Absolute Canine goes beyond being mere trainers. Our devoted team of experts is wholeheartedly dedicated to revolutionizing the lives of dogs and their owners. Absolute Canine utilizes balanced training methods beginning with positive reinforcement, a comprehensive curriculum, with lasting results!
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- New Hope, Pennsylvania
- ipodogsport@gmail.com
- 215-915-3647
- Mon-Sat : 8:00 AM to 07:00 PM
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Absolute Canine
What We Offer
The goal of our programs is to influence and educate each dog and their family for successful, symbiotic living. Our training programs create an effective means for communication between you and your dog. Our training is balanced, operant based and utilizes a marker system.
Your dog will learn:
- Training concepts
- Manners
- What it means to have a leader
- Self-control
- Principles
- Accountability
- Consequences
- Behavior Modification
- And a translation
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Evaluation
We believe the evaluation process is a great way for us to ascertain which of our programs will best fit you and your dog!
More Information:
- We believe every dog is an individual and therefore time and consideration must be taken to create a plan that will best suit their individual needs and yours.
- An evaluation is a great way for you to meet and interact with us, plus see our beautiful property and facility.
- It is a great time to ask questions and discuss any concerns you may have. We are looking forward to meeting you!
- Evaluation Includes: Careful observation of the dog’s behavior:
- how the dog interacts with you
- how the dog receives leadership
- how the dog interacts with its environment
- how the dog responds to being handled by someone else
- how the dog responds to being alone
- how the dog responds to other dogs and strangers
- how the dog values a reward system ie: food
- assess behavioral issues
- Please bring an open mind and positive attitude!
- Keep in mind, this is not a judgment of you or your dog.
- This evaluation is to get an idea of your dog’s temperament, what type of relationship you have with your dog, and what our professional opinion is of the best path for success for you and your dog!
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Individual Classes
Puppy Kindergarten – Puppy Obedience Foundation Education
- Available for puppies starting at 8 weeks through 6 months of age!
- Private 1:1 classes at our facility in New Hope, PA
- 8 session-package : Training is 1:1 for 45 minutes – 1 hour.
- Sessions are sold in packages of 8 sessions and the concepts and principles taught within these sessions continue to build on one another until all facets of our obedience system are complete. Available for puppies starting at 8 weeks through 6 months of age!
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- These sessions include topics and commands such as:
- Necessary vaccines
- Nutrition
- Housebreaking
- Behavioral modification
- Leash breaking
- Neutering and spaying
- Socialization
- Engagement
- Sit, down, stand, combinations of the three
- Sit-stay, down-stay, stand-stay
- Heeling
- Place
- What “NO!” means
- How to maintain eye contact
- Marker system
- Plus the many details and dimensions that are an intricate part of each of these behaviors!
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Basic Obedience
6 months+ : On – Leash Basic Obedience Foundation Education
- Private, 1:1 training sessions at our facility in New Hope
- Available for dogs 6 months and older
- 8 session package:
- Training is 1:1 for 45 minutes – 1 hour. Sessions are sold in packages of 8 sessions and the concepts and principles taught within these sessions continue to build on one another until all facets of our obedience system are complete.
More Information:
- These classes lay the foundation principles of our obedience system. In these classes you will learn concepts of:
- engagement
- sit, down, stand, combinations of the three
- sit-stay, down-stay, stand-stay
- heeling - 2 different ways!
- place
- finish
- come when called
- what “NO!” means
- eye contact
- marker system and much more!
- plus the many details and dimensions that are an intricate part of each of these behaviors!
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Sport Dog Training
IGP, AKC, Police, etc.
- We offer private 1:1 classes for all three phases of IGP whether you are competing at the club, regional, national or world level
- We offer evaluations for your current dog’s suitability for the sport.
- We offer tailored board & train programs where we can prepare your dog for competition in dog sport.
- Ask about our future IGP plans and getting involved with our upcoming IGP club! The club will be located at our beautiful property in New Hope PA.
More Information:
- I can hear one of my greatest teachers and mentors (T. Floyd) saying this to me over 3 decades ago: “IGP dog sport is without a doubt one of the best avenues to learning & understanding dog training.”
- Dog sport offers a training platform where the trainer/handler must perform with their dog in three separate phases of training & behavior. The phases are tracking, obedience, and protection. Each phase is judged while the handler and dog perform multiple exercises within that specific phase. Each phase has specific rules that are unique to that phase. The rules make it challenging, which keeps the playing field equal. All participants are accountable to those rules including the judge who must deduct points when a rule is violated. Points are also deducted when an exercise lacks performance skill. It’s not only about the exercises being completed, but how they are being completed is also important. Having to perform these exercises within each phase requires a lot of skill and discipline. It requires a knowing of the dog’s genetics, temperament, drives, abilities, strengths, weaknesses, etc.
- One of my personal favorite benefits of dog sport is that it gives you the opportunity to maximize the dog’s potential! We and our dogs all have great potential within us & them that is waiting to be tapped into! Another great benefit from this type of platform is that it puts pressure on the dog, which ultimately reveals certain characteristics and attributes that are either favorable or unfavorable. This is why it's an excellent breed suitability test for the working dog. In fact, it was originally purposed to be a breed suitability test that was used to develop specific working breeds like the German Shepherd Dog. Many other breeds have found great benefit from this breed suitability test as well. The Belgian Malinois, Rottweiler, Doberman, Schnauzer, etc. have all benefited from this testing. There are other breed suitability tests that are effective but IGP has proven to be TOP over many decades. It's growing and evolving! The sport has become so competitive that it forces trainers to become more skilled and breed better dogs. It's a win-win situation for human & canine!
- Absolute Canine is able to offer this type of class and instruction because Sean Rivera has actually been there and done it! Please refer to his bio for his list of accomplishments & achievements!
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Service & Therapy Dog Training
- Allow us to help you achieve the vision for your dog that goes beyond just a pet companion!
- Dogs are purposeful beings and service dogs offer many physical and emotional benefits to their human handlers
- Although different from service dogs; therapy dogs also offer invaluable benefits to the communities that they are involved in with their work.
More Information:
- Consult with us to help you find the most appropriate dog for your specific needs
- Let us evaluate your current dog for its suitability as a service dog/therapy dog
- We will prepare you and your dog for the service dog public access test
- We will teach you the tools and concepts you need to get your dog to pass the therapy dog test with flying colors!
- We offer 1:1 private-classes & board & train to help you achieve the vision you have for your dog.
- These packages are custom and tailored to your specific needs! Please contact us for further information!