Puppy prep session and home visit
We absolutely love it when people get in touch before their puppy arrives as we can help you from the get-go. you’ll be in a better position to know what to expect and we find those that have these appointments are more prepared and less overwhelmed.
Your puppies first night, sleeping, toilet training, preventing separation issues, how to set up your home and puppy proof items and the garden are just a few of the topics we can help you with. These appointments are one hour and you’ll have a chance to ask any questions you might have.
Puppy foundations and life skills - for pups under 20 weeks
Puppy starters
The course covers how your dog learns and the most effective way we can teach them to become a well-rounded member of your family. It includes:
- Drop
- Settle
- Recall
- Take it
- Handling
- Mouthing
- Lead walking
- Crate training
- House training
- Impulse control
- Confidence building
- Attention and connection games
Foundation level for pups and dogs over 26 weeks
You will learn, how your dog learns and the most effective way to teach them basic behaviour’s, including Attention; Drop; Recall; Lead Walking; Leave; focus games and settle.
You will learn techniques and fun ways of enriching their lives and building up a great connection with them.
Dog training and life skills intermediate
A small class for owners of puppies or dogs who have completed the dog training life skills foundation – puppy and adult dog course (or have been assessed as ready for this class)
Maximum of 6 dogs. All classes are run under the Association of Pet Dog Trainers ethos, “Kind, fair and effective”.
This course progresses the skills learned in the foundation course by increasing distractions and duration. It includes:
• Stop cue
• Retrieve to hand
• More connection
• Drop in the real world
• Recall from food or toys
• Progressing lead walking
• Steadiness and self-control
A 6-week course for dogs who have completed the life skills int.
Course details
Advanced course. Topics on this course will be tailored to the class’ requirements, and special attention will be given to ensuring you can get your dog’s attention when there are distractions present. We will teach exercises such as:
- An emergency stop
- Send to a bed or mat
- Self-control exercises
- Loose lead walking with real-life challenges
- Walking in the “heel” position with no lead
- Proofing your dog’s “sit” and, or “down” position
- Recalling your dog past and away from distractions
We allow a maximum of 6 dogs per class.
Recall workshop
This course is for anyone who wants to improve their recall and connection with their dog.
- Using a whistle
- Connection games
- Recall at a distance
- Teaching a check-in
- Recall away from a distraction
Scent training workshop
This training workshop is a great introduction to teach your dog to find cheese or a toy by using its nose. It is common belief that dogs need to be walked for hours every day to tire them out – especially the more active breeds.
Whilst physical exercise is important to keep a dog fit and healthy, sometimes it is not appropriate to walk a dog for many reasons: injury, a bitch may be in season, you may be injured or unwell a dog may need a decompression day if they have been over-aroused or have had a negative experience.
It is equally as important to ensure your dog exercises its brain as well as it’s body. This can be done through scent training.
Scent training is a really great way to mentally stimulate your dog. Ten minutes of scent work is equivalent to a walk for 1 hour. It is an ideal way to work your dog’s brain. All breeds of dog are capable of doing scent work.
All dogs must be friendly with dogs and people.
CANINE HOOPERS
Canine Hoopers was started in America and provides low impact courses using a plastic frame that has a hoop for the dogs to run through. Barrels are used to provide a change in direction for the dogs.
Tunnels are also used but these are shorter and bigger than those used for agility and are always kept straight. The courses comprise a TANGO mat – Touch and go which the dogs learn to run on.
Canine Hoopers is ideal for puppies, older dogs and large breeds who need a low impact activity.
All dogs must be friendly with people and dogs and have a good level of obedience and able to work under distractions.
What you and your dog will learn:
- Basic flat work exercises to help with your Hoopers training
- Introduction to the hoops
- Introduction to the barrel
- Introduction to the tunnel
- Introduction to the TANGO mat
- Progression on to simple courses
- Distance handling
After you have completed your first 6 weeks, you will be able to continue on with your training to progress you are handling with your dog.