Dog Behavior and Dog Training

Dog & Cat Be Good Workshop & Lecture Series

Loose Leash Walking 2-Day Workshop
Tired of your dog pulling you all over? Do you want to get rid of the equipment your dog hates? This 2-day, 4 hour (2 hours each day) Workshop will help you and your dog work as a team. $60 ($10 discount for returning clients) Space is limited.

Understanding Dog Fear and Aggression
What’s in your dog’s toolbox? You love your dog, you pamper him, and you spend fortunes on him, and yet, he is still reactive on leash, is a bully on the “playground” and, frankly, embarrassing to be with. What is going on? This 3 hour workshop will help you discover how to work with your aggressive, fearful or reactive dog. From the dog’s point of view, every act of aggression is justified, so it is important to understand how to recognize potential problems before as your dog puts aggression into his toolbox. If he already has the aggression tool in there, you will need to know which model he is using and learn new ways to get him to give it up. Attending this workshop will help you to recognize and understand the following:
What are your Dog’s Training Deficits?
What exactly is Aggression?
Where is your Dog on the Aggression Scale?
What Causes Fear and Aggression?
Dealing with Social Pressures-It’s not Easy Living with a Reactive Dog
How to Find Help for Your Dog-What is the Difference between Trainers?
And more.
Don’t wait if your dog is showing signs of reactivity or aggression. Attend this workshop to find out what you can do to manage or prevent these behaviors as well as how to improve the tools into your dog’s tool box. This workshop will offer several area trainers in a roundtable format to answer questions and offer suggestions about managing and helping your individual dog.

Dog Be Good -- Learning to Live Happily with Your Dog
What does it take to live happily with your dog and for your dog to live happily with you? The answers to these questions will be covered during this 2-hour workshop. Space is limited, so reserve early. You will learn inside, trainer secrets, how to “speak dog” so your dog will understand you, as well as get the basics on the following important topics:
How to Become a Benevolent Leader for Your Dog
Learn how Diet Affects Behavior
Environmental Enrichments- Making your Dog’s Home Alone Time Better
De-stress Programs--Helping Fido “Chill Out”.
Having Realistic Expectations for your Dog
Balancing Physical Exercise with Mental Exercise
How to Build a Lifetime Relationship with your Dog
And more!
These are lectures with Questions/Answers. No dogs, please.

Dog Be Good-- Home Alone
How to keep your dog or puppy happy when you are gone all day! Tips and ideas from trainers and behavior experts.
Learn how to Prevent Destructive Behaviors
Feed your dog to Behavioral Health
Confinement—what’s okay, what’s too much
Ideas that keep your dog or puppy busy so they are tired when you come home.
This workshop will have several experts available to address the different area and answer your questions. No dogs please.

Cat Be Good -- Learning to Live Happily with Your Cat
Do you ever wonder what your cat is thinking or why she is doing what she is doing? Do you have people tell you that cats cannot be trained? Is your cat driving you crazy with litter box issues, nocturnal play, or aggression? Learn how to live happily with your cat by attending the 2.5-hour workshop where you will be enlightened in the following:
It is Possible to Communicate with your Cat—Learning how to “Speak Cat”
Preventing and Solving Common Behavior Problems such as Scratching Furniture, Play Biting, and Litterbox Issues
Diet and Exercise Dos and Don’ts
How to Make Your Home a Happy Playground for Your Cat
How Understanding Cat Physiology Helps with Problem Solving Behavior Issues
Have your Cat Jumping through Hoops with Positive Training - Using Positive Reinforcement to Solve Behavior Problems
If you are having a cat behavior or training problem, or you just want to learn more about living happily with your feline, this workshop will give you the answers