Wagmore Canine Enrichment

24/01/2025

Happy Photo Dump Friday!

24/01/2025

With the big game this weekend, today is a great time to reshare these ideas from last season!

Planning on enjoying the game this weekend? Why not turn watching a football game into full family fun including your dog! Here are some ideas as you watch the game this weekend.

Touchdown toss:
When your team makes a touchdown toss some treats into the air and let your dog sniff around to find them! Your dog will be just as excited for the touchdowns as you are!

End Zone Dig Box:
Create a dig box using a shallow container filled with soft materials. Bury some treats or toys in it, and let your dog unleash their inner quarterback by digging for touchdowns during the game.

Halftime Show:
Create a makeshift agility course with household items during halftime. Guide your dog through a tunnel made of blankets or have them jump over a low hurdle. It's a halftime show that keeps tails wagging!

Timeout Tug:
Engage in a friendly tug-of-war match during time outs. Extra points for practicing drop or wait cues during your game!

Puppy Cool Down:
Set up a cozy spot where your pup can enjoy a stuffed food toy and maybe take a snooze after some hard work!

24/01/2025

Currently predicting some warmer weather this weekend so come out with us for Walk N Wag! This weekend we’ll be at the Lawrence Arboretum. Hope to see you there! Visit our website for registration.

23/01/2025

We have a lot of classes starting in February!

Rolling Enrollment (Join anytime!)
-Basic Manners: Learn the basics of dog trainings, how to troubleshoot basic "problem" behaviors, and teach behaviors such as sit, down, come, and more!
-Intermediate Manners: Review the basics plus learn how to work with distance, distraction, and duration. We'll cover new behaviors like stay, settle on a mat, leave it.
-Puppy Socialization and Manners: Start your puppy out on the right paw with early socialization and introductory training!
-Reactive Dog 2: This course is a continuation of Reactive Dog 1. This course teaches handlers the 2nd step in the reactive dog training progression.

Attention and Reactivity (Fixed Length courses with a set start and stop date)
-Reactive Dog 1: This course is designed to teach handlers how to teach their reactive dogs only the most important behaviors and cues needed to help manage and curb reactivity (i.e. barking and lunging at other dogs and people while on leash). Unlike our other classes, this class IS for those dogs that bark lunge, and are disruptive on leash.
-Settle Down Now: Learn how to teach your dog progressive relaxation. This is a great course for dogs that are often described as hyperactive, anxious, and/or inattentive. We will teach you how to recognize, and encourage relaxed behavior using proven techniques, used by trainers and veterinarians across the world.

Tricks, Scent Work, and More! (Fixed Length courses with a set start and stop date)
-Novice Tricks: Learn to teach your dog fun and functional tricks. Earn a novice trick title if you’re feeling inspired or just entertain your family and friends.
-Fungility: This is a just for fun course in agility. Learn important handling skills while focusing on common obstacles for fun and speed. It a fun, high energy class for you and your dog.
-Beginning Scent Work: Learn how to teach your dog the sport of Scentwork. Whether you want to compete in AKC events or just want to give your dog and outlet for their amazing nose, this is the class to get started.
-Scent Work Interiors: Our trainer will help you train your dog to search and alert on scent in interior spaces. It’s a fun and engaging class for you and your dog.

Plus we have our Walk N Wag excursions at various locations within the community every Saturday! To see all of our class listings or register for a class visit wagmoreinc.com/class-listing

22/01/2025

Would you describe your dog as hyperactive? Maybe anxious? Or are they a little bit...oh squirrel!...inattentive? Our new class offering "Settle Down Now" is the perfect fit! This course will teach you how to teach your dog to relax. You'll learn how to recognize, and encourage relaxed behavior using proven techniques, used by trainers and veterinarians across the world. Sign up now on our website: wagmoreinc.com/class-listing

22/01/2025

We're officially celebrating the Hippie Yippie New Year at Wagmore! Our monthly daycare enrichment package add-on includes a groovy scent space for your pups to explore, hip treats, plus photos, videos, and take home keepsakes that are out of this world! This month's event runs through January 30th so sign up now in the client portal 😎

18/01/2025

Wishing our first January birthdays the best!

18/01/2025

More Photos!

17/01/2025

We're on a roll with new announcements this year! And one of our new announcements is that starting in February our core classes will have rolling enrollment! (Our core classes are puppy socialization and manners, basic manners, and intermediate manners)! A rolling modular format means no more long waits for the next class to start. Because each session is a stand alone module, you can begin quickly and complete 5 sessions to cover all the topics in the course. Our special topic classes like scent work, tricks, fungility, etc. will still be offered in fixed schedule format. We have some new special topic classes joining our roster! Those announcements will be rolling out soon!

15/01/2025

This week’s Walk N Wag will be at City of Lawrence Nature Park Trail. Want to join? Register at wagmoreinc.com/class-listing

08/01/2025

Exciting changes are coming to Wagmore! We are currently working on moving into our new training center! We are working on putting the final touches on the new space this month and it will be ready for classes in February🥳Our new location will be just down the street from the daycare at 1733 Bullene Ave. Suites D/E. We have more fun announcements coming soon so stay tuned!

06/01/2025

We hope you all have had a safe and warm weekend with this winter storm! I know I've enjoyed seeing people posting videos of their dogs enjoying the snow (or in some cases having some extra appreciation for heated blankets and fireplaces). How have you and your dog been enjoying the weekend? Snuggled inside? Fun snow adventures? Let us know in the comments!

06/01/2025

Jerri Johnson 😁

05/01/2025

So sad to hear of Karen Pryor’s passing last night. Her book, “Don’t Shoot The Dog” has had a huge impact on the way we, at Wagmore interact and care for dogs. She was an incredible teacher, trainer, and mentor to so many. May she rest in peace.❤️

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About Karen Pryor Karen Pryor, publicity photo for Oceanic Institute, about 1968. Karen Pryor had many interests. She was an observer of the smallest detail (as a child she studied butterfly anatomy) but what made her life’s work exceptional was that she also saw the big picture. It would have bee...