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:
The November dates we had announced a month ago as blocked (November 9th - 12th) are now OPEN for boarding reservations again, since unfortunately, our reservation got messed up, and we could not get our trip confirmed for those dates... INSTEAD, we had to choose other dates, in DECEMBER:
please block these December dates:
Monday morning, December 13th until Thursday evening, December 16th
ALSO Please block these OCTOBER Dates:
Tuesday, October 19th and Wednesday, October 20th
We will be back and available on Thursday, the 21st.
ALSO Please block these NOVEMBER Dates:
Monday, November 15th through Thursday, November 18th
We might only be gone for three of these four dates, so if you need us on either Monday or Thursday of that week, please let us know asap and we might be able to accommodate you.
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...
so please check back here (or call us) before planning your getaway!
OTHER DATES THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY TURN INTO BLACKOUT DATES:
Possibly October 13th (no one is scheduled right now for that day, but it is not blocked just yet) or November 8th or 9th ...(as of today, Sept. 13th, we have no dogs scheduled for those dates!) so we might plan a short getaway... So, if you are looking at a possible vacation during these dates, please let us know asap, and please check with us before you book anything within those date spans.
CHRISTMASTIME: NOW ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS! Previously, we had hoped to take a trip to Europe to be with our kids, but now we have decided that we will be staying home for Christmas, so you may schedule your dogs to stay here during your holiday travels. Please try to book early for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, to ensure a spot!
WE ARE GOING TO START LIMITING THE NUMBER OF DOGS WE WILL BE TAKING... TO A MAXIMUM OF 7 DOGS.
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.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
All of you who have been with us for many years know that we have never raised our fees for boarding at all in the past 14 years...
Our single dog fee has been $45.00 for all those years. But Paul and I have made the decision that our fees will go up as of
October 1st, 2021... Our new fees will be as follows:
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!
The November dates we had announced a month ago as blocked (November 9th - 12th) are now OPEN for boarding reservations again, since unfortunately, our reservation got messed up, and we could not get our trip confirmed for those dates... INSTEAD, we had to choose other dates, in DECEMBER:
please block these December dates:
Monday morning, December 13th until Thursday evening, December 16th
ALSO Please block these OCTOBER Dates:
Tuesday, October 19th and Wednesday, October 20th
We will be back and available on Thursday, the 21st.
ALSO Please block these NOVEMBER Dates:
Monday, November 15th through Thursday, November 18th
We might only be gone for three of these four dates, so if you need us on either Monday or Thursday of that week, please let us know asap and we might be able to accommodate you.
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...
so please check back here (or call us) before planning your getaway!
OTHER DATES THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY TURN INTO BLACKOUT DATES:
Possibly October 13th (no one is scheduled right now for that day, but it is not blocked just yet) or November 8th or 9th ...(as of today, Sept. 13th, we have no dogs scheduled for those dates!) so we might plan a short getaway... So, if you are looking at a possible vacation during these dates, please let us know asap, and please check with us before you book anything within those date spans.
CHRISTMASTIME: NOW ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS! Previously, we had hoped to take a trip to Europe to be with our kids, but now we have decided that we will be staying home for Christmas, so you may schedule your dogs to stay here during your holiday travels. Please try to book early for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, to ensure a spot!
WE ARE GOING TO START LIMITING THE NUMBER OF DOGS WE WILL BE TAKING... TO A MAXIMUM OF 7 DOGS.
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.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
All of you who have been with us for many years know that we have never raised our fees for boarding at all in the past 14 years...
Our single dog fee has been $45.00 for all those years. But Paul and I have made the decision that our fees will go up as of
October 1st, 2021... Our new fees will be as follows:
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
