10/18/2023
This class below is being taught by Deb Helfrich, our Director of Certification and Training. You won’t be a certified team at the end of it, however you will be well prepared for the test and evaluation, and will also have learned a tremendous amount about your dog, dog behavior, and added quite a few skills onto your dogs repertoire. What follows is directly from Deb.
Therapy Dog Academy
6-week group dog class to help handlers and their dogs work successfully as a therapy dog team. You will acquire or hone:
Obedience skills (heeling, attention, polite greetings, and more);
Awareness and practical tools to effectively and safely work as a therapy dog team; and
Skills for reading dog body language to understand how s/he feels when making visits.
And we'll have a lot of fun and build on your already-great relationship with your dog!
Course is taught by Deb Helfrich, who has been a therapy dog handler since the mid-1990s, has had 6 therapy dog partners over the years, and has been Therapy Dogs of Vermont's Director of Certification and training since 2005.
Read more about it: https://www.goldstardog.com/therapy-dog-academy-1
CLASSES STARTING SOON:
WILLISTON: Thursdays, November 30—January 4, 7:15 PM
ESSEX: Saturdays, December 2—January 13 (no class on 12/30), 12:45 PM
For a comprehensive list of all our classes scheduled for the remainder of 2023 and extending into 2024, along with convenient registration links, please visit our website here: https://www.goldstardog.com/register
The buttons below will take you to the websites of the recreation departments that sponsor our classes. Use the search function on the recreation website to find our classes and enroll. If you have any questions or issues, you can contact the recreation department directly or contact Gold Star D.....
