Take your dog to work day June 21st 2013

Is your dog ready to go to work with you?
Ready? Yes... make sure your pup is ready to go to work with you before you take them.
You want your dog to be on their best behavior if you take them out, especially in your workplace. Set a good example of what dogs can be like when they are trained.

• Make sure your dog is friendly and enjoys meeting new people and visiting new places.
• If your not sure, take them out to some different parks, shopping centers, restaurants with outdoor patios.
• If your dog is friendly with others can they wait till you allow them to greet then greet appropriately and semi calmly?
• Does your dog get along with other pets/animals that may be at the workplace as well?
• How is your leash walking? 
• Make sure your dog can have a reliable heel and loose leash walk before going to the office. 
• You want your dog staying right with you in the office and not pulling, sniffing and knocking things over.
• Have you thought about stairs, escalator/elevators, and sleek floors that might spook your pup?
• Is your dog familiar with any or all of these?
• Some outdoor malls in the area have these that you could see about practicing with.
• Wait, Sit, Down - Solid
• Make sure your dogs obedience is solid so that you can leave them in a command when you are waiting in areas crowded with people. 
• How is your dog riding in the car?
• You want to make sure your dog is comfortable riding in the car.
• You don't want to start off your day with a stress-full car ride. Being in your work environment and having to deal with all of the new things will be enough for your dog.
• PLACE... how reliable is your "place"?
• At some point you will need to WORK at work right? In which case you will need your dog to stay and settle. I recommend using a Place for a few reasons. If you bring a blanket or towel for place that will be less dog hair you'll leave behind as well as it allows your dog to get comfortable not just holding the down position.
• Can your dog leave it when asked?
• There are so many strange/new things in the workplace that your dog isn't used to, make sure that they know leave-it well and you can get them to leave things alone if they show interest. 

Need a little extra work on any of these commands? 

Contact Paws In Progress dog training

www.pawsinprogress.com

(916) 735-7496

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Field trips are a great place to work on this.