Here at Canine Ambassador, we focus on more than just the sit, stay and basic commands.
Life experiences and relationships are just as important as obedience.
An obedient dog may follow instructions, but a well behaved, worldly dog needs less instruction in it's life.
We use relationship based training methods and the vast majority of our training is positive reinforcement reward based. However, we understand that dogs like every other mammal on this planet learn from both positive and negative consequences. Therefore unwanted, aggressive behaviour doesn't go unchecked, using minimal aversives.
We always aim to teach an alternative behaviour and coping skills once the aggression has been interrupted.
We teach rather than force to comply.
We focus on good leadership, not domination and don't believe in the old Alpha tales that dogs walking ahead of us or going through doors before us is that of a dog dominating the handler. It's simply not true!
With a strong focus on handler education through short videos, and a free copy of our digital handbook - which aims to answer each and every question about dog welfare, behaviour and development - we strive to be the middle ground between the traditional dominance based training and positive only methods.
Relationship between dog and handler is crucial for communication. Our aim is for a dog that favours the relationship with the handler. Not one that causes your dog to be attracted to or defensive of every dog it sees or encounters.
We practice fun relationship building and obedience exercises, but we also encourage discipline and respect within the relationship, which we believe to be crucial to a well adjusted dog that can go anywhere, anytime.
Our programme is usually longer than most others. Ambassador 1 covers 10 weeks and each class is 2 hours long. All with the aim of giving your dog enough time to settle in and adjust.
Our 2hr long classes often result in a content and relaxed dog.
Puppy club covers 7 weeks with 1 hour sessions.
Ambassador 2 is also 7 weeks long but with 2 hour sessions and is a good bit more intensive.
Come along and take the Canine Ambassador challenge today.