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Tommy the Border Terrier Completes a CPT Board Train
Tommy the Border Terrier Completes a CPT Board Train
October 21, 2018
Tommy, a 5-month old Border Terrier puppy, recently completed 5 weeks of board training at CPT’s Eugene, Oregon location.   When Tommy’s owner, Page, first contacted CPT she communicated goals of improving Tommy’s housebreaking, eliminating jumping behavior, extinguishing laundry stealing and mouthing behavior, teaching him basic on-leash obedience, and teaching him advanced off-leash obedience.  One of…
Rocky: The Story of a CPT Dog Training Success
Rocky: The Story of a CPT Dog Training Success
September 27, 2018
CPT’s in-home private lesson and board train programs can address many types of dog training issues and goals, including housebreaking, household manners, basic pet obedience, advanced off-leash pet obedience, and behavior modification.  Moreover, each client’s plan is customized.  Therefore, we focus on the issues most relevant to each dog and paramount to each dog owner. …
Keeper: The Story of a CPT Board Train
Keeper: The Story of a CPT Board Train
September 22, 2018
Rochelle is a Eugene resident who had a dog training quandary.  To resolve her predicament of not having the time to adequately train her 3-month old Labradoodle, Keeper, Rochelle contacted CPT about our board train program. We began by discussing Rochelle’s overall short-term and long-term goals and the specific housebreaking, household manners, obedience, and socialization…
Franchesca and Nissa Join the CPT Hands-On Service Dog Program
Franchesca and Nissa Join the CPT Hands-On Service Dog Program
November 2, 2016
Meet Franchesca and Nissa, two recent clients of CPT's Hands-On Service Dog Program.  CPT's Service Dog Program offers the benefits of flexible customization, where the dog learns behaviors and tasks optimally suited to each disabled client's unique needs.  Moreover, CPT can locate and evaluate a puppy or adult dog optimal for the program or train…
Teaching Holland to Walk on Leash
Teaching Holland to Walk on Leash
September 12, 2016
Holland’s owners communicated that while walked in the neighborhood Holland was regularly pulling on leash. In addition, when walked amidst trucks or congested car traffic on busier collector streets Holland exhibited fearful behavior, whereby she would retreat opposite the vehicular traffic or stiffen and stubbornly refuse to move. The clients wanted the problem solved quickly…
It Takes Strong Legs to Train Strong Dogs
It Takes Strong Legs to Train Strong Dogs
September 12, 2016
CPT Trainer Mark Spivak Leg Pressing 1170 pounds for 8 reps. Strong dogs become cooperative dogs in Mark's hands. Let's see our competitors match that! https://youtu.be/Stv-uqpfGto (Alpharetta, GA) (Johns Creek, GA)
Annabelle Feeding Her Puppies
Annabelle Feeding Her Puppies
September 10, 2016
Below is an excellent video of Annabelle feeding her litter of 12 puppies. What an incredible mother! The puppies are nearly 8 weeks old. However, Annabelle remains patient as all 12, plus one from another litter, strive to obtain access. The average litter size for all breeds of domestic dog is 5.5 puppies. However, the…
Grace- Dog Reactive No Longer
Grace- Dog Reactive No Longer
September 8, 2016
Grace is a 4.5 year old, spayed, female German Shepherd Dog that Brenda has owned since Grace was a 7-week old puppy. When Brenda first contacted CPT, she stated that when on-leash Grace was reactively lunging at 75% of the neighborhood dogs she visually encountered while on a walk and when off-leash Grace bit her…
Clarice The Great Pyrenees Therapy Dog
Clarice The Great Pyrenees Therapy Dog
August 1, 2016
[caption id="attachment_4735" align="alignright" width="225"] Clarice with AFLAC sedation nurses.[/caption] Dr. Ellis Dixon is benefiting from CPT's private lesson program in preparing his rescue Great Pyrenees, Clarice, to become a full-time therapy dog at Egleston Children's Hospital.  Dr. Dixon is a sedation physician.  Unfortunately, the application of sedatives, as well as the forthcoming medical procedure, often…
Sarah Ann Using Play Training to Teach Kona Heeling
Sarah Ann Using Play Training to Teach Kona Heeling
July 11, 2016
Sarah Ann requested an outdoor private lesson with CPT Head Trainer Mark Spivak. Sarah’s objectives were teaching her 12-month old, female Doberman, Kona, how to: 1) attention heel, 2) stay more reliably in either the sit or down position, 3) come more responsively from a distance amidst distractions, and 4) drop her toy on command.…