Basic Skills
Basic Skills and Manners class is designed for dogs that need to learn some basic skills such as coming when called, sitting when greeting people, stays, etc. Basic Skills and Manners is perfect for dogs of any age. Dogs and their families will learn basic skills in the distractions of the classroom. We offer class registration every two months.
**This class is not appropriate for dogs with issues of reactivity or aggression.   Contact us before you register if you have any questions about your dog's suitability for group classes.

What we do in Basic Skills

In Basic skills classes we  work on the behaviours we started in Puppy Parties. However, at this level we increase our expectations and raise the performance criteria.   If your dog has not attended Puppy Parties, intro level skills will be introduced.
  • Train sit with distractions 
  • Train polite greeting (no jumping)
  • Train down and down/stays
  • Train a hand touch
  • Reliable recalls!  Lots of work on this.
  • Loose leash walking skills
  • Teach our dogs how to behave appropriately in a class situation
  • Improve our marking and rewarding skills (including reducing/fading rewards)
​FOLLOWING COVID GUIDELINES, only 1 person per puppy in class without prior permission.
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​NOTE:  DEPENDING ON COVID RESTRICTIONS, THE START DATE OF THESE CLASSES MAY BE DELAYED.  CLASSES ARE VERY LIMITED IN SIZE, SO IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND CLASSES WITH A DELAYED START DATE, DON'T REGISTER AT THIS TIME.   THERE WILL BE MORE CLASSES OFFERED IN SPRING/SUMMER.
​(FYI - Puppy manners class and Basic Skills class has the same curriculum.  The only difference is the in Basic Skills the dogs will be of mixed ages. ​
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