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ClASS DESCRIPTIONS
Kindergarten Puppy Training Class (KPT) (12 to
26 weeks old)
- Socialization, basic skills (name recognition,
come, sit, down, not jump up, walk on loose
lead, settle, bite inhibition, and general
manners along with techniques that will help you
bond with your dog and make him a welcome member
of the family.
KPT - $85
(Kindergarten Puppy Training - 12 to 26 weeks
old) (eight-week course)
Basic Training Class (Over Six Months of Age)
– Exposes new and experienced dog
owners to the training that dogs need for good
manners at home and in public plus basic skills
(come, sit, down, not jump up, walk on loose
lead, settle) to strengthen the bond between you
and your dog
.Basic
- $85 ($70 if attended KPT with the same dog)
(eight-week course)
Beginning Novice Class (Class after Basic) –
Work towards off-leash control
and continuation to perfect home obedience,
prepare to show in obedience competition and
enhance overall obedience needed in Agility and
other off-leash related activities. Exercises
working towards a CGC, Canine Good Citizenship
Certificate, will be offered.
Beginning Novice, Advanced
Novice, Open and Utility - $70 (eight-week
course)
Advanced Novice Class
(Class after Beginning Novice) –
Build on getting more consistent
response to exercises worked on in Beginning
Novice. Teach dogs to perform more
consistently, perform for longer periods and do
sit and down stays at greater distances. A much
needed class for those who want to achieve solid
obedience control in public with many
distractions and for those preparing to show in
obedience competition.
Beginning Novice, Advanced
Novice, Open and Utility - $70 (eight-week
course)
Open Training Class (Class after Advanced
Novice) –
Offers all previous skills
learned plus working towards perfecting on and
off leash obedience control, retrieving, drop
on recall, jumping (high jumps and broad),
out-of-sights, and other exercises required to
compete in Open Obedience at an AKC event.
Beginning Novice, Advanced
Novice, Open and Utility - $70 (eight-week
course)
Utility Training Class (Class after Open)
–
Covers all previous exercises
plus scent articles, hand signals, directed
glove retrieve, directed jumping , and moving
stand for examine required to complete in
Utility Obedience at an AKC event.
Beginning Novice, Advanced
Novice, Open and Utility - $70 (eight-week
course)
Rally –
You and your dog learn to follow
a course of designated stations that have a sign
providing instructions regarding the next skill
that is to be performed with you and your dog
arriving at the finish line together. You are
encouraged to talk to your dog the entire time.
This makes it fund for both of you. Scoring is
not as rigorous as traditional obedience.Basic
- $85 ($70 if attended KPT with the same dog)
(eight-week course)
Beginning Novice, Advanced Novice, Open and
Utility, Clicker and Rally classes - $70
(eight-week course)
Clicker -
Clicker training is a powerful
training technique useful in dog training
everywhere from obedience to agility to
freestyle to companion or service animals.
Students will learn to clicker train their dogs,
and teach several behaviors to their dogs using
the clicker. The class will be designed to be
both an introductory class for people who have
never clicker-trained an animal, and a more
advanced class for people who have some
background in clicker training.
Basic - $85 ($70 if attended KPT with the same
dog) (eight-week course)
Beginning Novice, Advanced Novice, Open and
Utility, Clicker and Rally classes - $70
(eight-week course)
Agility –
Important Agility Information
Dogs registering for agility
classes MUST not have aggression issues. Dogs
must be well-mannered in order to participate.
Dogs should be a healthy weight without
health-related problems.
Dogs
must be fully vaccinated and be at least 12
weeks of age at the beginning of the agility
class. Proof of
vaccinations or titers must be sent with
Application or brought to first class. A signed
pre-registration form with waiver and
pre-payment are required.
Agility classes - $70 for
non-members and $25 for members (six-week
course)
Agility (Beginners) – This class is
designed for those who have never participated
in Agility. Agility requires proper training,
as it is a game of physical skill, control,
patience and, most of all, teamwork between a
handler and dog while negotiating a previously
set-up agility course. You and your dog learn
to do the contacts correctly right from the
start in a safe and non-threatening way. The
dogs will work on obedience skills necessary for
future agility training including but not
limited to - start line stays (sits and downs),
right and left side heeling, side switches and
turns on the flat, target training, and weave
pole basics.
Agility classes - $70 for
non-members and $25 for members (six-week
course)
Agility (Intermediate/Advanced) -
This agility class polishes
handler and dog learned skills and introduces a
team to increasingly more difficult obstacles
sequences. Teams in this class learn the
necessary skills to compete in all levels of the
agility venue.
Agility classes - $70 for
non-members and $25 for members (six-week
course)
CGC/TDI –
Canine Good Citizen (CGC)
CGC is an American Kennel Club (AKC)
certification program that is designed to reward
dogs who have good manners at home and in the
community. The Canine Good Citizen Program is a
two-part program that stresses responsible pet
ownership for owners and basic good manners for
dogs. All dogs who pass the 10-step CGC test may
receive a certificate from the American Kennel
Club.
Many dog owners choose Canine
Good Citizen training as the first step in
training their dogs. The Canine Good Citizen
Program lays the foundation for other AKC
activities such as obedience, agility, tracking,
and performance events. Training enhances the
bond between you and your dog. Dogs who have a
solid obedience education are a joy to live
with-they respond well to household routines,
have good manners in the presence of people and
other dogs, and they fully enjoy the company of
the owner who took the time to provide training,
intellectual stimulation, and a high quality
life. We sincerely hope that CGC will be only a
beginning for you and your dog and that after
passing the CGC test, you'll continue training
in obedience, agility, tracking, or performance
events.
Therapy Dogs International (TDI)
Therapy Dogs International (TDI®)
is a volunteer group organized to provide
qualified handlers and their Therapy Dogs for
visitations to institutions, facilities, and any
other place where Therapy Dogs are needed. The
primary objective of the TDI dog and handler is
to provide comfort and companionship by sharing
the dog with the patients in hospitals, nursing
homes and other institutions and wherever else
the Therapy Dog is needed. Each TDI volunteer
has made a tremendous difference in the lives of
so many by sharing their canine companion with
those who no longer are able to have a dog of
their own. Just think! How sad it would be if
you could never touch a dog again. |
