POSITIVE-ONLY SNAKE Avoidance TRAINING
Protect Your Dog with Confidence
Rattlesnake encounters can be life-threatening. Our Snake Avoidance Training gives your dog the skills to recognize early scent, sound, and visual cues and choose to move away - before danger escalates, using only positive reinforcement.
What Makes Our Class Different
Our positive-only approach uses clear communication, controlled exposure, and reward-based training to build a confident, thoughtful avoidance response. Unlike traditional methods that rely on fear or punishment, we focus on empowering your dog to make safer choices voluntarily. By introducing snake-related scent, sound, and visual cues in a structured way, your dog learns to actively disengage before an encounter ever escalates.
Scent & Sound
We introduce dogs to specific rattlesnake scent and the distinct rattle sound, ensuring they recognize danger even when it's out of sight.
Visual Cues
Visual cues are taught in a structured way, helping dogs identify the shape and movement of a snake from a safe distance.
Reward-Based
By rewarding the choice to move away, we build a reliable, life-saving behavior that maintains your dog's confidence and trust.
Our Snake Avoidance Curriculum
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Early Recognition
Dogs learn to identify snake-related scent, sound, and visual cues early, before a dangerous encounter escalates.
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Safe Decision Making
We build a confident, reliable response where dogs choose to move away from danger using clear communication.
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Active Disengagement
Using reward-based training, dogs learn to actively disengage from the stimulus and make safer choices independently.
Recall and Alert
The final behavior chain teaches dogs to return to their handler and perform a trained alert, creating a reliable response in real-world situations.
Secure Your Dog's Spot
DATES
Next class begins July 11 at 9:00 AM (5 consecutive Saturdays, first one is virtual)
LOCATION
4150 S Hazel Ct
Englewood, Co 80110
PRICING & SESSIONS
Snake Avoidance Class: $350 per dog for 5 week course. First week is virtual. Includes scent, sound, and visual conditioning with live exposure final.
Enroll today and give your dog the skills to stay safe on every trail.