Braxton, MS & Virtual Attendance Options
Sunday, June 4th, 2023 from 4 pm to 5 pm CT
$60 for in-person attendance with puppy.
$35 for virtual recording sent after live event.
What Is This Workshop About?
Puzzlin’ Puppy is a mini hands-on workshop held in at our Braxton, MS location and taught by our certified professional dog trainer and certified dog behavior consultant, Lauren Tsao, MS, CDBC, CPDT-KA, CTDI.
This hour-long workshop will be held indoors and only have three in-person student working spots to make sure Lauren can attend to each working team appropriately and make sure all the puppies have an enriching and positive experience during the workshop.
During the workshop, you will learn how to set up appropriately challenging food and toy puzzles for your puppy, when to help them and when to let them build resilience, the benefits of canine enrichment, how to modify the puzzle challenge for various levels as they grow, and how puzzles can help puppies become more independent and confident problem solvers in the future.
We will work through various levels and styles of puzzles, while you learn training basics to help guide them through the puzzle with the least frustration possible. We will work on sliding-style puzzles, lever-style puzzles, and puzzles that require rocking to get to the treats.
This workshop also doubles as a supportive and positive puppy socialization opportunity since the event will be small with only three puppies present, the puppies will not be greeting each directly, and it will be a low pressure learning experience. It is wonderful way to gently expose your puppy to sights and sounds of other puppies and dog owners in a supportive class setting without direct interaction between the puppies.
An in-person workshop ticket will also come with FREE access to our Puppy Potty Training DIY virtual course and a link to a copy of our Fuzzy Piraña: Puppy Biting and Teething webinar recording, as our gifts to you and your puppy.
What Are The Virtual Options?
The workshop will be recorded for our virtual auditors to view after the live event has occurred. So, if you are a trainer looking to host a similar event, but not sure how, the auditing spot would be the ideal option for you. This recording will also double as the Skill Sharper webinar for this month, so current private behavior students will also receive a free copy of this recording with their private behavior programs.
Who Can Attend In-Person?
The in-person working spots are intended for puppies from 8 weeks to 14 weeks of age, that are up to date on their recommended puppy vaccines for their age and had a negative of their last fecal test. You will be asked to provide proof of vaccines and a negative fecal test before the workshop. Vaccines must be given at least 48 hours prior to the workshop starting. Puppies can have one handler attend with them who is over 18 years of age so, we can keep the workshop small and not overwhelming for the puppies.
Your puppy should not be displaying any of the following behaviors: reactivity (ex. barking, lunging, and growling), extreme shyness or fearfulness, or aggression (including resource guarding, which is growling or biting over resources like toys and food.) If your puppy is showing these behaviors, they will be better suited for our private behavior modification programs because this event may be too overwhelming or stressful for them. Any puppies displaying these behaviors will be asked to leave the event without refund.
Workshop Rules and How To Enroll:
Your dog must be up-to-date on age-appropriate puppy vaccines, as well as have a negative on their last fecal test (which should have been given within the last year) you will be asked to provide proof at the time of signing up in order to attend. Vaccinations must be administered at least 48 hours prior to arrival under the guidance of a licensed veterinarian.
There should only be one dog and a maximum of one handler for in-person working spots. All human attendees should be over the age of 18 for this event and puppies should be at least eight weeks old, but no older than 14 weeks of age. The room will only be set up to accommodate a certain number of people/staff comfortably plus the puzzles and puppies.
Please do not attend if your dog has been diagnosed with any kind of contagious condition, is on crate rest or exercise restriction, has fleas/ticks or intestinal parasites, has a cough, runny nose/eyes, rash or hair loss, diarrhea, or is vomiting, or has an injury or condition which would make exercise or eating treats is contraindicated.
Puppies that are friendly with people and dogs, that aren’t extremely fearful, shy, or reactive, and that do not have any issues with their owner interacting with them while they have chews, puzzles, toys, and food may attend this event. By enrolling you acknowledge you are aware that treats, toys, and puzzles will be used during the event and you acknowledge it is your responsibility to prevent your dog from destroying and/or ingesting the toys and puzzles. Please consider whether or not this event will be suitable for your dog if they have a tendency to ingest toys/puzzles/non-food items. Dogs that are found to be unsuitable for the event will be removed without refund.
Dogs should not greet each other during this event and humans should not approach dogs that aren’t their own. Please be respectful of other people’s space. Owners and their dogs should wait in their cars until given the okay by staff to get out of their car. When your workshop is over, you will be asked to return to your car immediately. If you cannot follow this rule, you will be asked to leave without refund.
By enrolling you understand that this event is being recorded and that you and your dog’s image, voice, and experience at the workshop will be recorded for commercial and non-commercial use by Faithfully Yours Dog Training.
If you or your dog has food allergies or other conditions which make it so the dog cannot safely eat certain treats, please let us know at least 48 hours before the event. We will be pre-filling the puzzles with treats before your arrival, so we will need to know well in advance.
To enroll, please click the teal button below that says “Enroll Now” below and complete the entire payment and enrollment process to save your spot. You will receive driving instructions to your registered email before the event. If you have any questions, please email Lauren at Lauren@FyDogTraining.com with them.