Raise a confident puppy to become future assistance dog, therapy or a competition dog.
This webinar is also highly useful to anyone who would like to raise a puppy to become your happy and confident best friend and a companion.
Live session date:
Sunday 1st of December 2024 at 2PM Central Time USA (UTC -6)
which is 8PM London time (GMT)
If you can't join the live session you'll receive recording of the webinar
Session duration approximately 1.5 hours
Who is this session for:
- Are you raising a puppy to become the future assistance or therapy dog?
- Are you interested to voluneer as a puppy raiser for a charity that trains assistance or therapy dogs?
- Are you raising a puppy to become your future top level competition dog?
- Or are you looking to raise a happy and confident dog who will become your best friend and a companion for many years to come?
If you answered yes to any of the questions above -we think this session is exactly what you are looking for!
What this webinar will cover:
1. Why raising a confident puppy is so important
2. Key ingredients for a confident puppy
3. Raising a puppy as a future service dog. Types of service dogs and their roles. Working with a Service dog training organisation.
4. Early training
5. Stages of puppyhood and the changing needs of the puppy
6. Key steps in introducing the puppy to your home (step by step)
7. House training the puppy (step by step)
8. Puppy socialization (detailed with lots of practical info)
9. It’s not all about socialisation (lots of video examples of games, enrichment and other activities you can do with a puppy to help it to become a confident rounded dog)
10. Questions and Answers
The webinar is developed in partnership between Dog Talent Association and Canine Companions. A third of all income from this session will be donated to Canine Companion to support their outstanding work.
Raise a confident puppy
Olga Jones
Director of Dog Talent Association with many years of animal training.
Olga with her dogs Simba and Bonnie currently hold 5 Guinness World Records. They regularly perform on stage, live TV, perform public displays, appear in TV commercials and involved in variety of other complex studio and film work.
Olga and Simba are also members of the Team GB in Dog Dancing and are looking forward to represent UK internationally at Dog dance championships.
Lisa Rickards
Lisa has been a volunteer puppy raiser for a service dogs for the last 20 years. Lisa has a huge amount of practical experience as a puppy raiser and will be able to guide you seamlessly through the whole process. Her dog Java excells in tricks and won the prestigious and highly contested International Trick Dog Champion Title in 2023.
Suzanne Sliclen
Suzanne is exceptionally experienced and enthusiastic Puppy Program Manager and Senior Instructor at Canine Companions:
www.canine.org
Suzanne is instrumental is success of the Puppy raising programme and her work is fundamentally important for successful service dog training by Canine companions.
