Training Classes

First class is orientation - please take a short break from your puppy and leave them home this week.

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Puppies will socialize with other puppies and humans; owners will learn the importance of socialization, particularly at a very young age.

Some of the topics discussed are: house training, nipping/biting, crate training, etc. Foundational skills include: sit, down, stand, loose leash walking, drop it, settle and more.

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Handling and grooming basics are also covered. Prevention of problem behaviors is also discussed.

(Prerequisite: Manners 1 or equivalent)

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Real-Life Skills for You and Your Dog!

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Real-Life Skills for You and Your Dog! In Rally, you and your dog heel through a course of stations and perform the specific obedience exercises indicated on each sign.

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Various signs direct a dog and handler team to turn left or right, and guide them through moves like sit and down, stay, come, fast or slow, and heeling maneuvers. The courses are unique each time. Rally exercises and movements are real-life skills that you can use in everyday!

 

Skills covered in Rally Level 1:

Heeling: The core foundation of Rally is heeling with your dog- moves on the handler's left on a loose leash

Sit, Down & Stand in Heel Position

Front Position (sitting and facing the handler)

Finish Right (dog returns to heel position by circling behind the handler)

Finish Left (dog returns to heel position by swinging around on the handler's left side

Stay (both sit and down) and walk-around your dog

Desire to learn more and have​​

First class is orientation - please leave your pup home this week.

This class is a great place to start a newly rescued dog, puppies 5 months and up or an adult dog.

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Some of the topics discussed are: house training, jumping, barking, etc.

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Foundational skills include:

sit, down, stand, drop it, loose leash walking, settle, come when called "Recall", place (stationing), impulse control exercises and

(Prerequisite: Manners 1 or equivalent)

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This class continues the training from our Manners 1 class. We will begin to "proof" our skills.

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Troubleshooting of simple behavioral issues will be discussed, and we will build onto the foundational skills that were taught in Manners 1. Distance, Duration, and Distractions will be added into previously learned skills. We will start working towards using our new skills in the real world.

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The AKC Canine Good Citizen is a 10-skill test that teaches good manners to dogs and responsible dog ownership to their owners.

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Our six week class covers the CGC test items:

1. Greeting a friendly stranger

2. Sitting politely for petting

3. Appearance and grooming

4. Walking on a loose leash

5. Walking through a crowd

6. Sit and down on command

7. Coming when called

8. Reaction to another dog

9. Reaction to distractions

10. Supervised separation​

 

Weeks 1 through 4 are spent working on the 10 skills required for the CGC test.

Week 5 will be a field trip to practice these skills in a real life environment. Our field trip will be at a mutually agreed upon day/time. It will not be at our regularly scheduled class time due to the difficulty of our trainer to get there and back for the other previously scheduled classes.

Week 6 will be our test day.

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