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| Tuesday, August 31st at 6:15 p.m. Ends September 28th. You've discovered out how much fun it is to train and work with your dog, and you want to keep going. Great! Whether you want to strengthen what you’ve learned, or maybe you just enjoy the interaction with your dog, taking the next level class is a great idea! This class is recommended for graduates of Focus Foundation. We will advance your dog’s level of training by strengthening what your dog learned at the basic level and adding new exercises. This is a 5-week class. |
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| (Follow up to Focus
Foundation and other obedience classes.) This is an intermediate obedience class for dogs and their handlers who have completed Focus Foundation or equivalent. Obedience II is for those wanting to build even greater communication and obedience skills or compete with their dog. Blase will work with students of different levels to improve their handling and increase proficiency using positive reinforcement. For advanced family dogs, this class will also help to improve your communication and sharpen your obedience skills. |
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| Saturday, July 24th at 10 a.m. (50 minute class). Ends August 14th. Whether your dog is a playful pet or performance pooch, strength is needed to keep your dog healthy and active. Working your dog on a balance ball or disk is an excellent and safe way to build muscle.There are many benefits to be gained from regular workouts on the ball. Improve your dog's core strength, balance, flexibility and endurance. |
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A from 7:15 to 8:15 pm Why should all puppies go to school? By five months of age much of your puppy's personality has been determined, so it is very important to begin a class prior to this age. Early puppyhood is a critical time for socialization and learning. This time will set the stage for the rest of your puppy's life. This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime chance to show your puppy how to confidently relate to other puppies, unfamiliar people, and strange sights, sounds, and events. Reserve your puppy's spot today in this limited-enrollment class. |
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| Not scheduled at
this time. This fun, high-energy 4-week class is for graduates of Puppy I and/or II (or similar) and are 6 to 12 months of age. Your pup must be friendly towards people and other dogs and have good play skills. This mostly off-leash class is similar to Focus Foundation except that in addition we will continue to promote good socialization skills through play and interaction. We will work on sit, down stand and stay, adding duration, distance, and distraction,and using positive reinforcement (and the clicker for those that want to). | ||
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scheduled at this time. It is important to allow your puppy plenty of time to play and to interact with other puppies and dogs. Socialization training is vital to making your new puppy a good canine citizen and teaches your pup to not be fearful around other dogs. A properly socialized dog learns how to play properly with other dogs, and overly aggressive play is corrected by the other puppies in the play group so the each puppy learns appropriate play and bite inhibition. |
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Take advantage of your puppy's natural curiosity and abundant energy to introduce him or her to the fun sport of agility! This 6-week class will focus on some fundamentals of agility using puppy games that will utilize targeting, wobble boards, focus and basic obedience skills. Puppies will be introduced to sights, sounds, and techniques that are helpful toward building confidence without stress on baby joints. Clickers, treats and toys will be used for focus motivators. Class will help build your puppy's confidence and strengthen your bond and partnership. The goal is to create a dog that is engaged, focused and motivated as well as one that is confident, well socialized, and eager to offer behaviors and learn. |
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| Wednesday, September 1st - October 6th at 6:30 p.m. |
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at this time Your puppy is getting older and his agility skills are improving. Puppy Agility 2 is the prerequisite for Puppy Agility 3. Equipment is being raised, and correct contact behavior (2 on/2off) is being strengthened and improved. More challenging sequences are being offered to your older and more experienced puppy. We are still not jumping, but we do use jumps with no bars to teach handling around the jump uprights. |
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| Tuesday, August 31st at 7:30 p.m.
In Introduction to Agility (more agility info here) dogs will be introduced to many of the obstacles in agility such as jumps, tunnel, chute, and open weaves, in a safe and controlled manner. The skills needed to successfully negotiate the obstacles and the handling skills will be worked on weekly. Attention, focus and motivation will be practiced as the team builds confidence in an atmosphere that centers on learning skills while having fun. |
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| No class is scheduled
at this time. In this class handling skills and basic control will be improved. Students learn to give timely commands, to provide consistent and smooth body cues, and to develop teamwork with their dogs. Handlers also develop the ability to switch smoothly from handling their dogs off one side to handling off the other in the middle of a sequence. The dog and handler teams will continue to improve their skills and will become more proficient at simple combinations of obstacles. |
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We will continue to develop teamwork and increase handling skills. Sequencing is performed off lead, therefore, your dog also must be able to sit, stay, down, and come on command, off lead. Handlers also develop the ability to switch smoothly from handling their dogs off one side to handling off the other in the middle of a sequence using front and rear crosses. The different come to side maneuvers will be practiced using obstacles. Dogs will be taught to move ahead and switch as needed from handler to obstacle focus. |
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| Thursday, October 21st at 7 p.m. This class is designed to advance you and your dog's agility skills and to prepare you and your dog for competition, if desired. The class will build on jumping skills, obstacle discrimination, and distance handling skills. The dogs must be reliable off leash and under good control. Dog/handler teamwork is emphasized, not on just getting through a sequence but the way in which it is accomplished. The class is designed to teach the handler and the dog how to gain confidence, accuracy, and speed. |
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| - Monday, October 18th at 6:00 p.m. Cynthia Kean , AKC agility judge and top agility handler, will again be offering her expertise to teach this popular class. The class will include complex sequences found in Excellent and/or World Team level courses designed to build the skills necessary to successfully compete at the highest levels. In the class you will continue to perfect skills that are needed to be successful and get the most out of a performance. This class is ideal for anyone who wants to improve their communication with their dog and increase speed and reliability. |
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| Other Classes & Events | ||
Pet CPR/First Aid class Learn the skills you need to help your dog in an emergency. Friday, October 8th. The Mind of the Dog: Understanding How Your Dog Learns. This exciting information will improve all aspects of your life with your dog. This one time seminar is on Friday, September 24th at 7 p.m. For MORE INFO please visit our Events Page |
Got a feisty
Fido when it comes to certain interactions? Do you feel lost when
your dog barks, growls, lunges or generally becomes difficult
to control around other dogs or people? This class is about your
dog learning relaxation and trust and overcoming fear and anxiety.
The training methods used are based on the development of a working
relationship with your dog. Understand what your reactive dog
is doing, why he's doing it, and how to change it. Learn the tools
to decrease the stress in your dog and teach him or her confidence
and focus. Come work with your dog in a controlled, supportive
environment. Instill a conditioned emotional response, learn calming
and management techniques, coping responses, and emergency escape
exercises. 
Teaching your
dog to understand your obedience commands is important but it's
relationship-building that really counts. When you build communication
skills and a better relationship with your dog, better manners
and obedience will easily follow. This 6-week class is the foundation
for all future training and is perfect for improving the behavior
of your favorite pooch. We will train or improve basic obedience
skills and improve manners. We will work on attention, impulse
control, and the ability to work around other dogs as well as
people and distractions. We will work on building better motivation
and confidence.
Rally-O (also
know as Rally Obedience) emphasizes fun and excitement for the
dog/handler team while providing an interactive approach to
obedience. Rally is about the most fun you can have doing obedience
exercises with your dog! The exercises involved in the course
will help build your skills as a handler and increase your dog's
repertoire of behaviors. Praise, encouragement, and continuous
communication are encouraged in this fun sport.
Wednesday, July 21st at 6 p.m. (one hour). Ends August 25th. This class will be held mostly indoors. 
To
be successful in the sport of agility, the dog must be a skillful
jumper. Every course your dog will ever run is primarily made
up of jumps; yet, is it the least understood skill set in agility.
When a dog understands how to jump, he will run more smoothly,
efficiently, and decisively. Based upon Linda Mecklenberg's jump
training, this class is geared towards both dogs just learning
to jump and is also recommended for all dogs competing in agility.
The class will increase your awareness of your dog's natural responsiveness
to your body language and the effect it has on his or her jumping.
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