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This site was last updated 7-2008

Services

Group Classes

Start Dates

Contact Dale City Animal Hospital @ 703-670-6181 for information

Puppy K (under six months)

May 15 @ 7pm

Basic Manners & Training

May 18 @ 6pm

Advanced Manners & Traning

May 18 @ 5pm

See below for more information

Group classes or held through Dale City Animal Hospital. Preregistration is required. In fairness to others, please do not call the clinic to get on the list without registering or paying.  If you do not have your paperwork and payment in on time, you will not be registered for class.  If you cannot get payment in on time you must contact WWDT at least three days before the session begins.

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CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND FORMS.

Private Work

Call 703-730-8429 before 7 PM or E-mail

Private Sessions

Private sessions are offered in the Northern, VA area.  These are geared more for dogs with behavioral concerns making them not suited at that point for small group work. Payment must be received on the first class. 

Behavioral Consults

Concerned your dog may have problems but are not sure if you need a general obedience program or a behaviorist?  Need a consult regarding a behavioral issue?  House training issues?  Expecting a baby and need advice on preparing a dog? Whatever?  Then a consult may be a good choice.  Please have proof of rabies inoculations. Consults are filled on a first come basis.

Prenatal Sessions

Concerned about your dog and a new baby? Need some in home advice to prepare your dog for the new baby?  Need a consult regarding a behavioral issue?  Then a consult may be a good choice.  Please have proof of rabies inoculations.  Consults are filled on a first come basis.

Puppy Training/Manners

Is for puppies under six months of age.  The concentration in this class is on getting you used to working with your pup and how to handle typical puppy things as they arise - before they become issues later on! Basic commands, practical application of lessons, socialization, puppy manners and getting set to handle adolescence round out the program. The puppy must have completed three puppy boosters, have had Bordetella (kennel cough) and if 16 weeks, must have had rabies.             

Basic Training/Manners

Is for pups who have gone through P-K and adult dogs.  If you cannot schedule a Puppy-K class, younger pups will be allowed in Basic and the program scaled back to their needs as youngsters. This program has an emphasis on basic commands, practical application of lessons, manners, socialization and bonding.   This program is more structured than P-K as the older pups and dogs have longer attention spans and physically can handle more than the youngsters.  This class will also act as a basis for more advanced work.  All puppies and dogs must be current with all vaccines including kennel cough (bordetella)

Advanced Manners

This class will focus on a formal heel and finding heel position, teaching the dogs to do behaviors from a distance (such as go from a sit-stay to a down-stay without handler having to return to the dog), stop during a recall, etc. In order to participate, a dog must have good loose leash manners, able to stay in a sit and down while handler walks to the end of the leash and return, come reliably when called with mild distractions.

Memberships and Associations:

 Association of Pet Dog Trainers * International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants * United Shetland Sheepdog Association * Blue Ridge Shetland Sheepdog Club * Granite State Shetland Sheepdog Club * Will O'Wisp Shetland Sheepdogs

West Wind Dog Training is registered and licensed in Prince William County, VA and insured.