Join us May 7, 8, 9, 2025-6-9 PM CT

Polite Play in Dogs is a course designed to provide professional dog trainers, shelter workers, vet techs, rescues, groomers and enthusiasts with critical information and understandings of dogs to identify and understand the differences in polite (pro-social) play vs. other types of behaviors that may appear to be play-like in dogs. 

This course gives an understanding of what polite play is, how to identify it, and how and when to provide guidance. The “what, how and why” is always the underlying theme of every CHRI course. This one is no different. The ability to understand and read dog language, in the moment, is critical to having the human helping to provide limits or “cap” over the top behaviors, and give appropriate guidance for dogs to play correctly with each other.

This course is extremely important to help provide trust and pack orientation for pro-social play. This aspect is a paramount precept in creating a properly socialized and cooperative pack, whether it is a permanent or temporary (in the moment) pack. The human must understand what is going on and why to be able to become trustworthy to step in only when it is necessary and only to the level needed.