TRAINING
Manners

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Manners Courses are focused on teaching good manners and offering positive alternatives to unwanted behaviors. The manners courses are designed for learning ​in a group environment, which provide real life situations and distractions. Our goal is to offer you and your dog a welcoming and comfortable atmosphere, easy to follow methods for in-class instruction, and personalized attention.

We offer several levels of manners training, all done with positive reinforcement. We believe our curriculum will require your dog to think and make correct choices to receive rewards and become a well mannered dog. We also offer mini courses that target and address common frustrating unwanted behaviors/actions. Please refer to our specialty courses for more information. 
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Basic Manners. This course focuses on training basic manners with the use of both voice and hand signals with much information given to help understand dog behavior, leadership and management skills. It covers: sit, down, come, leave it, wait, trade, and eye contact, along with advice for chewing, jumping, pulling, nipping issues, leadership, and management skills. This course is perfect for untrained dogs and puppies, dogs that have had no formal training or dogs not accustomed to positive reinforcement training.
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Beyond Basic Manners. This intermediate manners course builds upon the lessons learned in our basic manners course by having your dog hold a command for longer periods of time, at increasing distances from you, and with varied distractions created by people, dogs and toys. Weekly, comical games reinforce all that is taught. In this course the degree of difficulty of every task taught is always adjusted to challenge each dog's individual level of performance.
Course Times and Other Useful Information. Basic and Beyond Basics manners classes generally meet once a week for 5 weeks. Class size is limited. Get our current course schedule and download our class training registration form. For additional information please call us at 207-363-0099 or email us for assistance in determining the best training option for you and your dog.
Client Testimonial

"Great enthusiastic teachers – willing to work with owners and dogs no matter the level of experience." 
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– Tammy & "Tyler"
Lebanon, Maine

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York, ME 03909
Tel. 207.363.0099
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Renee Gordon, Manager
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