We’re beyond thrilled to announce that we are partnering up with the fantastic folks at Opportunity Barks for continuing education for our Minders. Our Minders are serious dog-experts, many with years of professional experience working with dogs and their owners. But, we can always learn more.
As such we reached out to our colleague, Leigh Siegfried (owner and founder of OpBarks) to see if she’d like to join us for regular staff training sessions. And she’s on board! She’ll be attending staff meetings and giving Minders demos and lectures about various dog training and behavioral issues, followed by Q&A sessions so we can pick her brain. Many of our clients have worked with Leigh and her staff, and we’re excited to give The Minders the chance to tap into their expertise. (Leigh also helped us develop our orientations for The Monster Milers volunteer running group when we launched that in 2010.)
About Opportunity Barks: ” We at Opportunity Barks™ believe that every interaction with your dog is a learning opportunity. We use these daily opportunities to design a training plan that works for you, your dog and your life. We use humane, positive methods to create relationships based on respect, fun and play.”
First up for February’s Staff Meeting, a question that we get from clients all of the time: “How do I stop my dog from pulling?” Leigh is going to give us easy tips and tricks that we can not only utilize while on walks, but also share with our clients on a daily basis. We hope that your dog gets more out of Monster Minder daily walks than “just exercise.” Dare we say we want to give them a “doggie education” too?
Find out more about OpBarks on their website. Leigh and her team provide private and group training sessions, fun classes such as “Circus Class” (AKA the class you’ll want to take to teach our dog quirky party-tricks!) agility lessons, phone consultations and more.
