Canine Montessori School
We are passionate about fostering dogs’ intellectual, emotional, and physical growth at Pinecone Pups. Our Montessori-inspired approach recognizes the intelligence and curiosity of dogs, and we aim to create an environment that allows them to flourish regardless of age, interests or activity level.
Pinecone Pups offers canine enrichment with natural outdoor areas, guided activities and rest and relaxation areas. Providing a dog with enrichment allows an animal to have a sense of control over their enrvironment. Canine enrichment can help with a wide variety of behavioral issues.
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Our pups practice polite behaviors, play in the sand pit, balance on the rocks, fetch, forage for snacks, test out the slide, follow scent trails, practice skills while distracted, play with giant herding balls, learn to relax when it's time to take a break, gain confidence, and leave satisfied.
Intuitive Behaviors
Digging Sniffing Retrieving
Herding Chewing Exploring
Foraging Playing Resting
Sun bathing
Facilitated Behaviors
Balance and strength building activities
Climbing challenges
Jumping challenges
General confidence building
Taught Behaviors
Sit/ Down -
Door etiquette - Recall - Drop it - Up - Off - Let's go Find it - Get it
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Why bring your Pup to Pinecone's Canine Montessori School?
Pinecone Pups are Polite
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Sit and wait before going through doors
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Reliably recall at daycare, even when playing
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Walk well on a leash
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Take treats politely
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Drop it on command
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Can find it and get it
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Don't barge out of their crate
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Don't jump on people
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Recognize and respect social cues from other dogs
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And so much more!
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Pinecone Pups Love to Learn
Pinecone Pups Learn to
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Be polite
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Find things
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Give themselves breaks to avoid getting overstimulated
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Try new things
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Climb and Jump and do scary things
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Pinecone Pups Learn to
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Use their noses
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Use their ears
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Use their paws - even the back ones!
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Balance on wobbly things
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Watch things going on and not need to be involved
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Pinecone Pups Crave Experiences
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Herd balls
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Stop and smell the flowers
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Dig dig dig dig dig
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Forage for treats
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Climb the logs
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Race around the track
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Enjoy spending time with their friends
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Nap on the top of the mountain
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Jump from rock to rock
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Follow carefully laid scent trails
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Splash in the pool
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Hear and see and touch and chew
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RUN!
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Pinecone Pups
Canine Montessori
1 day a week
$285 a month, set schedule
Choose either Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays
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1-on-1 skill building
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14,375 sq ft dog park
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Daily pictures and reports
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Guided enrichment experiences and work periods
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Group activities
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Health checks
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49 days a year
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$69.80 a day (less than $7.76 an hour)
Canine Montessori
2 days per week
$530 a month, set schedule
Tuesday, Thursday
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1-on-1 skill building
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14,375 sq ft dog park
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Daily pictures and reports
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Guided enrichment experiences and work periods
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Group activities
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Health checks
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97 days a year
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$65.57 a day ($7.29 an hour)
Each member is required to sign up for at least one day of attendance per week, and it must be the same day each week.
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A credit card must be on file, and we will charge it on the first of each month.
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Cancel anytime with 3 weeks notice
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Missing days aren't refunded
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Dogs must pass a $60 full day assessment to enter a trial period
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We are a small three-person team with our own animals, families, etc, and in addition to being closed the last two weeks of December, we will close 1 or 2 other times throughout the year with notice. There may be a time we may need to close in case of an emergency, too. We thank you for supporting our dream and appreciate your understanding.