Behind the Scenes

Something that people aren’t aware of that goes on at Walks & Wags is all of the hours spent in the preparation time for our classes and sessions. Research to further my skills as a trainer and behaviorist; creating flyers, class handouts and curriculum; maintaining the web site; interviews and follow ups with our clients; advertising and marketing, general administrative duties all of which are done by both Michelle and myself. (She is the more techy one, I’ll admit). It’s part of what makes our business work and we do it without reservation.
The next turn in the bend for us involves our classes. We have been teaching 2 ½ hour classes for 3 Community Ed’s, and 1 Park and Rec. The classes are chock full of information and very popular. This Fall they will take on a new look. We will be holding 4 ½ hour seminars instead. The information can now be presented in a more relaxed fashion and the extended hours leaves more time for the all important Q & A session at the end. This way, instead of a class a month, I will teach one seminar on "Behavioral HELP for Dogs" in the Fall and one for "Start ‘em out Right~Puppy Training" in the Spring for all 4 districts. A lot better use of time.
Our "pilot" seminar will be this July 11 ‘09 at Freedom Park in Prescott, WI from 1-4pm. We have a lot of inquiry’s and registrations, but still have a few spaces open as of this writing.
This has generated an impetus for us to create a Power Point Presentation as we are currently using an overhead projector for our classes. Michelle and I are starting from scratch on this, but we’ll figure it out eventually, just as we have with everything else. I look forward to these new improvements. The class content will not change, just the presentation style. It’s good now. It will be even better when the power point is in place.