Canine Etiquette Course

This service is targeted to help dogs who harbour aggression towards other dogs or humans, flight risks (bolting), poor recall, excessive barking, barking at the window or out in the backyard, pull on the leash, have a dominant way of meeting new dogs or people, who suffer from extreme fear or anxiety, reactive on leash, food possession, harbour leash aggression, nervousness/insecurity, over-excitability, or overall poor manners.

$3,500 + GST

Jax’s Method is to teach humans how to properly communicate to their pup in a way that makes sense to them. The idea is to make the conversation clear between human and dog. The results you wish to see rely on your consistency, hard work, openness to learn and willingness to change.

The first step to attending this course is to set up an assessment where Jax comes to your home to observe your pup in their own environment. The assessment includes a 45 minute to 1 hour discussion around the issues you’re having with your pup, your goals that you wish to achieve, and observing how you and your pup interact. There is a $200.00 + GST fee for the assessment if you decide not to book your pup in for the course. If you sign up for the course, the assessment fee is waived.

Your pup will stay at the WildFree farm for 4 weeks. During this 4 week stay, your pup will have an average of 10-15 minutes of work every hour, to ensure that they are not overstimulated while they’re learning. The remaining time is spent outside in the Exploration Park or with the pack, having free rein of the WildFree Farm.

Dogs will learn the following at during the Canine Etiquette Course:

  • Jax’s unique shadow exercises. Your dog will mirror your every step forwards and backwards with eyes on you! They will also learn to stop when you stop. 

  • Look to their human for direction before reacting first. Accept and avoid distractions. 

  • Respect the space around all thresholds. An open door means “Wait, be patient and relaxed, and give eye contact asking for permission before going through a threshold, into a vehicle, out of a kennel, or onto furniture.

  • Wait for permission before eating or chewing a toy/bone.

  • Respect human’s personal boundaries 

  • Manners inside the home

  • Proper canine interactive/social cues and skills 

  • Surrender objects dogs are possessive of

Includes:

  • 4 week stay at the WildFree Farm

  • Daily exposure to new situations, people, places, and animals.

  • Training includes: confidence building exercises, interactive skill exercises, house training, learning how to accept and avoid distractions, looking to the human for direction rather than reacting negatively, patiently and attentively walking centred behind the human, and more

  • 6 human training sessions with more sessions available at additional cost.

After the 4 week stay, Jax will drive your pup home for the first human training sessions, followed by two more in the next two days. Jax will teach you how to communicate to your pup in a way that they understand, along with teach you everything that your pup has learned. After the first three human training session, Jax will work wherever and on whatever you’d like help with.

It is critical, in order for your pup’s progression to continue, that every family member follows the same rules. Jax will send you everything you need to know: rules, routine changes, feeding, exercises to practice, and homework. Your pup will only act as they do with Jax if you react and feel as she does (confident and patient with the correct timing and positioning of your body).

Through this process, please keep in mind that it is more about how you feel and the timing in which you approach your pup than what you are actually “doing”. The exercises are very similar with each one of the WildFree clients, but the approach in how Jax teaches each new dog and human varies. Every pup learns a different way, just as humans do, so she modifies and adjusts to each human and dogs learning capabilities.

The Canine Etiquette Course is offered during the months of January, February, March, April, May, September and October. Maximum of three training dogs at any given time on the WildFree Farm.

What Others Say About WildFree Canine Training

  • We first heard about Jax through a family friend, who brought both her dogs to Jax for training. With our first child coming, my anxiety level over our dogs behaviour was through the roof. Jax was suggested and having her work with Rascal and Pluto was the best possible decision we could have made. From the moment that Jax came by the house to do the first assessment with our boys, she was confident, calm and our boys listened to her. I was immediately put at ease. During the month that Rascal and Pluto were with Jax for their canine etiquette course we received regular updates as well as got to see Jax working with them on social media (which we absolutely loved!!). Once their time on the farm was up, we started our one-on-one sessions, which allowed us to learn how to communicate with the dogs in a way that they understood as well as earn their respect. During these sessions, Jax has fully explained everything that we need to do and been extremely attentive to our questions and concerns. She has also been available to answer any of our questions while Rascal and Pluto settle back into the house. I am so, so, so thankful to Jax for her hard work with our dogs and highly recommend Wildfree Canine

  • I was at my wits end with my two big rescues from the reserve. The big girl (110lbs) was getting more reactive, pulling me over when she lunged at other dogs. The other one (90 lbs) just followed her lead. Jax was my last resort, recommended to me as 'Alberta's Cesar Milan'. And she didn't disappoint. One month with her and my reactive, barking, out-of-control dogs became my pack, following my lead, doing what I wanted when I wanted it. No more hiding until dark to walk when no other dogs were out. No more avoiding having guests over. No more feeling ashamed and like a failure. I simply have no words to describe the miracle that Jax performed. If I could give her a rating of 100/5 I would. But 5/5 is the most I'm allowed! Tempest and Zeke say thanks. And so do I. From the bottom of my heart.

  • I have worked with and trained dogs all of my life. Three years ago I felt ready to move into breeding top Australian Shepherds (Big Rock Australian Shepherds in Okotoks, AB) for conformation, agility and obedience. I currently have a pack of 6 (a top in Canada male Aussie stud, and two females; one imported from Europe and the other a female puppy from a recent litter of 11 from my breeding pair. I also have 2 Golden retriever pets, and a sheltie. My male Aussie in 2022 was the top puppy in Canada and in the top 10 of all Australian Shepherds. Something changed in my pack when I chose to keep the puppy Aussie. My Golden retriever female became aggressive towards the puppy and possessive of me and everything else, bones, food, balls, etc. I tried everything in my tool box and then call Jax. I have learned a whole new world of communication with my dogs; not just my retriever but my whole pack. Sometimes you just need a bigger tool box!. I am still learning and cannot wait to see how this learning and training is going to help better balance my pack, my relationship with them, and help my dogs reach their potential (without me losing my sanity) in and out of the ring. Highly, highly recommend.

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