BEGINNER OBEDIENCE PACKAGE

 Indoor Group Sessions

6 WEEK COURSE = $300.00

WEEK 1.  Focus, Engagement & Confidence Building

What you will learn:

• Teach your dog how to response to his name
• Teach your dog how to focus on you
• Building engagement with your dog through play and reward
• How to properly 'Mark" and reward your dog to create wanted behaviors
• Which marker words to use and when
• Shaping the "SIT" behavior
• Learning the "Release" marker word "OK/FREE" and how to execute it properly
• Homework

WEEK 2.   Continued Obedience & Handling Skills

What you will learn:

• Review of previous weeks homework
• Leash pressure & loose leash walking without pulling
• "Sit/Stay" with longer duration
• "Down" command
• Luring the dog into the start of a "Heel" position
• Engagement games to keep your wanting to work

WEEK 3.   Impulse Control

What you will learn:

• Stopping unwanted behaviors while creating wanted behaviors
• "Leave It" command
• "Out/Drop It" command
• "Take It" command
• "Off" command (stop jumping up or on people and objects)

WEEK 4.   Recalls, Engagement & Adding Distractions

What you will learn:

• Review homework from previous sessions
• Recalls with the "Come/Here" command
• Recalls with distance
• "Down/Stay" building duration with focus
• "Heel" command in motion with engagement
• First position in "Sit" for the Heel

WEEK 5.   Putting it altogether and proofing your training

• We test what you have learnt in previous sessions and how well your homework skills have developed.
• We work on any areas you or your dog may be struggling or build upon the success you are having.
• This prepares you and your dog for your WEEK 6 Exam & Graduation Certificate Class the following week
• Practice: "Sit/Stay", "Down/Stay", "Loose Leash Walking", "Recalls", "Heeling", "Off", "Out", "Leave it", etc.
• We discuss what will be expected on your exam/graduation day and what you need to work on at home. GOOD LUCK.

WEEK 6.  EXAM & GRADUATION DAY

• First half hour of class will be dedicated to practice & to work on any issues you may be having. Setting yourself and your dog up for success.
• Second half of the class will be your practical Exam. You will randomly be tested on different commands and behaviors at your instructor's discretion.
• Your instructor will grade your exam (Pass/Fail) and give you constructive criticism on what could use improvement. Note: the only you way you can fail one of our courses is by not attending, to following training instructions, or not doing your homework. Otherwise to day we have an excellent success rate!
• Seeing as our training methods are proven we are certain you will earn your "Beginner Obedience Certificate.

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