Focus Foundation - The focus of the class is on improving manners, gaining skills, increasing confidence, to build a more enjoyable relationship and become an effective team. Learn the basic obedience and communication skills needed to build a better relationship with your family dog or to start in competitive dog sports such as agility or rally. Some of the skills we will cover are attention, off leash control, ability to work around other dogs as well as people and distractions, drive and motivation, confidence and basic obedience such as sit, down, stay and come. Other topics include heel and side position, toy drive and attention, communication and awareness between you and your dog.This class is the foundation for all future training. It will increase communication and awareness between your dog and you. This class is a prerequisite to Intro to Agility as well as a great prelude to other obedience classes.
At the completion of the Focus Foundation the handler should be able to:
Heel or walk on a loose leash with the dog at the handler's side
Maintain Sit/Stay and Down/Stay on command for 30 seconds
Maintain Stand/Stay for 10 seconds
Come when called off leash with some degree of distraction from a distance of 20 feet.
Leave a treat within reach until released to take it
Learn to pay attention and "watch" you
Improve manners with issues such as jumping up
Obedience II - Obedience II is an intermediate obedience class for dogs and their handlers who have completed Focus Foundation or equivalent. It is also for the handlers who wish to improve their companion dog handling, and the dog-handler relationship using positive reinforcement. It is also for those handlers and their dogs that have an interest in entering the Obedience sport and need preparation before taking the Obedience III class. To enter the Obedience II class, the handler/dog team should be able to accomplish all of the final task of the Focus Foundation class.
At the completion of Obedience II class the human/dog team should be able:
Heal (or walk with dog at side) with the dog on a loose leash to off-leash (or simulation of off leash with umbilical cord, leash-over-shoulder or lure techniques), do about turns, left and right turns, move at normal, slow and fast pace.
Heel with the dog on a loose leash or off-leash, Heel in a Figure 8 pattern.
Maintain a Sit/Stay, Down/Stay, and Stand/Stay off leash for a specific time.
Come when called off-leash with some degree of distraction from 20 feet.
Obedience III - This is a six week class designed for dogs and their handlers who have completed Obedience II or equivalent training. It is intended for those handlers who wish to continue in improving fluency in handler/dog teamwork. Obedience III provides opportunity for experienced handlers to work in an environment simular to a more formal obedience ring. Entry to this class requires the ability to perform the skill of the Obedience II Class.
At the completion of Obedience III class the human/dog team should be able to:
