5 Steps To Success With Happy Pets Palace Puppy Program PUPPY TRAINING Six-week training and repetition which also includes daycare Reward operant conditioning shape and modify behavior Puppies repeat behaviors that yield good results! PUPPY SOCIALIZING Gradual learning experiences to interact with new puppies and people Supervised, free play helps your puppy learn proper etiquette and dog language PUPPY ACTIVITIES, FAMILIARIZATION, AND ADVENTURES: Mental activities enrich your puppy s life Frequent gentle handling helps your puppy be more receptive and stay safe PUPPY BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS Choose good behaviors over bad behaviors Train your puppy that preferred behaviors have greater rewards AKC S S.T.A.R. PUPPY Socialization, Training, Activity, Responsibility Six one-hour sessions Top of the line for our Puppy Program! AKC S.T.A.R Puppy Medal and a frameable certificate 1Puppy Training: Let us do the training and repetition for you during our six-week Puppy Program which also includes daycare. Reward operant conditioning methods are used for shaping and modifying behavior. Puppies repeat behaviors that yield good results. It s that simple. But it does take being able to read body language, good technique, superb timing, skilled performance, redirection, as well as calm patience and repetition. 2Puppy Socializing: Your puppy will go through gradual learning experiences by interacting with and meeting new puppies and people. Sessions of free play supervised by our trained staff will help your puppy learn proper etiquette and dog language. They will learn to play nicely and make friends and become more comfortable around others. 3Puppy Activities, Familiarization, and Adventures: Mental activities enrich your puppy s life and boosts their confidence. Frequent gentle handling helps prepare your puppy to enjoy a happy life being more receptive to new everything. We will help your puppy stay safe and have pleasant puppy experiences while learning life is good. 4Puppy Behavioral Problems: We will solve specific behavior problems by helping your puppy to choose good behaviors over bad behaviors. We will train your dog that preferred behaviors have greater rewards. 5AKC s S.T.A.R. Puppy: Socialization, Training, Activity, Responsibility This is the top of the line for our puppy program. We agree with AKC, that all dogs deserve training and a responsible owner. All puppies can participate in the AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy preparations. If you would like your puppy to receive the AKC S.T.A.R Puppy Medal and a frameable certificate then you will need to attend six onehour Saturday sessions with your puppy and the AKC Canine Good Citizen S.T.A.R. Puppy Evaluator.
Curriculum for Puppy Training, Socializing and Adventures Programs 18-DAY PROGRAM INCLUDES: In the 18-day program your puppy will be trained to be a well-mannered puppy whom you can be proud to take out in public. Your puppy will understand puppy socializing in a safe group play environment. Your puppy will learn 64 training points; 46 training vocabulary words; 22 activities; and 8 optional adventures. Each puppy will receive a frameable certificate and a Graduation photo. CATEGORY/LEVEL DESCRIPTION CATEGORY/LEVEL DESCRIPTION Training A - 1 Training A - 2 Training A - 3 Training A - 4 Training A - 5 Training A - 6 Training A - 7 Training A - 8 Training A - 9 Training A - 10 Training A - 11 Training A - 12 Training A - 13 Training A - 14 Training A - 15 Training A - 16 Training A - 17 Training A - 18 Using Treats as lures: Practice luring your puppy with treats Luring to sit: Touch treat to dog s nose, lure up, praise sit, touch collar, treat last Luring to Recall, Part 1: Take 2-3 step back, lure dog to you Eye-Contact Exercise: Touch treat to dog s nose then bring it to your eyes Walking: Be a Tree: When dog pulls leash, stop and hold leash firmly to your body Leash Tethering: Tether your dog while moving around the house Hand-Feeding: Feed all meals by hand from dog s food bowl Potty Training: Keep track of input and output. Note accidents Crate Training: Many treats and meals in and around crate Bite Inhibition, Handling: Lots of gentle handling, touch paws and all over body Catch your dog doing something you like and praise like crazy Tethering Exercise: Tether your dog and walk with them around the house Real-Life Rewards System: Cue your dog to sit for everything Sit: Hand signal, From lure to cue: Increase your dog s response to your hand signal Sit: Withdraw Treats: Withdraw treats slowly by using slot machine technique Recall: Increase Luring Distance, Add Verbal Cue Down: Slide treat towards dog s chest then lure straight down Release: Go play or release Training A - 19 Training A - 20 Training A - 21 Training A - 22 Training A - 23 Training A - 24 Training A - 25 Training A - 26 Training A - 27 Training A - 28 Training A - 29 Training A - 30 Training A - 31 Training A - 32 Training A - 33 Training A - 34 Training A - 35 Training A - 36 Training A - 37 Training A - 38 Training A - 39 Training A - 40 Hand-Feeding and Crate Training: Hand feed all meals in and around crate Walking: walk-stop-sit-walk-stop-sit Sit: Add Verbal Cue Puppy Pushups: sit-down-sit Cookie Sit-Stay: glue leash to hip, toss treat out of dog s reach, cue sit, take it Sit-Stay: dog sits, touch treat to dog s nose, then hold between your eyes Off and Take It Trades: Phase 1: hold 6 treats, say take it, on fourth rep keep quiet and say off if dog tries to take treat Recall and Sit Combo with Release: After each minute of supervised play, recall Potty Training Continued Baseline Behaviors: hand feeding, crate training, bite inhibition, handling, gentling Recalls: Add Distractions and Distance Stay Until Recalled: Add distance, duration, and distractions Down: Naming the behavior, puppy pushups Standing Pose: Lure forward so your dog follows the treat to standing position Off and Take It Trades: Phase 2: Practice trades for items of equal or greater value Climbing Stairs: Step and block dog with your leg, reward each step Door Training: cue a sit, then say off before you open the door Settle Down: from down-stay position, offer treats one by one Social Manners Sit 1. Lure with treat to sit Sit 2. Hand signal without a treat Sit 3. Sit in public at three random moments PLAY SMILE BE SOCIAL Happy Pets Palace & Playground 480-207-1852
CATEGORY/LEVEL DESCRIPTION CATEGORY/LEVEL DESCRIPTION Training A - 41 Training A - 42 Training A - 43 Training A - 44 Training A - 45 Training A - 46 Training A - 47 Training A - 48 Training A - 49 Training A - 50 Training A - 51 Training A - 52 Training A - 53 Training A - 54 Training A - 55 Training A - 56 Training A - 57 Training A - 58 Training A - 59 Training A - 60 Training A - 61 Training A - 62 Training A - 63 Training A - 64 Words - 1 Words - 2 Words - 3 Words - 4 Words - 5 Words - 6 Words - 7 Words - 8 Words - 9 Words - 10 Words - 11 Words - 12 Words - 13 Words - 14 Words - 15 Words - 16 Words - 17 Words - 18 Words - 19 Words - 20 Words - 21 Words - 22 Words - 23 Words - 24 Words - 25 Words - 26 Words - 27 Words - 28 Words - 29 Recall and Release 1. Luring Recall Recall and Release 2. Recall with verbal cue. Release Recall and Release 3. Recall-Sit combination during play Leash Walking 1. Tethering to a down Leash Walking 2. Walking Exercise: change direction Leash Walking 3. Walking Exercise: informal heeling Down 1. Luring to down Down 2. Puppy Pushups Down 3. Down and sit at a distance Stay 1. Cookie sit and Take It Stay 2. Cookie sit-stay Stay 3. Conventional stay cue for 30 seconds Standing Pose 1. Luring to a stand from sit Standing Pose 2. Stand visual cue without treat Standing Pose 3. Puppy Pushups: add stand Settle Down 1. Human vending machine Settle Down 2. Settle visual and verbal cue Settle Down 3. Real-Life settle at three random moments Off and Take It 1. Cookie sit-stay Off and Take It 2. Phase 1 trade Off and Take It 3. Phase 2 trade Boundary Training 1. Interior doors, furniture, room, plants Boundary Training 2. Visitor Boundary Training 3. climbing stairs on cue Ah-Ah! Are you hungry? Bad Bath Biscuit Bring it here Come Cookie/Treat Dance Do you need to go potty? Doggy Drop Easy Enough Fetch Give Go Crate Go for a walk? Go play Good Heel Hey High Five! Leave It Lie Down No Off Okay! Open your mouth Words - 30 Paw Words - 31 Quiet Words - 32 Release Words - 33 Saddle up Go Car Words - 34 Shake Words - 35 Sit Words - 36 Sit pretty Words - 37 Stand Words - 38 Stay Words - 39 Stop That Words - 40 Time for grooming Words - 41 Wait Words - 42 Want to eat? Words - 43 Drink, or want water? Words - 44 Watch me Words - 45 Yay! Words - 46 Your dog s name Activity - 1 Name Game: Goal is to help your dog love hearing his name Activity - 2 Eye-Contact Exercise: Ask your dog for eye contact at random moments using treats Activity - 3 Bubbles Activity - 4 Tug-of-war, ever so gently Activity - 5 Follow The Lure: Touch a treat to dog s nose and slowly move it away so he follows the treat Activity - 6 Pass the Puppy: sit in a circle with 3-4 people and pass the puppy around to each other Activity - 7 ouch exercise: Explore dog s mouth, count teeth and toes Activity - 8 Which Hand? Activity - 9 Supervised Play with recall and Release Activity - 10 Come and Go with a partner Activity - 11 Focus games: eye-contact exercise, follow the lure Activity - 12 Come and Go: From 10 feet away, recall your dog excitedly and cue to sit Activity - 13 Find Me Activity - 14 Grooming needs (nails, teeth, brushing, gentle bath) Activity - 15 Add Standing Pose to puppy pushups Activity - 16 Fetch/Retrieve Activity - 17 Add Pose to puppy pushups Activity - 18 Slow dancing for cuddling, quiet, comfort (held if under 30-lbs) Activity - 19 Walking in dog booties Activity - 20 Free play! Puppy socializing playtime Activity - 21 Story-time Activity - 22 Splash pool 2 Hour Optional Adventures: Adventures - 1 Agility training exercise Adventures - 2 Dog Friendly Restaurant Adventures - 3 Explore local Airport Adventures - 4 Explore local surroundings outside of building Adventures - 5 Hiking trail Adventures - 6 MCC Rose Garden (not on Thursdays) Adventures - 7 Scavenger Hunt downtown Mesa Adventures - 8 Scent training exercise
24-DAY PROGRAM INCLUDES: In the 24-day program your puppy will have concentrated training for common behavioral problems found in most all puppies. Your puppy will learn 64 training points PLUS training on 7 common behavioral issues, 57 training vocabulary words, 24 activities; and 8 optional adventures. CONTINUES FROM THE 18-DAY PROGRAM 30-DAY PROGRAM INCLUDES: Our 30-day program prepares your puppy to become an AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy. If parents want the AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Medal and Certificate, then parent(s) must participate in (6) one-hour Saturday sessions. Happy Pets does not charge extra for Saturday sessions. Your puppy will learn 64 training points PLUS training on 7 common behavioral issues, 15 AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Requirements, 79 training vocabulary words, 25 activities; and 8 optional adventures. CONTINUES FROM THE 24-DAY PROGRAM CATEGORY/LEVEL DESCRIPTION CATEGORY/LEVEL DESCRIPTION Behavior Mod - 1 Behavior Mod - 2 Behavior Mod - 3 Behavior Mod - 4 Behavior Mod - 5 Behavior Mod - 6 Behavior Mod - 7 Words - 47 Words - 48 Words - 49 Words - 50 Words - 51 Words - 52 Words - 53 Words - 54 Words - 55 Words - 56 Words - 57 Activity - 23 Activity - 24 Chewing Biting Barking Noise phobias Fear of new situations Ankle biting Jumping Baby Cat Catch Find it Go Car Other Animals People Outside Speak Toy Where s your leash? Hide and Seek Educational toys AKC STAR Puppy - 1 AKC STAR Puppy - 2 AKC STAR Puppy - 3 AKC STAR Puppy - 4 AKC STAR Puppy - 5 AKC STAR Puppy - 6 AKC STAR Puppy - 7 AKC STAR Puppy - 8 AKC STAR Puppy - 9 AKC STAR Puppy - 10 AKC STAR Puppy - 11 AKC STAR Puppy - 12 AKC STAR Puppy - 13 AKC STAR Puppy - 14 AKC STAR Puppy - 15 Activity - 25 Words - 58 Words - 59 Words - 60 Words - 61 Words - 62 Words - 63 Words - 64 Words - 65 Words - 66 Words - 67 Words - 68 Words - 69 Words - 70 Words - 71 Words - 72 Words - 73 Words - 74 Words - 75 Words - 76 Words - 77 Words - 78 Words - 79 Owner can hug or hold puppy Tolerates collar or body harness Allows petting by someone other than owner Grooming (puppy allows handling of ears, feet) Puppy allows take away of treat or toy Walks on a leash in a straight line Walks by other people Sits on command Down on command Comes to owner from 5-ft away Stay on leash with another person Free of aggression towards people Free of aggression towards other puppies Reaction to distractions is appropriate Sit, Down, and Stay at 20-feet ouch exercise Are you speaking to me? Around Back up Circle Climb it Come front Crawl Give a kiss Go chair Go couch Go inside Go stairs Go Table Go to (family members) Go tunnel Jump Right side Roll Over Say Yes Walk it Wave Weave
PUPPY TRAINING, SOCIALIZING AND ADVENTURES We take the stress out of puppy training by doing the work and repetition for you. BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF TRAINING Our six-week Puppy Program emphasizes enrichment experiences for enjoying puppyhood in a protected environment. We embrace a safe culture of trust and love. We carefully shape confident behavior and positive enriching experiences. We use praise, affection, positive reinforcement and repetition. The management of calm interactions and structured rest helps puppies to learn with their shorter attention span level. Patience is key. We study the simple foundation behaviors and invest the management time for puppies to learn skills and practice conditioned emotional responses. We do the repetition and practice consistency for you so you can focus on enjoying your puppy. MAIN BENEFITS Reduce your time required to train your new puppy by 95%. Your puppy will acquire confidence so they can experience life without being fearful. Drop-off training, Mon-Fri, includes all-day daycare if needed. Leash training, potty training, and social manners. Puppy activities for mental stimulation. Weekly progress updates and take-home handouts to keep up learning at home. Imagine taking your dog out in public, including dog-friendly restaurants, and your dog is well-behaved. Your puppy will be gently exposed to teeth brushing, nail trimming, and fur brushing to help them accept necessary grooming as adults which leads to better health. Respectful puppies have more focus and understanding making them more manageable. Behavioral issues can be prevented with early socialization. Puppies LOVE playing with other puppies! AGE AND VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS Puppies can start the program between ages 9-weeks to 5-months of age. Vaccination records by a licensed vet for Parvo, Distemper and Bordetella. Must wait 7-days after distemper vaccination is given for puppy s inoculation. Rabies due by 4-months of age. Licensed vet to provide clean bill of health including parasite free stool sample before first attendance. Please bring your puppy s meals to be served during their visits. Each puppy will be provided a training log to track and chart progress during the 6-week course. Google ASVAB Position Statement On Puppy Socialization. HOW TO GET STARTED Call us at 480-207-1852 to enroll your puppy. Make sure your puppy meets the requirements shown above. Come tour our facility and pick up a program curriculum and discuss training objectives. We offer three package options: 18-day, 24-day and 30-day packages. Each package builds upon the prior package for additional training. Decide which package and level of time is perfect for you and your puppy. The 18-day package includes everything needed for the basics+. The 24-day package addresses chewing, biting, barking, phobia, and other behavioral problems in more depth. The 30-day includes prep work for AKC s Canine Good Citizen S.T.A.R. Puppy s twenty essential skills. 18-days, each day 6-12 hours, plus up to six optional one-hour Saturdays 24-days, each day 6-12 hours, plus up to six optional one-hour Saturdays 30-days, each day 6-12 hours, plus up to six optional one-hour Saturdays We advocate for the puppy! We know the investment you make today will pay off for the rest of your life with the puppy. And the pleasurable feeling of a bonded relationship with your puppy is one of the greatest feelings you can have. Disclaimer: Our puppy training and group socializing are suitable for most young puppies, however, some puppies have personalities or conditions which are more conducive to one-on-one lessons instead of group. For those special one-on-one needs we can refer you to an excellent one-on-one trainer. www.happypetspalace.com 1918 E. McKellips Rd Mesa