Learn three tips for potty training your pooch quickly! If you still have questions, pop into your local Petco and attend our FREE potty training seminars!
Proper training is essential for a long, happy and safe relationship with your dog, setting the foundation to ensure your dog stays physically fit, mentally alert, socially engaged and emotionally happy. To make dog training an enjoyable and fulfilling activity, Petco encourages pet parents to take a positive approach. As you nurture your bond with your dog through positive reinforcement, you'll find that the training process becomes easier.
The Petco Positive Dog Training program offers fun, educational classes in a safe setting that teaches pet parents how dogs think, learn and communicate. They also provide advice on how to encourage and reward your dog’s polite manners in real world situations such as walking through a busy crowd, encountering other leashed dogs during walks and meeting new people. This positive, voluntary and reward-based method promotes a relationship of mutual respect and trust between pet and pet parent.
Petco Dog Trainers undergo an intense 16-week training program that is updated yearly with the most cutting-edge training methods, ideas and training principles. Classes utilize proven, science-based training principles based on research conducted by internationally renowned psychologist and behaviorist, B.F. Skinner. This includes teaching reward-based, positive reinforcement for good behavior and how to redirect or ignore unwanted behaviors.
To help dogs retain what behavior has been rewarded, classes keep a dog’s mind engaged and in a constant state of learning while trainers closely observe how pets are responding to pet parents to optimize the positive reinforcement approach. This includes:
Talk to a store associate for dog training class schedules, details and pricing. Training and classes are for dogs only. Current vaccinations required. Dog training classes are available in select locations. Selection of classes may vary by location.