Skills - Enrichment - Confidence - Relationship
Treat training is perfect for teaching obedience - you can shape actions, reward good behaviour (mindset), and create positive associations. This paired with the skills and exercises you practice together helps to develop trust in your relationship and boost a dog's confidence. A "treat" can have many forms: food, fun, praise & petting.
All classes are Private Lessons,
contact us to schedule!
Obedience lessons are geared towards pups 4 months + and cover the topics below:
Leash/Heel work
Sit
Stay there
Recall/Whistle
Leave It
These can be offered as cookie-free, and the methods are based on our body-language and cues to communicate, but adding food treats is never discouraged with young puppies. These include a set of online videos covering each topic (demonstrated with treats).
There is also the option to extend the obedience lessons and incorporate breed-specific goals you may have (all require treats). We can tailor the classes to interact through activities they naturally enjoy and set you up for future training in:
Agility (foot target method, 2 on 2 off, body awareness, familiarization with equipment, & cue words)
Barn Hunt (moving around straw bales, tunnels and climbs, basics of scent work/ find-it).
Shed Antler (easy retrieves, visual antler recognition, intro to antler scent, bring/hold/give).
By giving your dogs obedience skills, you can have calm, confident, well-mannered dogs who you enjoy spending time with! These are examples of my dogs in public, walking nicely on leash, waiting while at a cafe, and taking the shuttle.
RALLY - O
We offer Novice Rally Obedience Outdoors:
Generalize skills you've practiced indoors, to outdoors.
Teaches basic handling techniques (heel, halt, U turn, turn, round, stay, walk on, pivot), and covers the Novice Rally-O signs for CARO or AKC
You can also rent our spaces to practice RallyO and film for virtual trials.
Puppy Recall
There's nothing in dog training that's quite as important as a good recall. Finding safe places to practice is so valuable, and we have a variety of areas for that very purpose so that you can gradually increase the difficulty and distractions.
4 Lessons:
- enclosed pasture (fully meshed & gated)
- on a walk
- long grass area (May-Oct).
Topics covered:
Using a long-line
Recall whistle
How to use your voice and body-language to encourage a perfect recall.