1. Welcome to Dog School

2. Why? Prevent problem behaviours
Less relinquished and dumped dogs
Less dogs being PTS in pounds and rescues
Less dogs being PTS in vet practices
More behaviour resource within DT centres, lessen the pressure on TBAs
Become the leading voice in training and behaviour within the UK

3. The Dog School Journey
Early 2015
6 Dog Schools piloted providing basic obedience classes
April 2016
Development of Dogs Trust Dog School began
September 2016
7 new Dog Schools join the team (13 total)
Early 2017
10 further teams recruited (23 total)
March 2017
Official launch of Dogs Trust Dog School
20th March 2017
DogsTrustDogSchool.org.uk goes live
Late 2017
Expansion of the 23 locations.

4. The Team

5. Our locations Bristol Darlington Devon Doncaster Dorset East Anglia
East Midlands
Edinburgh
Essex
Glasgow
Hampshire
Hertfordshire
Kent
Leeds
Leicestershire
London
Manchester
Merseyside
Northern Ireland
Nottinghamshire
Shropshire
South Wales
Surrey
Sussex
West Midlands
West Yorkshire

6. Training Classes

7. Course background 15 classes per week, per school
Each centre will run classes in various locations
Maximum 6 dogs per class
At least 2 instructors per class + volunteers
Courses last 5 weeks with a free introductory session beforehand to cover body language, communication, and basic learning theory.
Courses available:
Puppy Life Skills (NB: puppies must be 16 weeks or under at time of first class)
Rescue Dog Life Skills
Adult Dogs
£50 per course, £40 for Dogs Trust Dogs or dogs referred via other rescue centres.

8. Content of classes A focus on learning for life
Teach dogs how to be confident, calm, relaxed, and happy and create trusting relationships with owners.
Socialisation (with dogs and people)
Habituation (new situations, sounds, objects)
Handling
Settle
Manners
Loose lead walking
Preventing and overcoming problem behaviours with positive, reward-based methods
Basic Obedience
Sit, down, recall, leave, loose lead walking, jumping up
Preventing and overcoming problem behaviours with positive methods

9. Behaviour Seminars & Workshops
Could add more here about topics / timings etc

10. Seminars
Seminars will be run about once a month by the Dog School teams.
Various locations in and around the rehoming centre and catchment area of each Dog School.
Aimed at owners and other members of the public, rather than at behaviour experts
Tickets sold to public by Dog School staff.
Example topics:
Separation anxiety
Preparing your dog for fireworks night
Puppy socialisation
Staff welcome to attend when rotas allow.
Carolyn Menteith, a behaviourist, will also be running seminars at all Dog Schools with tickets available to the public.

11. 1-2-1 Consultations
Stress that it isn’t the main focus of Dog School.

12. 1-2-1 Consultations
Training consultations – for owners who need a little extra help with general training , or whose dogs struggle with the class environment e.g.
Recall
Loose-lead walking
Manners at the door
1-2-1s are not the main focus of Dog School – our vision revolves around the prevention of problem behaviours but Dog School recognise that there certain dogs and owners that will need more attention than others.

13. Happy dogs, happy Owners...