Atlanta Dog Trainer's School for Professional Dog Obedience Trainers

What you will learn

In our dog training school for Professional Dog Obedience Trainers you will learn the process of how to teach:

• desensitization to sounds especially for sensitive and over-reactive dogs [door bells, motorcycles, trucks, fire crackers, thunder and other sounds that can trigger aggressive behavior].
• desensitization to kids and adults [if the dog has human or fear induced aggression, lack of socialization as puppies to children,, fearful of men and or does not have coping skills to deal with normal situations].
• confidence building exercises for fearful behaviors and dogs that lack confidence [dogs that seem to be over-reactive to normal situations or any change in their surroundings].
• confidence and socialization exercises with positive training tools to teach dogs with low nerve thresholds.
• the process of lowering the intensity of the aggressive behavior till it is extinguished [by using positive behavioral tools, re-socialization and obedience training as a core for the rehabilitation process].
• The full obedience regime basic through off leash dog obedience training. We teach how to be the leader in all situations and excitement levels.
• intermediate dog agility training with novice level trials sequences and speed.

Level 1 Courses

170 hours Tuition $1700

School for Professional Dog Trainers curriculums full dog obedience training regime including the following:

Show the course topics covered

• Sit, down, come, release commands
• "Sit" and "Stay" in distractions
• 1 minute sit in high distractions
• "Stay" in distractions.
• 3 minute down in distractions.
• Effective ways to socialize your puppy or older dog.
• "Wait" inside a car so they do not bolt out of the car.
• "Wait" in a doorway
• "Drop" drop any and all things you ask them to
• Leave it
• Walking on a loose leash [ no pulling].
• "Off" meaning do not jump on me or anyone else.
• "Sit in excitement" the dog must listen to handler when they are excited and/or in high drive.
• We teach the dog that their name means “come to me”.
• "Come" as an emergency command.
• Non verbal “come command” with a sound association.
• 3 tools to get a dog to come to handler
• Digging
• Dog training learning theory.
• How dogs learn.
• How to manage and teach group classes.
• Private and in home lessons.
• Clicker training dogs.
• Shaping dog behaviors, chaining and targeting.
• Learning how to use training cues.
• Behavioral solutions.
• Conditioning behaviors.
• Puppy training and manners.

The course focus is to become a leader, maintain leadership during high excitement and teaching how to be a leader to clients and their dogs.

Level 1 and 2

280 hours Tuition $2800

School for Professional Dog Trainers curriculums obedience and behavioral:

Show the course topics covered

• Full intermediate obedience regime
• How to manage and teach larger group classes.
• Dog aggression management with counter conditioning solutions.
• Addressing fear aggression, separation anxiety, phobic behavior
• Leash aggression, dominance aggression, territorial aggression and predatory.
• Basic dog agility training.
• Client training.
• Clicker training intermediate levels for dogs, cats and birds.
• Private and in home lessons.
• Dog training addressing different personalities in humans and dogs.
• Warning signals and emotional changes in dogs.
• Counter conditioning for stress management.
• Learning [dog obedience training as a] methods to counter condition fear based issues
• Trick training.
• Evaluating clients' pet dogs and shelter dogs
• Pet safety and first aid
• Fronts & Finishes - First calling your dog to you. They will sit directly in front of you, and then they will go behind you to sit on your left side. This is all one command.
• Precision Heel. Sit when you stop. Turn left and right staying in proper position.
• 3-5 minute "sit" in distractions with toys being thrown past the dogs: food distractions, kids and dogs running by, during which the dog maintains his long sit for [3-5 minutes].
• 6-10 minute "down" in distractions, same as above, but with the dog in a down position.
• 10-15 "place" command in high distractions. Dogs cannot get off the place bed till commanded, no matter what is going on around them. This includes running, playing dogs.
• Down in motion: Walking fast and commanding a "down", the dog must follow the command and "down". You immediately keep walking. The dog must remains in position.
• Sit in motion: Walking fast and giving the "sit" command, your dog will stay in position while you walk away quickly.
• Starting out of sight commands: This means dog must stay in positions even if you are out of their sight and a distance away from you.
• Starting "off leash heeling" and "off leash basic commands".
• Back up. Dogs must know how to back up if you need them to, particularly in tight quarters.
• Sit in very high excitement. We will build the dogs drive up and then give them a command one time. They must be in command and IN control in less than 1 second.

Levels 1, 2, & 3

480 hours Tuition $4800

Advanced curriculum, Advanced behavioral, and severe dog aggression management and training for phobic and fear based behaviors

Show the course topics covered

• Full advanced obedience regime complete off leash training. All the commands in basic and intermediate obedience training will be taught with the dog off the leash and in high distractions.
• Raising a puppy for advanced off leash training at a early age.
• Competition obedience.
• Multiple solutions for severe and hard to define behavioral issues: thunder phobia, object and sound reactivity, dogs under extreme stress.
• Rehabilitation of shelter dogs.
• Severe dog aggression cases and management. Evaluations with veterinarians and rescue groups.
• Tracking.
• Special odor detection.
• Therapy dog training and setting up the evaluation with Delta for therapy dog certification.
• Retrieving training, enhancing ball drive and chase drive for competition field training.
• Breed Selection-learn how to do consultations to help families choose the right dog for their life style.
• Learn how to address all types of aggression from fear to dominance, territorial, dog to dog aggression, prey, lack of social skills, trauma induced and aggression towards kids or adults.

Cost Information

• The use of course instructional information, books, training equipment and multiple dogs for training purposes are included in the tuition for each level course.
• Atlanta Dog Trainer's for Professional Dog Trainers has flexible hours and course start dates.
• We accept pay pal [3% fee applied], check, cash and payment plans once approved.
• All classes are hands on training with professional dog trainers with year of experience.
• Please call Susie Aga (770) 754-9178 to set up a consultation.