The document provides information on various dog training classes offered in August by The Inspired Dog Inc. The classes include Genius Puppy, Beyond the Basics, Senior Dog Class, Leash Walking 101, Competitive Obedience classes on reducing rewards and heeling/focus, Clicker Training, and each class provides details on what the class is designed for, what the dog will learn, dates and fees. The classes are aimed at training dogs of all ages and experience levels on basic and advanced obedience skills.

1. August Topics
Classes
• Four weeks focused on one topic.
• Bite-sized classes to fit into your busy
summer.
• Classes taught by a certified professional
dog trainer.
• Just $180.00.
• Easy online registration.
• Fun? That goes without saying!
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2. Genius Puppy
• In addition to learning to “sit” and “stay”, your
puppy will learn to love training!
• So little time and so much to do! We introduce
the basics: sit, down, stay, polite leash
manners, sit for greeting, and tons more.
• Puppies are introduced to puppy-sized agility
equipment to help build confidence.
• We also cover the critical puppy behaviours:
bite inhibition, house training, legal chewing
and crate training.
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• You will be armed with the information you need to steer your puppy through
his formative puppy months.
• The time you invest now will lay the foundation for an awesome family pet.

3. Genius Puppy
Who is this class designed for? Puppies 9 wks - 12 wks old
What will my puppy learn?
Foundation behaviours - sit, down, stay, basic leash walking, basic house
manners
Critical puppy lessons - house training, crate training, chewing and settle
exercises.
Dates: Monday, August 8 - Monday, August 29 @ 6:30 p.m.
Fee: $180 + HST
- includes classes + a clicker and a copy of The Genius Puppy Playbook.
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4. Beyond the Basics
• You’ve graduated from Puppy Class are you ready to take your training to
the next level? This is where training becomes really fun.
• Leave It even when there are cookies in front of your dog. Holding a Sit-
Stay even when you jog by. Recall past a food dish. Impossible, you say?
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• By challenging your dog’s understanding,
your dog learns there is always a choice.
Once choice leads to reinforcement, and
the other choice leads to a dead end.
• We also introduce the idea of using
distractions as rewards.
• A perfect class if you are thinking of
trying more advanced dog sports.

5. Beyond the Basics
Who is this class designed for? Any dog wanting to build on basic skills.
What will my dog learn?
Putting basic skills to the test - executing basic skills with increase distractions.
Learning to use back chaining and build impulse control into training.
Foundation behaviours for any advanced dog sport training.
Dates: Monday, August 8 - Monday, August 29 @ 7:30 p.m.
Fee: $180 + HST
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6. Senior Dog Class
• Sometimes we forget about training our senior
dogs. They’re so well behaved we forget that they
can benefit from mental and physical stimulation,
too!
• In Senior Dog Class we do exercises designed to
maintain muscle tone and strengthen balance
using FitPaws and Canine Gym equipment.
• Shaping exercises help your senior pooch get
some mental stimulation to keep his noodle sharp!
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7. Senior Dog Class
Who is this class designed for? Any dog would benefit from this class but
exercises are designed with senior dogs in mind.
What will my dog learn?
Use of FitPaws and Canine Gym equipment to strengthen and tone muscles.
Shaping games for mental stimulation.
Dates: Tuesday, August 2 - Tuesday, August 23 @ 7:30 p.m.
Fee: $180 + HST
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8. Leash Walking 101
• Are you tired of being dragged from tree to tree on your walks? Our Leash
Walking 101 class gives you a training protocol to train polite leash manners.
• Dogs are egocentric. They do what works for them. You can’t really blame
them for pulling - because it works! They pull, we follow. Learn how we can
teach dogs not to pull without going to war with them.
• In the last class we take the training on the road to a mall across the street!
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9. Leash Walking 101
Who is this class designed for? Any dog who pulls on leash.
What will my dog learn?
Polite leash manners: no pulling, and sitting when we stop walking.
This class does not address dogs who are reactive on leash towards other dogs
or people. Check out our Reactive Dog class in the Fall session for help!
Dates: Tuesday, August 2 - Tuesday, August 23 @ 6:30 p.m.
Fee: $180 + HST
- includes classes + a clicker and a copy of The Leash Walking 101 Playbook.
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10. Competitive Obedience: Reducing Rewards
• Positive reinforcement trainers do an awesome job of
building behaviours using food and toy rewards. But
how do we go about reducing rewards without losing
engagement and motivation?
• I can help!
• This 4 week class will introduce you to the science
behind reducing rewards and transferring value to a
conditioned reinforcer that you can take into the ring.
• You will also learn to build an alternative expectation for
rewards - so “no food or toy in your hand” doesn’t
automatically mean no reinforcement is available.
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11. Competitive Obedience: Reducing Rewards
Who is this class designed for? Any dog training for competitive dog sports.
What will my dog learn?
Transferring value of a known reinforcer (like cookies) to a conditioned
reinforcer.
Back chaining to use the preceding behaviour as reinforcement.
Changing your dog’s expectation - food/toy in your hand doesn’t mean
reinforcement isn’t coming.
Dates: Thursday, August 4 - Thursday, August 25 @ 6:30 p.m.
Fee: $180 + HST
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12. Competitive Obedience: Heeling and Focus
• Attention is taught, but focus is earned.
• You can’t teach focused attention - it comes as a by-
product of how you train.
• Is your dog watching you? Or doing his own thing?
• Focused attention means your dog isn’t just looking
at you, but he’s engaged with what you are doing.
• Focus games can make focused attention part of
your heel work.
• Build focused attention into other behaviours like
retrieving and signal exercises.
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13. Competitive Obedience: Heeling and Focus
Who is this class designed for? Any dog/handler team who have foundation
competitive heel work training.
What will my dog learn?
The difference between attention and focus and how to get both.
Groundwork to build a dog who works with focused attention.
Building focused attention into other exercises like signals and the retrieve.
Dates: Thursday, August 4 - Thursday, August 25 @ 7:30 p.m.
Fee: $180 + HST
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14. Clicker Training
• Clicker training is widely acknowledged as the fastest
way to train a dog. It is also the tool I most often see
used incorrectly.
• The incomparable Bob Bailey said of clicker training:
It’s simple but not easy.
• Shaping, targeting, capturing - oh my!
• Train simple to complex behaviours using a clicker.
• Whether you have used a clicker before, or you want to
explore the clicker revolution, this class is for you.
• Open up a new way to communicate with your dog.
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15. Clicker Training
Who is this class designed for? Experience and inexperienced clicker
trainers!
What will my dog learn?
Shaping, capturing, free-shaping and targeting using the clicker.
Dates: Saturday, August 6 - Saturday, August 27 @ 10:30 a.m.
Fee: $180 + HST
- includes your own Inspired Dog clicker!
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16. August Topics Classes
The Inspired Dog Inc.
We’re located at: 232 North Queen
St. in Etobicoke, near Sherway
Gardens
Phone: (416) 620-9919
Email: dawn@inspireddog.ca
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