Service Dog School

 

April 2021 Service Dog School in Central Florida

March 31 to April 3, 2022
​from 9 am to 4 pm
at Jen Freilich’s At The End Of Your Leash
Riverside, California


Who:
This school is for anyone training - or thinking of training - a service dog. Professional dog trainers, service dog trainers, owner-trainers.

What:
An amazing, intensive, immersive 4 day service dog training school. Victoria has trained and used service dogs for the past 18 years.

We will cover:
• Framework you need to make all the training easier - including basics, advanced, off-leash, public access, service dog skills, service dog tasks
• How to charge the clicker with dynamite
• When and how to start training
• How to get that laser focus from your dog
• How to balance motivation and concentration
• The building blocks you need for successful service dog training
• Answers to your service dog questions
• The foundation skills that every service dogs must know
• Why you need to use the box with your dog, and how to get started
• Service Dog Gear, what do YOU need?
• How to break down tasks to set up for success
• What tests does a service dog need?
• The start of retrieve, a MUST for every service dog
• Proprioception, teaching your dog awareness of his body thru space
• How to start scent work with your dog
• Hope Service Dog's Public Access Test
• Dealing with questions and access issues



Why:
One of the things that sets us apart from other trainers is our unique service dog training program. We work with owner/trainers, guiding them thru all aspects of service dog training: basic, advanced, off-leash, public access, service dog skills, service dog tasks, evaluations, and more. We use NePoPo® in our service dog training school for a dog who loves to work with heart and soul.

We also founded Hope Service Dogs, Inc, a 501(c)3 nonprofit to breed, raise, train, and place service dogs with people with disabilities.



Cost:
10 working spots - $1600/person - working your dogs or ours.
Early bird special - register before September 30 for only $1400.

Spectator spots - $1000/person

Prefer a fixed monthly payment? Click below.

Register:
Only 10 working spots available.
Your spot is not reserved until both payment and form are received by Heart & Soul Dog Training.


After this school, you will be eligible to take our Advanced or Scent schools.

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