We offer a variety of Specialty Classes designed to support your training journey and strengthen the bond with your dog.

While Tumblewood Canine offers several specialty classes directly, we also collaborate with other trusted, positive reinforcement trainers. Th​ese partnership​s allows us to offer you access to a wider variety of specialized subjects and ensures you find the perfect fit for your needs.

Whether you are looking for fun activities, confidence-building exercises, opportunities to apply skills in real-world scenarios, or advanced training options, we have the ideal class for you and your canine companion.

All dogs need to visit the vet, whether it’s for routine vaccinations, checkups, or unexpected illnesses or injuries. But for many dogs (and their humans), vet visits can be a major source of stress. The Better Vet Visits course is designed to equip you with practical, easy-to-use tools and techniques to reduce anxiety and make trips to the vet more positive for your dog, for you, and for your veterinarian.

Whether you’re hoping to prevent your puppy or adult dog from developing fear around vet visits, or you’re working with a dog who’s already nervous, fearful, or reactive at the vet, this course will guide you step-by-step toward calmer, more cooperative appointments.

Skills Include:

• Recognize early signs of stress in your dog
• Build positive associations with common vet experiences
• Use training and handling techniques to help your dog feel safe
• Desensitize equipment commonly used during veterinary appointments
• Practice a variety of restraints
• Apply these skills at an actual vet’s office during a fear-free visit!

The Better Vet Visits course is offered by Paws With Bonds Professional Dog Training. It includes five 1-hour group classes. The first four classes take place the same time every week at Tumblewood Canine, and the last class takes place at Black Creek Animal Hospital.

Price: $325+HST for 5-week course.

The Canine Good Neighbour Prep Course is an advanced course that covers everything you need to know to earn your CGN Title with your dog. Not only that, but all of the skills learned in class will be beneficial for a well rounded, well mannered canine citizen. The class will be fast-paced and is designed to challenge you and your dog in a positive and constructive way.

Skills Include:

• Polite greetings with all kinds of people
• Loose leash walking with distractions
• Walking through a crowd (various locations)
• Long sit-stays and down-stays
• “Wait” and “OK” cues
• Stand for exam
• Recall
• And more!

The CGN Prep Course includes six 1-hour group classes that take place the same time every week. The first four classes take place at Tumblewood Canine, and the last two classes take place out in the real world.

Prerequisite: Level-1 and Level-2 Obedience programs, or all our Critical Skills Workshops.

Price: $400+HST for 6-week course.

Our Target Training course is a fun and challenging program designed to engage your dog’s mind! We use a technique called “shaping” to teach your dog various types of targets. These foundational behaviors can then be expanded into a wide range of practical and entertaining skills.

Imagine your dog learning to push a button, turn lights on or off, open or close doors, clean up after themselves, and even grab a cold drink from the fridge!

Beyond the fun, shaping offers excellent mental stimulation and can significantly boost the confidence of shy or under-confident dogs.

Skills Include:

• Nose Target (push a button, close a door, move away from you…)
• Paw Targets (add distance to basic commands, send your dog to a certain spot…)
• Bite and Hold (pick up items, retrieve items, pull a door closed, tidy up items…)
• Target Sticks (teach left and right, how to pose for a photo…)
• And More!

The Target Training course includes four 1-hour group classes that take place at the same time every week at Tumblewood Canine.

Prerequisite: Puppy Kindergarten or a minimum of one Critical Skills Workshop.

Price: $240+HST for 4-week course.

Our Obstacle Training class is a fun and exciting relationship-building opportunity for you and your dog. It helps your dog build their confidence by learning how to navigate different obstacles in our outdoor training space, and helps you develop your handling skills.

Skills Include:

• Lead your dog over and through different obstacles
• Improve your handling and communication
• Improve your dog’s focus, confidence, coordination, and fitness
• Build your relationship and trust!

Obstacle Training includes four 1-hour group classes that take place at the same time every week at Tumblewood Canine.

Prerequisite: Puppy Kindergarten or a minimum of one Critical Skills Workshop.

Price: $240+HST for 4-week course.

The Cooperative Care Seminar is a practical, hands-on seminar that teaches you and your dog positive handling and care. We will teach you how to build your dog’s confidence around brushing, nail trimming, wellness checks, and more. Our goal is to help you prepare your dog for grooming visits, vet visits, and basic handling at home. This seminar is perfect for rescue dogs, dogs that are nervous at the vet or groomer, or anyone who would like their dog to have a positive association with all types of handling.

Skills Include:

• The basics of placement and sitting/standing for exam
• Solid stays and relaxation
• Confidence building around various veterinary and grooming tools
• Positive association to touch
• Nail trimming demonstration

The Cooperative Care Seminar is a 2-hour class that takes place at Tumblewood Canine.

Price: $120+HST for the 2-hour seminar.

Contact Kim to learn more about our services and to discuss your training needs

Call now (647) 295-3734

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