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The Puppy Place!
Curriculum and Resources Overview

Pet Behavior Education and Services help families prevent common pet misbehaviors. 
These services can be provided by a member of the team or by an affiliate local trainer (ALT). When selecting an affiliate trainer, consider members of APDT.  Materials are designed as guidelines to be downloaded by members. We encourage sending us your suggestions for improvements to keep the best ideas available to all members. 

The Puppy Place Resource Files
View ALL the Behavior Services available in one easy location. This is the ideal place to go if you know the title of the topic or form that you need.         
             

IdealDog™ Community Behavior Seminar
Press release and host a free seminar on "How to Raise an Ideal Dog" for your pet parents and to outreach to new clients (customers). The ideal place to host the  Seminar is in your reception area, one evening after the practice is closed. This seminar is for people. Pets are not invited.

IdealPuppy™ Parties
A puppy party is where healthy puppies enjoy supervised off-leash play to learn how to be friendly with people and other dogs. The topics on this link are intended to help you organize and supervise a successful puppy party.

IdealPuppy™ Classes

Tremendous advances have been made in understanding how to develop a canine personality into an ideal companion. Common problems with housetraining, destruction, barking, fearfulness and aggression toward dogs or people can be easily prevented. In puppy class, pups learn to accept new dogs, children and people when introduced. Puppies also learn social play, and are introduced to basic “pre-school” obedience commands. The goal of puppy class is to help people raise an IdealDog™. The topics on this link provide  the materials necessary to organize, market, and teach puppy classes. Puppy Class needs a location that can confine 5 - 10 puppies, and at least one owner per pup. If no ideal place is available, consider using Exercise Pens from a pet store connected together to form the appropriate size (ideally about 10 x 15 feet.)

IdealPuppy™ Daycare 
The daycare program is for puppies in and graduated from puppy class. It is intended to give puppies an outlet for excess energy and the joy of playing with other dogs off-leash. The topics on this link instruct staff on how to supervise puppy daycare.

IdealDog™ Daycare
The doggie daycare program is for adult dogs who have graduated from puppy class. Other dogs may benefit, but without the early training, need more work to be able to have the joy of playing off leash. In some cases, the “loner” type dogs, just like to be near the action to watch and sniff. The topics on this link guide staff on how to supervise doggie daycare.

IdealDog™ DaySchool
The doggie dayschool program is for adult dogs who need additional training. It is usually a supplement to daycare.  The topics on this link introduce materials on managing a doggie dayschool.

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