All our services are also available in English

Our courses, lectures and private lessons as well as behavior consulting are also available in English.

We welcome dogs of all ages, sizes and breeds. We do not reject strong and powerful breeds, on the contrary. Weather you have a kilo or a hundred kiloes of  exuberance at home, they are all most warmly welcome to us. Our motto is for you and your dog to have a well balanced, functional everyday life together.

The courses are specially designed and targeted for small groups, maximum number of attendants is from 3-5 depending on the topic. This is to guarantee individual learning for each dog and it’s handler.

We operate mainly in the middle-, eastern- and western parts of the province of Uusimaa. Detailed courses and workshops arranged upon request are held at all parts of Finland.

Our courses include for example:
  • intensive courses on special topics eg. bahaviour, walking on leash
  • puppy, everyday life and obedience courses
  • clicker training
  • scent work and lessons on how to activate / stimulate your dog eg. nose work, human search
  • dogsport such as rally-o, dogshows
Our lectures include topics such as
  • how dogs communicate
  • the holistic wellbeing of the dog
  • clicker training
  • problem behavior, it’s causes and treatment
  • how dogs learn and how to train a dog
Behavior consulting has attended to problems such as:
  • aggression
  • mounting
  • pulling on leash
  • barking
  • anxiety and phobias
  • general control
  • chasing
  • destroying of places
  • jumping against people
  • excess guarding
  • food steeling
  • hyperactivness
  • house-training problems
  • car travel and many others

Behaviour consulting is held on appointment and includes evaluation of the behavior and it’s history, individual guidelines for treating the problem and a written report.

We also arrange workshops, courses and lectures for individual groups eg. companies, puppy and breeder rendevouz, private gatherings, associations. The contents of these courses and workshops are specially taylored according to the requests and needs of each group.

Our methods are based on behavioral science, we train dogs using positive reinforcement and the correct timing of rewarding. No violence towards dogs is accepted.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information. We are happy to work together with you and your dog!

 

Susanna

Hurttia & Huumoria

Susanna Visapää
Kenkäpellontie 1, 04600 Mäntsälä
Puh. 044-201 9800
Email. suski@hurttiajahuumoria.fi