BEST FRIENDS DOG TRAINING AND BEHAVIOUR
  • HOME
    • Mission, Beliefs, Values
    • THE 4 Pillars
  • PUPPIES
    • Register for At Home Private Sessions
  • TEENS
    • Register for Teen Tyrants
    • Class Policies
    • C0VID-19 Health and Safety Measures
  • MANNERS
    • Register for Manners and Life Skills
  • FEAR & AGGRESSION
    • Register for help with fear, aggression, reactivity
  • NOSEWORK
    • Register for The Nose Knows
    • Class Policies for Nosework
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • THE HUMAN END OF THE LEASH
    • Fun with food delivery!
    • On Your Mark!
    • Cue Tips!
    • I Shall Release You!
  • PUPPY POWER
    • Take a Puppy Quiz!
    • The First 16 Weeks
    • 16 - 24 Weeks
    • Socializing Your Puppy - Overview!
    • Socializing Your Puppy with People!
    • Socializing Your Puppy with Dogs
    • Puppy Biting!
    • Handling
    • Check-Ins!
    • The Name Game
  • WELCOME TO TEEN TYRANTS!
    • Teenager Survival Guide!
    • Too Cool for School!
    • Checking In!
    • Go Say Hi!
    • That doggie's not for you!
    • Calling All Dogs!
    • Four on the floor!
    • Yielding to leash pressure
    • The Name Game!
    • Food manners and leave it
    • Wait
    • Targeting
  • INTRO TO WINTERGREEN LESSON 1
  • INTRODUCTION TO WINTERGREEN LESSON 2

Manners and Life Skills

Is your dog jumping up on people? Surfing the counters? Not coming when called? Pulling on leash?

​We can help. 

The key to training good manners is to make it easy for your dog to do the right thing and harder to do the wrong thing! We train using "trial and success!" We set your dog up for success right from the start so that problem behaviours are not being rehearsed and reinforced. 

We help you break things down to make it easy for your dog to learn new skills. And we help you ensure your dog's needs are being met through enrichment and exercise recommendations that provide good outlets for your dog's energy and opportunities to express natural behaviours.  

We teach a core set of "life skills" that help dogs learn to live happily, peacefully, and confidently in our human world. These include coming when called, walking on a loose leash, settling on a mat, greeting other dogs politely and learning not to greet unless given permission to do so (mind your beeswax!), leave it, drop it, and wait and stay.

We also believe strongly in cooperative care and can teach you how to give your dog a voice in husbandry tasks such as brushing, and nail clipping. 

We meet with you in your home or in a public place to practice the skills learned. 

Single session @ $75
3 session package @ $200 ($25 saving)
5 session package @ $325 ($50 saving) 


Register for Manners and Life Skills
​Private Training

  • HOME
    • Mission, Beliefs, Values
    • THE 4 Pillars
  • PUPPIES
    • Register for At Home Private Sessions
  • TEENS
    • Register for Teen Tyrants
    • Class Policies
    • C0VID-19 Health and Safety Measures
  • MANNERS
    • Register for Manners and Life Skills
  • FEAR & AGGRESSION
    • Register for help with fear, aggression, reactivity
  • NOSEWORK
    • Register for The Nose Knows
    • Class Policies for Nosework
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • THE HUMAN END OF THE LEASH
    • Fun with food delivery!
    • On Your Mark!
    • Cue Tips!
    • I Shall Release You!
  • PUPPY POWER
    • Take a Puppy Quiz!
    • The First 16 Weeks
    • 16 - 24 Weeks
    • Socializing Your Puppy - Overview!
    • Socializing Your Puppy with People!
    • Socializing Your Puppy with Dogs
    • Puppy Biting!
    • Handling
    • Check-Ins!
    • The Name Game
  • WELCOME TO TEEN TYRANTS!
    • Teenager Survival Guide!
    • Too Cool for School!
    • Checking In!
    • Go Say Hi!
    • That doggie's not for you!
    • Calling All Dogs!
    • Four on the floor!
    • Yielding to leash pressure
    • The Name Game!
    • Food manners and leave it
    • Wait
    • Targeting
  • INTRO TO WINTERGREEN LESSON 1
  • INTRODUCTION TO WINTERGREEN LESSON 2