‘SuperFetch’ focuses on doggone goodness

Maybe you don’t worry about spoiling your new manicure before your nails can dry. But Anne does.

Maybe you don’t have a problem with company leaving your toilet seat up or, worse, forgetting to flush. Kimberly does.

Fortunately, they are both owners of dogs that, with the right kind of training can lend a helpful paw.

Thanks to pet trainer extraordinaire Zak George, that’s about to happen on “SuperFetch” (premiering tonight at 8 on Animal Planet), which puts the “can” in canine.

“ ‘SuperFetch’ is the first show that doesn’t focus on fixing a broken dog,” says George. “We look for people who are interested in interacting with their dog, taking their relationship with their dog to the next level, and making their already great dog even greater.”

On the first episode, George steps in to craft a training plan for Anne and her English cocker spaniel, Oliver.

Oliver learns how to save Anne’s manicure by plucking cash from her purse to pay the manicurist and, when they arrive home, grabbing the house keys to open their front door.

Kimberly’s Bernese mountain dog, Bear, learns how to drop the toilet seat and flush on command whenever Kimberly’s boyfriend or brother has failed to do so.

A second episode (airing at 8:30) finds George furnishing tips on how to teach a bulldog to tend bar and an Australian shepherd to bowl.

In the future, look for answers to questions such as these: Can a dog serve as “wingman” to help her dateless owner meet women? Make the bed? Square dance?

Or fetch a beer from the fridge for his master, who is relaxing on the sofa?

George says the key to the process is making it fun for the dog, which means identifying the “currency” the dog values most: snacks for a job well done, or maybe camouflaging the learning process as a familiar game the dog already loves.

“Dogs want to please us, but they also want to know what’s in it for them,” he says.