Exercise Excursion
3 Hour Professional Dog Walking
Fulfill your dog's exercise needs with Ronny LeJeune's Exercise Excursion pet care service. The program provides 3 hours of walking, running, and training to improve daily life through physical exercise.
What behaviors are taught in the exercise program?
The program is designed to provide dogs with opportunities to walk and run while learning behaviors to improve obedience when in public. Physical exercise is the first priority but the program provides additional benefits that improves behavior over time:
Physical Exercise
Dog Directed Exploring
Intended to facilitate sniffing and exploration in dog-safe parks and hiking trails.
Swimming
Provides an alternative option for exercise in the Spring and Summer months.
Fetch
Retrieving games such as fetch is available for dogs that enjoy playing with toys.
Obedience Training
Engagement
Skills include desire and focus to learn when in exciting and distracting environments.
Recall: Come When Called
Skills include nose touch, automatic check-ins, traditional and emergency recall.
Loose Leash walking
Skills include door manners and walking alongside the human around distractions.
Exercise Excursions are intended to provide dogs with fun activities and professional dog training that improves quality of life by providing physical exercise and obedience skills for daily life.
What do I receive from the exercise excursion service?
The Exercise Excursion service is a three hour pet care service intended to provide physical exercise and professional dog training. The dog trainer works individually with the dog owner to provide the following service features:
Pick-Up & Drop-Off
The dog trainer provides travel to pickup and drop off the dog for the Exercise Excursion within their service radius.
3 Hours of Pet Care
Each booking provides 3 hours of physical exercise per dog per day between 8:00am and 5:00pm on weekdays (Monday-Friday).
Photos & Videos
The dog trainer takes photos and videos of each dog's outing to document their enjoyment and training progress.
Travel Safe Crating
All dogs are transported in Ruffland Kennels to maximize safety during transport throughout the service.
Exercise Excursion Pricing
Optimal Canine’s Hybrid Behavior Modification Program is available to residents in the Lafayette, Louisiana and surrounding regions. The dog trainer, Ronny LeJeune, will travel to the dog owner’s place of residence on the dates scheduled for the in-person private dog training lessons.
*Pricing does not include mileage fees. There is an additional travel fee for residents 15+ miles outside of the 70520 is 58.5 cents per mile traveled to client's home outside of the service radius. The Louisiana milage rate follows Notice 2022-03 issued by the IRS on December 17.
Exercise Excursion Dog Walking service is available in Lafayette, LA & surrounding areas
How do the dog training work when exercising the dog?
The service focuses on developing Engagement, Recall, and Loose Leash Walking. These three skills are the core foundations to ensure that the dog and the handler enjoys their time at a park or hiking trail. Training begins in low distracting environments to ensure the dog is successful; but the difficulty is increased as the dog shows understanding of the skills being taught.
Therefore, the dog develops desirable behaviors needed for physical activities at parks and hiking trails.
What are the requirements for the Exercise Excursion service?
All dogs are accepted in the program, including dogs that require behavior modification but there are limitations. Completion of the dog trainer’s behavior modification program is required for dogs that exhibit anxiety, fear, and aggression towards people and dogs.
The program accepts dogs 20 weeks and older. Proof of health is required for enrollment. This includes current DAPP Vaccinations (Distemper, Canine Adenovirus types 1 & 2, Canine Parainfluenza Virus, & Canine Parvovirus), Rabies Vaccination, flea prevention, and a negative fecal within 14 days of starting the program. Titer Tests are accepted as proof of immunity within the three year testing window.
There is a size and weight limit due to travel constraints. The dog trainer does not have the equipment to transport dogs over 100lbs or taller than 25in tall.
Exercise Excursion Dog Walking Service Area
Optimal Canine’s Exercise Excursion is available to pet parents in south-central Louisiana. Service area includes the following cities and towns:
Lafayette, LA
Carencro, LA
Scott, LA
Opelousas, LA
Broussard, LA
Youngsville, LA
In-Home Private Lesson hours of availability include Monday through Thursday from 12:00pm to 6:00pm; and on Sunday from 10:00am to 6:00pm. Friday and Saturdays are unavailable.
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