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GUIDES CANINS’s training activities are organized and structured based on the groups attending and the target audience. The content and duration are adapted to the guests specifications. They are designed for people of all ages who want to discover or learn more about their best friends!

These workshops are held several times a year. Check the registration forms for dates and prices and to reserve your spot.

Grooming

What should you do between visits to the groomer? Grooming plays an important role in your best friend’s wellbeing. Our grooming workshops are designed to teach you about the techniques, tools and products you should use to achieve the best results.

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First Aid

When an emergency situation (one that endangers the dog’s life) arises, the dog’s owner becomes the first responder—the person who provides immediate assistance. The owner’s response plays a determining role in the success of the situation and in the dog’s chances of survival before veterinary assistance can be obtained. So you need to be prepared! We’ll discuss how to recognize the signs of pain and discomfort, how to identify problems and emergencies and how to prepare a first-aid kit.

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Kids and K9s

Did you know that:

• Each year there are 460,000 dog bite victims in Canada
• In the majority of cases, the dog is known to the victim
• Generally, the victims are kids
• 1 child in 2 is bitten before the age of 12
• The face is the most affected body part

Consequently, this workshop is very important for future parents or families with children and dogs. Learn how to prevent problems by gaining an understanding of the dog and by supervising interactions between your kids and your four-legged family members.

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Agility "Fix it"

The goals of these " FIX IT " workshops are to give your agility team a chance to work on certain specific skills that you would like to improve. Our regular agility classes often do not allow us to spend a lot of time on a certain subject or particular skills, as such this is the reason these workshops are offered between sessions. These will give you the opportunity, the time and the expertise of an instructor so that you can practice or improve certain skills. You may use these experiences to help your team improve for your classes, to give you the necessary tools to move to the next level of classes, to improve your performance in competition or simply to work on more challenging skills. These workshops are open to teams of all levels; they are planned with the participants' expectations and goals in mind.

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Obedience: Walk on leash & Jumping on people

The goals of these obedience workshops are to give you and your dog a chance to work on certain specific skills that you would like to improve. Our regular obedience classes often do not allow us to spend a lot of time on a certain subject or particular skills, as such this is the reason these workshops are offered several times a year, between sessions.

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Massage

Basic massage techniques like effleurage, petrissage, TTouch and stretching are covered in our massage workshops and easily applied to your dog. You will also learn to read their physical language in reaction to the massage. It's a great way to enhance the connection between you and your dog.

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Canine Sports Conditionning

Whether your dog does Agility, Flyball, Tracking, is a Disc dog or is into Dock Diving, we know that in order to keep your pet/athlete around for many years, proper strength, exercise and conditioning is a necessary part of his everyday training. This workshop will focus on teaching different stretching and strengthening techniques, endurance, balance, coordination and proprioceptive exercises. Whether your dog is a beginner or at master's levels, we will teach new and fun training options to prevent and to reduce the risk of injuries.

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Understanding the canine language

• The dog's capacity to learn
• How to approach a dog
• How to read a dog and recognize fearful or aggressive behaviours vs. a dog at ease
• Bite prevention

Information on choosing a puppy

• Choosing the right dog: A puppy or an adult? Purebred or mix?
• Recognizing a good breeder
• Selecting a puppy or adult dog based on your needs

Preventing and modifying behaviour problems

• These days our dogs are unemployed-give them a job to do!
• The problem with dogs: humans! Understanding normal behaviours
• Problem management = working on leadership
• Using the available tools to manage problems (crate, halter, educational toys)
• Prognosis

Using the Gentle Leader Headcollar

• Canine principles
• Philosophy and use of the Gentle Leader
• Fitting, adjustment and use
• Maintenance and weaning

Canine behaviour and pet therapy

• One or several themes listed above adapted within a context of pet therapy
• The risks of zoonoses (diseases that can be transmitted from animal to human)

Presence of animals in schools and pre-schools (daycares, nursery schools, etc.)

• Evaluating and understanding the behaviour of different species in the presence of children
• Basic care depending on the species (veterinary care and maintenance) The risks of zoonoses (diseases that can be transmitted from animal to human)
  

Demonstrations

CHIENS SHOW is GUIDES CANINS 's demonstration team. We're active in a number of environments where dogs are considered important. Our goal is to share the joy of training and to demonstrate the importance of basic training in ensuring a harmonious dog/owner relationship in the hope that our motivation and desire to spend time with our dogs will be contagious! We are very flexible in terms of the organization, structure and presentation of our demonstrations, which are geared to the target audience, the environment and surface provided as well as the type of event. We are available for occasional or regular demonstrations of specific canine sports or friendly competitions.

Our availability and presentation costs are subject to negotiation. Production fees are determined based on vehicle and equipment rental, organization time, number of participants, etc. Contact us!

The GUIDES CANINS Academy offers an educational program for professionals and for the general public, which addresses those who would like to make the canine world their career, to improve their present skills or simply to learn to live harmoniously with their dog.

This educational program is comprised of several hours and covers different modules such as:

• Preventive Health Care
• Canine Behaviour
• Canine Good Neighbours
• Basic Care and Hygiene
• Canine Sports
• First Aid for Dogs
• Breeding
• Nutrition
• Purchasing/Acquiring a Dog
• The Business of Dogs

This is a flexible, dynamic and practical program that is offered twice per year. For 2012, the program is only offered in French. To find out more about the content of the modules, when they are offered or to obtain a registration form, follow this link.