Obedience ~ Agility ~ Rally ~ Tracking ~ Specialty Courses ~ Dogs Can Dance™

Puppy - designed for dogs up to six months of age (except toy breeds). Dogs cannot enter the class until they have received two DHLPP immunizations. Course includes:

• Socialization
• Play time
• Leave it/drop it
• Walking nicely on a leash
• Sit stay/down stay
• Grooming

Good Manners - designed for older puppies and/or dogs of all ages with little or no training. Course includes:

• Walking nicely on a leash/heeling
• Sit stay/dawn stay
• Come when called
• Being groomed and examined by others
• Appropriate behavior when opening doors and greeting others

Novice I - This course is designed to prepare handlers and their dogs for the AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Test. The actual test is included in this course, along with:

• Heeling with left and right turns; start figure 8’s
• Sit stay/down stay
• Recalls from distance
• Exam appearance, and grooming
• Stand for exam
• Walking through a crowd
• Reaction to distraction
• Greeting another dog
• Supervised separation

AKC Canine Good Citizen Test (CGC)

The purpose of the Canine Good Citizen Test is to ensure that your dog can be a respected member of your community because it is trained and will behave in public, at home, and around other dogs. The program is open to AKC-registered dogs, as well as unregistered purebreds and mixed breeds. Through the CGC program, in addition to learning good manners, you and your dog will establish a closer bond. The CGC test is not a competition and does not require that you and your dog perform to precision.

Novice II - A continuation of Novice I for dog owners who wish to compete in the obedience ring or go on for further pleasure training. The course includes:

• Heeling with left and right turns
• Simulated sits and downs
• Recalls
• Stand for exam
• Handler Footwork
• Figure 8’s
• Fronts and finishes
• Handling skills/ring etiquette
• Off leash work

Novice Competition - This course is specifically designed for those handlers who wish to learn and perfect their skills for the Obedience Ring. The course includes:

• Developing relationship between handler and dog
• Improving dog’s attention and focus
• Solving and preventing problems which might occur in the ring
• Quicker reactions to commands
• Methods for effectively motivating, rewarding, and conditioning your dog
• Introduction to Open Exercises

Open - In this course, handler and dog will continue to build their relationship and skills in preparation for competition. (Note: dog does not need a CD Title to enter the class.) The course includes:

• The broad jump
• Teaching the dog to go over a jump and retrieve the dumbbell
• Improvement of off-leash heeling
• Drop on recall
• Retrieve exercises: retrieve over high jump, retrieve on flat