Donna’s Do Right Dogs

Donna’s Do Right Dogs offers private consultations, puppy day training, and a variety of group classes. Private consultations include behavior evaluations, goal discussions, and personalized programs for issues like puppy basics, leash manners, polite greetings, counter surfing, basic obedience (sit, down, stay, come, heel, leave-it, drop-it, settle), CGC prep, reactivity, barking, fearfulness, shelter dog adoption, tricks, and beginning scent work. Puppy Day Training provides structured socialization and basic training for pups 2-12 months, with video lessons and progress notes.

Group classes include Puppy Kindergarten (8-20 weeks, basic obedience, socialization, AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Exam prep), Puppy 2: Curbing Adolescent Antics (5 months-2 years, strategies for adolescent behaviors), Puppy Playgroups (8-20 weeks, under 25 lbs, supervised play and agility equipment), Basic Manners – Level 1 (all ages, fundamentals like sit, down, stay, recall, loose leash walking, polite greetings), and More Manners – Level 2 (solidifying basic skills, no-jump greetings, loose leash walking with distractions, stays).

Advanced and specialty classes include Canine Good Citizen Prep & Test (advanced skills for CGC test), Walkabouts (group walks practicing leash skills, recalls, stays, polite greetings; not for reactive dogs), Small Dog Social (off-leash play and agility for dogs 25 lbs and under), Donna’s Sports Sampler (Agility, Tricks, Scentwork, Obility), Reactive Dog (private session then group lessons for barking, lunging, whining due to anxiety/frustration), Intro to Canine Scentwork & Scentwork 2 (nosework for confidence and focus), and Obility! Obedience & Agility (advanced obedience with agility components). Leah Tremble also offers Intro to Parkour, Sports Sampler (Rally, Scentwork, Parkour), and Better Walks: A Loose Leash Walking Workshop.

Pricing Summary

Group classes typically cost $240 for 6 weeks (e.g., Puppy Kindergarten, Puppy 2, Basic Manners) or $200-$220 for 5 weeks (e.g., More Manners, CGC Prep). Shorter courses like Sports Sampler, Scentwork, and Obility are $160-$165 for 4 weeks. Puppy Playgroups are $25 per session. Private in-home sessions are $165 each, with packages at $475 for 3 sessions or $950 for 6 sessions. On-site private puppy packages range from $140 per session to $1,215 for 9 sessions. Puppy Day Training is $100 per 3-hour session, with packages from $275 for 3 sessions to $950 for 12 sessions. Classes offered by Blue Skies Ahead Dog Training (Leah Tremble) are $240 for 6 weeks (Parkour, Sports Sampler) or $140 for 3 weeks (Better Walks).

Policies

No refunds are provided after attendance of the first class. Make up classes are not guaranteed or transferrable to other services. If another class is running currently or scheduled, clients may be able to make up missed classes. Donna may send video exercises if requested. There are no make up classes for specialty classes including Obility, Scentwork, Sports Sampler, Walkabouts, Intro to Parkour, and Sports Sampler (Blue Skies Ahead Dog Training).

Donna’s Do Right Dogs provides relationship-based dog training using positive methods. They believe clear communication, trust, and leadership are the basis for successful training. The business offers private consultations, puppy day training, and a variety of group classes from Puppy Kindergarten to advanced sports like Agility and Scentwork.

They are committed to proven science-based methods that are compassionate, kind, and fear-free for dogs and their humans. The team includes Donna Culbert, a Certified Professional Dog Trainer with extensive experience, and Marissa Davis, Lead Training Assistant and Day Training Coordinator.

Leah Tremble of Blue Skies Ahead Dog Training also collaborates, specializing in enriching the owner-dog relationship through sports training and behavior analysis. Donna’s Do Right Dogs also offers dog walking and pet boarding services.

Accomplishments

Donna Culbert is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) since 2004. She graduated from Mt. Ida College’s 2-year Canine Behavior and Training Program. Her experience includes 9 years as Canine Training Manager at Quincy Animal Shelter and 6 years as Canine Behavior and Training Coordinator at Scituate Animal Shelter. She volunteered for the Prison Puppy Program for NEADS/Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans and trained Opry, the Comfort Dog for Hingham Schools, which led to the Plymouth County Comfort Dogs program.

Donna is also the Training Director and board member of the New England Dog Training Club, a Canine Good Citizen Evaluator from the AKC, and a member of APDT, IAABC, and NACSW. She attends many seminars and workshops for continuing education, including those by Michael Shikashio, Dr. Ian Dunbar, Dr. Nicholas Dodman, Suzanne Clothier, Dr. Susan Friedman, and Sue Sternberg. She also trained wolves, coyotes, foxes, and bison at Wolf Park.

Marissa Davis is a KPA CPT and CPDT-KA, a graduate of Karen Pryor Academy, with years of experience at dog daycares and training facilities. Leah Tremble is a CPDT-KA with over 20 years of experience, holding degrees in Elementary and Special Education and Psychology. She worked as a behavior consultant in public schools, designing and implementing behavior analysis programs. Leah is a CGC Evaluator and certified FIT Dog Instructor Level 1, and has received education in Fear Free practices. She is also the founder of The Canis Lupus Familiaris Literary Society.

How to Get Started!

To get started, clients can request an appointment for private training or register for group classes through the website’s scheduling link. For Puppy Day Training, an evaluation (Zoom or in-person) is conducted before scheduling the first session. For the Reactive Dog class, a private session with Donna is required prior to the first group lesson.