Rachelle Carzino - Sirius Dog Training

Website: http://www.siriuspup.com/
Email: admin@siriuspup.com
Phone: (800) 419-8748

Trainer: Rachelle Carzino

Rachelle uses positive reinforcement training methods. She offers basic puppy obedience and is active in agility through Freilance Dog Sports. Rachelle has a CPDT-KA through the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, a Counseling Certificate from the SF SPCA, and continuing education certificates for seminars attended with various trainers.

Sirius Puppy Training is the original and leading provider of puppy training classes in the San Francisco Bay Area. Classes meet for six consecutive weeks, one hour per session. For more information or to sign up, please visit www.siriuspup.com.

Class Schedule

Danville Store

Tuesdays: 5-6pm Puppy 1 (puppies 10-18 weeks)

6-7pm Puppy 2 (graduates of puppy 1)

7-8 Courteous Canine (dogs 5 months and older)

Walnut Creek Store

Wednesdays: 5:45-6:45pm Puppy 1 (puppies 10-18 weeks)

6:45-7:45pm Puppy 2 (graduates of Puppy 1).

Thursdays: 5:45-6:45pm Courteous Canine (dogs 5 months and older)

6:45-7:45 Puppy 1 (puppies 10-18 weeks)

Class start dates vary so please check the Sirius website for up-to-date class information.

Class Description and Pricing

Cost: $200 for 6 weeks

Puppy 1 - For puppies between 10 and 18 weeks
Classes specifically focus on teaching bite inhibition (gentle jaws), socialization with other dogs and people (especially children, men and strangers), calming and handling, attention, off-leash household manners/obedience and the prevention of behavior and temperament problems. Special emphasis is paid to phasing out the need for food lures and rewards for reliable verbal and hand signal, off-leash control (around the home or on walks), yet promoting the continued use of food treats for classical conditioning - to teach dogs to thoroughly enjoy the company of people and other dogs.

Requirements: Pups must be between 10 and 18 weeks of age at the start date of class with 2 DHLPP vaccinations, one of which must have been administered after 8 weeks of age but at least 7 days prior to the first session.

Puppy 2 - for graduates of Puppy 1
Early puppy training is as easy as it is enjoyable. Much more challenging though, is to ensure that your puppy maintains bite inhibition, remains socialized and friendly to other dogs and people, and continues to pay heed to you instructions while working through adolescence. Training focuses on proofing verbal control without the need for food lures or rewards, or any other training tools. Exercises include distance sits in play (for the home, yard, dog parks and off-leash walks), settle down, rock-solid stays, and both off-leash and on-leash walking and heeling. Puppy 2 will help you teach your adolescent pup to be calm, attentive and responsive and to respond quickly, willingly and happily, especially when distracted, off-leash, and at a distance.

Requirements: Graduates of Puppy 1; under 18 months of age; proof of rabies vaccine.

Sirius Adult Classes
For the most part, adult classes are taught on-leash until we are certain that all dogs are people-friendly and dog-friendly and safe to play and train off-leash. Adult classes initially involve learning to manage, control, and channel the dogs' energy, enthusiasm and exuberance by teaching impulse control, calmness and attention, whereupon teaching basic obedience becomes a much easier endeavor.

Courteous Canine - For friendly dogs over five months
An excellent class for dogs that have never taken a class before or for dogs needing to brush up on rusty obedience skills. Reward training techniques make training adolescent and adult dogs a peaceful and enjoyable experience. Initial exercises focus on calming, settling-down and regaining attention to facilitate teaching basic manners - sit, down, stand, stay, walking on-leash and polite greetings.

Available at the following Pet Food Express locations:
Danville | Walnut Creek

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