Who Is Canine United?

Ryan - Owner, Certified Dog Trainer

Ryan is a husband, father and full-time Certified Dog Trainer that attended the International Academy Of Canine Trainers locally in Delta B.C, and graduated with an almost perfect grade of 98.6% overall. Everything was in a classroom setting, local animal shelters, as well as in-home and on-site personal client environments, and included monitoring and assisting with Puppy Classes, Obedience Classes (levels 1, 2 and 3), Dog Agility, and Doggy Daycare. Absolutely nothing was online, and the International Academy of Canine Trainers is a fully registered institution with the BC Ministry of Advanced Education. Ryan is very involved in continuing his own education, keeping up-to-date, and furthering everyone's knowledge in the field.

Elizabeth - Certified Dog Trainer

Elizabeth is a Certified Dog Trainer with extensive hands-on canine education and experience and is pet first-aid certified. She has been offering group classes for almost 10 years, including socialization and fun themed trick workshops! Elizabeth has a passion to assist dogs and their owners to get on the same page.

We have training in:

• History of Dog Training
• Evolution of Dog Training
• Dog Breed, & Dog Breed Groups
• Classical Conditioning
• Operant Conditioning
• Luring
• Extinction
• Shaping
• Reinforcement Schedules & Timing
• Assessing Dog Personalities
• Proofing
• Proper Training Equipment
• Behavioural Assessments
• Training Evaluations
• Vaccinations, spaying & neutering
• Psychology protocols for Dog Behaviours
• Understanding Leadership & Pack Organization

• Preventing & Correcting Behavioural Problems
• Clicker Training
• Habituation
• Desensitization
• Flooding
• Counter Conditioning
• Socialization
• Canine Communication
• Dog Body Language Signals
• Canine Safe Handling Techniques
• Diet and relation to behaviour
• Development Stages & Socialization
• Reactive Dogs & Dog to Dog Aggression
• Command Training & Troubleshooting
• Creating Training Plans for all dog personalities
• Psychology of Canines