Important Notes:

Location: The Neighborhood House in NEH. 

You are encouraged to pay by check. Mailing address will be included on your registration receipt (via email - check your spam). 

If you need to change your plans/class, please call MDI Adult Ed first, especially if you want to transfer to a different class. 

Tired of feeling like you’re at the other end of a dog sled team? Want to be able to take your dog to the farmers market without them jumping on everyone? Need help getting your dog to come when you really need him to?

Basic obedience is the class for you! For dogs 4 months and older, this class will help you and your dog work as a team to conquer these big struggles and more.

This class will meet with 3-4 dogs, giving your instructor opportunities to address concerns for all students, give each team individual attention, and help you progress further in a lower-stress environment for both people and dogs.

This class is not appropriate for reactive dogs. In this class we cover loose leash walking, coming when called, stay, sit/down/stand, and working on attention and other skills around distractions.

The first week is a humans only orientation so you will NOT bring your dog with you. 

Important Notes:

Location: The Neighborhood House in NEH. 

You are encouraged to pay by check. Mailing address will be included on your registration receipt (via email - check your spam). 

If you need to change your plans/class, please call MDI Adult Ed first, especially if you want to transfer to a different class. 

Do you have a teenage dog who is familiar with the basics (sit, down, stay, come), but needs help learning to stay focused around distractions? Does she need help with polite greetings and not jumping on others?

This class will help you build the communication skills to work together in new and exciting scenarios and helping your dog learn settle when they’re excited. You and your dog will be introduced to games that work with rather than against their teenage energy, while building self-control.

This class will meet with 3-4 dogs who are five months and older, giving your instructor opportunities to address concerns for all students, give each team individual attention, and help you progress further in a lower-stress environment for both people and dogs.

The first week is a humans only orientation so you will NOT bring your dog with you.

Important Notes:

Location: The Neighborhood House in NEH. 

You are encouraged to pay by check. Mailing address will be included on your registration receipt (via email - check your spam). 

If you need to change your plans/class, please call MDI Adult Ed first, especially if you want to transfer to a different class. 

Tired of feeling like you’re at the other end of a dog sled team? Want to be able to take your dog to the farmers market without them jumping on everyone? Need help getting your dog to come when you really need him to?

Basic obedience is the class for you! For dogs 4 months and older, this class will help you and your dog work as a team to conquer these big struggles and more.

This class will meet with 3-4 dogs, giving your instructor opportunities to address concerns for all students, give each team individual attention, and help you progress further in a lower-stress environment for both people and dogs.

This class is not appropriate for reactive dogs. In this class we cover loose leash walking, coming when called, stay, sit/down/stand, and working on attention and other skills around distractions.

The first week is a humans only orientation so you will NOT bring your dog with you. 

Important Notes:

Location: The Neighborhood House in NEH. 

You are encouraged to pay by check. Mailing address will be included on your registration receipt (via email - check your spam). 

If you need to change your plans/class, please call MDI Adult Ed first, especially if you want to transfer to a different class. 

Let's get your dog learning some cool new skills!

Class will be tailored to the individuals in it and what tricks they already know (so everyone's learning new tricks!)

Tricks might include: take a bow, sit pretty, crawl, roll over, hoop jump, play dead, perch, wipe your nose, back up and more! We’ll use luring, shaping, and rewarding to teach your dog new tricks AND we'll spend time each week showing you fun games to play with your dog using things around your house to help strengthen your bond and have fun while being at home together this winter. 

This is a live, online class via Zoom. 

In this 6 week course, you will learn the importance of movement, stress reduction, self-care (including sleep strategies, rest, self-love, self-forgiveness) healthy nutrition and mindfulness and healthy relationships to improve your overall wellbeing.

This course will be done on Zoom in a lecture format with time at the end for Q & A.  with journal prompts, hand-outs, text, phone call or email check-ins. There will be a FREE Zoom meeting to go over the course at the end of the 6 week session.

Fee includes a journal, pen, hand-outs, weekly check-in via phone call/text/email and FREE Zoom meeting at the end of the 6-week session to wrap up the course.

This is a live, online Zoom session:

Bringing home a new puppy or adopting a dog requires some preparation and forethought to help everyone transition smoothly to new routines.

During this class Devina will be sharing my top tips to help guide your decision if you haven't brought the dog home yet, and if you have, we'll talk about the quickest way to achieve harmony and get everyone on the same routine.

We will be going over housetraining for both puppies and adult dogs, and how to identify and work with behavior issues early on to prevent them from becoming a problem in the future.

Devina Iyer (she/they) is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer - Knowledge Assessed with the Council for Certification of Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT), as well as an Accredited Dog Trainer with the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC). They have several years of experience working with street dogs and shelter dogs, as well as puppies and family dogs of various breeds. They also serve as a Board Member for The Ark - Pope Memorial Animal Shelter in Cherryfield, and live with their own two rescue dogs in Trenton.

This is a live, online ZOOM class.

With the world, and even Downeast, Maine, increasingly at-risk in experiencing natural, technological and human-caused catastrophes, this presentation offers a realistic, no nonsense approach to emergency preparedness for individuals, households and businesses. This workshop will look at the risks we face both as individuals and as communities, and discuss how we best mitigate these risks to remain safe, alive and whole.

Free upon request. 

This is a live, online Zoom session: 

Does your dog or puppy show signs of fear at the Vet's office? Perhaps they turn around and try to leave as soon as they realize where they are, or maybe they growl, snap and try to bite the Vet staff. Maybe you would like your dog to wear a muzzle comfortably for everyone's safety, but now they won't let you put it on them?

In this class I will be going over what to do if you have a dog who struggles at the vet, how to get started teaching them to enjoy wearing a muzzle and having a better time with the Vet or groomer.

There will be time for questions at the end of class as well!

Devina Iyer (she/they) is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer - Knowledge Assessed with the Council for Certification of Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT), as well as an Accredited Dog Trainer with the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC). They have several years of experience working with street dogs and shelter dogs, as well as puppies and family dogs of various breeds. They also serve as a Board Member for The Ark - Pope Memorial Animal Shelter in Cherryfield, and live with their own two rescue dogs in Trenton.