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Group Obedience Classes at Grooming Finalists, Monroe
Puppy PreSchool
The benefits of this class
will last a lifetime.
Puppyhood only comes around once. Research shows that birth to up to 20 weeks of age is considered the “golden learning window” during which a puppy’s owner has an opportunity to positively affect the development and future behavior of their puppy.
Puppy Preschool helps people make the most of that important time with early imprinting, socialization and training your puppy to be a well mannered, and acceptable dog in today’s society.
This course covers:
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Socialization & Play
- Basic Skills: Sit, Down, Name Recognition, Attention, Come
- Training for problem behaviors: housebreaking, puppy nipping & mouthing, barking & jumping
- Handling & grooming
- Confidence-building exercises
- How puppies learn
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Building a stronger bond with your pup
- Encouraging good behaviors and avoiding bad behaviors
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How to communicate and train effectively to achieve reliable results.
- Preparation for Family Dog classes.
What sort of things should you socialize your new puppy to? Everything! Your puppy should experience a bit of cold, funny noises, strange hats, interesting textures, calm restraint, new dogs (your own dogs are not enough!) and many other things. Puppies should also learn to stop mouthing, gradually. All of these things are discussed in a good puppy socialization class. Start exposing your puppy to new things now.
This class give you the critical knowledge you need to make the most of these formative months and prepares your puppy for the Family Dog Basic Manners class. For puppies under 5mo.
6 weeks $145
Family Dog Basic Manners
This is the first class in the Family Dog Manners series. Suitable for first timers of all ages and as a refresher class.
You and your dog will learn positive basic obedience training skills: focused attention, sit, down, stay, come, wait, leave it, and informal heel for the family dog. Learn how and when to reward and when to increase distractions, duration and distance. Dogs ages 4 months and up. 6 – 50 minute group lessons given once a week. Small group classes, human family members are welcome.
6 weeks $145
Family Dog Intermediate
Intermediate obedience and manners, the next step in your training program. Maintain basic skills and avoid learning undesireable behaviors for all age groups. Prepare for the Canine Good Citizen Test, one of the first steps for a therapy dog. Work toward off-leash skills and add more distance, duration and distraction to increase your dog’s skills.
Prerequisite: Basic Obedience Class
6 weeks $145
Next Session begins 7/14 6:30pm
AKC Canine Good Citizen Prep Class
Practice all 10 items on the CGC test and end with the AKC recognized award testing during class on week 5. Test fee is included in the class fee or join us just for the test only.
5 weeks $145
Posted: January 15th, 2010 under One Smart Dog.