PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINING

This class is designed for dogs 4 months of age or older and is for owners who are serious about results. There are no treats, clickers, or other gimmicks. Just tried and proven methods with results. Topics covered in this class are:

• Heel
• Sit
• Stay
• Down
• Come (when called)
• Jumping
• Biting
• Dominancy Issues
• Helping others better understand their pets and
• How the pet processes commands
• Pack Orientation
• Educate the owner and dog to work as a team

The fee for this class will be $195.00 for six weeks of one hour instruction, once per week. Class size is limited to 10, reserve your spot today!!

Week 1 – Introductions to your trainer and assisting staff, proper fitting of collars and, leashes.  Learning how to read your dog.  Beginning exercises: Healing, Sit, Stay, About turn, Circle right and Circle Left. Proper commands for training your dog.

Week 2 – Reinforcement of week one exercises, new exercises for Sit and, Down stays. Teaching your dog to come to you even when there are multiple distractions.

Week 3 – Reinforcement of weeks 1 & 2. New commands consisting of: Come-fore with sit in front of you, teaching your dog to go to the heal position when commanded. Work on extending the dogs’ stay time and, working on a long lead.

Week 4 – Reinforcement of previous weeks, reviewing homework assignments, addressing issues that you may be seeing. Begin to work on having leashes over your shoulder or on the ground. Work on recalls.

Week 5 – Review and reinforcement of prior weeks, Handler issues, teaching proper foot work for the handlers, body language of the handlers, distance recalls and, more off leash work.

Week 6 – Review and reinforcement of prior weeks, more teaching of handler techniques, working on distance recalls, work on off leash healing techniques, preparing for Intermediate class and, dealing with any issues you or your dog may be having.

 This class is designed for dogs that have completed the basic obedience course. This class is to get the owner confident with your dog off a leash. This class is fun and rewarding for you and your dog. Topics covered in this class are:

• Hand signals
• Drop on recall
• Education of owners to be better handlers
• Off leash control
• Off leash down, sit, stay, come, and recall since the class is mostly off leash.

The fee for this class will be $195.00 for six weeks of one hour instruction, once per week. 

This is a more advanced class for obedience training. It prepares you and your dog to achieve the next level of training with confidence. Some of the tasks covered in the Intermediate Class are: Heeling when dragging a leash, heeling off leash, recalls off leash, moving to sitting and down positions while moving. Teaching your dog to stay focused on you while other dogs and distractions are in close proximity. Drop on recall, Hand signals, Sits and down while the dog is out of sight from you. Teaching your dog to navigate obstacles, jumps and, tunnels. Training your dog to ignore distractions including food distractions. Maintaining control of your dog while playing.

You should remember that this is an investment of your time and money in your dog. You will see positive results during this training program and this will result in you and your dog having a much happier life together. Training your dog well insures that you will be in control of your dog even during situations where you normally wouldn’t have control.

This class is designed to take you to the next level of training. There are people of all different levels in this class. Training exercises consist of:

• Heeling while dragging the leash
• Heeling off leash
• Recalls off leash
• Sits and downs while in motion
• Teaching the dog to stay focused on you while other dogs are in close proximity
• Drop on recall
• Hand Signals
• Sits and downs out of sight
• Obstacles, jumps, tunnels
• Maintain control while playing
• Food distractions

One on one training is for people who may not want a classroom environment and would feel more comfortable with one on one attention, or for those whose schedules do not permit classroom training. The topics covered in this class are:

• Basic Obedience (see above)
• Any other problems you may have with your dog.

The fee for this class is $120.00 per hour.