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Online classes available! Puppy Kindergarten - Advanced Come When Called class and more! SIRIUS® is the original puppy school.
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At SIRIUS® we launch dog stars; friendly, safe, well-mannered members of the family. Dr. Ian Dunbar created and taught the world's very first puppy class in the San Francisco Bay Area over 30 years ago. SIRIUS Puppy Training Classes literally redefined and revolutionized pet dog training. In fact, SIRIUS created the field of pet dog training. Before SIRIUS, there simply were no family-friendly pup

py classes designed for companion dogs, virtually no reward-based classes, and not much fun in dog training. Until SIRIUS came along, most classes only taught adult dogs repetitive on-leash obedience drills. SIRIUS emphasized the importance of teaching bite inhibition, early socialization, temperament training, and simple solutions for common and predictable behavior problems, as well as basic household manners. Moreover, SIRIUS championed user-friendly and dog-friendly dog training—specifically, that training should be as enjoyable for dogs as it is for owners, and that training should only involve quick, easy, and effective methods that are within the capabilities of all family members, especially including children. During the 80's, the SIRIUS Puppy Training video—the all-time best-selling, and the very first dog training video ever produced—helped spread the word about lure/reward, fun and games dog-friendly dog training. In the 90's, SIRIUS was adapted for television and Dogs With Dunbar became the first hit television series since Barbara Woodhouse. The program aired on Discovery Channel in Europe, and then in many countries around the world. SIRIUS established the hallmark for puppy classes and its concept has been adopted and adapted by most educated trainers. All thanks to SIRIUS, puppy classes are now taught all over the world.

27/03/2024

Off to Sugar Bowl on Sunday to ski with Jamie and family. My lift tickets are only $59 a day! Apparently, I am a Super Senior. Damn, I would be willing to pay the full $60. Then on Wednesday, Mexico here I come! 85 degrees (F) in Ajijic.

27/03/2024

On Sunday, I reunited with Cash and Jambo during a fundraiser for Next Step Service Dogs at All Points Brewery in Riverside. Cash may have advertise an Uncontrollable Licker but Jambo won the contest for endurance.

20/03/2024

Driving down to San Diego tomorrow as part of my official capacity for Next Step Service Dogs (delivering Billie Labrador). Giving a talk for San Diego Humane staff on Friday and two talks on Saturday: a day-seminar about totally NON-aversive punishment and mind-melding with dogs (as in TINA, the new LIMA — Totally Invasive and Non-Aversive) for dog trainers and insatiably curious doggy people and then, an evening-talk about the audience's most pressing issues. Both are fundraisers for San Diego Humane and Next Step Service Dogs. Looking forward to seeing a bunch of you. Cheers, ian

18/03/2024

The second surprise to start my day:
I had to drive to Marin to pick up some copies of my new book for the San Diego seminar this weekend and learned that Barking Up the Right Tree 'sold out' before it was even released and so, they had to do a second printing. Whoooopeeeee!

11/03/2024

Happy Monday Morning Woofs.
I cold-turkeyed from the seminar trail in 2015 but... recently, I have been toying with the idea of scheduling three or four seminars this year that follow on from the concepts in my latest book — to quickly and effectively resolve misbehavior and non-compliance using a gorgeous array of non-aversive means. No firm plans as yet vis a vis dates or locations but I have decided to organize one seminar-day in San Diego, with all of the proceeds donated to Next Step Service Dogs and the San Diego Humane Society — a 6-hour seminar for dog trainers and insatiably curious doggy people and an evening talk for dog owners. I'll see how it feels to be back in the 'seminar-saddle' once more. Watch this space! Cheers, ian

02/02/2024

Just in case some of you missed my what-was-suposed-to-be-LIVE interview yesterday with Dogwise, it is now posted on YouTube.

Join us for a LIVE Q&A with Dr. Ian Dunbar to discuss his newest book "Barking Up The Right Tree" on Facebook & YouTube on 2.01.24 at 10 am (PST). To order a...

30/01/2024

Dogwise has organized a LIVE Facebook Event to chat about my latest book — Barking Up the Right Tree — that compares the six most common reward-training techniques in terms of their ease, speed, and effectiveness, (given that they are enjoyable for dogs and their people) and suggests a variety of non-aversive alternatives that are altogether more effective than any aversive means intended as punishment.
The interview will go LIVE10:00am this Thursday (1st February), which of celebrates the beginning of the National Train Your Dog 11-Months.
https://fb.me/e/3aDGBs6lk
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Cheers, ian

03/01/2024

As most of you are probably aware, in 1993, I founded The Association of Professional (formerly 'Pet') Dog Trainers and January of course is:
APDT TRAIN YOUR DOG MONTH.
My ultimate goal has always been: To educate dog owners before they seek help from a trainer by ensuring that every puppy gets the education that they need, and deserve, because every prospective or new puppy owner receives the necessary, time-sensitive, training information before or immediately after they get their puppy. A lofty goal indeed, but with past advances in technology and the availability of eBooks, a goal that is certainly doable.
Free Puppy Training eBooks for One and All
Since their original publication in 1995 (as The New PuppyDog and Raising K9), I have been giving away two of my puppy training books, BEFORE You Get Your Puppy and AFTER You Get Your Puppy, to any puppy owner that requests, but primarily, to dog professionals that routinely see every new puppy owner within a few days of them getting their puppy, namely veterinarians, pet stores, and breeders. I also threw shelters into the mix because, every shelter/rescue dog was once a puppy just begging for an education.
I implore all dog professionals to urge their clients and customers to download the two eBooks from dunbar.info/freepupbooks and then, SHARE THE BOOKS with their family, and doggy friends, neighbors, work colleagues, and maybe clients and customers, urging all of them to SHARE THE BOOKS too.
When people download the books, they find other free offers — the Free Course Collection at DunbarAcademy.com, plus a one-month free subscription to a whole pack of video courses in the Top Dog Academy. Once their free trial expires, many continue to subscribe to continue to watch hundreds of hours of video and audio and digest the oodles of pages of print at their leisure.
Providing free educational information to prospective and new puppy owners is a very doable goal. Please download, save, and SHARE THE BOOKS with all your doggy friends and post the link on social media.

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