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.

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 3pm
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

11/13/2025

Bear (the service dog in training) has many strengths and weaknesses, one of his weak areas is that he would like to go and meet most dogs that are near him.
This summer while the weather has been good, we have been going to the Rez trail and dog park area once a week that so that l can expose him safely to other dogs.
Then sometimes when we do the indoor training sessions a lady who comes in for regular privates will offer to stay longer so that l have another opportunity to expose him to moving dogs.
In this video we are using the other dog to move past very close to Bear, all his has to do is ignore the other dog.
It took a few times of me having to get him to look at me as the dog passed, he would be rewarded for doing this. Then after that he worked out that all he had to do was to look at me (without me verbally promoting him) and then a treat would be rewarded to him.
Thinking back to how much of a struggle this was 6 months ago, l am thinking this is awesome progress from him.

Meet Rowan, he is in the agility skills class, when he first started agility, he was not a big fan of the tunnel. Tonigh...
11/12/2025

Meet Rowan, he is in the agility skills class, when he first started agility, he was not a big fan of the tunnel.
Tonight, he decided he loved the tunnel, it became a really fun distraction when he chooses to run through the tunnel instead of following the directions his owner was giving him!

If anyone is interested in joining any of our agility classes then we have a new set of pre-agility classes starting on Wednesday 7th January.
www.abcdogtraining.org to register

ATTENTION ALL AILITY STUDENTS who have ever completed the introduction to the equipment class or any agility class follo...
11/10/2025

ATTENTION ALL AILITY STUDENTS who have ever completed the introduction to the equipment class or any agility class following that.
On Saturday 22nd November at 2pm l will be holding our a fun agility event (this is not the Christmas fund raising event that will be held in December).
This is just for past and present students who have experience on the equipment .
It will be a standard agility course and then we will be pairing two dogs up together so we can play the gamblers agility game
You can choose just to do the standard course , or both the course and game.
if you think you would like to join in on this event, (even if you have not been in class for a while) then do reach out to me and l will add your name to the list and can send you more details.
If we can make this work l will be doing this a few times over the winter months.
It will be held indoors at the Latimore lake building.

These photos are from some of the students from the pre-agility class who are finishing their last class before moving o...
11/10/2025

These photos are from some of the students from the pre-agility class who are finishing their last class before moving onto the next set of classes which is the Introduction to the equipment class starting this Wednesday evening.
They were taken just before Halloween night which is why one of the dogs is wearing a bubble bee costume, lol
Some are blurry as the dogs were moving faster than normal, but at least l got a few decent ones.!
looking forward to seeing all these eager dogs and their owners have even more fun.
If anyone is interested in joining any more of our agility classes then our next new set starts on Wednesday 7th January 2026.
For more details about the class see our top pinned post on this page.
To register go to the website www.abcdogtraining.org

11/06/2025

This is another video of Jasper who came in for training a few weeks ago. This was from the first day when l was starting to introduce the position at my side where l would need him to be to do the leash walking. The first issue was the continued jumping up so this means that any food rewards must come down to the level of his head position. If l had kept my hands any higherup then he would have been jumping up to get the reward. lots of repetition is needed until he gets that the reward comes only when he doesn't jump upwards.

A bit late posting this, but better late then never. Shown is our latest graduating basic obedience students. For anyone...
11/05/2025

A bit late posting this, but better late then never. Shown is our latest graduating basic obedience students. For anyone not at our last class do reach out as l still have your certificates that can be collected from me in class time.
Our next new basic obedience class will start in January 2026 , if you want to be added to the notification list for when the date is confirmed then email me at [email protected]
Ou next new puppy class starts on Sunday 23rd November at 5.45pm
register via the website www.abcdogtrainig.org

The canine good neighbour class starts this Thursday evening; L still have a few spots available if anyone wants to come...
11/04/2025

The canine good neighbour class starts this Thursday evening; L still have a few spots available if anyone wants to come along and work on some basic skills.
From the feedback from the students already registered it looks like the biggest issue they have is getting their dogs to not be to over excited when approached or petted by a stranger.
The photo shown is form the Canine Good Citizen, but it is very similar to the Canine good Neighbour test, The Good Neighbour has two extra sections for manners when walking through doorways and the dog calming down after excited play.
This is a set of 6 classes, if your dog has basic manners but you would like the work of improving these then this is the class for you.
There is NO test at the end of these classes, think of this more of improving on the skills needed if you ever did want to take a test with an official ckc tester.
The cost of the class is $130.00 plus hst, register via the website www.abcdogtraining.org

11/02/2025

This is little jasper who was in for board and train last week. He is such a cute and friendly dog, actually as you can see from the first part of the video, he is too friendly!
The sound was deleted from the video as it would have been hard to understand what l was attempting to say. The video was taken in one half hour training session; it was taken at the beginning and then halfway through so you can see the before and after.
l had been working a lot on the settle and sit stay for a few days before this as it would not have been possible to get such calmer behavior if we had not worked on it before this, but it just goes to show that if you practice the behavior enough eventually it will all come together.

Just a heads up that if you are interested in a particular class but it is not yet posted with a start date then you can...
11/01/2025

Just a heads up that if you are interested in a particular class but it is not yet posted with a start date then you can message me, and l can add you to the notification list so that once a class date is confirmed then you will receive an email so that you can then register.
Classes are being added all the time but at present this is what we have
PUPPY CLASSES (Start date is Sunday 23rd November at 5.45pm)
BASIC OBEDIENCE. New classes will be held in January 2026
PRE AGILITY. (New class date is Wednesday 14th January)
CANINE GOOD NEIGHBOUR. (Start date is Thursday 6th November)

BASIC OBEDIENCE LEVEL 2. New date will be early in 2026
MOVEMENT GAMES. New date will be in early 2026

ANY AGILITY RELATED EVENTS SUCH AS FUN MATCHES, WORKSHOPS or GENERAL TRAINING, then stay ahead and message me.
You can message through the ABC dog training page or my email is [email protected]

We do know that Halloween is for the children but lets see some photos of the dogs in their costumes as they join in on...
10/31/2025

We do know that Halloween is for the children but lets see some photos of the dogs in their costumes as they join in on the fun. This week in class time l have seen a bumble bee dog and a Dracula dog so lets see some more who hopefully wont get to wet in all this rain!
This one is of pepper in her miss piggy costume, Lilah was not to impressed with the idea and refused to wear a costume.

With the much-needed input time from my awesome class helpers we have been able to put little Pepper through the puppy, ...
10/30/2025

With the much-needed input time from my awesome class helpers we have been able to put little Pepper through the puppy, basic obedience and pre-agility class.
She is loving the attention and always so eager to join in.
Here she is on her last week of the pre-agility class letting us know she definitely enjoyed this part of the class, especially if there is a toy or food placed at the end line of these jump bumps.
If anyone wants to join us in our next new pre-agility class, its start in early January 2026. Held on a Wednesday evening at the training room at 1250 Latimore lake road. Saint John .
Other upcoming classes include the Canine Good Neighbour starting on Thursday 6th November at 6.30pm
and the next new Puppy class starts on Sunday 23rd November at 5.45pm
Register for any on the above classes via the website www.abcdogtraining.org

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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