Positive-Only, CPDT-KA Dog Training Referrals

HSSCM offers referrals for positive-only, CPDT-KA trainers in our area. Trainers are not employed or overseen by HSSCM. Individual trainers’ policies, procedures, or curricula may vary. By clicking on the form, your information will be sent to the individual trainer and they will contact you directly. If you are a CPDT-KA, positive-only trainer based in Calhoun County Michigan and would like to be added to our referral list, please email us.

Anne Barea, CPDT-KA trainer; sessions are held weekdays at Pet Supplies Plus in Battle Creek.
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Bille Wickre, CPDT-KA trainer, Canine Training Institute. All classes meet on Saturdays at Pet Supplies Plus in Battle Creek. Course offerings include: Puppy Socialization/ AKC STAR Puppy, Basic Manners/ CGC Preparation, Enrichment
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LIABILITY OF OWNER FOR DOG BITE (EXCERPT) – PUBLIC ACT 73 of 1939

287.351 Person bitten by dog; liability of owner.

Sec.1. (1) If a dog bites a person, without provocation while the person is on public property, or lawfully on private property, including the property of the owner of the dog, the owner of the dog shall be liable for any damages suffered by the person bitten, regardless of the former viciousness of the dog or the owner’s knowledge of such viciousness.

(2) A person is lawfully on the private property of the owner of the dog within the meaning of this act if the person is on the owner’s property in the performance of any duty imposed upon him or her by the laws of this state or by the laws or postal regulations of the United States, or if the person is on the owner’s property as an invitee or licensee of the person lawfully in possession of the property unless said person has gained lawful entry upon the premises for the purpose of an unlawful or criminal act.