Canine Training Institute

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Mission: The Canine Training Institute promotes positive relationships between people and dogs through education, training, and interaction between people and their dogs at all life stages. Through such relationships the lives of both people and dogs will be enriched and made more joyful.

Purpose: We exemplify and teach positive training methods for the public. We support HSSCM’s mission of educating the public. We act as ambassadors for the Humane Society to the public through our classes. All fees for training are donated back to the Humane Society to support the animals in our care.

Values:  Members of the CTI value:

• Positive approaches to training dogs and people.
• Listening as a first step in training
• Small classes that offer individual attention.
• Affordable classes that are welcoming to all ages and ranges of abilities.
• Our association with the Humane Society and its tenets and values.
• Positive attitudes in our interactions to clients.
• Our role as change agents in the lives of our clients, humans and dogs.

Welcome policy: In addition to the Humane Society’s non-discrimination policy, CTI welcomes dogs of any breed or size and owners/handlers with any physical ability. Children are welcome in our classes.

Methodology:  Since its inception, the Canine Training Institute has developed training methods that are entirely positive and based on cooperation between the trainer and the dog. We integrate techniques that rely on an understanding of animal physiology and normal physical reactions. Classes are small to allow for individual attention to each dog and handler pair.

Our staff trainers are dedicated individuals who have experience working with and training animals (not limited to dogs) using positive methods. They strive to keep abreast of the latest techniques, methods, and animal training information. They regularly attend classes, seminars or workshops to maintain their levels of knowledge, skills, and competence.

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.