Dog Training Courses and Workshops
Puppy Socialisation and Play Date
Early socialisation can play a critical part in the upbringing of your puppy, helping to create a dog that is comfortable around different environments, dogs and people. Socialisation is not only visual but also olfactory (smell), audio and touch. This one off session is fun and engaging for your puppy and is also ideal for puppies due to join puppy classes to introduce them to a training hall environment. Puppies must have received their first set of vaccinations to attend.
1pm to 2.30pm Saturday 5th January 2019
£15
A 1.5 hour play session for puppies up to 16 weeks of age, combining a mixture of safe play and socialisation exercises to introduce your puppy to a world of sights, smells and textures as well as meeting new puppy friends!
Includes fun exercises such as:
- Pandora's toy box
- Scent surprise
- Puppy treat subuteo
- Tuggy chase
- Texture zone
- Ball pit
A tea break/ask the trainer session is included where you can chat to other puppy owners and seek advice on any puppy issues you are having at home.
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, teaching them to ring a bell to go to the garden or lifting their paw for nail clipping. The possibilities are endless!
1pm to 2.30pm Saturday 12th January 2019
£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:
- Paw
- Spin
- Foot targeting
- Peek a boo
- Touch
- Rollover
- And more!
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 20th January 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 at home.
During this fun filled course you will learn essential skills and how to use them in 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 on command
- Waiting and release on cue
- Boredom breakers
- Plus 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 20th January 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 - 6 week course
Following on from the K9 Intermediate course, this course further builds on the skills already achieved with increasing difficulty, as well as introducing more advanced exercises. This course is suitable for dogs who have completed the K9 Intermediate course or dogs who have completed an equivalent intermediate or bronze level course with another club. Certificate and rosette given upon course completion.
Starting 11.30am Sunday 20th January 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 advances the skills already learnt as well as introducing new skills and covers:
- Advanced loose lead walking with distractions
- Off lead walking
- Leaving items when off lead
- Advanced distraction recalls
- Staying still out of sight
- Emergency stops
- Sendaway/send to bed
- Scent work
- Still having fun!
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!
Starting 12.30pm Sunday 20th January 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.
Dog First Aid Course
Do you know what to do in an emergency situation with your dog? Would you like to learn basic first aid to be able to help your dog? Then this is the course for you!
1pm to 4pm Saturday 2nd February 2019
£40 per person
Suitable for dog owners, trainers, groomers, walkers and anyone else working closely with dogs, in this essential first aid course you will learn a multitude of first aid procedures covering first aid situations such as:
- Wounds, burns, bleeding and shock
- Eye injuries
- Heat stroke
- Respiratory problems
- Stomach conditions
- Resuscitation
- Chemical poisoning
- Ingested poisoning
- Skin conditions
- Basic health signs
- And much more!
Please note that for this course full payment is required at the time of booking.
Loose Lead Walking Workshop - 1.5 hours
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 2.00pm Sunday 17th February 2019
£20
This 1.5 hour workshop 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
- The fun factor!
Enrichment (Boredom Breaker) Workshop - 1.5 hours
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!
Next date TBC
£20
A 1.5 hour interactive workshop exploring enrichment and the benefits it can have for your dog, also enabling you to try before you buy, which can potentially save you ££s buying something that your dog has no interest in!
Covering brain games/problem solving, nose work and mouth work, enrichment can be used for:
- Mental stimulation (dogs need a balance of physical and mental exercise)
- Periods of restricted exercise (you or your dog!)
- During time left alone
- Wet/hot/cold weather days
- Or just for fun!
Nose Work Workshop - 1.5 hours
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.
Next date TBC
£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 interactive workshop is a taster and 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
- A good form of indoor activity
- And just for fun of course!
"Sunday Social" Training Sessions - 6 week blocks
Completed training courses? Want to keep doing something with your dog? Or do you want to meet and chat with other doggy people? Then this is the class for you! These weekly training classes are perfect for people who want something fun to do with their dogs on a Sunday morning whilst catching up with their doggy friends with a cuppa!
Coming soon! Contact us for further information
£60
Covering a multitude of different training exercises from life skills, games, recalls, loose lead walking, enrichment, nose work, obedience and more, you will never tire of learning during these weekly classes!
Ideal for owners who have completed training courses and awards whether with K9 Klass or other clubs and just want something fun to do each week. So many owners complete their courses and are left thinking What next? How do I fill the gap? If this is you then we have the answer!
"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."