Ideal Puppy I - This is for young puppies approximately 10-20 weeks old at the start of class. Class priorities are teaching bite inhibition ( so puppy develops soft mouth), socializing your puppy to people and other dogs, and teaching basic manners such as sit, down, stand, and come. Early intervention focused on socialization is the key to a happy lifelong relationship with your dog. Shape behavior using early intervention and education. Your puppy will learn to control biting by playing with dogs his own age. It's important that your puppy learns to be comfortabe in strange settings and situations and to be able to adapt to the world around him and feel at ease with other dogs and people.
We will 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 that are both fun and teach your puppy self control.
Ideal Puppy II- This is a continuation from Ideal Puppy I (which is a prerequisite, or another like it from another school). Your puppy is now a bit older and starting to think a bit differently then when he was a little puppy. These classes emphasize self-control and helping direct your puppy's youthful exuberance towards useful skills and fun games that you can play together. Focus and attention will be important and we will work on coming when called from all directions. Walking on a loose leash, sit, down and stay are the basic obedience skill that will be covered. As well, we will continue to work on good manners.
Adolescent Puppy- This class is for puppy's six months to a year. This class emphasized basic control and attention. The emphasis is on basic obedience skills such as walking on a loose leash, sit, down, don't touch and coming when called.
Super Puppy - This 4-week class are for graduates of Puppy I and/or II (or similar) and are 6 to 12 months of age. Your puppy must be friendly toward people and other dogs and have good play skills. This class is similar to Focus Foundation and Adolescent Puppy except that we will also continue to promote good socialization skills through off-leash play and interaction. We will work on sit, down stand and stay, adding duration, distance, and distraction, and using positive reinforcement. Walking on a loose leash will be improved and we will work on training issues such as jumping on people. To provide mental stimulation for your dog we will do some trick training in class. Attention exercises will be an important focus of this class as well.
Puppy Agility Fun! - Take advantage of your puppy's natural curiosity and abundant energy to introduce him or her to the fun sport of agility! This class will focus on some fundamentals of agility using puppy games that will utilize targeting, wobble board, 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. Treats and toys will be used for focus motivation. 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.
Prerequisite: Graduation from Ideal Puppy class (or a similar class in another school) or obedience class such as Focus Foundation; or approval from instructor or Training Director. Other puppy agility classes will follow this to continue to improve your young dog's agility skills.
