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How We Train Dogs

All classes are taught with positive reinforcement. There is no force used in teaching these classes. We teach your dog to work for you because it is fun, not because they are scared to do any thing else. I am a firm believer in teaching people and their canine friends to have fun with training. Dogs are not trying to take over the world or your life they just need some helpful guidance in the right direction. It is a big but wonderful responsibility owning a dog please take it seriously.
Ginger Alpine, CPDT-KA


Payments

CHECKS:
Send a copy of your dog’s shot record, print and fill out Class Application form and send a check/money order for the amount due to the address below in order to reserve a spot in class.

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27548 Royalton Road, Columbia Station, Ohio 44028

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E-mail or send a copy of your dog's shot record, fill out:Class Application form.

When payment is received a reminder post card or e-mail will be mailed to you.
If any questions please feel free to e-mail ginger@fortunatefido.com

Forms (downloadable as PDF files):
Class Application Form
Release Form

 

Training CLASSES

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All Classes are held at:
27548 Royalton Road Columbia Station, Ohio 44028

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Each class is limited to 8 dogs or less.

Puppy class may have more puppies do to early socialization.

February 2 , 10:00am Conformation class 6 week- class. Taught by Shirley Sherman. Owner/ Handler of Field Spaniels for the last 13 years.  $90

Feb 5, 2:00pm to 5:00pm Relax; A Seminar for the Reactive Dog- $150.00 working spot- working spots are limited to 4. $75.00 to audit the seminar, auditing spots are limited to 10.

Feb 11, 6:00pm to 8:00 MOVIE NIGHT ! $15.00 Come enjoy a movie and popcorn with your canine friend and others. Limit 10 dogs. Bring you mutt mat and work on your dog relaxing while you watch a movie. Movie nights will be on the 2nd Saturday of each month.

February 9, 3:00pm Agility For Fun class -   6 weeks- 1 hour each week. Each training class is with you and your dog. You and your dog must complete the pre-sports class and/or be approved by the agility/flyball teacher. $85 Click for Details.

February 9, 8:00pm GO TO BED"-Workshop $45.00- Limit 8 dogs, your dog must be a client of Fortunate Fido. In this doggie workshop we will teach our dogs to go to a mat! This mat will be included in the price!
A great product that you can roll up and take with you!! e-mail ginger@fortunatefido.com or call 440-236-9083

February 16, 8:00pm TUG of WAR Workshop $30.00 Included in this workshop will be a tug toy. You will be working on building drive and using play as a reward for your dog. This is a great workshop. Come join the fun!

February 20, 6:30pm Relax - This class fills months ahead of time, Keep a look out on the calendar for up coming Relax classes.

February 22 , 6:30pm Puppy Play and Train class
6 weeks – 1 hour each week. This class is designed to help socialize your puppy to his or her environment. $120 Click for Details.

February 22 , 8:00pm Beginner Dog class  
6 week class- 1 hour each week - for dogs 5 months and older. Learn attention, sit, down, recall/come, walking nice on leash. $120 Click for Details.

February 23, 6:30pm Pre-sports class  
4 weeks- 1 hour each week. This dog training class is designed to work on more attention, we encourage lots of play drive. These skills will help your dog learn to love to work for you. $70 Click for Details

February 23, 8:00pm Focus on Sports - For Relax Dogs - This class fills months ahead of time, Keep a look out on the calendar for up coming Relax classes

February 23, 4:30pm -Nose Work Class!- we have made our poplar Nose work shop into a  4 week class! $70.00

February 24, 7:15pm Attention @Heel 6 week- 1 hour each week. Each training class is with you and your dog. You will learn the art of heeling! This class helps with focus and better handling and heeling skills. $85

March 2, 4:30pm C-WAGS - Rally Obedience -off leash
6 weeks- 1 hour each week. .We work on advanced courses of C-WAGS rally off leash to insure the dogs have a great time. $85

March 2, 6:00pm C-WAGS - Rally Obedience -off leash
6 weeks- 1 hour each week. .We work on advanced courses of C-WAGS rally off leash to insure the dogs have a great time. $85

April 4 , 6:30pm Puppy Play and Train class
6 weeks – 1 hour each week. This class is designed to help socialize your puppy to his or her environment. $120 Click for Details.

April 4 , 8:00pm Beginner Dog class  
6 week class- 1 hour each week - for dogs 5 months and older. Learn attention, sit, down, recall/come, walking nice on leash. $120 Click for Details.

 

 

 

Pre-sports class  
4 weeks- 1 hour each week. This dog training class is designed to work on more attention, we encourage lots of play drive. These skills will help your dog learn to love to work for you. $70 Click for Details

Flyball class  6 weeks- 1 hour each week. Each class is with you and your dog. You and your dog must complete the pre-sports class and/or be approved by the agility/flyball teacher. $85 Click for Details

C-WAGS - Rally Obedience -off leash
6 weeks- 1 hour each week. .We work on advanced courses of C-WAGS rally off leash to insure the dogs have a great time. $85

NEW! RECALL CLASS, $100- 4 weeks, we work on nothing but coming when called exercises! This will be a great class! Lots of fun, plus a skill everydog needs to have! limit 5 dogs.

Beginner Dog class  
6 week class- 1 hour each week - for dogs 5 months and older. Learn attention, sit, down, recall/come, walking nice on leash. $120 Click for Details.

C-WAGS - Rally Obedience -on leash
6 weeks- 1 hour each week. .We work on zoom and starter courses of C-WAGS rally to insure the dogs have a great time. $85

Relax- This class fills months ahead of time, Keep a look out on the calendar for up coming Relax classes

Beginner Dog class  
6 week class- 1 hour each week - for dogs 5 months and older. Learn attention, sit, down, recall/come, walking nice on leash. $120 Click for Details.
Flyball class  6 weeks- 1 hour each week. Each class is with you and your dog. You and your dog must complete the pre-sports class and/or be approved by the agility/flyball teacher. $85 Click for Details

Workshops, Seminars and more!

GO TO BED"-Workshop $45.00- Limit 8 dogs, your dog must be a client of Fortunate Fido. In this doggie workshop we will teach our dogs to go to a mat! This mat will be included in the price!
A great product that you can roll up and take with you!! e-mail ginger@fortunatefido.com or call 440-236-9083

$75.00 C.L.A.S.S., or Canine Life and Social Skills, is an educational program to promote training focused on the use of positive reinforcement and to strengthen relationships between humans and their canine companions. C.L.A.S.S. is a three-level evaluation for dog owners to demonstrate the real-life skills of their dogs, as well as a knowledge assessment of the owners’ understanding of basic dog handling and care. Read more...

Open Flyball Practice - 1-2 hours depending number of participants.
- Previous flyball experience necessary (class or competition)
- Dogs must be able to be safely confined while not working
- Max 2 dogs per person
$15.00 per dog        Susanna Woycitzky, supervisor

The Click Retrieve - Fetch workshop $30.00, Limit 8 dogs, your dog must be a client of Fortunate Fido. In this doggie workshop we will teach our dogs to Fetch! This is a wonderful game to learn to play with your canine friend. Any dog can learn to Fetch, even if they are not a retriever! This is also a great class if you need work on your dog picking up a dumbbell and coming back to you!

TUG of WAR Workshop $30.00 Included in this workshop will be a tug toy. You will be working on building drive and using play as a reward for your dog. This is a great workshop. Come join the fun!

MOVIE NIGHT!  $15.00 Come enjoy a movie and popcorn with your canine friend and others. Limit 10 dogs. Bring you mutt mat and work on your dog relaxing while you watch a movie. Movie nights will be on the 2nd Saturday of each month.

Recall- Workshop $35.00- Limit 6 dogs, your dog must be a client of Fortunate Fido. In this doggie workshop we will teach our dogs to come when called using a whistle! It is lots of Fun! whistle included. e-mail ginger@fortunatefido.com or call 440-236-9083

Make a Leash-workshop! $15.00 per leash. Come enjoy a night out with a few friends and make a leash for your canine friend. This is a people only workshop. you must call,e-mail or pay on line for the workshop so we have enough supplies.

POLITE GREETINGS! $75.00 - This workshop is to help your dog greet nicely at the door. We will be using our wonderful Mutt Mat (included) for this exercise and we will have a demo of the Manners Minder, you will also be able to order the Manners Minder at a discount. This will be a 1 1/2 hour workshop, with a break and the chance for you dog to have lots of practice with many people!

Game Night $15.00 - Come play games with your canine friends!

Canine Body Language- Seminar $25.00
Slide show and video, This is a great presentation to help us learn how dogs speak! a light snack will be provided.

Therapy dog- Cost for one handler/one dog -- $95, additional handlers/same dog -- $25, handlers/auditors only -- $45. Many people ask "how do you train a therapy dog?" 
While there is training involved so your therapy dog knows what is expected of her and what to do, this workshop's first priority is helping the handlers to know if they and their dogs are right for therapy work, what type(s) of therapy work would be best for the teams, and what training they need to be good therapy dog teams.  Our Therapy Dog workshop will give you information on the many ways therapy dogs are used and the places that welcome therapy dogs. Read more...

 

Classes offered

 

Foundation class:

Puppy Play and Train class
6 weeks – 1 hour each week. This class is designed to help socialize your puppy to his or her environment. $120 Click for Details.

Puppy S.T.A.R.   6 week puppy level 2 class, an AKC program. $85 Click for Details.

Beginner Dog class
6 week class- 1 hour each week - for dogs 5 months and older. Learn attention, sit, down, recall/come, walking nice on leash. $120 Click for Details.

Attention @Heel 6 week- 1 hour each week. Each training class is with you and your dog. You will learn the art of heeling! This class helps with focus and better handling and heeling skills. $85

Pre-sports class  
4 weeks- 1 hour each week. This dog training class is designed to work on more attention, we encourage lots of play drive. These skills will help your dog learn to love to work for you. $70 Click for Details

 

Special needs:

Relax- This class fills months ahead of time, Keep a look out on the calendar for up coming Relax classes

Fearful Fido; Building a Confident Dog $150, 4 week class

 

Sports:

Flyball class  6 weeks- 1 hour each week. Each class is with you and your dog. You and your dog must complete the pre-sports class and/or be approved by the agility/flyball teacher. $85 Click for Details

Open Flyball Practice - 1-2 hours depending number of participants.
- Previous flyball experience necessary (class or competition)
- Dogs must be able to be safely confined while not working
- Max 2 dogs per person
$15.00 per dog        Susanna Woycitzky, supervisor

Agility For Fun class -   6 weeks- 1 hour each week. Each training class is with you and your dog. You and your dog must complete the pre-sports class and/or be approved by the agility/flyball teacher. $85 Click for Details.

Agility Beginner  6 weeks- 1 hour each week. Each training class is with you and your dog. You and your dog must complete the pre-sports class and/or be approved by the agility/flyball teacher. $85 Click for Details.

 

Special interest:

Conformation class 4 week- class. Taught by Shirley Sherman. Owner/ Handler of Field Spaniels for the last 13 years.  $70

Tracking class- call or e-mail for more info. We only offer this class 2 times a year. Tracking class is a 4 week clas, $70.00.

Nose Work Class!- we have made our poplar Nose work shop into a  4 week class! $70.00

Tricks class  4 weeks- 1 hour each week. This class is designed to work on having fun with tricks. If you have been in our classes you know every thing is a trick! $70 Click for Details.

Obedience:

C-WAGS - Obedience levels 1 and 2 In this 6 week course we will cover the rules and guidelines of C-WAGS Obedience- A new dog sport! $85 Click for Details.

C-WAGS - Rally Obedience -on leash
6 weeks- 1 hour each week. .We work on zoom and starter courses of C-WAGS rally to insure the dogs have a great time. $85

C-WAGS - Rally Obedience -off leash
6 weeks- 1 hour each week. .We work on advanced courses of C-WAGS rally off leash to insure the dogs have a great time. $85

C-WAGS Obedience levels 3 and 4.  4 week class, You and your dog come each night and learn all about levels 3 and 4 in C-WAGS. You must have a C-WAGS level 1 or 2 title or completed the C-WAGS 1 class, $70

Agility Foundation on Groundwork - Workshop 2 hour workshop, $35.00. In this doggie workshop we will teach our dogs and handler groundwork. To sign up for this workshop e-mail ginger@fortunatefido.com or call 440-236-9083

Social Hours - For social hours check the calendar. Supervised play for 1 hour, Learn all kinds of dog communication skills by just watching dogs play! It is great fun! You and Your dog must be a client of Fortunate Fido and your dog must be under 1 year old unless approved by Ginger. $10.00

Private Training Hour call or e-mail to set up a private training lesson. This is a one hour lesson with your trainer of choice. Pick and choose what you would like to work on. It could be as simple as learning more about your puppy, training impulse control, a private agility course, private flyball instructors, teaching your dog to relax around other dogs, and more... $ 75.00 an hour.