Good Manners for Pet Dogs Class

This course offers follow-on training for dogs that have completed the young puppy class, and also welcomes older puppies and rescue dogs. The exercises are designed to develop a polite, well-behaved companion dog, and also to help you to understand your dog, particularly how it learns and how to teach it what you want.

The course covers:

TRAINING:

• Walking on a loose lead
• Coming when called
• Sit, and practical applications such as being polite around doors and kerbs
• Down
• Stay
• Give
• Leave
• Tricks, big dogs need cute behaviours and trick training is an ideal tool to teach key training skills to the handler

MENTAL DEVELOPMENT:

• People are other dogs – please be polite to them
• How dogs learn and what your dog looks like when it is learning
• Leadership, you or your dog?
• Fitting in with the family
• How to solve problems in training

HUSBANDRY:

• Handling, vet examination and grooming
• Building the right relationship
• Grabbing their collar (useful, believe me!)