Dog Training Courses and Workshops

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Recall Wonders - 4 week course

Does your dog always come back to you? Even when distracted? Would you like to build a reliable recall? Then this is the course for you! Learning the key components of a successful recall, this course will make it fun and rewarding for your dog to come back to you time and time again! **ONLY 1 PLACE REMAINING**

Starting 12.30pm Sunday 26th May 2019

£40

4 x 1 hour weekly sessions held both in and outdoors, learning a variety of ways of how to build a successful recall, including key components such as:


  • Effective response to name
  • Commands and their uses
  • Ways of rewarding
  • Introducing targets
  • Distraction building
  • Long line use
  • The fun factor!


Certificate of attendance given upon course completion.


Sessions include a tea break/ask the trainer session where you can seek advice on any issues you are having at home. 

K9K - Puppy Foundations - 6 week course - FULL

Learning essential life skills to give you and your puppy the best start for the adventures ahead! For puppies aged up to 6 months at the time of the course starting. Certificate and rosette given upon course completion. **FULLY BOOKED**

Starting 9.30am Sunday 16th June 2019

£60

 6 x 1 hour weekly lessons which include a tea break/ask the trainer session where you can seek advice on any issues you are having with training or at home.   


During this fun filled course you will learn essential skills for everyday life such as:  


  • Walking nicely on lead
  • Coming back when called
  • Greeting manners and social skills
  • Focus on you
  • Leave/come away on command
  • Settle
  • Handling, health checks and grooming
  • Sit, lay down and stand positions
  • Waiting and release on cue
  • Boredom breakers
  • Fun tricks

K9K - Intermediate - 6 week course

Following on from the Puppy Foundations course, this takes the foundation skills achieved to the next level, as well as introducing new exercises. This course is suitable for puppies who have completed the puppy foundations course, older dogs that have had little/basic training and rescue dogs. Certificate and rosette given upon course completion.

Starting 10.30am Sunday 16th June 2019

£60

 6 x 1 hour weekly lessons which include a tea break/ask the trainer session where you can seek advice on any issues you are having with training or at home.  


This course covers essential skills and how to use them in everyday life such as:  


  • Loose lead walking
  • Settle
  • Coming back to you around distractions
  • Greeting manners
  • Waiting calmly at the door
  • Leaving items when walking
  • Staying still around distractions
  • Brain games (enrichment)
  • Grooming and health checks by unfamiliar people
  • Having fun!

K9K - Advanced Training Classes

Following on from the K9K Intermediate course, these 6 week blocks of ongoing classes build on skills already achieved, as well as introducing more advanced and varied exercises. Suitable for dogs who have completed the K9K Intermediate course or dogs who have completed an equivalent intermediate or bronze level course with another club.

Starting 11.30am Sunday 16th June 2019

£60

These classes are ongoing in 6 week blocks of 1 hour lessons, which include a tea break/ask the trainer session.   New exercises will be covered in each 6 week block so you can do as many or as little blocks as you please.  


The types of exercise we cover in these classes include:

 

  • Loose lead/off lead walking
  • Recalls
  • Focus
  • Stays
  • Send away/send to bed
  • Emergency stops
  • Scent work
  • Socialisation/greeting manners
  • Fun agility
  • Fun flyball
  • Games/tricks
  • Enrichment
  • Handling and conditioning

Milestone awards will be presented at the end of each 6 week block for the exercises covered - allowing you to build up a collection of achievements for you and your dog!


The cost of your first 6 week block is £60 and as a loyalty scheme, every 6 week block following this will be £50.  

Loose Lead Walking Workshop

Does your dog pull? Are daily walks becoming a chore? Do you dread that time of day when you need to take your dog for a walk? Then this is the workshop for you! Learning the art of loose lead walking, this workshop will show you how you can make walks enjoyable for you and your dog!

12.30pm to 2pm Sunday 23rd June 2019

£20

This 1.5 hour workshop takes place both indoors and outside and covers the foundations for successful loose lead walking, keeping it enjoyable for both handler and dog so you look forward to the next walk time and time again! 


Covering key components such as:


  • Types of reward
  • Step by step loose lead techniques
  • Obtaining focus
  • Equipment
  • Use of the environment
  • Adding the fun factor!


 Certificate given upon completion of workshop.  

Nose Work (Scent) Workshop

Does your dog have their nose in everything? Do they love to sniff? Then this is the workshop for you! Learning fun ways of using your dog's natural instincts, this workshop will put that nose to work, bringing a multitude of benefits for you and your dog! Exercises include food searches, toy searches and scent discrimination.

12.30pm to 2pm Sunday 30th June 2019

£20

A dog's nose is a powerful tool and plays an important part in gathering information about the world around them. This 1.5 hour workshop is an introduction to nose work (scent), covering different exercises you can do with your dog to put their nose to work!


Benefits of nose work include:


  • Allows dogs to use their natural instincts
  • Makes walks and outdoor exercise more interesting
  • Mental stimulation
  • Great for indoor activities
  • Fun for you and your dog!


 Certificate given upon completion of workshop. 

Enrichment (Boredom Breaker) Workshop

Does your dog get bored easily? Do they dislike being on their own? Do you wish you could do more at home with them? Then this is the workshop for you, where you will learn how to keep your dog happy, engage their brains and give them fun things to do when not exploring the great outdoors! Keeping your dog mentally stimulated can potentially be all the difference between a content calm dog and a frenzied, hyperactive monster!

12.30pm to 2pm Sunday 7th July 2019

£20

A 1.5 hour interactive workshop exploring enrichment and the benefits it can have for your dog.  Covering brain games/problem solving,  home made activities, nose work and activities when left alone.


Enrichment has many uses and benefits including:


  • Mental stimulation (dogs need a balance of physical and mental exercise)
  • Activity during periods of restricted exercise (you or your dog!)
  • During time left alone
  • Wet/hot/cold weather days
  • Or just for fun!

K9K - Puppy Foundations - 6 week course

Learning essential life skills to give you and your puppy the best start for the adventures ahead! For puppies aged up to 6 months at the time of the course starting. Certificate and rosette given upon course completion.

Starting 9.30am Sunday 28th July 2019

£60

 6 x 1 hour weekly lessons which include a tea break/ask the trainer session where you can seek advice on any issues you are having with training or at home.   


During this fun filled course you will learn essential skills for everyday life such as:  

  • Walking nicely on lead
  • Coming back when called
  • Greeting manners and social skills
  • Focus on you
  • Leave/come away on command
  • Settle
  • Handling, health checks and grooming
  • Sit, lay down and stand positions
  • Waiting and release on cue
  • Boredom breakers
  • Fun tricks

Total Trick Workshop

A trick workshop? Why would you want to teach your dog tricks? There are many reasons why teaching your dogs tricks is a good idea, aside from the obvious cute side/party trick for your friends, tricks have many uses in every day life, whether it be adding a hand touch or spin to loose lead walking to engage with your dog, keeping them fit, teaching them to ring a bell to go to the garden or lifting their paw for nail clipping. The possibilities are endless!

Next date TBC

£20

A 1.5 hour workshop exploring tricks, how to teach them and how/why they can be used in everyday life to benefit both you and your dog.


Covering tricks such as:


  • Play bow
  • Beg
  • Twist and spin
  • Ringing a bell
  • Peek a boo
  • Touch
  • Learning to read
  • Take it
  • Roll over


Certificate given upon completion of workshop.

All courses are subject to terms and conditions. A £10 deposit is required to secure your place

"We just finished the 4 week Recall Wonder course and it was the best course we have done with our dog to date. We covered so many different things and every single element of the course was useful and engaging. Juanita is a brilliant trainer and really bought out the fun side of dog training. Our 1 year old, definitely learnt a lot and it was clear he enjoyed it."