Your animal’s behavior has you considering a trainer – great idea! You want the best for your animal, but how do you know if a trainer’s approach is humane? Trainers typically refer to themselves as either “positive reinforcement” or “balanced.” Positive reinforcement rewards the good and ignores the bad. To effectively change behavior, we need to identify the behavior(s) we …
Now Enrolling for Alexandria Animal Academy
Cost-Effective Canine Behavior and Training for the Community: Enrolling Now! We are now enrolling for the October cohort of our Alexandria Animal Academy – a cost-efficient option for dog behavior and training courses for our community! However, the course is open to anyone in need – you do NOT have to be an Alexandria resident. The canine courses have been crafted …
Clicker Training for All Ages
[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text] Have you ever wondered how the experts teach their pets to Sit, Stay and Roll Over? Clicker training uses positive reinforcement methods to teach pets of all kinds a variety of tricks, from basics like Sit and Stay to more specialized commands. Learn the essentials of clicker training from the AWLA team over Zoom and how you can …
Polite Pups and Proud Volunteers
“Yes! Good job! That’s it!” It’s not always the animals who get to enjoy a training class at the AWLA. Our amazing volunteers are in on the fun too! Volunteers at the AWLA help with everything from caring for animals to doing laundry and now helping pups put their most polite paw forward. While our amazing volunteers spend so much …
Click – Treat – Adopt
Stop by the shelter on any given day, and you might hear a distinct clicking noise, followed by the sounds of happy pups, kitties and even rabbits and rats enjoying a quick treat before their next click. Clicker training is part of the AWLA’s positive reinforcement training for shelter animals, but it’s more than just rewarding Buddy for his excellent …
The Great Puppy Games
Join us on June 22 at 7:00 p.m., when our pups will participate in the main event, the Puppy Games at WOOFS! These siblings will go head-to-head and paw-to-paw to show off everything they learned over the past six weeks.
Learning “Sit” with Our Pups in Training
We don’t believe “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”, but you can start on training even when a pup is still young. Vola Lawson Animal Guardians and AWLA foster caregivers WOOFS! Dog Training Center is currently working with several litters of AWLA puppies, supporting the moms of these babies, making sure they get the attention they need and challenging them …