Excursion Academy
Excursion Academy
ABT Dog Academy – Structured Training for All Levels
Join us for fun and learning as an additional option to our Adventure Class and regular Academy
Are you ready to get started with your dogs next adventure?
Excursion Academy is a 4 week course where you will drop your dog in at ABT in the morning to attend a day of exploration and training!
During their day, our behavioural trainers will work one on one with your dog to help them practice manners, training skills, work on confidence or whichever other behaviours you are having trouble with. They will later get some passive training or extra one on one time to polish up on other life-skills. Each week the location is different, the only week at ABT is the first week to test the dog’s suitability for the program and help them with some adaption training skills. After each session you will receive a detailed report card explaining what we did with your dog accompanied with videos and photos.
Depending on their individual needs some of the things they may learn are:
- Polite greetings towards other dogs.
- Self-control in exciting environments
- Confidence with a range of sounds textures and different clothing and other items including: hats, walking sticks and objects with wheels
- The ability to take in new surroundings and distractions and still remain in control and focused
- Calm behaviour and response to new stimuli, people, dogs and sounds
- Respond to name, focus and recall even from any distraction
- Remain calm around other dogs
- Travel calmly in a car regardless of the distractions surrounding them
- Wait to be invited to come in and out of the car
- Wait to be invited to do things or enter doorways
- Go to a mat
- Walk nicely on a lead
- Neutral response and ability to ignore new ditstractions, including food.
- Problem solving and ability to make appropriate choices
- Will be able to show confidence, problem solving and the ability to monitor their own emotions
- We will help you with other puppy troubling behaviours such as: chewing, biting, destruction and toilet training. Each week when you pick your puppy up we can discuss any issues you may be having at home and help resolve those for you.
- Puppies will focus primarily on socialisation and habituation to new environments and experiences.
Are you looking for a space that genuinely cares about the wellbeing and progress of your dog?
We’d love to hear from you and see how we can help.
Introducing our Excursion Academy, a unique extension of our Academy Program designed to merge real-world experiences with our supportive training framework. This 4-week program allows your dog to practice and enhance their obedience and social skills across various real-world settings.
Excursion Academy offers more than just training; it’s an adventure that helps your dog generalise their skills in diverse environments while building their confidence. Our expert trainers provide regular updates and practical tips, enabling you to continue their training at home and in new environments. Tailored to fit your individual goals or based on our proven training plan, the day at Excursion Academy balances training with real-world exposure and enrichment activities, addressing all your dog’s needs.
Each participant in Excursion Academy is recommended to have a prior service or session booked with us, so that we are familiar with them and can tailor the experience to their specific needs. If you are not an existing client you will need to attend one casual visit in Academy to assess your dogs suitability, allowing us to observe the dog in a controlled environment before transitioning to real-world environments. Should the initial week show your dog might not be ready for this dynamic setting, we will find an alternative service for them more suited to their current stage of training and can work towards this as a future goal. This approach ensures that every dog can enjoy and benefit from the comprehensive training experiences that ABT offers and can learn at a pace that’s comfortable for them.