Pawfection Dog Training

16/03/2025

Thank you to Troy and Henry, Gina and Willow., Morgan and Brooks, Pam and Ranger, Leigha and Gilligan and Kim and Libby for their visit and talk to the Children of the American Revolution (part of the Military Veterans community).
Remember if you would like to join the amazing Pawfection therapy teams, the new course starts in April)

Proud of our Pawfection therapy dog teams - Properly trained professionals giving their time free for the benefit of the community

09/03/2025

Congratulations to Apollo Course who passed their final testing at Disney Springs this morning- welcome to the Pawfection therapy family certified teams! New course starts April 2025 (sign up below)

02/03/2025

** Edited - Course will now start May 7th to enable a Christmas Graduation**

“Simba” Course

NEW THERAPY COURSE SIGN UP!

Course starts Wednesday May 7th 2025 and will run until December 2025

Orientation will be at West Oaks Academy School AD Mims Road Orlando at 7.30pm

The course is of 7 months duration and consists 110 hours training (30 hours tutored mandatory visits, 70 hours personal training and 10 hours mentored training) it will certificate AKC Canine good citizen (CGC) AKC CGC (Advanced) and AKC CGC (Urban) as well as the Pawfection final public access test at Disney Springs. There will also be 3 multiple choice theory quizzes for the handler (dont worry they are designed to teach you not fail you).

Times, days and locations for the tutored visits vary throughout the course but the course allows for a great degree of flexibility for you as we know you have busy lives.

The standard of Pawfection therapy dogs is the highest in the the USA bar none and this is reflected in the number and variety of groups and organizations that request our dog’s attendance. Our qualified teams currently visit over 70 locations helping, children, the elderly, Veterans, first responders and hospital patients. West are in partnership with the VA, Disney Make a wish, Seminole County Sheriffs office, Orange, Volusia and Seminole County Fire departments and many more high profile organizations. Our teams receive fully comprehensive insurance and are more qualified, experienced and trusted than ANY other therapy dog organization in the Country

The course is $150 per month for the 7 months (paid monthly) and dogs may have more than one handler participating.

Dogs must be over 7 months old at the commencement of the course and not aggressive towards humans or other dogs. Males demonstrating dominant behavior that would interfere with thier performance or the performance of others must be neutered by the time they reach 12 months.

Dogs intending to join this course are able to attend a “pre therapy” obedience course concentrating on obedience and control skills required for successful completion of the therapy team course in preparation for the course should they wish ($175 for 6 weeks) this will be at either the Oviedo or Winter Springs training venues. Many find this a great help.

Please add your details including a phone number suitable for texting and your dogs name age and breed below if you wish to embark on this unique and exciting journey!

Pawfection dog training is now recognized as the premier therapy dog training course in the USA. Nobody matches our standards or service delivery which is why our teams are so sought after and are asked to visit venues and groups not open to other therapy dog teams.

If you are up to the challenge …. Welcome to the Pawfection therapy family!

01/01/2025

Good morning! New Year has started with new exciting opportunities!

This is a last chance to sign up for;

Therapy/Service dog course starting January 8th - orientation at 7.30pm at West Oaks Academy - post is below (or put your name and cell number in the comments here and I’ll transfer them for you)

Urban Agility - adult class and puppy environmental socialization starting in Winter Park (meet outside Panera Bread at 6.30pm) on Monday January 6th (sign up in comments below stating puppy or adult)

Search dog training (only opportunity this year) starts January 8th at 6.30pm West Oaks Academy ADMims Road, Orlando. Dog must be toy driven (sign up in comments below)

Now …Let’s get this -party started!!!

22/12/2024

As promised - the pics of the donated gifts have just come through from West. You should all be so proud of what you have made possible this year, there are going to be some VERY happy faces around the Christmas trees this year! Thank you all so much ….

21/12/2024

Dear Pawfection family, we wanted to say a huge THANK YOU! to everyone who donated toys, cash and gift cards to the annual Christmas toy drive this year. Your generosity and kindness has been nothing short of awe inspiring and will make a huge difference to the children of West Oaks academy and Endeavour schools the families of which will be attending tomorrow to select gifts for their children to wrap up for Christmas morning. This could also not have been possible without the tireless efforts of our trainers who have coordinated the collection and delivery of all the gifts (Troy must have put about 1000 miles on his truck!). When you sit with your families this Christmas take a moment to reflect on the part you have played to make so many children’s Christmas the special day that it should be for everyone growing up, Pennie and I will be raising a glass to you all in grateful thanks and we will post the pics of what was collected as soon as they come through. Happy Christmas everyone and a healthy new year to you all.

23/11/2024

22/11/2024

Don’t forget dog pictures with the Grinch and Cindy Lou Who at Shane Kelly bark park, Oviedo tomorrow! $10 cash donation, Walmart gift card or children’s gifts (0-18 years) unwrapped - all proceeds to underprivileged kids this Xmas.
9am until 12.30pm.
See Y’all tomorrow! All welcome even if you aren’t in the classes

19/11/2024

Urban agility in Winter Park tonight … happy handlers and tired dogs!

17/11/2024

Save the date!
On Saturday November 23rd between 9am and 12.30pm the Grinch and Cindy Lou Who will be visiting the training area at the Oviedo bark park for photo opportunities with your dog for a donation of toys or $10 ( that will be used to buy toys) for underproviledged children who would otherwise have nothing on Christmas Day.
Please support the annual Pawfection Christmas toy drive!

07/11/2024

Our Pawfection therapy teams spreading the love to the staff at Lululemon in the outlets this morning calming them before the Christmas hoards descend!… New therapy course starts January 2025

03/11/2024

Let us take the four legged drama out of Thanksgiving and Christmas so you just have to deal with the family! ($100 off until December 1st)

02/11/2024

Every Christmas for the past ten years Pawfection customers and supporters have collected toys for locally disadvantaged children. These are the children of families in crisis, children who, but for the kindness of others would wake up to no gifts on Christmas morning.

This year we would like to invite you all to once again participate in our Christmas toy drive and have the opportunity to help children in need to have happy memories to look back on later on life rather than the sad reflection of disadvantage and disappointment.

The children we serve range from pre-K to 12th grade and our rule is that they must be told that the gifts are from family or Santa, not charity. We believe that the family should not be denied the gift of giving and that both they, and the children should never be made to feel like “charity cases” because of the fact that by no fault of their own they are currently on a lower spoke of fortune’s wheel.

We understand that times are hard and everyone has their own individual fiscal advantages or challenges and for this reason please know that this is purely voluntary. Should you wish to contribute, donations can be made either in the form of unwrapped gifts (Often we older adults whose children have long flown the nest like to revisit past years of shopping for children!) or Walmart gift cards that will be used by us to purchase gifts ready for families to wrap in December. Gift cards enable us to back fill gaps in the age ranges.

We have two recipient schools this year, West Oaks academy school in Orlando and Endeavor school in Deland. Both are registered 501c(3) charities and any donations will be tax deductible on your 2024 returns with receipts provided by the schools.

Once again please understand that this is a purely voluntary request and irrespective of participation we thank you for your continued support and membership of the Pawfection family and wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season and New year to come.
Gifts can be dropped off at the Saturday training in Oviedo any Saturday until 12-14

01/11/2024

“ODIN” Course

NEW THERAPY COURSE SIGN UP!

Course starts Wednesday January 8th 2025 and will run until August 2025

Orientation will be at West Oaks Academy School AD Mims Road Orlando at 7.30pm

The course is of 7 months duration and consists 110 hours training (30 hours tutored mandatory visits, 70 hours personal training and 10 hours mentored training) it will certificate AKC Canine good citizen (CGC) AKC CGC (Advanced) and AKC CGC (Urban) as well as the Pawfection final public access test at Disney Springs. There will also be 3 multiple choice theory quizzes for the handler (dont worry they are designed to teach you not fail you).

Times, days and locations for the tutored visits vary throughout the course but the course allows for a great degree of flexibility for you as we know you have busy lives.

The standard of Pawfection therapy dogs is the highest in the the USA bar none and this is reflected in the number and variety of groups and organizations that request our dog’s attendance. Our qualified teams currently visit over 70 locations helping, children, the elderly, Veterans, first responders and hospital patients. West are in partnership with the VA, Disney Make a wish, Seminole County Sheriffs office, Orange, Volusia and Seminole County Fire departments and many more high profile organizations. Our teams receive fully comprehensive insurance and are more qualified, experienced and trusted than ANY other therapy dog organization in the Country

The course is $150 per month for the 7 months (paid monthly) and dogs may have more than one handler participating.

Dogs must be over 7 months old at the commencement of the course and not aggressive towards humans or other dogs. Males demonstrating dominant behavior that would interfere with thier performance or the performance of others must be neutered by the time they reach 12 months.

Dogs intending to join this course are able to attend a “pre therapy” obedience course concentrating on obedience and control skills required for successful completion of the therapy team course in preparation for the course should they wish ($175 for 6 weeks) this will be at either the Oviedo or Winter Springs training venues. Many find this a great help.

Please add your details including a phone number suitable for texting and your dogs name age and breed below if you wish to embark on this unique and exciting journey!

Pawfection dog training is now recognized as the premier therapy dog training course in the USA. Nobody matches our standards or service delivery which is why our teams are so sought after and are asked to visit venues and groups not open to other therapy dog teams.

If you are up to the challenge …. Welcome to the Pawfection therapy family!

29/10/2024

Week 2 Pawfection’s urban agility in beautiful Sanford tonight (and a beer to finish at Celery City!)

27/10/2024

Urban agility tomorrow will meet at the parking lot in Sanford at Commercial St and Palmetto Ave Sanford (near the marina) at 6.30pm. New dogs are welcome to join us! We will finish at celery city for some social liquid refreshment!

22/10/2024

The “Pup meets world” program (for pups under 6 months) will now start in January. If your pup is currently over 6 months old they are welcome to start the “urban agility” that is now ongoing on Monday evenings (start any week!)

22/10/2024

Well done to all our trailblazing urban agility dogs on a great first outing in Altamonte tonight!
Remember you can join any week (next week we are in Sanford … finishing with a drink at Celery city!)