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Greetings!
Soggy Paws is pleased to welcome Chris Dignan as our in-house Dog Trainer. Chris is a wonderful trainer with years of experience training not only dogs, but also dolphins.
Our full schedule begins in the fall. For the summer, we wanted to give you a tease of the classes, styles, and seminars that we will offer.
OH...and we're offering some AMAZING discounts to make it easy, fun AND affordable for you to come check out more of what we are doing!
PS: We are ABSOLUTELY continuing our relationship with Animal Sense. Read below for more.
| Training the Dolphin Way? |
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OK, I'm going to give you my own, simplified explanation of what makes Chris' training unique.
Dogs, like all animals, already know how to give you the behaviors you want. It's our job, as pet parents, to help them understand what we're looking for. We do that through acknowledgement (clicks), rewards (treats and praise), consistency, and most importantly FUN.
Is every dog going to do performance? Not necessarily. Does every dog parent want to do performances. Probably not. Will any and every dog respond better if training is fun? Absolutely. Let Chris put a little FUN in your life.
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| July Mini-Class: Introduction to Clicker Training |
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Uptown, Sundays at 10:30 am
July 10, 17, 24, 31
Logan Square, Thursdays at 7:30 pm
July 7, 14, 21, 28
Our Mini-Class will provide you a 4-week version of our full 6-week class. The first week is hands on but dog free. You will focus on your timing and marking. Get this key skill down and you've won half the battle.
Weeks 2-4, you and your dog will have FUN learning new skills, tricks and more!
Regular Price: $120
INTRO PRICE: $60
Email training@soggypaws.com to sign up.
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| 2 week Experiential Seminars |
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Our Experiential Seminars are like cooking demos. We combine education, information and live demonstrations to give you just a taste of what we have to offer.
Our 2 week class allows you the chance to go home, practice your new skills, and return the next week to build on your in-class learning, take home assignments and new experiences.
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| Training Open House |
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Sundays in July
Uptown
Having trouble with your dog at home? Experiencing challenges while out on walks. Reserve an hour to talk with one of our trainers to help get you and your dog on the right track! We're just rolling out the training program here at Soggy Paws so take advantage of this introductory offer. Not having any trouble with your pups but you just want to teach them some tricks, we can do that too!
Regular Price: $75/hr, 3hr Package: $200
INTRO PRICE: $35/hr, 3hr Package: $110
Email training@soggypaws.com to schedule today.
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| Soggy Paws & Animal Sense |
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Soggy Paws will continue to partner with Animal Sense to deliver training.
We are firm believers in there is no one-size-fits-all, for dogs or people. That applies to stores, groomers, vets, dog walkers and even trainers.
Chris' style is unique and while we think any dog can benefit from Chris' methods, we also know that he's not going to be a perfect fit for every person.
Animal Sense, a trusted Soggy Paws partner since 2005, will continue to offer top rated classes in solution based training.
In fact, we have a new round of classes starting in July.
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Chris Dignan |
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Chris Dignan is amazing! He has worked with marine mammals since 1997 and training dogs since 2004.
Chris was the Lead Trainer for the show ""Pet Training The Shedd Way"- a stage show featuring former shelter dogs trained with marine mammal cues and techniques.
Chris also is the Founder and Director of Training of the Dog Saving Network, and producer of Life's Ruff, a live performance/game show at the Gorilla Tango Theater featuring former rescue dogs. In fact, that's how we met Chris, through his inspiring work with DSN.
See Brian Williams of NBC rave about Chris
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