Our Courses
Who can benefit?
Our online training courses are designed to teach you the fundamental skills necessary for water rescue work with your dog. You will learn how to train your dog to take, hold, and give objects, as well as how to improve you and your dog’s confidence and communication. Our courses are self-paced, so you can learn at your own speed, and our trainers are available to provide feedback and assistance as needed.
What You’ll Do
No prior experience is necessary to enroll in our courses. Our training program is designed to teach you everything you need to know to train your dog to be a confident and reliable partner in water rescue operations and other sports.
All you need is a willingness to learn and engage to begin training with your dog.
What our students are saying
Throughout the years, the SQUIRREL!® Dog Training courses have helped me and my dogs with the building blocks and higher level skills we need for water rescue, obedience and draft work. Deanna goes the extra mile to provide helpful resources (like an amazing water rescue caller audio track) and personalized assistance when facing challenges (hello dreaded Take a Line).
Deanna has built a community of positive and incredibly supportive dog people, and has honed her materials so courses are well thought out, broken down into very detailed and manageable steps for easy and successful learning at all stages.
I feel like anyone who takes a course will improve their relationship with their dog and learn a lot along the way.
We have taken multiple classes SQUIRREL!® Dog Training has offered, and enjoyed each and every one of them. Deanna has a way of breaking down exercises into pieces, and making it fun to learn! After successfully learning each piece, the dogs then put the pieces together into one cohesive exercise. The dogs have a great time learning this way! And it is very effective.
I have been training dogs for over 25 years, and still have learned new techniques offered by her classes! Both my newfoundland and golden had a great time learning and improving on their skills! I’m looking forward to seeing what classes she offers next!
My goal is to eventually attend one of her water training seminars! I would absolutely recommend her classes to everyone!
The online THG Foundations Course is terrific. Not only was Ada able to acquire the foundational skills for water work, but these skills have also transferred to her obedience and draft work training.
At Ada’s first water test, the judge said, “She very clearly understands take, hold, give.”
The online aspect of this course makes it extremely easy to fit into a business schedule, and the course community provides support and guidance.
I strongly recommend this course to anyone who wants to train their dog for water work and, at the same time, build a strong partnership with their dog.
