Looking for a way to put all that obedience your puppy learned in the classroom into real life practice? Check out Puppy Field Trip class! In this class, we will continue to work on socializing our puppies to lots of everyday situations and practice getting our puppies to listen when you are out in public with them. The class will meet in a different location each week to get variety into the training you do. Your puppy MUST be able to sit, down and walk on leash in class to be able to participate in this outdoor class.
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Puppy Foundations 101
Our Puppy Foundations class provides the perfect balance between socialization and training for young puppies. Each 45 minute class will be divided into socialization, basic training and discussion time designed to make learning fun for you and your puppy. By interacting with other puppies in a supervised, carefully-structured socialization period, your puppy will learn valuable skills that only other dogs can teach him. He will learn to control his biting strength and appropriately interact with other dogs - vital skills for a bite-free, fight-free life.
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AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy
*Recommended for pups 4-8 months of age* AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy is a program designed to get puppies and their owners off on the right paw! This class provides special training and recognition for responsible owners and their puppies (this a great follow-up to our Puppy Foundations Flex class). Both purebred and mixed breed puppies are welcome to enroll. The AKC evaluation fee is included in the cost of the class (evaluation given at the last class). Puppies that pass the S.T.A.R. testing are eligable to receive a S.T.A.R. Puppy Olympic-style Medal, a listing in the AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy records and a frameable certificate. This class is highly recommended for puppies and owners who deserve recognition for their Socialization, Training, Activity and Responsibility!...
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Basic Manners and Obedience Classes
Focus and Self-Control
Have you ever felt like your dog is interested in everything in the world except you? Does your dog mind you at home but nowhere else? Does your dog lack self-control in new environments, around new people or in exciting situations? If you answered YES! to any of these questions, then this is the class for you and your dog!
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Field Trip!
Everyone wants their dog to be well-mannered in public, so what better place to train than in the real world? Each week, Field Trip will meet at a different outdoor location so teams can develop their good basic manners in the context of new, real-life distractions. Work on loose-leash walking, polite greetings, basic positions, self-control, attention, recall and more in this about-town class!
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Canine Cornerstones
Looking for a way to work on the basics with your dog over the holiday season? Join us for our four-week foundations class that gets dogs and handlers working on good manners. Get a start on basic behaviors and get practice in a group setting where we will work on basic positions, loose-leash walking, and other foundation behaviors. Great for dogs that need a good starter group class and are not quite ready for CGC Prep.
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Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Prep
The American Kennel Club CGC Program is a wonderful way to showcase the good manners of your dog so he can be distinguished as a Canine Good Citizen. Prepare for the 10 step CGC test that covers basic skills such as loose leash walking, sitting politely for petting, coming when called, and more.
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Breed/Group Specific Classes
Terrier Field Trip
For our Terrific Terriers graduates-- have fun in this breed-specific field trip class! Continue to develop good basic manners & troubleshoot problem behaviors while training out and about in the real world with other terriers & their owners! Class will meet outdoors at a different location every week.
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Specialty Classes
Cranky Canines
Is your dog cranky at the end of the leash? Does he bark, growl and lunge at other dogs? Learn how to help your dog go from cranky to calm in this specialty class!
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Wallflowers
Do you have a shy dog? Is your dog nervous in new environments? Does your dog get stressed around new people, objects and/or dogs? Our Wallflower class is just for you! Learn how to help your fearful dog gain confidence and a new outlook on those things that they are afraid of; gain confidence as the owner of a shy dog to successfully manage your pooch and turn his scary situations into positive ones!
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Rock Solid Recall
Does Rover come the first time, every time you call him? If not, come learn how to start training your dog for a really reliable recall!
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Dog Sports Classes
FREESTYLE Classes
Advanced Dressage and Freestyle
Polish your freestyle and dressage skills in this advenced level course.
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