Your class will be held at the training center for Ahimsa Dog Training. Click here for directions. The phone number is 206-364-4072.
If you haven’t done so recently, please fill out the Canine History Form at least 5 days before your class. It’s important for us to have a truthful, in-depth history on your dog. Expect to take up to an hour (most take around 30 minutes).
Class structure:
1) Bring your dog on a harness, head collar, or a regular buckle/snap collar. If you’re used to using a correction collar (i.e. slip/choke chain or prong collar), please email info@doggiezen.com about whether a harness or regular collar is a safe alternative.
2) We will have dogs come to take the “fake dog test.” Humans attend the entire class but dogs are evaluated individually for 25 min each and need to wait in the car for their turn in the classroom. If your dog cannot comfortably hang out in the car for an hour due to anxiety or the weather, please arrange for someone to be with them. If you are not able to have someone wait with your dog in your car and are not comfortable leaving them alone please contact us by phone or email at least one week prior to your session to discuss options.
3) When you arrive, please pull into our parking lot and we will direct you where to park. We will begin directing cars ten minutes before your class is scheduled to start.
4) Please leave your dog in the car. Do not enter the training facility with your dog. If your dog barks in the car, please crate them (inside your car) or ask for drapes to put over your car.
Tips for Class:
Because your dog will be hanging out in the car before and after their 25 minutes in the room, you may want to bring chews or a Kong stuffed with canned food to give them. If they’re comfortable in a crate, you might even cover it with a curtain or blanket so that they aren’t triggered by people or dogs walking past. If you have a seat belt for your dog this would be a good time to use it.
***If you are not able to have someone wait with your dog in your car and are not comfortable leaving them alone please contact us by phone or email at least one week prior to your session to discuss options.***
For their time in the room, you’ll want to have a few kinds of treats, but most importantly, bring whatever is their absolute favorite: boiled chicken, hot dogs, string cheese, etc. They’re in a new space, so we’ll need to up the ante!
Supplemental Resources:
- The Ahimsa Dog Training Manual – 100+ pages of instruction on how to teach a variety of important obedience behaviors that can help build the relationship between you and your dog as well as help keep them occupied when triggers are present.
- Additional books you might find useful: Don’t Shoot the Dog! by Karen Pryor, Control Unleashed by Leslie McDevitt, and My Dog Pulls, What do I Do? by Turid Rugaas. For aggression, some books we like are Feisty Fido, by Patricia McConnell, Fight! by Jean Donaldson, and Help for Your Fearful Dog, by Nicole Wilde.
Absences & Course Cancellations: Please also read our Cancellation Policy, if you haven’t already.
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Have your vet fax us proof of vaccinations (Distemper, Parvo, Rabies, etc.) to (206) 866-6786. You can also email them to admin@doggiezen.com
We look forward to helping you and your dog have a wonderful class experience and a great relationship. Please contact us if you have any questions.
See you in class!
