One-on-One Tutor

DIVAS HAVE GOOD MANNERS AND LIKE TO HAVE FUN, FUN, FUN!

Private Training Services

Is a polite “wait” the last thing your puppy contemplates when the front door swings open? When walking your exuberant dog, do neighbors avoid you for fear of becoming entangled in your flexi-lead or flattened by a high-spirited greeting? Is your dog a no show when called? We hear you.

A little one-on-one time with our expert tutor is just the thing you need to fine tune “stay”, freshen up “off” and “come”, and establish a successful loose-leash dog walking routine. Simply tell us what you want your dog to learn and together we’ll make it happen. Our customized dog training programs target a variety of issues and are dog and family friendly.

Good Housekeeping: Housetraining, crate training and confinement spaces
Handling: Enjoy being held and examined for grooming
Socialization with people, different environments, dog body language, dog-dog interactions
Basic Manners: fine tuning obedience and refreshing puppy kindergarten skills
Leash Manners: achieving focus on and off leash
Recall Manners: coming when called, with and without competing distractions
Door Manners: polite greetings, stop jumping and learn go to your place/bed/mat and stay
Resolving problem behaviors: barking, separation anxiety, destructive behaviors
Extra fun Circus tricks every dog loves to learn

Leash Manners Tutoring

Does your dog jump, whirl, and lecture fellow canines on daily walks? Wish your walking buddy could focus more on you instead? Our expert tutor will teach you a series of commands to make life simpler on daily outings. Your dog will learn to watch and listen for directions when you encounter surprises. Our expert tutor will teach you cues and signals to ease you and your dog into a relaxing leash-walking and wagging routine:

Watch Me
Let’s Go
Stop or Wait
Leave It
Heel & Swing
Sit-Stay
Look At That
911 U-Turn

Rocket Recall Tutoring

When you extend a formal invitation to come, is your dog a no-show? We will teach you how to plan a party that is so perfect your dog will sprint over the instant you call her. Our expert tutor will demonstrate and teach you how to:

Set-up a successful recall training session
Motivate your dog by rewarding with favorite things (toys, tug, treats)
Capture your dog’s attention among distractions
Achieve successful recalls from a distance
Maintain your dog’s enthusiasm to come when called — reliably — for the life of your dog

Door Manners Tutoring

Does your dog head up the welcoming committee at your home? When the doorbell rings, is “Great to see you” quickly followed by “Watch out for the dog”?
It’s time for a Diva Dogs intervention. Our expert tutor will help you replace chaotic behaviors with polite ones:

Down-Stay will replace running out the door
Sit-Stay and Go Say Hi will replace jumping on guests
Go to Your Bed and Stay will replace barking at the doorbell
Refresher on Come when called

Circus School Tutoring

The stage is set. The venue? Your living room. The audience? You, her biggest fan. It takes just as much practice and dedication for your dog to learn a trick as it does to master a down-stay. But there’s something about the involuntary smiling and frequent chuckling involved in the process of teaching your dog to play possum that leads to an unbreakable buddy bond. Plus, learning new things promotes better learning skills overall. That’s good for your dog and great for you. Our expert tutor will show you how to teach your dog new tricks, encouraging her to infuse her own personal style into each performance and teach you everything a good Ring Leader should know.

Shake
Rollover
Play Possum
Wave
Spin & Twirl
High Five
Put your toys away
Crawl
Take a bow