FOUNDATION OBEDIENCE

Every dog will start in our Foundation Obedience Class, it is literally the bed rock for building life skills. In this class, dogs and owners will learn leash manners and handling techniques, concepts of attention under high distraction, proofing of boundaries and thresholds, and the foundation of formal focused heeling. This class concludes with the dog/owner testing and earning their AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) title.

INTERMEDIATE/Advanced OBEDIENCE(CGC Adv./Urban Dog)

This is for dogs/owners who have completed the Foundation Obedience class and obtained their CGC (Canine Good Citizen) title. Course includes: all manners exercises for Advanced CGC and Urban Dog titles, outdoor and in public work, focused heeling with about turns, auto sits, extended stays under distraction, recall under distraction, work around food, intro to off leash and more. These courses prepare the dog/owner to earn their Advanced and Urban CGC titles and concludes with these tests in public. It’s also preparatory for Rally Obedience as well as Novice, Open and Utility obedience levels.

INTRODUCTION TO RALY

Rally is an obedience based training sport in which dog and handler complete a course based on 12-20 signs designed by a judge. Any dog of any breed is eligible to participate provided they have passed ALL the CGC levels through Urban Dog.

Though many of our clients have no intention of being competitive, many continue into this course to have something fun to do with their dog and use the teamwork they built through our Obedience courses. In Intro to Rally we do not run full courses, instead, handlers first learn the signs in a progression that build upon one another. We will cover all signs for Novice Rally. In order to participate in Intro to Rally classes, the dog/owner must have completed both Foundations and Intermediate Obedience(GGC Adv.) You may take the Intro to Rally along with your Urban Dog course if you choose.