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Hiking Programs

Did you know that exercising your dog in nature can have lasting positive behavioral and cognitive effects for your dog?

Five By Five Canine is here to help you step into the woods for those off-leash or long-line walks with confidence!

We’ll help you build all of the hiking skills you need, so you’ll feel prepared for anything you might encounter out in the woods with your best friend.

Skills covered include recalls (with distractions), appropriate long-line skills, trail manners, stays with distractions, collar grabs, appropriate greetings, focus skills, automatic check ins, and more.

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Hiker Extraordinaire

Learn all of the skills necessary to become a successful off-leash hiker! We will cover every skill necessary to make you and your dog feel completely confident and at home in the woods.

We will focus both on hiking in more populated areas full of dogs and people as well as areas that are more remote where wildlife would be more abundant.

The program includes:

  • Initial 90-minute consult with your family, discussing goals and the foundation behaviors that your dog has already mastered, as well as identifying areas that might still need work.

  • 8 hiking sessions, each approximately 1 hour long in varied locations and terrains

  • Bronagh will be available to support you through the entire program via email and phone along with the in-person lessons.

Extra Benefits:

  • 20 foot long line

  • treat pouch

  • clicker

  • unlimited email and text support for three months after conclusion of program

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The moderate hiker

Learn all the skills necessary to be a professional long-line hiker and begin learning how all of these skills can translate to full off-leash hiking. 

We will focus both on navigating the more populated areas full of dogs and people as well as more remote, wild areas.

The program includes:

  • Initial 90-minute consult with your family, discussing goals and the foundation behaviors that your dog has already mastered, as well as identifying areas that might still need work.

  • 5 hiking sessions, each approximately 1 hour long

  • Bronagh will be available to support you through the entire program via email and text along with the in-person lessons.

Extra Benefits:

  • 10 foot long line

  • treat pouch

  • clicker

  • unlimited email support for one month after conclusion of program

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Hiking for beginners

Always wanted to start hiking with your dog, but not sure where to start? This program is for you! We will start on all the foundation behaviors you need to become expert hikers.

The program includes:

  • Initial 90-minute consult with your family, discussing goals and the foundation behaviors that your dog has already mastered, as well as identifying areas that might still need work.

  • 3 hiking sessions, each approximately 1 hour long

  • Bronagh will be available to support you through the entire program via email along with the in-person lessons.

Extra Benefits:

  • clicker

  • unlimited email support for one week after conclusion of program

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