WELCOME TO OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
Your Next Chapter
The Phoenix K9 Mentorship Program is suited to any aspiring dog trainers, current dog trainers keen to keep learning and developing, dog walkers looking to expand on their skills, and dog owners who are extremely passionate and interested in learning more about their own dogs and dog behaviour. The program is 6 months long, and covers all things dog training, students also get the opportunity to chat with some very well known international guest speakers within the industry throughout the program. The PHX K9 Mentorship Program is a combination of virtual learning and in person training at the Mentorship meet up days. My program is renowned for creating a supportive, family-like environment between the students, most of which become extremely good friends during the Mentorship Program.
TOPICS COVERED
Basics+TOOLS
- Marker words and marker systems, both simple and advanced
- The Building Block Foundations of training
- Utilising drive, Channelling drive, Capping drive
- Discovering different drives
- Windows of opportunity
- Luring Skills
- Increasing motivation behind behaviours
- Free Shaping, the power of making your dog THINK
- Engagement Building
- On switch / Off Switch
- Prong Collar Conditioning and Handling
- Ecollar Conditioning
- Ecollar Aversion Training
- Slip Leads + Slip Collars Conditioning
- Harnesses and Flexi Leashes
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TOPICS COVERED
Behaviour Modification + Building Strong Foundations
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- Place Command vs Settling
- Bite History Rehab and Training
- Tackling a wide range of Behavioral Issues; Separation Anxiety, Resource Guarding, Reactivity, Aggression
- Crate training games, solutions, and problems
- Loose Leash Walking and Leash communication skills
- Building a solid reliable recall
TOPICS COVERED
Puppies
- Puppy raising chronicles
- Sport dogs vs Pet dogs
- Crate/Freedom ratios
- Exposure and Socialization
- Creating a working relationship from day one
- Fear Periods
- The fundamentals and foundations
- Potty Training
- Selecting a puppy
TOPICS COVERED
Play
- The art of play
- Play & Behaviour Modification
- Cooperative Play
- Troubleshooting tug, fetch and flirt pole, tailoring the session to suit your dog
- Getting the most out of your sessions
- Figuring out how your dog likes to play
- Reducing Conflict in the game
- Teaching an OUT
TOPICS COVERED
Rescuing a Dog
- Adopting an adult dog with an independent past
- Adopting a pup taken away from its mother before 8 weeks
- Most important aspects of training to begin with when you adopt a dog
- Utilising the pyramid of safety
- Working out the dog’s limits and triggers early on and working through their thresholds
- Fostering and Rehoming a dog
TOPICS COVERED
Advanced Obedience
- Sit, down, stand cycle with perfect form and execution
- Focused Heeling
- Contact Heeling
- Building Motivation and Energy behind behaviours
- Holds and Retrieves
- Hurdles and Obstacles
- Independent work away from the handler
- Tracking, Detection, Mantrailing and Indicating
TOPICS COVERED
Working Dogs
- Getting into working dogs
- Picking the right working breed for you
- Highs and lows of owning a high drive working breed
- Sports, avenues of work and getting your foot in the door
- Myths of what you can and cannot do with a working puppy
- Gun Dog Basics
- Raising a puppy with an equal amount of handler engagement and independence
- Dealing with intense behaviours at an early age
- Genetic aggression and how to handle it and channel it into the right outlets
- Different sports, how they differ, which one is right for you?
TOPICS COVERED
Running A
Business
- Setting up your dog walking / dog training company
- Useful advertising
- Social Media tips and tricks
- Finding Clients
- Pricing
- Finding your community of like minded individuals
- Client Communication
- Fees and Services Offered
- Contracts and Insurance
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
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Weekly 2-4 hour Webinar covering a specific topic with Q&A
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1 x private 60 minute zoom call with me every other week.
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Opportunity to send me videos of your training for feedback and critique.
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WhatsApp group for the highs and lows of dog training and group questions/stories for all students.
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Weekly training videos from me to show you my own training, etc
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Weekly challenge where I set you a ‘goal/task’ to achieve with feedback and video demos from me too. Business consultations to discuss business growth, challenges, client issues, client dogs etc, setting up your business.
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Help with client dogs if you get stuck with solving a behavioural issue.
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Advice and technique for the use of different tools
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Live stream of some of my lessons with clients.
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Guest Speakers once per month (other trainers and dog people)
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What Are The Perks?
- Become part of a supportive, family-like network and create friendships for life within the dog training industry.
- Receive a Lifetime discount of 50% off Private Lessons and Virtual Lessons with Ches or Angie and 20% off group classes. (You must complete the full 6 month program to receive the discount.)
- Receive early bird offer booking priority for all future Phoenix K9 Training Events and Seminars.
- You will be invited to future Mentorship Meet Up Days.
- Mention this course completion on your websites, it’s one of the most intensive and extensive online courses for dog trainers out there!