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The Puppy Courses are vital to assist with your puppy's early socialisation allowing him/her to interact with other puppies in a safe and controlled environment. The course also includes learning the basic commands - sit, down, walking on the lead, puppy recall, stay/wait etc and advice can be given on problems such as house training, jumping up mouthing etc. Only kind reward based methods are used, Viewing always welcome and certificates are given on completion. Your puppy may attend puppy courses as soon as it is fully vaccinated. This is a 6 week course which runs in Wichenford at 7.00pm on Tuesday evenings.
The Intermediate Courses progress the handler and dog on from the puppy/foundation stage, to learn practical exercises which will be essential for your dog's safety and your peace of mind. In particular we focus on distraction recalls (being able to call your dog back to you in any environment), and emergency halts (being able to command your dog to sit/lie down at a distance from you). We also teach you a range of exercises which will stimulate your dog through stretching them mentally and as you learn to communicate and understand them through training, your relationship with them will be enhanced.
The Intermediate Course runs for 6 weeks and is held at 8pm Tuesday evenings in Wichenford.
Older Puppies and Rescue Dogs often need to learn the basics if they have missed out on puppy training and are always welcome at the club. They may be too old for the puppy course but can enter the pet course. For older puppies and rescue dogs entering the club we may ask that you do an assessment first to meet you and the dog and to go through some basic training with you.

The Outdoor Courses will be held once a month on a Sunday morning and will be designed to help you transfer the training from indoors to outside locations. We will teach you how to achieve reliable recalls with your dog and emergency stops at a distance in an outdoor location. It will also cover a variety of other exercises designed to increase your dog's level of obedience and control in outdoor locations.
"Polly and I have now completed three Outdoor courses and I believe we have both gained enormously from the courses. I have learned so much about effective approaches to dog handling and the improvement in Polly has been very impressive. The importance of praise, consistency and high expectations have constantly been emphasised accompanied by the importance of having fun and enjoying your dog. I really wanted to be convinced by the efficacy of 'treat training' and as a result of the courses I am. A really big thank you to everyone involved."

Keith and Polly
Agility Please see our Agility page for more information.