Progressive Canine Dog Training and Behavioral Services

05/26/2024

NEW! Super Puppy!™ / AKC STAR Puppy class! Starting on Monday, June 3rd @ 7:35 pm in Northborough, MA

There are only 2 spots still available for this 6-week course.

To sign up, you can register online at:
https://progressivecanine.com/registration-form

Or contact us at 508-864-9034.
[email protected]

05/22/2024

Hi Everyone, with the unseasonably extreme heat we're experiencing in our area make sure not to let your dogs get overheated! Heat exhaustion and heat stroke can come on very quickly and can be very dangerous and even fatal! Keep your dogs cool, keep them safe! If you're in doubt, get them to the nearest ER veterinarian as soon as possible!

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01/08/2024

NEW! Trick Dog Class – Thursdays, starting on January 18th@ 6:20 PM. In Harvard, MA

Young dogs, old dogs, pet dogs, working dogs, therapy dogs! All dogs can learn new tricks and have a lot of fun doing it!

This 8-week course will include 7 weeks of teaching fun and useful tricks to your dog, and on the 8th week, you and your dog will show us what you have learned and earn your Trick Dog Title!

This course is a lot of fun but also strengthens the communication and bond with your dog! Come and join the fun!

For more information about the AKC Trick Dog program and titles:
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/sports/trick-dog-101-what-to-know/

You can sign up online at:
https://progressivecanine.com/registration-form

For more information, please call us at:
508-864-9034 or email: [email protected]

Trick training has become increasingly popular with pet owners and experienced canine sports competitors alike. This sport is a great way to bond with...

01/04/2024

Trick Dog Class – All Levels: 01/18/24 @ 6:20 PM
In Harvard, MA

This 8-week course will include 7 weeks of teaching fun and useful tricks to your dog, and on the 8th week, you and your dog will show us what you have learned and earn your Trick Dog Title! This course is a lot of fun but also strengthens the communication and bond with your dog! Come and join the fun!

For more information about the AKC Trick Dog program and titles:
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/sports/trick-dog-101-what-to-know/

You can sign up online at:
https://progressivecanine.com/registration-form

For more information, please call us at:
508-864-9034 or email: [email protected]

Trick training has become increasingly popular with pet owners and experienced canine sports competitors alike. This sport is a great way to bond with...

01/03/2024

Northboro, MA We have 2 spots available for the next Canine Good Citizen (CGC) & Canine Good Citizen Advanced (CGCA) prep course, and test starting on Monday, January 8th @ 7:35 pm, at Northborough Canine Rehabilitation & Fitness Center.

For more information on the CGC or CGCA follow these links:

https://www.akc.org/products-services/training-programs/canine-good-citizen/canine-good-citizen-test-items/

https://www.akc.org/products-services/training-programs/canine-good-citizen/akc-community-canine/test-items/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiApaarBhB7EiwAYiMwqn-cLNavfhoKEolJh_JzhBk-2fCJzyTPLvrKx7ou-9gaNyNhIAzwQBoCHEEQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

You can register on-line at: https://progressivecanine.com/registration-form

Or you can call to register, or if you have any questions: 508-864-9034

The AKC Canine Good Citizen™ (CGC) program provides a perfect framework for training your dog to become a polite member of society.

01/01/2024

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!!! 🐾🐾🎉🎆🎊🐾🐾

12/27/2023

We still have two spots available in the Canine Good Citizen (CGC) & Canine Good Citizen Advanced (CGCA) class starting Wednesday, December 27th at 7:35 pm in Harvard, MA!

This 5-week course begins with 4 weekly classes to practice all of the skills required for the CGC and CGCA, followed by the CGC and CGCA test being held on the 5th week.

You can register on-line at: https://progressivecanine.com/registration-form

Or you can call to register, or if you have any questions: 508-864-9034

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas to all!!! 🎅☃️🦌🎄⭐🐾🐾

12/01/2023

NEW Rally Obedience (Rally-O) Novice thru Excellent course starting on Thursday, December 21st @ 7:35 pm, in Harvard, MA.

An 8-week course offering all levels of Rally-O from Novice to Excellent! (We will also include some elements from Masters/Choice as well). Come and learn the fun and exciting sport of Rally-O! Whether you wish to train and earn titles, or you simply want a fun exciting way to continue to work with and have fun with you dog… this class is for you!

For more information about Rally: https://www.akc.org/sports/rally/get-started/

The prerequisite for this Rally-O course is completion of Exceptional Family Dog! or an equivalent course. If you're not sure, give us a call!

You can register on-line at: https://progressivecanine.com/registration-form

Or you can call to register, or if you have any questions: 508-864-9034

With over 30 years of experience we can help you achieve your goals and fix what ever problem behaviors your dog has!

12/01/2023

NEW Super Savvy Dog! Advanced Level – 3 course starting on Monday, January 5th @ 6:20 pm, in Harvard, MA.

An 8-week course that incorporates all of the training exercises into the "real world". The focus of this class is real obedience for the real world. An advanced level of training, and reliability for the family pet!

The prerequisite for Super Savvy Dog! Is completion of Exceptional Family Dog! or an equivalent course.

You can register on-line at: https://progressivecanine.com/registration-form

Or you can call to register, or if you have any questions: 508-864-9034

With over 30 years of experience we can help you achieve your goals and fix what ever problem behaviors your dog has!

12/01/2023

NEW Canine Good Citizen (CGC) & Canine Good Citizen Advanced (CGCA) prep course, and test starting on Wednesday, January 3rd @ 7:35 pm, in Harvard, MA.

This 5-week course begins with 4 weekly classes to practice all of the skills required for the CGC and CGCA, followed by the CGC and CGCA test being held on the 5th week.

The Canine Good Citizen (CGC) program is designed to give you the opportunity to train and prepare your dog to participate in the CGC or CGCA test to prove your dog has the proper training, temperament, and good social skills to be a true Canine Good Citizen!

For more information on the CGC or CGCA follow these links:

https://www.akc.org/products-services/training-programs/canine-good-citizen/canine-good-citizen-test-items/

https://www.akc.org/products-services/training-programs/canine-good-citizen/akc-community-canine/test-items/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiApaarBhB7EiwAYiMwqn-cLNavfhoKEolJh_JzhBk-2fCJzyTPLvrKx7ou-9gaNyNhIAzwQBoCHEEQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

You can register on-line at: https://progressivecanine.com/registration-form

Or you can call to register, or if you have any questions: 508-864-9034

12/01/2023

NEW Exceptional Family Dog! Intermediate Level – 2 course starting on Friday, December 8th @ 6:20 pm, in Northborough, MA.

This 8-week course builds on the foundation started in Super Puppy! and focuses on attention and distraction training as well as off leash obedience skills and more!

The Exceptional Family Dog! course will give you and your dog all the skills you need to feel confident taking your dog anywhere knowing your dog is well trained and well behaved! Your dog will truly be an exceptional family dog!
The prerequisite for Exceptional Family Dog! Is completion of Super Puppy! or an equivalent course.

You can register on-line at: https://progressivecanine.com/registration-form

Or you can call to register, or if you have any questions: 508-864-9034

With over 30 years of experience we can help you achieve your goals and fix what ever problem behaviors your dog has!

12/01/2023

NEW Super Puppy Class! Beginner Level - 1 Obedience, Manners, and More! Starting on Monday December 4th @ 7:35 pm. in Northborough, MA

What a great time to teach your puppy some new skills and manners before the holiday rush!

Our Super Puppy! course is for all puppies and dogs from 10 weeks of age and up.

This 6-week course covers obedience, good manners, puppy problems, and more!

You can register on-line at: https://progressivecanine.com/registration-form

Or you can call to register, or if you have any questions:
508-864-9034

With over 30 years of experience we can help you achieve your goals and fix what ever problem behaviors your dog has!

11/30/2023

What you choose to put in your puppy’s bowl at an early stage can affect their health over their entire lifetime.

A brand new study from Finnish Veterinary Scientists shows healthy human food leftovers offered to puppies significantly reduces allergy symptoms and skin problems later in life. This long-term, protective effect increased the more often real foods were added, so the more exposure puppies had to a variety of healthy leftovers, the more protection there was from developing skin issues down the road.

Even if the dog eats 80% of its food as dry, adding a minimum of 20% of the food as raw significantly decreased the risk of AASS [allergic skin disease] later in life.

According to the scientists, feeding a variety raw or minimally processed, real food early in life may lead to microbial exposure that enhances the immune system early on, reducing allergic responses later in life. Some of the foods owners fed in this study were fish and meats, vegetables and roots, culinary mushrooms, buttermilk and other fermented milk products and berries.

11/22/2023

Happy Thanksgiving!!! 🐾🐾🦃♥️

09/26/2023

URGENT MASSACHUSETTS DOG OWNERS, BREEDERS, DAY CARES AND OTHER DOG BUSINESSES! This is critical to respond to. It will only take a few minutes as you can cut and paste what MassFed has included. Please take the time to responded today. Our sport is at risk.
Subject: URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO INSURE OUR RIGHTS TO BREED ARE PRESERVED IN MASSACHUSETTS!
My name is Gale Golden and I am writing to you as a fellow AKC Club President and someone who closely tracks our rights to keep dogs with Massachusetts legislation. I work closely with Stacey Ober from AKC who is our legislative liaison. Many of you are aware a particularly troublesome bill MA Senate 2994 "Ollie's Law" caused us problems last year. This year it has resurfaced as HB2019 and SB1309. Testimony on the bill will be heard tomorrow at the State House. You may have seen a MA LEGISLATIVE ALERT on this subject. It is time of our grass roots to make some noise with the Committee Members hearing the bill. We were VERY EFFECTIVE last year in insuring Ollie's Law did not pass. PLEASE URGE YOUR MEMBERS TO ACT TODAY! Written testimony can be sent up to October 2 but the more the better.
OUR RIGHT TO KEEP MORE THAN 4 INTACT DOGS IS AT STAKE IF THIS MOVES OUT OF COMMITTEE.
YOU COULD LOSE PERSONAL KENNEL DESIGNATION AND BE CONSIDERED A COMMERCIAL BREEDING ENTERPRISE.
IMPACTS ARE COMMERCIAL KENNEL REQUIREMENTS, INSPECTIONS AND POSSIBLE ZONING RESTRICTIONS.
ACTION is needed TODAY! None of this regulation would have even saved Ollie!
HB2019 and SB1309 - LATEST UPDATE AND NEEDED ACTION
Over the past year Stacey Ober, myself and others have met with legislators about our concerns. We believe they have fairly heard us but we need to really hammer home how big our group is by voicing opposition NOW.
ACT TODAY
We need you and your members to watch this video and email the Committee hearing the Bill below and voice their opposition.
Video - https://youtu.be/Yq0Yy9wCdlw?si=yz96RqKDSQ34Dlem
HERE IS A SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR YOUR EMAIL TESTIMONY:
This is YOUR NAME and I am a Massachusetts Voter and dog sport enthusiast. I am opposed to House Bill 2019 and Senate Bill 1309 which was supposed to protect animals in day care. I see it labels anyone with 4 or more intact dogs over 6 months, whether they are breeding them or not, as a Breeding Kennel requiring commercial level oversight! WE are already regulated as personal kennels and inspected We are not Daycare businesses. How does this solve the complaints and problems with doggie day care? You may also include some of these talking points:
Ollie’s Law ought to focus on dog daycare businesses safety issues, not individual dog owners.
I do not want animal control officers inspecting my home to tell me how many dogs I can own, count how many over six months are intact, and monitor if I transfer any their offspring.
Applying commercial business rules to a personal kennel will hamstring those who personally own dogs for purpose of improving, exhibiting, or showing the breed or for use in legal sporting activities.
Personal kennels are not businesses and should not be regulated like pet shops or dog day cares.
HERE IS HOW TO SEND YOUR EMAIL TESTIMONY -
Written electronic testimony may be submitted until 5pm on October 3, 2023, via email to [email protected]. Please include the bill number HB 2019 / SB 1309 and “Testimony” in the subject line. In the body of your email, address your opposition to House Chair Rep. Carole Fiola and Senate Chair Sen. Jacob Oliveira.
Please help us preserve the right to participate in dog sports and breed purpose bred dogs. I can assure you, we will all be impacted if this goes through.
If you have any questions, please let me know and I will get you answers.
Thanks for your consideration and for sharing with members ASAP.
Best!
Gale Golden
President, Framingham District Kennel Club

09/11/2023

We only have 2 spots left in our upcoming:
Exceptional Family Dog! Intermediate Level - 2 course.

The course begins this Monday, September 11th @ 6:25 pm. in Harvard, MA

This 8-week course is the perfect next step for all graduates of our Super Puppy! Beginner Level-1 course, for any others with a similar foundation.

Over the 8 weeks we will work on exercises such as, down, sit, come, heel, stand and stay, both on-leash, and off-leash, focusing on and incorporating attention / distraction training and real life skills!

This course will truly help you to teach your dog to be an Exceptional Family Dog!

You can register on-line at:
https://progressivecanine.com/registration-form

Or you can call to register, or if you have any questions:
508-864-9034

With over 30 years of experience we can help you achieve your goals and fix what ever problem behaviors your dog has!

08/23/2023

NEW Super Puppy Class! Friday September 15th @ 6:25 pm. in Northborough, MA

September is back to school time and not just for the kids, but for the puppies and dogs too!

Our Super Puppy! course is for all puppies and dogs from 10 weeks of age and up.

This 6-week course covers obedience, good manners, puppy problems, and more!

You can register on-line at: https://progressivecanine.com/registration-form

Or you can call to register, or if you have any questions:
508-864-9034

With over 30 years of experience we can help you achieve your goals and fix what ever problem behaviors your dog has!

08/23/2023

We only have 2 spots left in our next Canine Good Citizen / Canine Good Citizen Advanced Prep and Test course!

The course starts this Monday August 28th @ 7:35 pm. in Harvard, MA

Canine Good Citizen (CGC) & Canine Good Citizen Advanced (CGCA): Prep Class & Test Class, 5-Week course.

This course includes 4 weeks of training / preparing for the CGC and/or CGCA with testing on week 5.

You can register on-line at:
https://progressivecanine.com/registration-form

Or you can call to register, or if you have any questions:
508-864-9034

For more information on the CGC or CGCA visit the AKC website: https://www.akc.org/products-services/training-programs/canine-good-citizen/

07/12/2023

NEW Super Puppy Class! Monday July 17th @ 6:25 pm. in Harvard, MA

There are still a couple of spaces left! Use the link below or contact us to sign up today!

Super Puppy! Is for all puppies and dogs from 10 weeks of age and up.
This 6-week course covers obedience, good manners, and more!

You can register on-line at: http://www.progressivecanine.com/registration-form

Or you can call to register, or if you have any questions:
508-864-9034

We specialize in motivational training for the family dog. Serving Metro-West and Central MA for over 30 years!

05/03/2023

NEW Class! Wednesday May 10th @ 7:35 pm. in Northborough, MA

Canine Good Citizen (CGC) & Canine Good Citizen Advanced (CGCA): Prep Class & Test Class, 5-Week course.

This course includes 4 weeks of training / preparing for the CGC and/or CGCA with testing on week 5.

You can register on-line at: http://www.progressivecanine.com Choose training registration form from the Menu.

Or you can call to register, or if you have any questions:
508-864-9034

For more information on the CGC or CGCA visit the AKC website: https://www.akc.org/products-services/training-programs/canine-good-citizen/

04/27/2023

**NEW** DOG TRAINING CLASSES in Harvard, MA
(Updated 5/3/2023)

*Drop-In Classes Mondays Starting 5/8/23 @ 6:25 PM
Super Puppy! / Beginner Lvl-1 Thurs May 11 @ 6:00 PM
Exceptional Family Dog/Int. Lvl-2 Mon May 22 @ 7:35 PM
Rally Obedience Excellent - 4 Thurs May 18 @ 7:30 PM

DROP-IN CLASSES: Drop-In Classes are back! See above schedule for day and times. These classes are for graduates of our classes, or individual sessions. (For those who are interested in attending who have not trained with us before, [please contact us to schedule an evaluation to determine if our Drop-In classes would be suitable for you and your dog). In this class, we will address what you want to work on! Classes are week to week, no commitment to a certain number of sessions, although there will be discount packages available. Come every week, twice a month, monthly, when you chose... and as often as you wish!
*Please note, for Drop-In Classes you will need to confirm if you are planning on attending at least 24 hours in advance. You can confirm via email, [email protected] or text or call us at: 508-864-9034. Each weeks class will be contingent upon at least 3 students attending.

IN-HOME PRIVATE LESSONS: Individual sessions and courses for basic obedience, problem solving for problem behavior such as jumping, nipping, house training, etc. Individual sessions offer one-on-one individual attention, plus flexible scheduling. Contact us for more information or to schedule an appointment.

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION: For more difficult behavior problems such as reactivity and aggression issues. We have extensive experience working with dogs with all types of aggression problems, fear aggression, dominance aggression, inter dog aggression, aggression to humans and more. Call today so we can discuss the problems you are having and put together a program to meet your needs and goals!

TAKE AND TRAIN: DOGGY DAY TRIP TRAINING PROGRAM ©:
With this program, we will pick up your dog, work with your dog during the day, on obedience, socialization, problem behaviors, etc. Whatever you want or need. Programs can be by the day, week or month. Please contact us for more information.
For more information or to sign up for a class visit our website at: www.progressivecanine.com or give us a call at 508-864-9034

04/11/2023

Happy National Pet Day! 🐾🐾 💗🐶

“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent.” – Milan Kundera

02/02/2023

Here's a great video from Dogs Naturally Magazine about considering a more natural approach when dealing with allergies for your dog. Take a look, your dog will thank you! 🐾🐾💗

Did you know that as many as 40% of dogs suffer from allergies? They’re a big problem. Dog owners talk a lot about food allergies … but environmental allergi...

12/31/2022

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!!! 🐾🐾🎉🍾🎆🎇🐾🐾♥️♥️♥️

12/27/2022

Through good times or bad, whether you're happy or sad... Your pets will always be at your side, giving you unconditional love... 🐾🐾💗💗💗🐾🐾

11/24/2022

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

11/11/2022

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you all for your service! 🇺🇲💗🐾