ROOT Dog Training
ROOT Dog Training is Positive Dog Training for You & Your Dog! We are Certified Pet Dog Trainers (CPDT) and TAGteach certified. We train everything from pet basics, conformation, field training and competition/rally obedience.
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Location:
Highland Park, IL, 60035
Phone:
847 831-2419
 
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ROOT Dog Training Just a reminder that today is the deadline for the "lottery" for the Park District of Highland Park dog training classes winter session. The winter session starts Jan. 6th. Wags & hope to see some of you there! Sara

November 16 at 5:00am
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ROOT Dog Training Here is an interesting link about how the media does identification of breeds involved in attacks. Very eye opening!
Sara

nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com
The Media: A Reliable Source for Dog Attack Data? *** What do these two dogs have in common? Both dogs were involved in a fatal attack on a
Peggy Kaplonski
Peggy Kaplonski
they need to get it right and not group all dogs as one
November 13 at 7:09am
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ROOT Dog Training There was a great B.C. comic the other day, making a joke about a certain TV trainer that uses a lot of punishment. Check it out, it's worth a good chuckle.
Wags, Sara

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Daily BC comic strip, by Johnny Hart
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ROOT Dog Training Not sure who watches The Big Bang Theory on CBS but oh my this weeks episode was PRICELESS! BF Skinner & Thorndike both were mentioned. The roommate of one guy was using chocolate to "train" using positive reinforcement the other guy's girlfriend. The one guy does not like the girlfriend and thought that smoothing... out her "edges" would make more to everyone's liking! You have to watch. Here is a link to the clip. http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/video/?cid=501654023&pid=RAbP51maYZiYKE299oZTaaOtMWX1EJrN

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AJ Chalom
AJ Chalom
I saw it and I thought of you. I am glad you found it. It was pretty funny.
October 9 at 5:08pm
Peggy Kaplonski
Peggy Kaplonski
love this show. it was funny
October 9 at 7:56pm
Dee Berkheimer McLaughlin
Dee Berkheimer McLaughlin
I saw that. It was hilarious!
October 10 at 5:35am
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ROOT Dog Training I need some help! The Highland Park officials would like me to weave the H.P. Character Counts Mottos into my classes and relate them to dogs. The first one I have to tackle is - Trustworthiness! The thoughts I have so far are: Earn trust from your dog that you will not put him in un-safe situations. Earn trust fro...m your community that you have a well trained dog. Any other ideas? Thanks & Wags, Sara

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October 7 at 2:56pm
Shawna Kaplan Sabransky
Shawna Kaplan Sabransky
A trustworthy dog is a safe dog. (?)
October 7 at 7:31pm
Dee Berkheimer McLaughlin
Dee Berkheimer McLaughlin
Earn the trust of your dog and your community by working to keep them both safe. Education is the key.
October 8 at 3:59am
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ROOT Dog Training Rally Student Brag! Kellee & her mini Poodle Chuck earned their first 2 Rally Novice Legs! Both with first place finishes in Novice A - with a 99 & a 96. Wow - I think they have the Rally bug. Now they just need to find time out of their Agility schedule to show some more. I'm so proud! Wags, Sara

October 5 at 8:30pm
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ROOT Dog Training The classes at Heller are filling up! The Family FUNdamentals is just one or 2 dogs shy of the limit. The Puppy FUNdamentals has room so if you know anyone with a puppy please feel free to pass along the information. You have to contact Heller Nature Center to sign up. Wags, Sara

September 21 at 2:11pm
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ROOT Dog Training I took so many photos at the Shedd! Here is a link to the photos plus some off of a Shedd employee's camera who was also taking the class. If they are labeled with a just a number they are from my camera. The only video I took was from my iphone, but I'll post it shortly. If you have any questions about what you are looking at let me know.
Wags, Sara

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Susan Kennedy
Susan Kennedy
great photos...lots of questions...we will talk when I get home
August 30 at 11:38am
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ROOT Dog Training Yesterday was the last day of the seminar. I'll sure be missing some of my new friends both animal and human! This photo is of Ken training Ty the California Sea Lion. He is not fully grown, and in this photo he is doing the "smile" behavior. The cue to smile is Ken smiling as you can see. Ty is an awesome animal ...to train and the relationship between him and Ken was beautiful.

Liane Luini
Liane Luini
What a cutie! (I'll let you decide if I mean Ty or Ken!!)
August 30 at 7:57am
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ROOT Dog Training Today I got to train with the Belugas! Wow, they are so cool. Here is a photo of me with an adult female doing a lay out position that they train for exams. We also got to train her 2 year old calf who was so cute. They like their tounge scratched as a secondary reward, that was very fun to do. Tomorrow is another fun day.

Samantha Livingston Seidenberg
Samantha Livingston Seidenberg
I am so envious - if it was a dolphine, it would be even worse!
August 28 at 6:02am
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ROOT Dog Training Today was day one of the seminar at the Shedd! Of course it was awesome. Here is a photo of Ken training some dolphins through the glass. Neat to see the lack of reinforcers directly from Ken and the dolphin still working.

Susan Nies
Susan Nies
I can't wait to hear all about it! I bet it is fascinating.
August 25 at 3:53pm
Liane Luini
Liane Luini
Very cool Sara. Surreal picture of the dolphin. Thanks for the daily updates! Can't wait to see and hear more. Can you take little videos too?
August 25 at 7:01pm
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ROOT Dog Training Puppy & Family FUNdamentals classes are starting at the Highland Park Park District on Wednesday, September 30th. More information can be found at this link

www.pdhp.org
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ROOT Dog Training It's official I can offer an advanced class at the Park District. They will not be listing it but I can offer it to my existing clients. The class will be Wednesdays, at 8:30pm - and start Sept 30th. I need 6 people in order to register for the class to run. I will let everyone know when and how you can sign up. Wags, Sara

August 12 at 2:23pm
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ROOT Dog Training This summer I had the pleasure of teaching 4 women and their retrievers some basics of field training. It was great to see how much these dogs improved in just 6 short weeks. I think all of them now have a stronger recall and a nice return of objects. Also they were all introduced to clicker training.

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ROOT Dog Training NEW Classes with the Highland Park Park District will be starting September 30th. I'll be offering a Puppy & a basic Adult class. If there is enough interest from current students I might be able to add an advanced class. Class will be 8 weeks long and only $120 since it is a Park District class. You will have to r...egister through the Park District, once I have a link I will post it. Wags, Sara

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August 10 at 6:42am
Sherri Plourde Browdy
Sherri Plourde Browdy
Do we consider Cail "advanced"?! :)
August 12 at 5:37pm
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ROOT Dog Training
Yes! I think many of the dogs in your class are going to continue into this class :)
August 13 at 5:15am