Tricks and Clicks 101
2018-02-10 11:15 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
Did you watch America’s Got Talent? The clicker is one of the tools that contestants like Sara Carson used to train her dog Hero and how Jokgu the chicken learned to play the keyboard!
The clicker is a small, springy, snappy metal hand tool utilized in training to reward a desirable behavior immediately with precise timing. It is a secondary reinforcer that signals to the dog that it performed the correct behavior and that a primary reward will be shortly forthcoming. Clicker training pairs the neutral sound of a clicker with a primary reward, such as a treat. Eventually, the clicker becomes a predictor that the reward will soon be given. This allows the trainer to use the sound of the click to reinforce the desired behavior. This is particularly useful when teaching a new trick because the owner is not always in a position to give the food reward immediately.
When training tricks it is best to use food paired with the sound of the clicker. Many tricks must be taught in steps and each step needs to be reinforced immediately to help the dog understand the process. The clicker enables you to reward each step at the exact moment of success.
Once the dog reliably performs the desired behavior, we can start weaning away from the clicker and food.
101 Requirement: Dog must be food motivated.
102 Requirement: Dog must be food motivated and have completed course 101.
103 Requirement: Dog must be food motivated and have completed course 102.
101 Curriculum: Handlers will learn how to teach simple tricks such as sit, down, stay, stand, side and rollover, touch and give me five, utilizing a clicker.
102 Curriculum: We will continue using the clicker to shape new tricks.
103 Curriculum: Continue to build on previous tricks and learn to teach multi-step tricks utilizing the clicker.
Recommendations: Bring a hungry dog, leash and collar, treat bag and yummy treats. If you do not have a treat bag, they are sold at Misty Pines. You may purchase one before class.

Tricks and Clicks 102
2018-02-17 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States

Tricks and Clicks 103
2018-02-24 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States

Dock Diving 101
2018-04-22 12:00 - 15:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
11:00 am class is FULL. Please register for the 12:30 pm class.
Paul Leabhart will conduct an intro to Dock Diving class. Paul has many years of Dock Dog competition and training experience. This workshop will include demonstrations on how to begin training for dock diving. The class will visit the Dog Pond for demos and to get the dogs in the water.
If you are interested in dock diving with your dog, this is one class you don’t want to miss! Learn the facts about techniques, rules and getting prepared for when you do your first event. It is still a great time even if you don’t plan to compete.
Bring your dogs and their favorite toy, there will be experienced dock divers ready to help you and your dog at the pond.
Registration online or by phone is required to attend class. Payment will be taken at the class and must be cash or check. Checks should be made out to Misty Pines Pet Company.

Pet Emergency Training
2018-05-06 13:00 - 16:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
Do you know what to do in an emergency involving your pet? Would you be able to help your pet through a seizure, heat stroke, a broken bone, insect stings, punctures or any other health related issue?
Please join us for an empowering PET CPR and Emergency First Aid course providing knowledge and skills needed to assist and aid your dog in an emergency situation.
By Start the Heart, LLC and presented by Dr. Donna Schuring. Register today to reserve your seat! No dogs please.

Distance Behaviors
2018-05-12 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
Can your dog sit, down, or stand from 20 ft away? Would you like to advance your obedience skills?
Distance Behaviors introduces a new challenge to you and your dog. You will learn how to better communicate from greater distances by utilizing behaviors you already know. Common distance behaviors are sit, down, stand, and spin.
Your dog must already know sit, down, stand and spin.

Four Bar Jump 101
2018-05-19 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
The four bar jump is a very challenging exercise of over ten behaviors off leash at multiple distances. Video coming soon!
101 Requirement: Must be able to perform (Sit, Stand, Spin, Hup, Down, Come, Stay, Finish)
102 Requirement: Must be fluent with the behaviors in 101 and reliably retrieve a dumbbell.

Blueberry Hill Park Class
2018-05-22 18:30 - 19:30, 2018-06-05 18:30 - 19:30, 2018-07-10 18:30 - 19:30, 2018-08-07 18:30 - 19:30, 2018-09-04 18:30 - 19:30 | Blueberry Hill Park, Blaine's Way, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
Misty Pines Pet Company will be holding a special location dog training class at Blueberry Hill Park in Franklin Park Borough. Blueberry Hill Park is just a few minutes away from Misty Pines. Class will meet at the Maple Grove Pavilion parking lot at 6:30 pm. Please bring all of your usual tools needed for class and be sure to have a treat bag filled with your dog’s most favorite treats. Please sign up and prepay in advance. This class is open to students from all levels of classes.
Location
At Misty Pines we work towards building solid obedience and behavior throughout any distraction that we may come across. To solidify these behaviors we work through four variables of dog training; Distance, Distraction, Duration, and Location. Location is perhaps one of the most important variables of training a dog to cope with everyday situations such as someone coming to your door or taking your dog to the park on a sunny afternoon. As a general rule, a dog will only work where it has been taught to do so. Therefore, if the only place that you ever practice obedience such as heeling and stays is here in training class or at home in your living room, it is likely that your dog will find it difficult to hold their focus while faced with the unique distractions present in a new location. Keep in mind that when we change a variable in training, we make the cue and behavior unique to that situation. Remember that you may need to take a step back and teach a known behavior with lure and reward techniques the first time in a new location so that the dog learns to execute at this new location with unique distractions.
The Variables of Training
Distance
Distraction
Durations
Location

Four Bar Jump 102
2018-05-26 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States

Scent Work 102
2018-09-15 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
Every dog is equipped with an amazing tool: their nose! Olfaction, the act or process of smelling, is a dog’s primary special sense. Dogs have more than 220 million olfactory receptors in their nose, while humans have only 5 million! Teaching dogs to use their nose to identify a target odor offers many benefits. This is a highly recommended working game for families to learn to work their family pets.
Pre-Requisites for Scent Work
101 – None
102 – Your dog must have completed a Scent Work 101 course.
103 – Your dog must have completed a Scent Work 102 course or higher.
104 – Your dog must have completed a Scent Work 103 course or higher.

Scent Work 104
2018-09-29 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
Every dog is equipped with an amazing tool: their nose! Olfaction, the act or process of smelling, is a dog’s primary special sense. Dogs have more than 220 million olfactory receptors in their nose, while humans have only 5 million! Teaching dogs to use their nose to identify a target odor offers many benefits. Medical tests have even shown that specially trained dogs are capable of using the dog’s sense of smell to detect certain types of tumors in humans. Scent Work is a highly recommended working game for families to learn to work their family pets.
Not many family dogs will be used for bomb detection, competition or tracking work, but every family dog can learn to play Hide N Seek and find objects hidden around the house. These games can be used to help provide mental stimulation for your dog and provide a job to keep him active. Scent Working is an activity that all dogs enjoy and all dogs can do.
Beginners and all other skill levels are welcome.
Pre-Requisites
101 – None
102 – Your dog must have completed a Scent Work 101 course.
103 – Your dog must have completed a Scent Work 102 course or higher.
104 – Your dog must have completed a Scent Work 103 course or higher.
105 – Your dog must have completed a Scent Work 104 course or higher.

Scent Work 106
2018-11-17 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
Every dog is equipped with an amazing tool: their nose! Olfaction, the act or process of smelling, is a dog’s primary special sense. Dogs have more than 220 million olfactory receptors in their nose, while humans have only 5 million! Teaching dogs to use their nose to identify a target odor offers many benefits. Medical tests have even shown that specially trained dogs are capable of using the dog’s sense of smell to detect certain types of tumors in humans. Scent Work is a highly recommended working game for families to learn to work their family pets.
Not many family dogs will be used for bomb detection, competition or tracking work, but every family dog can learn to play Hide N Seek and find objects hidden around the house. These games can be used to help provide mental stimulation for your dog and provide a job to keep him active. Scent Working is an activity that all dogs enjoy and all dogs can do.
Beginners and all other skill levels are welcome.
Pre-Requisites
105 – Your dog must have completed a Scent Work 104 course.
106 – Your dog must have completed a Scent Work 105 course.
107 – Your dog must have completed a Scent Work 106 course or higher.
108 – Your dog must have completed a Scent Work 107 course or higher.
109 – Your dog must have completed a Scent Work 108 course or higher.
110 – Your dog must have completed a Scent Work 109 course or higher.

Scent Work 107
2018-11-24 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States

Scent Work 108
2018-12-15 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States

Scent Work 109
2018-12-22 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States

Scent Work 110
2018-12-29 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States

Basic Elements of Retrieve
2019-01-26 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
Teaching owners and their dogs the basic elements of retrieve: “hold,” “give” and “fetch.”

Walking Politely On A Leash - 102
2019-04-20 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
All Levels Welcome
Having a dog that is a pleasure to walk is, well…a pleasure. We want to help you enjoy your time outdoors with your dog and make your walking time enjoyable. We’ll be working on Heel, Easy, Take-a-Walk and This Way. Walking a dog on a loose leash for a longer distance and duration is one of the most challenging exercises for owners and their dogs.
Class will be indoors and outdoors. Please dress appropriately.

Beginner Dock Diving Class
2019-06-30 09:00 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
This dock diving class will be for beginners who want to start jumping off the dock. There will be two sessions, one will be from 9:00 – 10:30 and the second will be 10:30 – 12:00.
Registration is limited to only 10 per session, so sign up soon.
*Prerequisite: Your dog must know how to swim. If you would like to work on your dog’s swimming skills, please attend our swimming classes.
If you are interested in the fun trial, please click here.
Pay at the event; cash or check only.

Swimming Class
2019-07-20 11:15 - 12:00, 2019-08-03 11:15 - 12:00, 2019-08-31 11:15 - 12:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
Does your dog need a swimming lesson? Is your dog a good swimmer but wants to have friends to swim with? We offer a Summer Swimming Class! This helpful class will be sure to get your dog in the water at our dog pond in no time. Be sure to bring a water toy, enticing dog treats, a long leash, your bathing suit or old clothes and water shoes. You Will Get Wet! Please pre-register.

Warm Up and Practice Dock Diving Trial
2019-07-28 09:30 - 16:00, 2019-08-25 09:30 - 16:00 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
This will be a competition for practice, fun and ribbons.
There will be 2 rounds of jumps. One will be at 9:30 am, and one at 12:30 pm. Each dog entered will get 2 jumps off the dock. The better of the two jumps will determine the dog’s division and place in that division. When the afternoon jumps are over, the top 6 dogs of each division will jump for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in their division. The top three places will receive a ribbon and prizes.
Novice Division: 1 inch to 9 feet 11 inches.
Junior Division: 10 feet to 14 feet 11 inches.
Senior Division: 15 feet to 19 feet 11 inches.
Master Division: 20 feet to 22 feet 11 inches.
Elite Division: 23 feet to 24 feet 11 inches.
Super Elite Division: 25 feet and above.
A Beginner Dock Diving Class for beginner and non-jumping dogs with experienced Dock Divers will take place from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm. This practice is limited to 15 dogs.
No parking will be permitted along the driveway. All parking will be in the parking lots at the top of the driveway. Participants and spectators are asked to bring lawn chairs to sit along the hillside, which will provide a spectacular view of the event.
Each round of jumps, at 9:30 am and 12:30 pm, will have a 50 dog maximum, so be sure to get your spot soon. Participants will be organized into groups of 10 and each group will be assigned a jump time.
Each handler/dog team needs to be here at least 30 minutes before their dock dive slot, which would be 9:00 am or 12:00 pm.
Pay at event. Cash or check only. No credit cards.
Click here for Official Rules.

Beginner Dock Diving Class
2019-07-28 11:00 - 12:30, 2019-08-25 11:00 - 12:30 | Misty Pines Pet Company, 2523 Wexford Bayne Rd, Sewickley, PA, 15143, United States
This dock diving class will be primarily for beginners who want to start jumping off the dock.
Registration is limited to only 15, so sign up soon.
*Prerequisite: Your dog must know how to swim. If you would like to work on your dog’s swimming skills, please attend our swimming classes.
If you are interested in the fun trial, please click here.
Pay at the event; cash or check only.
