Behaviour Classes

Offered at Calgary Humane Society

In addition to being an adoption center, Calgary Humane Society is committed to supporting pet owners throughout their entire caregiving journey. Beyond dog training, we are a hub to access private consultation, behaviour seminars, training classes, as well as resources for all species.

We offer behaviour classes so that dog owners are equipped with the knowledge they need to keep their pooches safe. There are a variety of different classes available from puppy training, to classes that deal with reactive dogs or fearful dogs, and so much more.

Puppy Classes

Puppy Club

Socialization during puppyhood is the best investment you can make in your dog’s future! Puppy Club is a safe environment where using positive reinforcement training, puppies learn to build confidence in the world around them. During the 5 week program, puppies are exposed to different objects, sights, smells, people, and of course other puppies.

Smarty Pups

Smarty Pups provides a solid foundation of skills based on positive humane training while building a strong, life-long relationship with your pup. Learn to work with your puppy on skills such as gaining attention, recall, handling, walking politely, and self-control. You’ll also address challenging behaviours such as mouthing, jumping, and appropriate dog-to-dog skills with other pups.

Adult Dog Classes

Polite Pooches

This course is a great first step in developing a lifelong friendship with your canine best friend. Throughout class, you’ll learn foundational obedience skills, self-control, and polite manners to incorporate into everyday life.

Fearful Fido

Fearful Fido is for dogs that cower, choose flight and shows signs of fear with people, new environments, new things, and with other dogs, in this class handlers learn to build confidence in shy or fearful dogs using counter conditioning techniques and begin associating fearful environments and interactions with positive things.

Reactive Rover

Reactive Rover is a structured environment tailored to dogs who bark and lunge at other dogs or objects. Dogs will be taught using primarily positive reinforcement, with the goal of class to have the dogs under threshold. The same techniques can be used with other stimuli such as bikes, joggers, and critters. Note: this class is not for human-directed aggression.