Maya, Pumpkin and Domino's In Kennel Training

Today, we are proud to announce the graduation of papillons, Maya and Domino and Chihuahua, Pumpkin from The Collared Scholar's In Kennel Program. You may have read about the trio earlier in the blog. They joined us for in kennel training because they were having issues with housebreaking and basic manners.

The trio stayed at Metropawlitan Dog where they played in daycare all day long with training sessions in between. For the housebreaking portion, they came home with me. All in all, they were amazing guests! They loved their training sessions and did phenomenally well on the housebreaking!

Prior to joining us for in kennel training, the trio ran the house. When someone came to the door, they would bark and jump on them. Because of this, we decided to really imprint a place command. We taught the dogs to go to their "place" and stay there when told. This is particularly useful when people come to the door or when you are eating dinner and don't want dogs begging at your feet! There are a ton of uses for the place command so we thought this would be a great solution to the problem. We also taught the dogs to lie down, heel and come to their names. They were taught house manners such as not jumping on the furniture, not begging, and most importantly, they were taught to use the bathroom outside.

Check out this video of them showing off just a little of the obedience they learned while they were with us!