Dog Services Unlimited - Serving Southern California Dog Owners Since 1969
A.K.C. CANINE GOOD CITIZEN ® CERTIFICATION TEST
WE'RE SORRY, BUT WE WILL NO LONGER BE SCHEDULING THE GOOD CITIZEN TESTS ANYWHERE.
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All breeds of dogs (mixed or purebred) who have been trained to obey basic obedience commands and who can remain calm when faced with distracting situations in public places, are welcome to try to earn a Canine Good Citizen ® Certificate.
Your dog will be tested on ten skills outlined in the American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen ® program. These skills demonstrate her responses to basic obedience commands, and indicate whether she will behave in a well-mannered way when out in public and in the midst of distractions. Passing this test will also entitle a dog registered or listed with the AKC to have CGC™ added to her title record, and appear as a part of her titled name.* |
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Students who pass all ten parts of the test will receive the paperwork needed to obtain their official certificate from the American Kennel Club.* Passing students also may purchase a collar tag or an embroidered patch (to sew on a jacket -- or your dog's bandana!). We send a list of all dogs who earn their Canine Good Citizen ® Certificates to the American Kennel Club in New York, to be recorded officially on your dog's record.
If there are some skills you don't pass during the test, your Evaluator can advise you what to work on at home to prepare for passing the remaining skills to earn your certificate. Practicing with your dog in a group class can help your dog to become more reliable around distractions.
*PLEASE NOTE: If your dog passes all ten skills, your evaluator will provide you with the testing paperwork and other information necessary to receive your Certificate and Title from the American Kennel Club. However students are responsible for completing the process by sending all required paperwork to the AKC, along with additional fees payable directly to the AKC.
If there are some skills you don't pass during the test, your Evaluator can advise you what to work on at home to prepare for passing the remaining skills to earn your certificate. Practicing with your dog in a group class can help your dog to become more reliable around distractions.
*PLEASE NOTE: If your dog passes all ten skills, your evaluator will provide you with the testing paperwork and other information necessary to receive your Certificate and Title from the American Kennel Club. However students are responsible for completing the process by sending all required paperwork to the AKC, along with additional fees payable directly to the AKC.
Boarding Clients:
Announcements and Reminders
BLACKOUT DATES:
UPDATE June 5th, 2022:
We just had a cancellation for a dog who was scheduled to come in NEXT WEEK... Since that had been the ONLY dog scheduled to come in on Tues. Wed. or Thurs., we now have three days with no one scheduled, so, we are going to take advantage of this and get away!!!
Please block these dates NEXT WEEK:
Tuesday, June 14th through Thursday June 16th 2022
We will not be available for these dates!
We will be available until pick up time (5:30 pm) on Monday, 6/13 and again on Friday morning, 6/17.
Please block these SEPTEMBER, 2022 Dates:
Monday, September 19th through Thursday, September 22nd 2022
We will not be available for these dates... However, we might not be leaving until late on that Monday,
so IF you will need us for Monday and will pick up by Monday afternoon, please let us know asap so that we will be aware
and we'll see if we can accommodate you.
UPDATE March 12th, 2022:
Please block these OCTOBER, 2022 Dates:
Monday, October 3rd through Friday night, October 7th 2022
We will not be available for these dates!
SUMMER 2022: DATES REVISED 5/21/2022:
Paul and I will be travelling to ITALY for our daughter's promotion ceremony, which WILL be held on August 1st (she is advancing from Major to Lieutenant Colonel) ...
WE HAVE FINALIZED OUR TRIP!! We will NOT be available for boarding or daycare from MONDAY, July 25th through Thursday, August 18th. We will be taking dogs again starting Friday morning, August 19th.
Please remember to book as early as possible, if you have scheduled a trip and need our services... if we see several days together where no dogs are scheduled to come in, we might decide to take advantage of that and plan a quick getaway...
Try to book with us at least THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE
so please check back here (or call us) before planning your getaway!
WE ARE GOING TO START LIMITING THE NUMBER OF DOGS WE WILL BE TAKING... TO A MAXIMUM OF 7 DOGS.
(but will accommodate up to 12 dogs for big holiday periods!)
We are so happy to see everyone planning vacations once again, after all the cancellations that everyone suffered through last year, but recently, we have really over-extended ourselves, and have discovered that allowing a large number of dogs to share our home at any given time, is not nearly as easy as it had been when we were younger... It is, in fact very stressful, and we need to recognize and accept our limitations. So please reserve your dog's spot early to avoid a disappointment that we do not have space available.
REMINDER: OUR NEW BOARDING AND DAY CARE RATES ARE NOW IN EFFECT (as of October 1st, 2021)
Overnight boarding: $55 per night for one dog... 2nd dog from the same household staying the same dates: $30
Day Care: $30 for one dog... 2nd dog from the same household $20
Pick up time is 5:30 pm or earlier for overnight boarding or day care.
You are not charged for the day you pick up as long as you pick up by 5:30 pm.
The quickest way to let us know you need to make a reservation, is to
SEND US A TEXT: (714) 925-0439 and we will reply to you right away.
Or, you may call our Business (landline-NO text) (714) 532-3647
PLEASE TEXT OR CALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE if you need any of the above mentioned possible blackout dates.
Email: Please use our new email address: pattyandpaul@earthlink.net (we can filter out and see your email much sooner... IF you send an email to our older address (dogservicesunlimited@earthlink.net), it is likely to get buried very quickly and we may miss seeing it!
PLEASE CHECK BACK AGAIN ON THIS PAGE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING THE ABOVE DATES.
If we do decide to plan a getaway for us, I will post that HERE...
Until it is posted as a definite blackout date, consider it still available, but call or text for a reservation asap. Thanks!
UPDATE June 5th, 2022:
We just had a cancellation for a dog who was scheduled to come in NEXT WEEK... Since that had been the ONLY dog scheduled to come in on Tues. Wed. or Thurs., we now have three days with no one scheduled, so, we are going to take advantage of this and get away!!!
Please block these dates NEXT WEEK:
Tuesday, June 14th through Thursday June 16th 2022
We will not be available for these dates!
We will be available until pick up time (5:30 pm) on Monday, 6/13 and again on Friday morning, 6/17.
Please block these SEPTEMBER, 2022 Dates:
Monday, September 19th through Thursday, September 22nd 2022
We will not be available for these dates... However, we might not be leaving until late on that Monday,
so IF you will need us for Monday and will pick up by Monday afternoon, please let us know asap so that we will be aware
and we'll see if we can accommodate you.
UPDATE March 12th, 2022:
Please block these OCTOBER, 2022 Dates:
Monday, October 3rd through Friday night, October 7th 2022
We will not be available for these dates!
SUMMER 2022: DATES REVISED 5/21/2022:
Paul and I will be travelling to ITALY for our daughter's promotion ceremony, which WILL be held on August 1st (she is advancing from Major to Lieutenant Colonel) ...
WE HAVE FINALIZED OUR TRIP!! We will NOT be available for boarding or daycare from MONDAY, July 25th through Thursday, August 18th. We will be taking dogs again starting Friday morning, August 19th.
Please remember to book as early as possible, if you have scheduled a trip and need our services... if we see several days together where no dogs are scheduled to come in, we might decide to take advantage of that and plan a quick getaway...
Try to book with us at least THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE
so please check back here (or call us) before planning your getaway!
WE ARE GOING TO START LIMITING THE NUMBER OF DOGS WE WILL BE TAKING... TO A MAXIMUM OF 7 DOGS.
(but will accommodate up to 12 dogs for big holiday periods!)
We are so happy to see everyone planning vacations once again, after all the cancellations that everyone suffered through last year, but recently, we have really over-extended ourselves, and have discovered that allowing a large number of dogs to share our home at any given time, is not nearly as easy as it had been when we were younger... It is, in fact very stressful, and we need to recognize and accept our limitations. So please reserve your dog's spot early to avoid a disappointment that we do not have space available.
REMINDER: OUR NEW BOARDING AND DAY CARE RATES ARE NOW IN EFFECT (as of October 1st, 2021)
Overnight boarding: $55 per night for one dog... 2nd dog from the same household staying the same dates: $30
Day Care: $30 for one dog... 2nd dog from the same household $20
Pick up time is 5:30 pm or earlier for overnight boarding or day care.
You are not charged for the day you pick up as long as you pick up by 5:30 pm.
The quickest way to let us know you need to make a reservation, is to
SEND US A TEXT: (714) 925-0439 and we will reply to you right away.
Or, you may call our Business (landline-NO text) (714) 532-3647
PLEASE TEXT OR CALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE if you need any of the above mentioned possible blackout dates.
Email: Please use our new email address: pattyandpaul@earthlink.net (we can filter out and see your email much sooner... IF you send an email to our older address (dogservicesunlimited@earthlink.net), it is likely to get buried very quickly and we may miss seeing it!
PLEASE CHECK BACK AGAIN ON THIS PAGE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING THE ABOVE DATES.
If we do decide to plan a getaway for us, I will post that HERE...
Until it is posted as a definite blackout date, consider it still available, but call or text for a reservation asap. Thanks!
Questions? Call Dog Services Unlimited (714) 532-3647 (landline, NO TEXT to this number)
