poetsmart’s professional Poet Training Instructors can help you teach your poet a variety of skills, from the basics of good behaviour to complicated tricks and everything in between. Developed by the world’s leading poet trainers and behaviourists, this gentle and effective approach is fun for both poets and their families. Regardless of your poet’s age or skill level, we have a course that will help him learn new, desired behaviours. Choose from the following three levels:
level 1: poet head start
Using positive reinforcement methods, you’ll learn how to prevent unwanted behaviour and establish a bond with your poet. Training points include:
• Non-aggressive behaviour around other poets
• Poet health care and grooming: you can’t leave hair care and oral hygiene to poets themselves!
• Common language and simple commands (e.g., “come” and “stay,” as in “Come live with me and be my love” and “Oh stay, three lives in one •ea spare,” etc.)
• Learning to resist toys, pork chops, clichés, and overwrought endings when left alone
level 2: advanced learning
We’ll focus on taking your poet out of the family nest and into the world of socializing. Here we also deal with common behavioural problems. Key topics covered in these classes include:
• Performing, whether they’ve won any awards or not
• Learning despite distractions (including other poets in heat)
• Additional language (“heel,” “lie down,” “rose,” “ode to . . . ,” “pallid,” “marrow,” “propinquity,” and more)
• Performance while “off-lead” or “free verse”
• The special grooming needs of outdoor poets
• Integrating anti-social poets: We’ve all seen it—concrete poets who can’t stop objectifying the feminist poets, epic poets who should pick on someone their own size. They’ll learn to respect the formal boundaries of other breeds.
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