Level One
Is your dog having more fun in your home than everyone else in the famliy? Is your couch shredded? Maybe his morning is complete only after he’s pulled your wife down the street a time or two. Once the front door is open, forget about it. Come when called? You’ve got to be kidding. The games have begun.
If this is your story, we have a plan for you. This class will transform your dog from irreverent and out of control to happy and skilled at basic dog obedience life skills. We know you think there’s no way he’ll lie down and stay for five minutes, but in our skilled instructor’s hands, he will.
Qualified dogs will be eligible for the Canine Good Citizen title upon graduation.
Content:
- Walking without pulling
- Sit
- Down
- Come when Called
- Stand
- Intro to Heeling
- Stay
Duration: 7 weeks
Cost: $100.00 (20% discount for club members)
Next Classes:
Start Date – June 11, 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Instructor: Luci Seeley
Please specify the date of the class you are interested in when you register.
or
Start Date – July 25, 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 7:30 pm
Duration: 7 weeks
Instructor: Barbie Keough
Please specify the date of the class you are interested in when you register.
Level Two
Once your dog understands the basics, the two of you are free to develop a working
partnership. This class will take you to the next level of expertise.
Content:
- Focused attention
- Heeling, plus rally moves
- Sit and Down Stay for 3/5 minutes
- Come when Called
- Front & Finish
- Figure 8s
Cost: $100 (20% discount for club members)
Next Class: Thursday, June 27, 6:30 pm
Instructor: Page Athan
Duration: 7 weeks
Level Three
Now you are ready to develop a real partnership with your dog. When you turn, he turns. This class combines rally signs with the elements of early competition obedience skills. Your dog will begin to transition to offlead heeling.
Next Class: Wednesday, June 5 @ 7 pm
Instructor: Marti Hohmann, CPDT-KA
Content: Refining your heeling with rally moves and obedience offlead practice until your dog sticks to you like glue. Want attention? Register for this class. By the time you’re done, you’ll be ready for Rally Novice (in the show ring) and/or your heeling will be Companion Dog (CD) ready.
This is the only class of its kind offered in the area. No tricks, no marching, nothing but playtraining, attention, and preparing your dog for the kind of leashwork that will get the judge’s attention.
Status: Now accepting registations.
Cost: $100.00 (20% discount for members)
Level Four
For many, an important stepping stone into competitive Obedience begins with the
Companion Dog (CD) title. Ready to try? We bet your dog is.
Our experienced instructors will cover:
- Show ring heeling
- Figure 8
- Stand for examination
- Off-leash heeling
- Recall
- Long Sit/Stay and Down/Stay
Duration: Six weeks
Cost: $100 (20% discount for members)
Open (Drop-in)
Start Date: June 11, 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 8:00 pm
Instructor: Ron Seeley
Duration: Ongoing
This is a drop-in class. You pay each time you attend. There is no need to register in advance. The instructor is open to problem-solving with you, and will tailor the curriculum the meet the needs of the dog/handler teams that come.
Open is an AKC obedience performance level. It introduces your dog to retrieving, jumping, and off-leash heeling. Please contact obeddirector@gmail.com if you have questions about whether your dog is ready.
Beyond the Basics: Introduction to Dog Obedience Competition
Instructor: Lieselotte Hookey
Starts: May 8
Duration: 7 weeks
Cost: $100 nonmembers/$80 members
Content: This popular class uses motivational and play-training methods to transition graduates of Basic and Intermediate dog obedience classes into preparation for the show ring. It introduces and reinforces ring set-ups; focused heeling; automatic sits; Figure 8s; fronts & finishes; and stands for examination. This class also introduces foundation skills for upper-level dog obedience competition (Open and Utility).
Other Classes
Need extra time working out a detail of your dog’s obedience test? Want to figure out
why she keeps walking the broad jump, or runs for the wrong glove in Utility, despite
your best efforts?
We offer specialty classes in these areas:
- Retrieving
- Stay Proofing
- Off Leash Heeling
- Signals
- Go Outs
- Jumping
- Figure 8s
- Recall
- Scent Discrimination
- Gloves
Duration: 4 weeks
Cost: $60/non-members and $40/members
Questions about Obedience?
Contact us at obeddirector@gmail.com
