GoodPup & Canine U

GoodPup and Canine U

Great Ways to Train Your Dog!

Animal shelters can be stressful environments for dogs. With that in mind, Kitsap Humane Society’s behavior staff has made available two great ways to train your best furry friends.

GoodPup

We’ve partnered with our friends at GoodPup to provide our adopters, fosters, and community members with convenient, affordable, science-backed dog training. The highest-rated app in the iOS App Store, GoodPup has helped more than 80,000 dogs across North America.

GoodPup offers individualized attention, motivation, and guidance from experienced private trainers – any time, anywhere! These trainers tailor techniques specifically to your dog and home, provide alternate strategies when something isn’t working, and are always there to answer your questions. Trainers are available any time of day for video call sessions or to answer questions over chat.

Best of all, Good Pup offers a free trial week to friends of Kitsap Humane Society, as well as a lifetime discount – and for each person who signs up for training with GoodPup, Kitsap Humane receives a donation to help continue our lifesaving work in the community!

To learn more about GoodPup, you can watch this informational video featuring Community Resource and Behavior Manager Chris Russell (and his dogs Stout and Porter), or you can sign up by clicking here.

Canine U

This program provides individual curriculum for each dog in the care of the Behavior Department. The coursework includes fun activities like games, food puzzles and learning tricks.  A dog’s challenges — including stress and/or fear-based behaviors  — can be relieved through this unique  support system. As dogs  learn new skills and become happier and better behaved, their ability to get adopted quickly is increased. Best of all, families who adopt dogs in Canine U will be provided with “coursework” of games and activities that will  help the dogs transition to their new home successfully.

Canine U program components include:

• Progress Reports & Transcripts – information about each enrolled dog’s history, personality and behavior needs
• Advanced Educational Curriculum – teaching our smarties new games, tricks and skills
• Post-Graduation Support – email and telephone behavior and training assistance during the transitional time after adoption
• Continuing Education – including handouts, YouTube videos, and other resources

Keep an eye out for the Canine U icon on our dog’s kennel cards to see which dogs are enrolled!