Upcoming Seminars, Events, and Wokshops!!!

Become the best dog owner/trainer you can be!

At Top Dog we firmly believe that we can never stop increasing our knowledge about how we interact with dogs. Every dog is an individual, and the more tools we add to our toolbox the more dogs we help. This part of our website is devoted to showcasing upcoming workshops, seminars, and other events that we are hosting at the Top Dog facility.

Group Class Game Changer Nov. 4-5, 2022 (SOLD OUT)

Top Dog is very excited to be offering our group class game changer workshop once again. This event is for professional dog trainers only. Event information, hotels, etc., can all be found by visiting the Eventbrite link below.

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Group Class Game Changer March 3-4, 2023

Top Dog is very excited to be offering our group class game changer workshop once again. This event is for professional dog trainers only. Event information, hotels, etc., can all be found by visiting the Eventbrite link below.

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THE EDUCATION ELEVATION WORKSHOP

Adam has been presenting this workshop in a smaller format for the last several years but we’ve finally decided that 2023 is the year it gets it’s own full day workshop! Save the date for May 5th and 6th. More details and event registration should be available by the end of September.

Diabetic Alert Dog Summit

2023 DATES CURRENTLY TBD (Please ignore date in picture at left, we’re experiencing some technical difficulties with changing that picture for some reason.)

Training Diabetic Alert Dogs is one of the most rewarding choices we’ve made in the dog training industry. We want to share that opportunity with other qualified dog trainers. We’ve attempted some short two and three day workshops in the past. Unfortunately we felt that we were just getting started when the workshops came to a conclusion. For this reason we’ve built the Diabetic Alert Dog Summit. The reason we call it a Summit, and not a school or a workshop is because we are only allowing professional trainers that already have all the basic skills required to train a dog. Therefor, we can skip the basics, and put our skills immediately to the test in training the more advanced behaviors required of a diabetic alert dog.

The other thing that makes the Summit special when compared to our other workshops is the class size. We only allow eight participants per session. Due to the popularity of the course this is obviously a blessing and a curse. We want to train as many competent and moral trainers as we can, but we just don’t feel we can do that if we let the group size get too large. The downside to this however is that the course can fill up months in advance so we recommend if you are seriously interested that you sign up as soon as you’re able to.

What exactly a diabetic alert dog does, and does not do. There are many myths that need to be dispelled.
Who are the correct candidates for a diabetic alert dog (not all T1 Diabetics need one)?
Selecting the right dog/puppy for the job. Being a diabetic alert dog is an extremely tall order, and not all dogs make the cut. We will be doing hands on aptitude testing with puppies and adult dogs.
Scent Imprinting (the different stages and drills to imprinting the correct odor on the dog).
How to train the dog to alert.
Proofing and generalizing the scent detection so that the dog learns to alert no matter what.
Public Access training
Training night alerts.

This is by no means a comprehensive list. Our goal with this summit is that you will leave feeling confident in starting the process to becoming a diabetic alert dog trainer so that you can go out and have a positive impact on the lives of those that are so desperately seeking help.

Requirements: As mentioned earlier, this workshop is only open to those with a solid foundation in training dogs. We require that you have a minimum two years professional experience in obedience training, competition training, or other comparable fields.

Price: $1200 includes six days of instruction, breakfast snacks (granola bars and fruit), and all lunches. Most days will run from 9am-5pm. Tuesday will run from 9am-7:30pm. Saturday will run from 9am-2pm. It is possible to still fly out on Saturday if needed.

Each person will need to register for the workshop individually in order to attend. (In the event that two people from the same household would like to attend they still need to register separately.)

For those that are traveling from out of town: Our training facility is located about 1 hour from DFW Airport and 1 hour 10 minutes from Dallas Lovefield Airport. Feel free to fly into either airport and we will happily pick you up November 3rd and return you to the airport on the 9th or 10th. You will not need to rent a car if you don’t want to as the facility is located very close to a little cluster of hotels. If you stay in one of the hotels (listed below) we’ll be happy to have our staff shuttle you back and forth from our facility. The hotels are also within easy walking distance to quite a few restaurants so once again you should be able to save some money by not renting a vehicle. We will not be offering pickups from the airport November 4th, we know some folks like to fly in the day of the workshop, and we simply can’t get out to the airport and still start at 9am the same day.

Accommodations: We are very fortunate to be just down the road from a cluster of hotels (some dog friendly some not). For the Summit we don’t have a large enough group to receive any kind of special discounts so we just recommend that you do some checking to see which one best fits your needs. Again, if you stay at any of these hotels we’ll be happy to shuttle you to our facility each day so that you don’t have to rent a car. If you are interested in sharing a room with another participant please let us know and we’ll put out an email to see if anyone is interested.

La Quinta Inn and Suites

Address: 225 E Alsbury Blvd, Burleson, TX 76028

Phone: (817) 447-6565

Super 8 By Wyndham

Address: 151 E Alsbury Blvd, Burleson, TX 76028

Phone: (817) 447-0011

Hampton Inn&Suites

Address: 13251 Jake Ct, Burleson, TX 76028

Phone: (817) 295-2727

Holiday Inn Express & Suites

Address: 13250 Jake Ct, Burleson, TX 76028

Phone: (817) 426-0396

Red Roof Plus

Address: 200 Pace Alsbury Ct, Burleson, TX 76028

Phone: (817) 806-3080

Register Here

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