Training - Indoor-Outdoor Classroom
Manners and Obedience
Fun and Certifications
Fun and Certifications
Supervised Puppy Social Hour
Mondays 5:30 pm
For puppies 8 to 16 weeks
Class size limited
FREE!
Facilitator: Paulina Rafa
Watch your new family member learn and interact with other puppies in a supervised environment.
Socialization is the process of positive exposure to new experiences, situations, environments, people of different ages, and other animals. It will help your puppy to develop the coping skills needed for a stable temperament.
Puppies must have first distemper/parvo and bordetella vaccinations (proof required).
Pawsitively Puppies
Thursdays 6:30 pm
For puppies 3 to 6 months
Class size limited
6 weeks $165
Instructor: Dani Drogue CPDT-KA
Designed to help you build a strong, loving relationship with your new puppy. Getting a puppy is a lifelong commitment and our class will help you and your dog start your journey together. Curriculum jam packed with fun and useful information.
Includes:
*House Training
*Solve chewing problems
*Socialize with other dogs and people
*Come when called
*Constructive play training
*Stress free veterinary visits and grooming
*Sit and Down
*Leave-It and Wait
Manners and More - Part 1
Tuesdays 5:00 pm
Thursdays 7:30 pm
For dogs 6 months and older
Class size limited
6 weeks $165
Instructors:
Tuesdays: Laurie Merritt CPDT-KA CNWI
Thursdays: Dani Drogue CPDT-KA
Taught using positive reinforcement via food, praise, and toys. Focus on teaching exercises that will help to build a strong relationship with your dog while developing the manners that make them a welcome family member in all areas of your life.
Includes:
*Attention/focus
*Sit and Down
*Greet people
*Loose leash walking
*Come when called
*Leave-It and Wait
*Settle
*Solving chewing problems
*Fun games and tricks
Manners and More - Part 2
Tuesdays 6:00 pm
For dogs 6 months and older
Class size limited
6 weeks $165
Instructor: Laurie Merritt CPDT-KA CNWI
*Recommended pre-requisite: Manners Part 1
Reinforces training concepts and techniques learned in initial manners class. Specific focus on jumping, loose-leash walking and recall, plus expands proficiency with increasing the four D’s; distance, duration, distraction, and diversity. Develops a well-mannered dog and prepares you and your dog to transition to Canine Good Citizen level.
Fun and Certifications
Fun and Certifications
Fun and Certifications
Canine Good Citizen (CGC)
Tuesdays 7:00 pm (semester alternates with AKC Novice Tricks)
For dogs 6 months and older
Class size limited
6 weeks $165
Instructor: Laurie Merritt CPDT-KA CNWI
**Some insurances will accept ‘restricted dog breeds’ with CGC certification in homeowner policies.
Nationally recognized AKC certification identifies your dog as a well-mannered dog and you as a responsible dog owner. Demonstrate proficiency of training without the aid of treats, toys, restrictive collars or harnesses. The CGC course prepares you and your dog for mastering 10 practical exercises.
Includes:
1. Accepting 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 and staying in place
7. Coming when called
8. Reaction to another dog
9. Reacting (or not reacting) to a distraction
10. Supervised separation
AKC Novice Tricks
Tuesdays 7:00 pm (semester alternates with CGC)
For dogs 6 months and older
Class size limited
6 weeks $165
Instructor: Laurie Merritt CPDT-KA CNWI
*Pre-requisite: Manners and More - Part 1.
Nationally recognized AKC certification and title. Fine tunes your training techniques and sharpens your dog’s responsiveness. Requires your dog to use their brain and brain work is as exhausting as running a marathon. (And you don’t have to run!) The Novice Tricks course teaches you and your dog to master 10 tricks from the AKC list.
Includes:
Balance beam
Bark on cue
Crawl on belly
Fetch It
Find It (scent item hidden)
Names of items
Get In (box)
Sits (in box on cue)
Get on (4 paws)
Paws up (2 front)
Hand signals
High five
Hold (3 seconds)
Jump (through)
Kennel Up
K9 Nose Work® Foundation
Fridays 6:00 pm
For dogs 6 months and older
Class size limited
6 weeks $165
Instructor: Laurie Merritt CPDT-KA CNWI
*Dogs must able to relax in your heated/cooled vehicle between working turns.
The activity and sport of K9 Nose Work® are open to virtually all dogs and their people. This journey can begin at any stage of your dog's life and lasts a lifetime. It brings out the best in your dog, and brings you both closer.
You set the pace. If your goal is to make K9 Nose Work® a regular play activity, there is no end to the games you can enjoy. If you are destined to face new and greater challenges together and experience the excitement of competition, K9 Nose Work® is also an organized, titling sport with official trials across the nation.