House Manners January 4 - February 8, 2025 Saturdays at 12:00 p.m.

House Manners

January 4th – February 8th, 2025
Saturdays at 12:00 p.m.

Instructor: Julie W.

Prerequisite: Canine Manners, Surviving Adolescence, or an equivalent basic manners class. Students should be familiar with the basics of reward-based training. Your companion should have already been introduced to sit, down, stay, come, and leave it. These behaviors do not need to be perfect.

House Manners will help your dog put his best paw forward and develop polite behaviors in the home. We will cover the following specifically regarding situations commonly found during a dog’s day to day life:

Getting on and off furniture when asked
Not jumping on houseguests
Go to Place
Stay
Leave it
Waiting at doors
Not bolting from the car when the door is opened
Enrichment

We will not cover serious behavior issues that need more targeted assistance such as fearfulness of strangers or separation anxiety.

The first class is for people only.

All dogs must be 6 months of age or older and current on vaccinations.

Six-session, one-hour class in Smoky’s Training Center

Training Classes Waiver:

By registering for training classes with the Richmond SPCA, I hereby waive, release and discharge for myself, my heirs, personal representatives and assigns any and all rights, liability, causes of action and claims that may now or hereafter accrue to me or which I may now or hereafter assert against the Richmond SPCA or the officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns of any of them for injury or illness and/or property damage that my dog may suffer or sustain as a result of his or her participation in Richmond SPCA animal training programs. I hereby assume all risks of any such injury, illness, or damage. I certify that my pet is physically fit to participate in Richmond SPCA animal training program activities.

BACK TO CLASSES

PET VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS

All dogs must be current on the following vaccinations at least three days prior to their first class (protective titers also accepted):

Rabies: for all dogs ages 16 weeks and older, updated annually or every three years (per your veterinarian’s recommendation)
Distemper/Parvo: updated annually or every three years (per your veterinarian’s recommendation); puppies must have had at least two sets prior to class and by 16 weeks of age
Bordetella: updated every six months or annually (per your veterinarian's recommendation)

You or your veterinarian must provide proof of current vaccinations or protective titers on or before your pet’s first training class.

Send your veterinary records by email to gbirdnecklace@richmondspca.org, fax them to 804-521-0540 or bring printed copies to our humane center’s front desk. Please mark them to the attention of Gail Bird Necklace.

Vaccination waivers from your veterinarian should be sent by email to eholst-grubbe@richmondspca.org or faxed to 804-521-0540. Please mark them to the attention of Eileen Holst-Grubbe.

All waivers must be approved by our veterinarian and management team.

INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY

We rarely cancel class due to inclement weather. If we're experiencing a significant weather event (snow, ice, etc.), we will make every effort to contact participants at least an hour and a half prior to class start time in the event that we have to cancel class.

CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY

Registrations that are cancelled seven or more days prior to the start of class will be refunded in full. Registrations cancelled with fewer than seven days notice will not be refunded and we will not offer credit toward future sessions for missed classes.

Questions about your training class? Check out our Training Class FAQs and Policies. See you in class!

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