About Advances In Animal Behavior

<h2>A class-led training center in Chicago Ridge</h2>

<p>Advances in Animal Behavior opens its home page with &quot;Welcome to Advances in Animal Behavior. Where education and positive reinforcement are the key ingredients in pet training.&quot; The site says it has been &quot;Serving Chicagoland since 1995&quot; and that it offers &quot;a vast array of dog training services.&quot; Its classes are held at a partner facility, which the page gives as &quot;Pawsitively Heaven Pet Resort, Inc. 10051 Kitty Ave Chicago Ridge, IL 60415,&quot; and the site credits itself with a &quot;16,000 square foot dog training facility&quot; that &quot;affords us the opportunity to teach Dog Agility and Nosework.&quot;</p>

<h3>The class ladder</h3>

<p>The home page lays the program out as a progression. It says &quot;Our puppy classes include Puppy Kindergrarten,&quot; then &quot;For dogs over 5 months, we offer beginning dog obedience classes such as Adolescent Dog, and Basic Obedience I,&quot; and that &quot;Our intermediate/advanced programs include Basic Obedience II and Rally Obedience.&quot; Group classes are described as running &quot;From obedience to sports, for puppies through adults.&quot; Sport and enrichment classes sit alongside the obedience ladder: agility classes &quot;designed for true beginners to experienced teams,&quot; nosework, in which &quot;you learn to understand when your dog has found a specific odor,&quot; and a trick class in which dogs &quot;can easily earn AKC Trick dog titles.&quot;</p>

<h3>Private, board and train, and daycare options</h3>

<p>Beyond the group schedule the site lists &quot;private lessons for those dogs and human teams that prefer a one on one lesson,&quot; behavior problem consultations, and board and train &quot;tailored to your dog's individual needs.&quot; The board and train description is tied to the same resort: &quot;Boarding your dog at Pawsitively Heaven Pet Resort? Let us train it using positive reinforcement.&quot; There is also a daycare school for dogs &quot;currently enrolled in daycare at Pawsitively Heaven Pet Resort,&quot; which the site frames as &quot;a good mental break.&quot;</p>

<h3>Method and the people behind it</h3>

<p>The stated approach is reward based throughout: &quot;Our reward-based approach to training creates an environment where both you and your dog enjoy learning.&quot; The home page names its lead trainer in its own words, saying &quot;Our founder and senior trainer, Kristen Phillips, invites you to learn about dog behavior, enjoy training your dog, and accomplish your dog training goals.&quot; The page also carries a set of counters, which it displays as &quot;16 + Classes Offered,&quot; &quot;15000 + Pets Trained,&quot; &quot;27 + Years&quot; and &quot;300 + Pet Awards.&quot; Contact details given on the site are 630-258-2600 and kristen@advancesinanimalbehavior.com.</p>