Training & Caring for a Rambunctious, Jumpy, Mouthy Dog: A Webinar for Adopters, Fosters, and Guardians

CEUs: PPAB 1, CCPDT 1, KPA1, PMCT 1, & 1 IAABC 

Presented by Maria Karunungan

Young, busy dogs can be trickier to care for if they are constantly jumping/mouthing and difficult to walk, handle, and live within the home. This webinar discusses how to meet the behavioral needs of social dogs who enjoy being around people, but are so exuberant and/or frustrated that they are jumping up, grabbing people's bodies or clothing, or biting/tugging on a leash.

The Pet Rescue Resource is available to animal shelters, foster-based rescues, and pet guardians as a resource for this issue. In this webinar, we will focus on training and caring for rambunctious, jumpy, & mouthy dogs in the home context. Whether you are a recent adopter of a shelter dog, a foster person who is generously donating their time and home to help the dog before adoption, or a current guardian of a dog with these behavior challenges, this webinar is for you

Learning Objectives

• Learn how to support the behavioral needs of a busy, on-the-go dog
• Learn what behaviors and skills are good to teach these dogs
• Learn how to train these new behaviors & skills effectively to help them transition more easily into their new home.

Your Presenter 

Maria is the owner and head trainer at Fetch the Leash in Burlington, Vermont. She is an honors graduate of the prestigious Academy for Dog Trainers and holds a Certificate in Training and Counseling (CTC), as well as a PCBC-A from the Pet Professional Guild, & a CSAT (Certificate in Separation Anxiety Training) from Malena DeMartini. Maria also has a Ph.D. in human education from Emory University, and an undergraduate degree in music from Yale University. Maria enjoys helping people and dogs meet each other’s expectations through training!

Maria’s experience includes working with a wide range of shelter animals at various shelters in Northern California since 2007 (the East Bay SPCA, Tony LaRussa’s Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF), Berkeley Humane, and Contra Costa Animal Services-Martinez). From 2010-13 she also taught classes for puppy raisers of puppies in training to become assistance animals for Canine Companions for Independence. Maria's specialties include raising behaviorally healthy puppies, helping adopted puppies and dogs transition well into their new homes; working with special challenges such as resource guarding or separation anxiety; and task-based service dog training. Maria helped write and develop the Pet Rescue Resource for the Shelter & Rescue Division of the PPG, and currently volunteers on the city-council appointed Dog Task Force in her local town of Burlington, Vermont. Maria’s heart belongs to many dogs, most currently to Noodle, a scruffy little guy with a long tongue; and Gideon & Bentley, a bonded pair of seniors who were recently adopted to enjoy the rest of their days together.