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Basic I Obedience - Group Classes

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Methods used: Positive Reinforcement & Clicker Training

How do we apply our methods?
Treats, praise and luring your dog into desirable body positions. No pushing or pulling allowed.

Class length: 7 weeks

Cost: $245

1st class: Orientation (NO DOG night)

Meeting times: see Class Schedule

Equipment needed: Buckle collar & Cloth or leather leash, toys/treats for your dog (No choker collars or Flexi leads)

Commands covered:

  • Watch (Attention Exercise)
  • Leave It (Off Command)
  • Sit
  • Greeting strangers (without jumping on them)
  • Down
  • Settle Down (getting your dog to calm down when they're excited)
  • Recall (Come with all the proper procedures)
  • Sit-Stay... and later at a further distance
  • Down-Stay...and later at a further distance
  • Touch (to be used with heeling)
  • Heel
  • Loose Leash Walking

Solutions for "Problem Behaviors"

  • Housebreaking
  • Pulling
  • Barking
  • Digging
  • Chewing
  • Nipping
  • Jumping
  • Dog's refusal to Come

Other topics of Interest:

  • Re-ranking (Taking the control back in your household)
  • Proper Socialization Techniques
  • Canine Body Postures & what they mean
  • Preparation for Canine Good Citizen testing
  • Some tricks for your entertainment

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Articles/Stories
From a Dog's Point of View



“Training does not limit a dog, training frees a dog. My dog is not limited because s/he does what I tell her. She is free: free to ride with me, free to meet people, free to run off lead in the park, free to play with other dogs. The untrained dog is free to sit in the backyard all by itself”
-Sue Ailsby
“In dog training, jerk is a noun, not a verb.”
-Dr. Dennis Fetko
“Ever consider what they must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul- chicken, pork, half cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!”
-Anne Tyler
“I know that dogs are pack animals, but it's difficult to imagine a pack of standard poodles . . . and if there was such a thing as a pack of standard poodles, where would they rove to? Bloomingdale's?”
-Yvonne Clifford