Upcoming and Ongoing Classes

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Please register early to assure your spot in class as well as guarantee that the class will be held since there is a minimum and maximum particpation for each class.

Most Classes run an hour a week for 6 weeks
(unless otherwise noted)

SUMMARY OF UPCOMING CLASSES

Reactive Dog Class
Wednesday, June 2nd. Ending July 7th.
There will be two classes:
The 1st class is from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
The 2nd class is from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The initial class (week one) is for owners only (no dogs) and will begin at 7:00 for both groups.

Sign up now to reserve your spot. This special class is only given three times a year.

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Focus Foundation
Upcoming Classes:
--Tuesday, March 16th at 6:15 p.m. No class March 30th. Ends on April 27th. (THIS CLASS IS FULL)
--Wednesday, April 7th at 7:30 p.m. No class May 5th and 12th. Ends on May 26th.

Continuing:
--Monday, February 1, 2010 at 6:15 p.m. No class March 1st. Ends March 15th.
--Saturday, February 20th at 11:00 a.m. No class March 20th. Ends April 3rd.

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Rally-O
No class is scheduled at this time.
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Obedience II/Performance Dog
(Follow up to Focus Foundation and other obedience classes.)
Monday, March 15th at 7:30 p.m. No class on March 29th. Ends April 26th. (This is a date change)
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Ideal Puppy I & Ideal Puppy II
Ideal Puppy I and II are each 4 weeks long.

UPCOMING:
Session A from 6 to 7:00 pm
Ideal Puppy I begins Thursday, April 1st. Ends April 22nd.
Ideal Puppy II begins April 29th. Ends May 20th.

Session B from 7:15 to 8:15 pm
Ideal Puppy I begins Thursday, April 29th. Ends May 20th.
Ideal Puppy II begins Thursday, May 27th. Ends June 17th.

CONTINUING CLASSES:
Session E from 7:15 to 8:15 pm
Ideal Puppy I begins Thursday, March 4, 2019. Ends March 25th.
Ideal Puppy II begins April 1, 2010. Ends April 22nd.

Session D from 6 to 7:00 pm
Ideal Puppy I begins Thursday, February 4, 2010. Ends February 25th
Ideal Puppy II begins Thursday, March 4. Ends March 25th.

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Puppy Agility Fun!
UPCOMING
Wednesday, March 17th 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. Ends April 21th.

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Puppy Agility 2
Not scheduled at this time.

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Puppy Agility 3
Not scheduled at this time.

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Agility Jumping Skills
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 7:15 p.m. No class January 19th. Ends February 23rd.

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Intro to Agility
Thursday, March 18th from 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. Ends April 22th.
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Beginning Agility
Tuesday, March 23rd from 7:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Ends May 18th. No class on March 30th, May 4th and May 11th.

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Intermediate Agility I & II
UPCOMING
March 18th from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. No class April 8th. Ends April 29th.

CONTINUING
Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 6:15 p.m. No class Feb 11. Ends March 4th.

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Advanced/Masters Agility Handling & Skills
UPCOMING:
--Monday, March 15th at 6 p.m. Ends April 19th.
--Monday, March 15th at 7:30 p.m. Ends April 19th.
--Wednesday, March 17th at 7:30 p.m. Ends April 21th.

CONTINUING:
--Monday, January 4, 2010 through February 15th, 2010. No class January 18th. 6:00 p.m., 7:15 & 8:30 p.m.

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Agility Sequencing: Novice and Intermediate/Advanced
Not scheduled at this time

Agility Fun Runs scheduled
For details please visit our Events page.

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DETAILED CLASS INFORMATION

Rally-O
No class is scheduled at this time. Please email us if you are interested.
This class is held indoors.

This is a special, fun class that is not given very often, so if you're interested, sign up now!

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. We encourage novices new to the sport to sign up (your dog should be responsive and know basic obedience to begin learning Rally) as well as those that have practiced the novice movements and are ready to move on to new challenges.

The focus in Rally is on teamwork, communication and fun, rather than precision. Rally is also a great sport for anyone doing Agility with their dog as well. It helps create a better working relationship and partnership and your dog learns to look to you for direction.

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Instructor- Maureen Parsons. Course fee: $115

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Reactive Dog class
Wednesday, June 2nd. Ending July 7th.

There will be two classes:
The 1st class is from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
The 2nd class is from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The initial class (week one) is for owners only (no dogs) and will begin at 7:00 for both groups.

This is mostly an indoor class. The last two classes are held indoors and outdoors.

Reactive dogs are not hard to spot. Outdoors, such canines will lunge at people or dogs that get too close. They usually also bark loudly, and/or growl forebodingly and may even try to bite anyone foolish enough to get close. In the home, the reactive dog can appear threatening to visitors as it jumps, barks and stares. Reactive dogs tend to stress out their embarrassed owners as these owners try to keep visitors and passersby safe from their intimidating or noisy best friend. On the other end of the spectrum is the dog that's too afraid to go anywhere and will hide, tremble, or whine.

Do you feel lost when your dog barks, growls or lunges at other dogs or people? This very special class is for all dogs that overreact in new situations or with new people or other dogs. They may become very stressed, anxious or shy, or they may become over excited and aggressive. This aggression is fear based and this behavior is appropriately called reactivity. If your dog can't calm down within a few seconds, he or she is probably a reactive dog. 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 with a small group of dog owners who understand your issues because they share them. Instill a conditioned emotional response, learn calming and management techniques, coping responses, and emergency escape exercises.

In class, the dogs will be separated from each other by the use of visual barriers. Slowly, as you gain skills and your dog gains confidence and starts to shed fears, the individual dogs will begin to work together from a decreasing distance. The counter-conditioning and desensitization training and handling is personalized for each dog's emotional readiness and needs.

These are 6-week classes, held indoors for the first few weeks in a controlled environment, and then outdoors as the dogs and handlers gain skills and confidence. This class usually fills up quickly so please submit your registration form soon for a working spot (with your dog). There are auditing (without dog) spots also available.

Instructor: Dr. Lisa Radosta, a board certified veterinary behaviorist. Course fee: $175. Fee to audit (without dog): $125.

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Focus Foundation
Upcoming Classes:
--Tuesday, March 16th at 6:15 p.m. No class March 30th. Ends on April 27th. (THIS CLASS IS FULL)
--Wednesday, April 7th at 7:30 p.m. No class May 5th and 12th. Ends on May 26th.

Continuing Class::
--Monday, February 1, 2010 at 6:15 p.m. No class March 1st. Ends March 15th.
--Saturday, February 20th at 11:00 a.m. No class March 20th. Ends April 3rd.


This popular obedience, focus and impulse control class is held indoors.

Learn the basic obedience and communication skills needed to build a better relationship with your dog, or to start competitive dog sports. This 6-week class is the foundation for all future training and is perfect for improving the manners of your favorite pooch. It will increase communication and awareness between you and your dog. We will train or improve basic obedience skills such as sit, down, stay, loose leash walking, come and no jumping. Some of the skills we will cover include attention, ability to work around other dogs as well as people and distractions, drive and motivation, and confidence. The focus of the class is on improving manners, gaining skills, and increasing confidence to build a more enjoyable relationship. This is for dogs 5 months of age and up.
This class is the prerequisite to Intro to Agility and Obedience II.

Instructor: Mindy Cox Course Fee: $115. Class size is limited so sign up today!

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Obedience II/Performance Dog

Monday, March 8th at 7:30 p.m. No class on March 29th. Ends April 19th.

This class is held indoors.

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.

To be eligible for this class, the human/dog team should be able to accomplish all of the final tasks of the Focus Foundation/Obedience I Class including loose leash walking, maintain Sit/Stay, Stand/Stay, and Down/Stay on command for at least 60 seconds, and come when called on cue off-leash with some degree of distraction from a distance of over 20 feet. Those that have completed the Obedience II class will improve and achieve greater duration, distraction, and distance, and will continue to polish their handling skills. The more advanced students will do more off leash work with more distraction and learn more advanced handling techniques to ready them for the competition ring.

Instructor: Blase Pfefferkorn. Course Fee: $115.

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Ideal Puppy I and II
Ideal Puppy I and Ideal Puppy II are each 4-weeks long.

UPCOMING:
Session A from 6 to 7:00 pm
Ideal Puppy I begins Thursday, April 1st. Ends April 22nd.
Ideal Puppy II begins April 29th. Ends May 20th.

Session B from 7:15 to 8:15 pm
Ideal Puppy I begins Thursday, April 29th. Ends May 20th.
Ideal Puppy II begins Thursday, May 27th. Ends June 17th.

CONTINUING CLASSES:
Session E from 7:15 to 8:15 pm
Ideal Puppy I begins Thursday, March 4, 2019. Ends March 25th.
Ideal Puppy II begins April 1, 2010. Ends April 22nd.

Session D from 6 to 7:00 pm
Ideal Puppy I begins Thursday, February 4, 2010. Ends February 25th
Ideal Puppy II begins Thursday, March 4. Ends March 25th.

Ideal Puppy I is your puppy's first class, almost like Kindergarten. Your puppy must be between 8 and 20 weeks at the start of class.

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. It is crucial that this developmental stage is used wisely!

We will work on critical skills such as socialization and bite inhibition (developing a soft mouth), as well as issues such as housebreaking, and chewing. Your pup will learn to control biting by playing with dogs his age. It's important that your puppy learns to be comfortable in strange settings and situations and to adapt to the world around him and feel at ease with other dogs and people.

Puppy play to teach important dog-dog socialization skills, is an important aspect of this class. We will also cover basic manners and preventing bad habits and behavior problems. We will introduce basic obedience such as sit, down, come, don't touch and follow. We will also discuss important things like grooming, house training, and socialization. We will show you good games to play with your puppy that are both fun and teach your puppy self control.

Ideal Puppy II immediately follows the Puppy I class. (See schedule above.)It's important that you continue to bring your puppy to school for socialization and learning. We will continue to work on attention, recalls, sit, down and stays with increasing duration, distance, and distraction. We will work on leave it, send to mat, tricks, resource guarding, and other important issues. Socialization and puppy play continue to be an important part of this class. You can sign up your pup for Ideal Puppy II up to one year of age after graduating from the Ideal Puppy I class.

Sign up today; space is very limited. Click the Sign Up button for more information and forms to sign up.

Prerequisite for Ideal Puppy II: Your puppy must have graduated from Ideal Puppy I, or from a similar puppy class at another school to register for Puppy II. You can register for Puppy II anytime within 12 weeks of graduating from Puppy I (but exceptions apply depending upon your puppy's breed and age. Please ask.)

If your puppy is beginning class for the first time, and is over five months of age, please sign up for Focus Foundation.

Instructor: Stacey Perry. Course Fee for each: $100 (or sign up for both and pay only additional $50 for Ideal Puppy II).

Sign up for both Ideal Puppy I Ideal Puppy II and save a total of $50! (Only one registration form is needed to sign up for both. Please list both on the form.)

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Puppy Agility Fun!
UPCOMING
Wednesday, March 17th 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. Ends April 21th.

This class is held indoors for the first two classes and outdoors for the final four.

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.

Some goals of the class include:

• Reliable & fast recalls, sit/down stays
• Building drive & focus
• Toy motivation
• Crate games
• Surface desensitization (things that move, make noise and are elevated; hind end awareness )
• Introduction to some agility equipment (focusing on familiarization and confidence building initially then shifting to obstacle performance)

This class is designed for puppies 5 months to around 1 year of age. The class meets one day a week for approximately one hour. Classes are limited to 7 puppies. Dogs will need to have a crate, buckle collar or gentle leader, a 6 ft. leash (nylon or leather), and lots of tiny yummy treats (don't feed dinner before class)!

The class will focus on building a positive working relationship with your puppy using play, toys, and lots of treats.

Prerequisite for Puppy Agility Fun!: graduation from Ideal Puppy class (or similar in another school) or obedience class such as Focus Foundation; or approval from instructor or Training Director.

Instructor: Cynthia Kean. Course Fee: $115.

Register early to guarantee a spot in class. If you have any questions about signing up for this puppy class, please contact Mindy Cox, Training Director at 561-427-6700.

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Puppy Agility 2

Not scheduled at this time.

Prerequisite for Puppy Agility 2: graduation from the Puppy Agility Fun class, or approval from instructor or Training Director .

We will continue to work on obedience skills for agility. Obstacles such as A-frame, dogwalk, and teeter at low heights will be taught to give the puppies confidence and with safety in mind. Open channel weave poles will be used and we will work on front crosses. The puppy's correct position relative to the handler will be stressed, as well as teaching the puppy the confidence to begin working away from the handler. Short sequences will be run using obstacles such as the table, chute, tunnel and open weaves. No jumping will be done at this young age. Instructor for Puppy Agility 2: Cynthia Kean. Course Fee: $115.

Register early to guarantee a spot in class. If you have any questions about signing up for either puppy agility class, please contact Mindy Cox, Training Director at 561-427-6700.

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Puppy Agility 3
Not scheduled at this time.
This class is held outdoors.

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.

Instructor for Puppy Agility 3: Cynthia Kean. Course Fee: $115.

Register early to guarantee a spot in class. If you have any questions about signing up for either puppy agility class, please contact Mindy Cox, Training Director at 561-427-6700.

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Agility Jumping Skills - Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 7:15 p.m. No class January 19th. Ends February 23rd.

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. Among other things, and your dog will be taught how to cue and understand extension and collection. With collection, your dog will be wrapping jumps cleanly and efficiently. This will increase your speed and success on the course. Correct jumping skills means fewer dropped bars and off-courses. We will work on single jumps, grids, boxes, and other combinations to improve your handling and your dog's understanding of how to jump. You will also work on acceleration, deceleration, and lateral motion cues. Access to a jump (or several) outside of class is required. For best results, plan on working on jump drills daily. This class is suitable for all adult dogs over a year of age.

Instructor: Cynthia Kean.

Course fee: $115. Drop ins are welcome if there is space. $20 for the 1st dog; $15 for the 2nd.

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Introduction to Agility
Thursday, March 18th from 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. Ends April 22th.

In Introduction to Agility 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. By the end of this class the dogs will have a good working knowledge of many of the obstacles (the A-frame, teeter, and the dogwalk will not be completed but we will begin shaping correct contact skills). Prerequisite - Focus Foundation, similar obedience class, or at instructor's discretion. Instructor: Mindy Cox. Total fee: $115

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Beginning Agility
Tuesday, March 23rd from 7:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Ends May 18th. No class on March 30th, May 4th and May 11th.

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. Sequencing is performed off lead, therefore, your dog also must be able to sit, stay, down, and come on command, off lead. (Prerequisite- Intro to Agility)
Fee: $115 Instructor: Mindy Cox

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Intermediate Agility
UPCOMING
March 18th from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. No class April 8th. Ends April 29th.

CONTINUING
Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 6:15 p.m. No class Feb 11. Ends March 4th.

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. Performance on all equipment will be fine-tuned. We will continue to work on more complex sequences, and run advanced courses. You will be building on skills learned in earlier classes with further emphasis on handling techniques and course strategy. Prerequisite- Novice Agility (Level II) or similar, or instructor permission.

Drop ins are welcome if there is room in the class ($20 for 1st dog and $18 for 2nd).
Instructor- Loretta Joy. Course fee: $100

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Advanced/Masters Agility Skills and Handling
UPCOMING CLASSES:
--Monday, March 8th at 7:30 p.m. Ends April 12th.
--Wednesday, March 10th at 7:30 p.m. Ends April 14th.

CONTINUING:
--Monday, January 4, 2010 through February 15th, 2010. No class January 18th. 6:00 p.m., 7:15 & 8:30 p.m.

Please email or call the instructor if you'd like to drop-in. Drop ins are welcome if there's adequate space available in the class.

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. If you are competing at any level in agility (or have the skills to begin doing so), from the advanced novice handler to the serious masters level handler, this class is designed to challenge you and help you develop or strengthen your proficiency. You will work on perfecting your different handling skills (when to use them and how to execute them) so that you are clear to your dog and can increase your dog's confidence, which builds speed, on the course. You will also learn how to understand the course to develop your handling strategy.

Course fee: $95. Drop ins: $20 for the 1st dog; $18 for the 2nd.

Agility Sequencing: Novice & Intermediate/Advanced
Dates:
Not scheduled at this time.

Each week's sequences are designed to improve specific handling skills each session as you work with your dog on communication to do the sequences effectively and efficiently as a team.. Whether it is front or rear crosses, serpentines or threadles, better contacts, 180 degree and 270 degree turns, speed, distance, or any other skill, course sequences will be set up to challenge and instruct. Practice and guidance in working through sequences provide the handler with exposure to the many varieties of obstacle combinations, and experience in applying all the available handling techniques.

If your dog is comfortable on all of the agility equipment, you can sign up for this class.

Fee for each date: $20; $15 for handler's second dog.

Please contact Mindy if you are interested in some sequencing nights.

Private Lessons are available by appointment. Please contact us if you are interested.

Agility Fun Runs are scheduled monthly through season. Canine therapeutic massage is often also available at these events. For complete information, go to Special Events

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We reserve the right to change or cancel any class dates or times. If you have signed up, you will be informed of any adjustments to your class. Classes have a minimum and maximum participation requirement, so sign up early to be sure that you have a spot, but also to guarantee that your class will have enough participants to be held. We cannot reserve spots in class without the registration form and payment in advance. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation!