Sentences with phrase «past dog obedience training»

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Most dog fanciers agree that there are three types of intelligence in dogs — instinctive intelligence (the ability to do what they were bred for), adaptive intelligence (the ability to use their past experiences to solve problems) and obedience intelligence (the ability to learn behaviours in response to training from their handler).

• Past President and current member of the Connecticut Animal Control Association • Member of the National Coalition developing response plans for FEMA in the event of national disasters (she does not work for FEMA) • Consultant on the Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control Committee (she is the only lay person on the panel) • Evaluator for Animal Control Departments throughout the United States, ensuring compliance with National Standards • Board of Directors of the New England Animal Control / Humane Academy in New Hampshire currently serving as Assistant Director & Instructor • National Task Force for Animal Hoarding • New England and State of Connecticut Task Force for Animal Fighting • Member of the New England Stock Dog Association • Member of Curriculum Advisory Committee, University of New Hampshire, Thompson School of Applied Science Teaching Experience: • Cruelty Investigation Instructor for Police Officers and Animal Control Officers • Certified as an Instructor to teach at the FBI and Police Academy • Teaches Cruelty Investigation, Criminal Law and First Aid to Police, Animal Control and Humane Officers at the University of New Hampshire • National and Connecticut Animal Control Association • Numerous Kennel Clubs and Schools Author — National Animal Control Association Training Guide — Disaster Planning American Kennel Club • Certified Canine Good Citizen (CGC) evaluator • Completed Obedience requirements for becoming an AKC Obedience Judge.

Although many of the dogs we rescue may have had some obedience training or house training in their past, because we often don't know their history, every dog is a bit like a puzzle that we have to put together one piece at a time to solve the mystery of that particular dog.

Once past puppy and basic obedience training, these dogs can learn trick training, advanced obedience, hand signals, agility, tracking, and more.

We do not have a shelter and all dogs are in private homes where wonderful people — our fosters — help their foster dogs recover from their past, learn household manners, firm up house training, learn basic obedience commands and check out how they do with kids of various ages, other dogs and cats.

Thompson explains the rationale behind not only focusing on rescue dogs for Healing Species, but ones that sometimes have a troubled past — and why they don't provide these dogs obedience training.

Conversely, an adult shelter dog has often had some obedience training (he'll need more, but not as much as a puppy), is usually past the mouthy stage, and may be housetrained already (or at least halfway there - at any rate, he is equipped to «hold it» longer than a puppy).