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Training resources

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Renegade currently employs Blake Forkner as our trainer. Blake is an IACP-certified professional dog trainer and American Kennel Club temperament evaluator. She has completed a variety of service dog training courses and relationship-based behavior modification courses. In her spare time, she also trains her own dogs to compete in national dock diving competitions. 

 

Blake is the owner of Meika's Helping Paws, a Savannah-based training organization that offers a discount to Renegade Paws Rescue adopters. 

Please use this page for training tips and to schedule request training. To maximize our training program, our training team will processes training requests and schedules sessions based on urgency and need. 

The Basics: Understanding Dogs​

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Understanding Dogs: How dogs learn

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Understanding Dogs: Body Language

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Understanding Dogs: Treat Hierarchies

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Understanding Dogs: Decoding the Warning Signs

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Understanding Dogs: Managing Reactivity

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Canine Safety & Handling​

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Canine Safety & Handling: Decompression

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Canine Safety & Handling: Leash Walking

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Canine Safety & Handling: Leash Pulling

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Canine Safety & Handling: Introducing Dogs & Children

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Specific Training Issues​

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Dog Behavior: Stranger Danger

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Dog Behavior: Resource Guarding

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Tips & Tricks​

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Tips & Tricks: Potty Training an Adult Dog

 

Tips & Tricks: Crate Training an Adult Dog

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Group Classes

Group classes provide an opportunity for you and your foster to learn fundamental training techniques in a group setting and increase their chance for a successful adoption. Classes occur every Thursday evening at 5:30pm at Daffin Park (weather permitting).

 

Fosters must be up to date on vaccines to join including bordetella, three DAPP shots, and rabies if over 4 months of age. If you do not know whether your foster is up to date, check with your foster support chat before booking.

Class Schedule

Submit a Training Request

Submit your training requests here. Please understand that we prioritize moderate to severe issues involving safety. 

Some training issues can be solved with the help of our very capable kennel staff and experienced volunteers. Please alert us as soon as you begin having issues. We can help fix many problems before they drive you crazy and make fostering too difficult. 

 

Once you fill out the form, our training team will reach out to you within a week to schedule the next steps. Sometimes this involves a phone call, a Zoom session or a meeting. 

 

Issues that we typically refer to our trainer include:

  • Stranger danger (dog displays fearful aggression rising above the level of normal warning signs to many new people)

  • Resource guarding towards humans

  • Severe separation anxiety 

  • Severe-moderate dog reactivity

  • Exceedingly fearful behavior

  • Bite cases

  • Child-related reactivity 

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