Puppy Kindergarten Training
This class is for puppies 8 weeks to 6 months old. The focus of this class is to get your puppy off to a solid start. Your puppy will begin to learn basic obedience like sit, lie down and loose leash walking. In this class, the instructor will teach you how to deal with common puppy behaviors and give you a roadmap for your puppy’s development. You will have a blast socializing with other puppies and people. The enrollment fee is $100 for this class.
Beginning Obedience
This class is for all dogs older than 6 months old. This class introduces how to teach basic obedience skills to your pooch. This course will cover heeling on leash, sit/stay, down/stay and to come when called (recall). This course includes a training collar and leather leash. The enrollment fee is $125 for this class.
Intermediate Obedience
This class builds on the foundation you established in the Obedience Beginners course. The class will work on improving and proofing your dog’s basic obedience skills. The work on sit-stay, down-stay, and recall progresses with increased time, distance and distractions. Throughout the course, the instructor will share new exercises and begin to introduce off lead work with your pooch. The enrollment fee is $100 for this class.
*Beginning Obedience is a prerequisite for this class.
Canine Good Citizen Testing
The Canine Good Citizen testing will be offered on the final night of the training session to those who successfully complete the OTCB Intermediate course. The CGC designation is designed to reward dogs that demonstrate good behavior in the home, in the community and to encourage responsible pet ownership.
*Intermediate Class is a prerequisite for this test.
More Info…
Link to AKC Canine Good Citizen Certification website.
Link to PDF link for AKC Good Citizen Certification brochure.
Advanced Classes
Rally Obedience: Rally Obedience utilizes the skills you learned in beginners and intermediate obedience classes but in a more freestyle manner. Rally might be said to be a combination of racing, agility and traditional obedience. Each dog and handler team navigate a course of signs, completing the designated exercises displayed on each sign. Rally Beginner will introduce you to the sport. Performed on leash, you will become proficient in executing the signs designated “novice” signs by the American Kennel Club. Rally Advanced and Intermediate will build on your beginner skills and prepare you to perform those signs designated as “advanced” by the American Kennel Club. Rally Advanced is performed off leash and Intermediate is performed on leash using the same course. The enrollment fee for Rally Beginner is $100; the enrollment fee for Rally Advanced and Intermediate is $100. Rally Ex/Masters will build on your advanced and intermediate skills and prepare you to perform those signs designated as “excellent/masters” by the American Kennel Club .
*Intermediate Obedience is a prerequisite for Rally Beginner; Rally Beginner is a prerequisite for Rally Advanced and Intermediate. Rally Advanced and Intermediate is a prerequisite for Rally Ex/Masters.
Agility 1+: This class will introduce basic agility skills using both verbal commands and hand signals, and equipment including Jumps, Dog Walk, A-Frame, Teeter, Tire, Pause Table, and Tunnels. For students with dogs who have completed Agility 1 class previously, there is the opportunity to enroll and do Agility practice runs in this class, but you will not receive instruction on the runs. Learning agility is a fun way for you to bond with your dog in an active environment that challenges your dog in both mental and physical skills.
*Beginning Obedience/Puppy Kindergarten and Intermediate class are prerequisites for this class.
Trick Dog Class: This class will provide the instruction and equipment for owners to teach their dogs AKC Novice- and Intermediate-level tricks, and the chance to perform those tricks to achieve those AKC Trick titles. Training tricks helps owners learn to train their dogs with positive reinforcement, and helps activate a dog’s mind, learn self-control, giving the dog physical exercise to make them healthier and stronger, and helps build a stronger bond between owner and dog. The enrollment fee for this class is $100.
*Beginning Obedience and/or Puppy Kindergarten is a prerequisite for this class.
Recall Class: The goal of the class is to use a variety of games to teach your dog to reliably come when he is called. A reliable recall is a valuable tool and can even save your dog’s life! In addition to coming when called, we will also work on ignoring distractions. Your dog will learn to leave things alone, instead of grabbing things off the ground when you call him to you. The enrollment fee for this class is $100.
*Beginning Obedience and/or Puppy Kindergarten is a prerequisite for this class.
Nosework II: Keep your dog busy, tired and happy! Nosework is a sport where your dog gets to be a dog and do what dogs do — find things by scent. Your dog will develop his natural scent-directed hunt drive as he learns to search for Q-tips soaked with a small amount of the essential oils of birch, anise and clove hidden in containers and interior spaces. Take the class for fun or for preparation for participating in a Nosework Trial. The enrollment fee is $100 for this class.
**Beginning Obedience/Puppy Kindergarten, Intermediate class, and Nosework I are prerequisites for this class. If your dog cannot wait calmly and quietly by your side as other dogs search you will be required to crate your dog.
AKC FIT Dog: This class is a fun way to get low-stress exercise for you and your dog, and will introduce your dog to: Tuck sit, Nose touch, Front paw targeting, Shake a paw, Cookie stretch, Kick back stand, Spin left/right, Fold back down, Cavaletti poles, and Pivot rear legs. Dogs who are less than 18 months old, morbidly obese, injured or in pain are not eligible. For more info, see AKC website at: AKC FIT DOG – American Kennel Club
*Beginning Obedience and Puppy Kindergarten is a prerequisite for this course. Dog must be 18 months or older.
Advanced Beginning Obedience
This class is for dog/handler teams who have completed the Beginning Obedience class but may feel they need to polish their skills before moving on to the Intermediate Obedience class or to one of the other advanced classes. You will continue to work on the skills taught in the beginning class without reworking the very basics. The enrollment fee is $100 for this class.
*Beginning Obedience is a prerequisite for this class.