Polish handling, elements and exercises for the CKC Companion Dog title and begin working on CDX.
Category Archives: Classes
CKC Companion Dog (CD)Wednesdays @8:00-8:45
Develop teamwork between you and your dog while learning the elements and exercises for the CKC Companion Dog Trials.
PCD Exercises Wednesdays @7:15-8:00
Enjoy working with your Dog in this beginner-friendly introduction to Handling with/for Elements and Exercises of CKC Pre Companion Dog title.
Rally Excellent/Masters Tuesdays @8:30–9:15 pm
Continuing to fine tune foundational rally skills and the team’s working relationship, the Excellent/Masters class will address the CKC signs for these levels. It will also help you build your capacity to successfully handle longer and more demanding courses.
Prerequisite: CKC Advanced Rally title or permission from the Instructor. Please contact us at nyoc.training@gmail.com for further clarification.
Rally Intermediate / Advanced Tuesdays @7:40-8:30pm
This class teaches you and your dog to negotiate the more challenging courses at the Intermediate/Advanced level and helps prepare you for off leash work. All CKC Intermediate and Advanced level exercises will be covered.
While building the attention and cooperation required for off-leash work, the class will include all the skills necessary at this level including jumps, pivots and working around required food distractions.
Prerequisite: Dogs and handlers must have earned a Rally Novice title or have the permission of the instructor. Please contact us at nyoc.training@gmail.com for further clarification.
Rally Novice Tuesdays @6:45 – 7:30pm
Our Rally Obedience Beginner class is an exciting and fun way to try out a dog sport. You and your dog will learn to work more effectively as a team while refining and enhancing skills learned in previous classes.
You and your dog will negotiate a course made up of 10–12 signs indicating the next skill the dog should perform, such as sit, down, stay, turns, heel, or halt. Each week you will learn new skills or reinforce existing ones, while enhancing the team work between you and your canine partner. You and your dog will have so much fun you might even want to enter our rally obedience trial in June.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Next Steps in Dog Training or Foundations for Dog Sports or by permission from the instructor. Please contact us at nyoc.training@gmail.com for further clarification.
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Next Steps in Dog Training Thursdays @7:45-8:30 pm
Continue building on skills learned in Puppy class and Basic Obedience 101 through the use of fun, motivational exercises and games. This class is ideal for handlers who are interested in taking part in activities such as dog sports and therapy work, as well as continuing to connect and bond with their dog by learning new skills.
The course is structured around the needs of those in the class and therefore varies from session to session. Some specific skills include:
- teaching dogs to focus on their handlers, even with distractions
- solid loose-leash walking and an introduction to precision heeling
- teaching dogs to continue to work well in the absence of obvious food lures and continuous treats
- special attention to working at each dog’s pace, to ensure everyone is happy and having fun!
This class is an ideal preparation for our Foundations for Dog Sports or Rally Novice classes.
* Prerequisite: First Steps in Dog Training or by permission from the instructor. Please contact us at nyoc.training@gmail.com for further clarification.
First Steps in Dog Training Thursdays @8:30-9:15pm
This class is suitable for dogs over the age of 6 months. We teach you to train your dog in basic obedience and good manners. The classes are designed for both family pets and for dogs who will eventually be competing in formal obedience trials.
Included are:
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- How to get and maintain your dog’s attention
- Coming when called
- How to use praise effectively when training
- How to teach a dog to take treats/toys gently
- How to sit and/or lie down when asked to
- How to maintain a position until told they are free (Wait and Stay)
- Walking on a loose leash (or heeling for performance dogs)
- Keeping 4 feet on the floor (not jumping on people)
- Choice of equipment to use for training for your dog
- Advice on how to train your dog outside of class, how to maintain behaviours taught and how to add new behaviours as needed.
Minor distractions are used to build success.
Puppy Kindergarten (8 to 24 weeks old) Thursdays @7:00-7:45
Ideal for puppies up to 6 months of age, this class will get you and your puppy off to a good start while learning
- basic obedience cues such as sit, down and stay/wait
- coming when called; introduction of a variety of distractions such as other puppies, people, toys and food
- walking on leash without pulling
- settling and relaxing on a mat
- fun, interactive games to enhance bonding with your puppy and to help in dealing with distractions
- support with common puppy issues such as nipping and jumping up