Dawn Winans

United States, Colorado, Centennial, CO

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Dawn Winans

About this trainer

Dawn Winans is a dog trainer who, along with Laurel Landsman, founded Canine Frontier. They have both trained and competed in Canine Musical Freestyle, Obedience and Agility.

Training Philosophy

Dawn Winans and Laurel Landsman believe that training your dog can be much more fun, innovative and creative when bringing the aspects of Freestyle into all areas of training. They know first hand that making training fun strengthens the bond and enhances communication between dogs and their people.

Services

Canine Frontier offers a variety of training services, including:

  • Puppy Positive group class:

    This group class is 5 weekly sessions on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. and is taught by Laurel and Dawn. This course covers basic puppy training such as focus and attention, loose leash walking, socialization, sits, downs, jumping up and polite greetings. They also offer AKC Star Puppy testing, which can be done at the end of the 5 week session.

  • Puppy Prep Session:

    This session covers your puppy’s first day at home, and includes house training, puppy development, puppy nipping, daily routines and requirements, and how to train your puppy with Positive training.

  • One-on-one Positive puppy course:

    This course covers basic training, such as focus and attention, loose leash walking, sits and downs, jumping up and polite greetings, socialization and more.

  • One-on-one Positive Dog training course:

    This course covers helping your rescue dog settle into your home, and any basic training that your dog may need such as focus and attention, loose leash walking, house training, sits and downs, jumping up and polite greetings, socialization, and other specific behaviors that your dog may need help with.

  • One-on-one Positive Dog training course for adolescent dogs:

    This course covers more advanced training or refreshes previous training which includes being calm and settling down in exciting situations, loose leash walking, polite greetings, waits and stays, and more!

Specializations

Puppy training, basic obedience, socialization, loose leash walking, freestyle, agility, rescue dog training, adolescent dog training

Training Methods

Positive reinforcement training

Social Media Links

Facebook:

Canine Frontier Facebook

YouTube: Canine Frontier YouTube Channel

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