SF Puppy Prep offers a variety of classes ranging from Young Puppy Kindergarten all the way to Puppy High School. Check out our new class webpage!
If you want to see what these classes look like in action, watch our you tube channel!
You can see puppies waiting at the door, playing the name game and going [...]
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Check out our “star trainers” in our group classes…..
July 7th, 2010 · No Comments · classes, news
Tags:classes·come·dog training·down·obedience training·puppy training·sit·stay
My favorite trainer at it again!
May 5th, 2010 · No Comments · news
Click on this link to see how a wonderful little girl (my client) teaches us the concepts involved in training a new behavior to a puppy!
My client and I worked on teaching Sparkle, a now 6 month old maltipoo, new behaviors through our Class at Home service.
I met with these two once a week to teach [...]
Tags:in home training·luring·reward training·sit·training·treats
What is a LURE and why do we use it during training?
March 11th, 2010 · No Comments · classes
A lure is a treat or toy used to move your dog within space. This is to help the dog understand what position you would like him to do, such as sit, down or stand. It is better for the dog’s learning process to lure him into position, rather than manipulating the dog’s body [...]
Tags:come·down·hand signal·lure·reward·sit·stand·touch·training·treat
“Sit to Say Please”
March 10th, 2010 · No Comments · classes
When we are first training a dog a new behavior we use treats/food rewards. Once the dog is doing the behavior correctly, we can start to fade out the treat rewards and incorporate Life Rewards.
Life Rewards are anything your dog loves other than food. For example, we can ask your dog to sit before [...]
Tags:classes·dog·life rewards·obedience·puppy·rewards·sit·training




