Foundation
Readiness, your rights as a handler, reading your dog, and the shared language that makes practice easier to repeat.
Professional online instruction
Professional guidance
for the dog you live
with.
A structured foundation in the skills that shape daily life with your dog — from attention and leash habits to trained calm and the tasks of a working partnership.
▧ Eight core modules◷ Designed for daily practice
Program focus
The workingpartnershipStructured instruction for the moments that matter.
The Academy approachA deliberate curriculum for everyday application.
01Clear focus02Practical cues03Repeated practice
The program
A curriculum designed to be put to use.
Good dog training lives in the hours outside a lesson. The Academy approach breaks each skill into a considered sequence so it can be understood, practiced, and returned to when the day asks for it.
How the method worksDaily skills
Manners, focus, and trained calm applied to the ordinary moments at home, at the door, and around distraction.
Working tasks
Carry the same calm framework into task training and the public settings that ask for more consistency.
The method
Less guesswork.
A more considered next step.
Rather than asking you to overhaul everything at once, each lesson has a defined purpose: what to notice, what to practise, and how to make that work more useful in the next setting.
- 01Observe the moment.Identify the pattern before trying to change it.
- 02Practise the cue.Keep the request small enough to repeat with care.
- 03Apply it gradually.Bring the same communication into the real world.
The curriculum
Eight modules. One
considered method.
A connected sequence of 31 lessons — video demonstrations, written guides, and short quizzes — presented in the order that makes them easier to carry into daily life.
Module I01
Readiness
↗︎Is a PSD right for you?
An honest readiness assessment for handler and dog before the work begins.
Module II02
Handler rights
↗︎Rights & responsibilities
The questions businesses may ask, and calm, prepared ways to answer them.
Module III03
Body language
↗︎Reading your dog
Recognize stress, arousal, and relaxation before you ask your dog to work.
Module IV04
Foundations
↗︎Training foundations
How dogs actually learn — markers, timing, and the core teaching techniques.
Module V05
Manners & focus
↗︎Essential manners
Sit, down, recall, place, hand targets, and attentive leash walking.
Module VI06
Trained calm
↗︎The settle series
Teach relaxation as a skill your dog can carry into any environment.
Module VII07
Task training
↗︎Service dog tasks
Deep pressure, retrieval, interruptions — trained with care, step by step.
Module VIII08
Public access
↗︎Public access practice
A graduated outing plan that takes the work into everyday settings.
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A syllabus should give you direction without turning your dog into a project. Return to the module that supports the moment in front of you.
Designed for ordinary days
Training that belongs in the life you already have.
The useful work often happens between appointments, errands, visitors, and walks. The course keeps the language direct and the practice grounded in the routines you share with your dog.
- ✓A clear theme for every module
- ✓Video demonstrations for each hands-on skill
- ✓Quizzes and guides you can revisit with intention
What the Academy values
A clear structure.
A calmer standard.
Clear course structure
Each module is framed around one practical theme, so the next action is never hard to locate.
A considered pace
The course is designed around focused practice sessions that sit naturally within an ordinary week.
A calm standard
The tone remains patient, consistent, and useful — without pressure to perform or rush the process.
The wider world
Bring more clarity to the next walk.
Not with a promise of perfection. With a more helpful way to understand the moment, choose the next cue, and move forward together.
Explore the program
Questions
Begin with
clarity.
The essentials on how the program is organised and how to start. Anything else — write to the Academy and we'll answer directly.
Who is the program for?
Owners who want a structured, self-paced way to train their own dog — beginning with foundational manners and focus, and continuing through psychiatric service dog task work. The first module includes an honest readiness assessment for both handler and dog; dogs showing aggression or severe fear should work with a qualified professional first.
How is the curriculum organised?
Eight connected modules and 31 lessons — about 3+ hours of instruction, designed to sit alongside short daily practice sessions. Lessons combine video demonstrations, written guides, practice audio, and short quizzes, in the order that makes each skill easier to carry into daily life.
Do I need prior training experience?
No. The curriculum starts with how dogs learn and how to use a marker, and every hands-on skill is broken into small, repeatable steps. Progress at your own pace and return to any lesson whenever the day asks for it.
How do I begin?
Create an account to enter the Academy portal. Your dashboard keeps your place, tracks the lessons you have completed, and always points to a clear next step.
Canine Training Academy