flooring so that dogs do not injure themselves while moving about on the floors.
The address is at 1250 Latimore Lake road. Saint John
This event will be open for anyone or their dog who have experience or have never done agility before. For new people we will be fully supervising your dogs while they are on the equipment.

Every dog will get two turns on the course, if needed the first time this will be supervised, then the second time you can try it unsupervised if you want to.
The cost to do the two runs is $12.00, this includes the tax.
We will also be holding a 50/50 draw with tickets being sold at $10.00 each
Any money raised from the 50/50 draw plus half of the money from the course runs will be donated to an animal related charity. I still have the money from last year's fund raiser to be added to the amount that we will be raising for this year.

We will have a viewing area for people but only limited space for dogs so to avoid to many people and dogs being in the room at the same time we are asking that people reach out so that we can allocate you a time to be on course.
On average the event lasts for 3 hours so you can choose a time that works for you.
reach out through the abc messenger page or via email at [email protected]

MARK YOUR CALENDARS. starting SATURDAY 27TH DECEMBERPepper wants all small dogs to know that she is eagerly awaiting you...
11/25/2025

MARK YOUR CALENDARS. starting SATURDAY 27TH DECEMBER
Pepper wants all small dogs to know that she is eagerly awaiting your presence at the small dog social playtime.
Being a very super social and playful dog, she is eager to make lots of new friends.
For anyone who has never joined us before here are the details
The event is held every Saturday afternoon throughout the winter months. The session starts at 3pm and finishes at 4.30pm
We generally continue on each Saturday through until April time.
Held at 1250 Latimore lake road in Saint John, indoors in a spacious room which is heated and has cushion flooring to make it safer when the dogs are running around.
It for any temperament of small dogs, we do have a separate area for the shyer dogs who have not had to much exposure to other dogs. Then when they are ready they can come and play in the bigger area.
Any dogs attending MUST be up to date on all their vaccinations, proof will need to be seen on their first visit.
As a general guideline dogs up to the size of a beagle are welcome to join us.
Owners will be there during the whole time with their dogs but you can come and go whenever you want.
The cost for the event is $12.00, this includes the hst. For a second family pet the cost is $6.00
This is a drop in event so no pre-registration is needed.
Share this post so that we can get the word out, or even better post a photo of your small dog in the comments below so that Pepper can see who she will be playing with.

With the days getting darker sooner we have been able to take advantage of being indoors to give Bear more exposure to n...
11/24/2025

With the days getting darker sooner we have been able to take advantage of being indoors to give Bear more exposure to new sights, sounds and smells. Thanks Canadian Tire for allowing us to have this training opportunity.
He also got the added bonus of being able to have the company of another dog called Shayna which is thoroughly was ok with.

11/24/2025

This is Smoka, a 12 month old shepherd who is in for board and train. She is not an aggressive dog, but to the average person she could easily come across as aggressive when around other dogs. the problem is that due to health problems her owners have not been able to get any training done with her and her exposure to other dogs has as far as l understand is very little.
My own dog shown in the video has been keeping a lot of distance from her when we go out on trail walks. However, things are gradually getting better and now finally my dog will come into the training area while Smoka is in there.
My goal is hopefully to get Smoka into one of my group classes, for this to happen she needs to be relaxed around other dogs so now the real work begins of getting her to not react to my dog and then l can gradually start to introduce her to other dogs.
Smoka has been training with just me for about a week now so her foundation skills are at the stage that if l need to move her somewhere further away from my dog, then she will respond. She is very food motivated so that helps when l need to lure her away.
The skill here is not to get her past her the threshold when she will not pay attention to me. This means not letting them get to close together.
What you are seeing in the video is that scenario. There is lots of passing by each other but no actual stopping for a face-to-face greeting (a very common mistake made by many people). I thought l might have to do this for a few training sessions, but it actually went better than l had anticipated as the next day I had them both sitting about 3 ft apart from each other with each one waiting patiently to receive their reward treats.
Smoka was not very impressed that she had to share the treats with another dog as she is very used to getting lots of one-on-one attention from her owners but l am sure she can overcome this minor issue very soon.

11/22/2025

I could not resist sharing this video from last weeks agility class. Who ever thought that small dogs get to miss out on all the fun are very wrong, Oscar is proving all this a very wrong myth, he loves his agility class and has made amazing progress.
Our next new pre agility class starts Wednesday 7th January
register at www.abcdogtraining.org

These are some photos from my puppy class a while ago. I posted these because l wanted to answer a question that l get a...
11/21/2025

These are some photos from my puppy class a while ago. I posted these because l wanted to answer a question that l get asked lot. the question is What is the difference between a puppy class and a basic obedience class?
Apart from the obvious difference in age ranges, (puppy is 3-5 months old) the training is still mostly the same. But the difference in a puppy class is that at this young age a puppy's brain is not mature enough to be able to concentrate for an hour of solid learning that we would come to expect from an older dog.
So for this reason in the puppy class we break the learning up into small easy size pieces of introducing a behavior and then break it up into social playtime for the pups.
Even through the playtime the dogs are always learning their social boundaries as different breeds have different play styles, while the typical labs do rough play the little sh*tzus over in the corner of the room prefer something a little gentler.
We do introduce all the regular skills they will need such as walking, sits, downs, stays, recalls, and settle. We also add extra games such as It's your choice, exploring lots of new strange objects set in the room (they are in the brain imprint stage when new exploring opportunities really do matter).
By the last week we start to prepare the pups for polite greeting skills around humans and other dogs.
But to start everything off we hold a very important theory class so that all new puppy owners can learn about what to expect in the puppy stages and beyond. Owners learn about how to help their pups through the typical puppy issues that they are experiencing
How to train their pups using only positive reward-based training that really works if it is followed correctly.
Its a very busy set of 7 classes, filled with so much learning for both the pups and owners and at only $140.00 plus hst is a value filled experience that will give any owner and their pups a real head start before moving onto other optional classes.
Our next class starts on Sunday 23rd November at 5.45pm
to register go to the website www.abcdogtraining.org

Our latest group of graduating puppies for November 2025. looking forward to see many of these cute faces again in futur...
11/20/2025

Our latest group of graduating puppies for November 2025.
looking forward to see many of these cute faces again in future classes.
For anyone who was not at the last class, do reach out to me as i have your certificates stored in my folder.

Our next new puppy class starts on Sunday 23rd November at 5.45pm
register via the website www.abcdogtraining.org

11/19/2025

This is my last video for when l was working with Jasper the dog who came in for board and train a few weeks ago. posting it because it might give a few people a good idea to try if they are working with a dog that jumps a lot and grabs at the leash. Using this method the handler does not need to worry about handling the leash, all they have to concentrate on is getting those treats into the dog's mouth when the dog is in the correct position at their side and not jumping up.
With one less thing to have to have to co-ordinate a handler can pay more attention to the dog in training.

I was clearing some older photos from my phone and came across this one which is one of the dogs from my last group of b...
11/17/2025

I was clearing some older photos from my phone and came across this one which is one of the dogs from my last group of basic obedience students.
I had saved it because l was so impressed with how much this typical scent hound could hold the attention with his owner as they moved around the training room. You should see this dog with the daughter as it is even better, but l could not get that photo as the daughter did not come every week.
The other part of posting this is because l wanted to explain that all dogs train differently and scent hound type dogs are harder to train as they are bred to keep their noses down on the ground to follow scents. They find this very motivating to keep on tracking a scent.
So, this means an owner is now competing with having to hold their dog's attention against all those new smells in the environment.
But it seems like in this case the owners are successfully able to hold the dog's attention without any problems.
They are not impossible to train; it just takes a bit more effort than some people anticipate.

I am resharing this post as people are now starting to sign up for the new pre agility class starting on Wednesday 7th J...
11/16/2025

I am resharing this post as people are now starting to sign up for the new pre agility class starting on Wednesday 7th January 2026. It should give all the answers people are looking for

UPCOMING CLASSES AND EVENTSour next new PUPPY CLASS will be starting on Sunday 23rd November at 5.45pmA set of 7 classes...
11/15/2025

UPCOMING CLASSES AND EVENTS

our next new PUPPY CLASS will be starting on Sunday 23rd November at 5.45pm
A set of 7 classes that include both Theory, Social playtime and a introduction to basic skills that any puppy would need in everyday life situations. Cost is $140.00 plus hst.

Our next new BASIC OBEDIENCE class starts on Sunday 4th January at 4pm
A set of 10 classes that cover all the essential skills, Focus, loose leash walking, sits, stays downs, recalls and much more
Cost is $180.00 plus hst

Our next new Pre Agility class starts on Wednesday 7th January. A set of 8 classes that prepares dogs and their owners for many skills that will be needed once they move onto training on the equipment. A very busy set of classes covering some obedience, body awareness exercises for dogs, toy place, crate training, directional skills for owners when they need to guide their dogs on course and so much more.

To register for any of the above class go to the website www.abcdogtraining.org

Cost is $150.00 plus hst

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1250 LATIMORE LAKE Road
Saint John, NB
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Caroline Bird CPDT-KA is certified dog trainer who has been teaching classes in the Saint John area for the past 13 years. She is also the owner and operator of Saint Martins dog boarding and training kennels. Her classes that are held in Saint John include puppy class, basic obedience, advanced obedience, pre agility and advanced agility. her website for classes is www.abcdogtraining.org or for the kennels www.stmartinsdogkennels.com