Reasons to sign up today!
- To develop a positive relationship between owner and dog.
- To establish leadership with your dog with kindness and understanding.
- To develop basic skills needed for good manners. Example: Come, Down, Heel, Sit, Stay, etc.
- To help prevent behavioral problems.
- To develop social skills with other dogs.
Week One:
- Explain teaching tools.
- Establish leadership with handling each dog.
- Demonstrate basic leash manners.
- Cover Basic commands: Come, Heel, Watch Me and Off.
- Learning to return to owner at the end of the leash (Come).
- End with socialization and playtime.
Week Two:
- Refresh from previous weeks class. (come, heel, watch me, off)
- Question, answer period and address any problems.
- Learning to heel, sit from heel after halt, sit and stay on command.
- Learning to return to owner from the stay position.
- End with socialization and playtime.
Week Three:
- Refresh from previous weeks class.
- Question and answer period.
- Advanced heeling skills: Wait, hurry, turns and patterns.
- Learn the stand command; practice stand from heel.
- Pick a trick to learn in week four.
- End with socialization and playtime.
Week Four:
- Refresh from previous weeks class.
- Question and answer period.
- Teaching down command. (advanced skill)
- Teach place command.
- Learn trick picked in week three.
- End with socialization and play time.
Week Five:
- Refresh from previous weeks class.
- Question and answer period.
- Demonstrate the skills you have acquired in the previous weeks classes at graduation.
- End with socialization and playtime.
- Receive your diploma and get picture taken.
Things you will need: A flat collar or training collar; a leash that is at least 5 feet long; tasty treats, a favorite squeaky toy and proof of vaccinations.
Call Fairview Animal Clinic to sign up today! (615) 799-2118
Limited space!
The fee is $50.00 for five classes.