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BEHAVIOR TRAINING

Basic Dog Training at The SPCA
Open to all dogs 5 months and older.  This class is not designed for dogs with aggression issues.  If you are experiencing aggression problems with your dog, please contact Amanda for private training. 

START DATES:

Tuesday, August 31
Saturday, September 4 - CLASS FULL
Saturday, October 9

DURATION:

5 weeks

TIME:

Saturdays:
10:15 am to 11:15 am

Tuesdays:
5:00 to 6:00 pm

LOCATION:

SPCA Education Center

COST:

$90 Shelter Adoptees
$100 General Public

REGISTER:

Call 831-373-2631 x222 or click here to register online

INFORMATION: Be sure to bring a 4-6 foot leash and a flat collar for your dog.  Please, no choke chains, shock collars, or retractable leashes. Click here to see what you and your dog will learn in this class!  


Intermediate Dog Training at The SPCA
Open to dogs 5 months and older who have already passed Basic Dog Training at The SPCA or have met with the Pet Behavior Specialist for permission to join the class

START DATES:

TBD - Please call

DURATION:

5 weeks

TIME:

11:30 am to 12:30 pm

LOCATION:

SPCA Education Center

COST:

$90 Shelter Adoptees
$100 General Public

REGISTER:

Call 831-373-2631 x222 or click here to register online

INFORMATION: Be sure to bring a 4-6 foot leash and a flat collar for your dog.  Please, no choke chains, shock collars, or retractable leashes. Click here to see what you and your dog will learn in this class!  


Puppy Kindergarten at The SPCA

Open to p
uppies 5 months and younger

START DATE:

Saturday, September 4
Saturday, October 9

DURATION:

5 weeks

TIME:

Saturdays:
9 am to 10 am

LOCATION:

SPCA Education Center

COST:

$90 Shelter Adoptees
$100 General Public

REGISTER:

Call 831-373-2631 x222 or click here to register online

INFORMATION: Be sure to bring a 4-6 foot leash and a flat collar for your dog.  Please, no choke chains, shock collars, or retractable leashes. Click here to see what you and your dog will learn in this class!  



Out and About Dog Training
Have you ever said "my dog is perfect in class, but horrible on walks"?  This new class takes you and your dog into real-life situations to teach reliability despite the distractions of everyday life.  Classes take place at parks, trails, in town, or at shopping centers.  Open to dogs who have already passed Basic Dog Training at The SPCA or have met with the Pet Behavior Specialist for permission to join the class.  Please contact us for more information!

START DATES:

Saturday, September 4
Saturday, October 9

DURATION:

5 weeks

TIME:

3:00 - 4:00 pm

LOCATION:

TBD

COST:

$150

REGISTER:

Call 831-373-2631 x222 or click here to register online

INFORMATION: Be sure to bring a 4-6 foot leash and a flat collar for your dog.  Please, no choke chains, shock collars, or retractable leashes.


Agility for Fun Training Class

The SPCA's new Agility for Fun class lets you bond with your dog in a relaxed, non-competitive atmosphere.  Agility offers the reward of working as a team with your dog.  As your dog learns to negotiate jumps, weave poles, tunnels, seesaws, and other obstacles he also learns how to listen and focus on your lead.  Your dog will become more alert to your commands both in and out of class.

START DATES:

Saturday, September 4

DURATION:

5 weeks

TIME:

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

LOCATION:

SPCA Agility Field

COST:

$125 new students
$115 returning students

REGISTER:

Call 831-373-2631 x222 or click here to register online

INFORMATION: Be sure to bring a 4-6 foot leash and a flat collar for your dog.  Please, no choke chains, shock collars, or retractable leashes.


Bully Breeds Training Class
A special obedience training class just for pit bulls, boxers, rottweilers and other bully breeds and crosses five months and older.  The class will focus on basic commands, brush up on manners, and help present them as great ambassadors for their breeds.  This class is not designed for dogs with aggression issues.  If you are experiencing aggression problems with your dog, please contact Amanda for private training. 

START DATES:

TBD - Please call

DURATION:

5 weeks

TIME:

Saturdays:
11:30 am - 12:30 pm

LOCATION:

SPCA Education Center

COST:

$90 Shelter Adoptees
$100 General Public

REGISTER:

Call 831-373-2631 x222

INFORMATION: Be sure to bring a 4-6 foot leash and a flat collar for your dog.  Please, no choke chains, shock collars, or retractable leashes.



Trails & Tails
Join The SPCA for Monterey County for a beautiful back country dog-training hike! The SPCA is offering an exciting new class that lets you explore nature, enjoy amazing scenery, and put to use all the great behaviors you’ve taught your dog.  The SPCA sits on over two hundred acres full of beautiful trails with views that let you enjoy all that Monterey County has to offer.  This new class offers a one or two hour hike where we walk, work on leash manners, and practice recall using long leads.  We will also experience first hand the motto “a tired dog is a good dog!”

During this group setting you and your dog will form lasting friendships while you exercise and socialize with other hikers and their pets.  Please join The SPCA for our exciting new Trails & Tails class!

DATES:

TBD - Please call

DURATION:

1 day

TIME:

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

LOCATION:

SPCA Education Center

COST:

$15/session

REGISTER:

Call 831-373-2631 x222



Canine Good Citizen Training Class
This class helps prepare you and your dog to pass the Canine Good Citizen test.  Dogs must already have basic obedience.  The CGC tests the following: accepting a friendly stranger, sitting politely for petting, welcoming being groomed and examined, walking on a loose leash, walking through a crowd, sit and down on command and staying in place, coming when called, behaving politely around other dogs, reaction to distraction, and supervised separation.

START DATES:

TBD - Please call

DURATION:

4 weeks

TIME:

5:30 to 6:30 pm

LOCATION:

SPCA Education Center

COST:

$65 Shelter Adoptees
$75 General Public

Plus $25 for the CGC Test

REGISTER:

Call 831-373-2631 x222 or click here to register online

INFORMATION: Be sure to bring a 4-6 foot leash and a flat collar for your dog.  Please, no choke chains, shock collars, or retractable leashes. 

 


Did you know The SPCA also offers Private Behavior Consultations?

Teaching obedience commands alone will not address all behavioral problems. The SPCA offers consultations for you either at the shelter or in the convenience of your own home. 

These low-cost, hour-long private behavior consultations cost $40 at The SPCA or $65 in your own home for pets adopted from The SPCA.  For pets not adopted from us, the costs are $50 at The SPCA or $75 in your own home. 

Please call 831-373-2631 or 422-4721 x222 to talk to our Pet Behavior Specialist about an appointment.  You can also email us here.  Click here to learn more about private behavior consultations.


Did you know The SPCA has Free Behavior Handouts and a Free Behavior Helpline?

Click here to view or print out behavior tip sheets on everything from separation anxiety to litter box training!  Still need help?  No problem!  Call our free behavior helpline at 831-373-2631 or 422-4721 x222!  You can also "Ask the Experts" online!

 

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