Initial Assessment
Initial Assessments are carried out for any dog wishing to use our training services for the first time. This enables us to get as much background information on your dog as possible through a series of questions and observation. This will then help us create a suitable training plan for you and your dog.
Puppy Classes
Our Puppy Foundation course runs for six weeks to help educate owners, build a bond and train their puppy giving them the best start.
Here is a list of a few of the exercises explained and practiced over the course duration:
- Responsibilities of owner
- Loose Lead Walking
- Recall
- Sit/Stand/Down
- Grooming and Handling
- Stay
- Send to Bed/Settle
- Play/Enrichment
Our training session are informative, fun and engaging for both you and your dog. Small class sizes ensures that you and your dog are receiving the best tuition from our trainers. And our facilities and location help for training in both an indoor, outdoor and real-life setting.
Our obedience classes follow the UK Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Training scheme. Our courses run for seven weeks, one hour training session held weekly. We have a maximum of six dogs per class. Below is an overview of each level.
Basic Obedience (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
Bronze
The Bronze award aims to provide the handlers with a basic knowledge of understanding and training their canine companion.
Here is a list, of a few of the exercises explained and practiced over the course duration
- Responsibilities of owner
- Loose Lead Walking
- Recall
- Stay
- Grooming and Handling
- Impulse control
- Focus
- Control at doorways
Silver
The Silver Award aims to build upon the skills learned in the Bronze Award whilst increasing the level of difficulty. The Silver Award is a natural progression of practical dog training skills and introduces new concepts such as the controlled greeting, road walk and vehicle control exercises which are important in everyday life situations. The Silver Award aims to provide handlers with a good knowledge of understanding and training their canine companion
Here is a list of some of the exercises covered on the course:
- Responsibility and Care
- Recall from distractions
- Controlled greeting
- Stay
- Examination of the dog by an unknown person
Gold
The Gold Award is the highest level of achievement building on skills learnt in the Silver Award. The Gold award also introduces new skills which are important in everyday life situations.
Here is a list of some exercises covered on the course:
- Road walk
- Off lead heel work
- Recall around distractions
- Stay
- Emergency Stop
- Relaxed Isolation
1 to 1’s
Our One-to-One sessions are designed for dogs who cannot cope within a class environment as they find it stressful or to over-whelming or if you are unable to commit to an obedience course held weekly. It’s a great way for us to work with you, concentrating on just you and your dog. We can look at any area of training such as jumping up, recall, pulling on the lead, meets and greets and much more.
Agility
All dogs must be 12 months plus
This is a six-week course, one hour session each week.
The following equipment will be introduced gradually depending on each dog’s individual confidence: tunnels, jumps, A frame, weave poles, dog walk and see-saw. You will be shown how to safely use the equipment to prevent injury. On completion of the course, you will have the option to join our weekly Agility Club to continue progression working on accuracy, concentration and speed.
Your dog must have an initial assessment if it has not already had one with us, prior to enrolling onto the Agility course.
A good level of basic obedience is also required before enrolling on our agility course. If your dog has not already, we advise you enrol on to our obedience course first.
Dog Day School
Our Dog Day School is a great option to give your dog a fun filled packed day. It includes day care, two walks, two play sessions and a 30-minute training session with our fully qualified trainer. An Initial assessment is required before booking this service to enable the trainer to understand your requirements and ensure this service is suitable.
Residential Packages
Our residential training is available for overnight stays. An initial phone consultation will take place to ensure this service will be beneficial for your dog. If we feel it is not, we will guide you to a more suitable option such as one-to-one sessions. An initial assessment will then be arranged to gather further information.
