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Therapy Tails Level 2 - Working Skills

Class Details

Therapy Tails Level 2 – Working Skills is a specialized training class in Calgary for dogs and handlers continuing their journey toward becoming a Therapy Dog, Service Dog, or Animal-Assisted Therapy team.

Designed for teams who have completed Therapy Tails Level 1 – Foundations, this class focuses on advancing teamwork, obedience, and manners while introducing essential working and therapeutic skills.

For those pursuing Service Dog certification, we begin building working tasks. For those pursuing Therapy Dog or Animal-Assisted Therapy certification, we focus on the therapeutic skills needed to engage effectively in professional and community settings. Through this process, dogs develop the calmness, confidence, and responsiveness required to work in environments like hospitals, schools, and seniors' residences.

In this 8-week program (8 x 1-hour classes), you’ll develop the skills necessary to facilitate meaningful interactions with the people you and your dog will be supporting. Whether you're a healthcare practitioner, educator, therapist, or an individual training a service dog under Alberta’s owner-trained service dog provision, this course provides the structured guidance and foundational working skills needed to move forward with confidence.

Are you ready to take the next step in your therapy dog journey? Join us for Therapy Tails Level 2 – Working Skills in Calgary.

Additional Information

  • Dog Skills

    • Under, small spaces, and settling anywhere

    • Visit

    • Calm for petting and handling

    • Press (deep pressure therapy)

    • Perch and body awareness

    • Door protocol

    • Stairs protocol

    • Get back and spatial positioning

    • Advancing leave-it and impulse control

    • Advancing stay

    • Startle recovery and closing the loop (down-regulation)

    • Social awareness and working "mode"

    • Zero-tension leash walking

    • Alone training (being left with a stranger)

    • Working for a stranger

    • Fixing the leash

    • And more!

    Human Skills

    • Working dog categories and distinctions

    • Certification options

    • Micro-signaling an subtle communication and cueing

    • Co-regulating your dog

    • Leading with love

    • And more!

  • Dogs ages 7 months and up who have successfully completed Therapy Tails Level 1 - Foundations.

  • Classes are held indoors at the North Glenmore Park Community Association:

    2231 Longridge Drive SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  • To attend classes, dogs must have up to date vaccinations or titres.

  • $349 + GST for the 8-hour program (8 x 1 hour classes)

  • Please note that all registrations are final. We are unable to offer make-up classes, pro-rate tuition for missed sessions, or accommodate class swaps. Thank you for your understanding.

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