Harmony Acres Personalized Dog Training
Basics of Obedience and Socialization It will cover a Walking Focus, Sit, Down, Heel, Park, Place and Recall. All of these are basic commands used in your home, as well as on your daily walks and everyday adventures. They will be instructed in proximity to others as well as with your area of your training. You will also be instructed to becoming a great handler/leader for gaining your dogs’ performance and social abilities. Handling your dog with confidence and leadership is an important skill to have a great bond with your dog. Your dog to be at least 20 weeks of age. It would be good if the dog has had some exposure to other dogs within an area, not necessarily a play group, and had some leash experience. At the end of this five-week class, we will be expected to be able to perform these abilities with your dog in both a large room, and as well as outside with moderate distractions. Looking forward to seeing you and your dog advancing your skills as you develop your bond together. You will be needing a 4’ and a 15’ lead (no retractable leashes please) and great treats that are super scented and desired for great learning.
To receive the Certificate of completion at the end of this class, you will need to attend 5 out of 6 classes, with the last class being a strut your stuff review to receive your certificate.
Canine Good Citizen renew This class is open to you if you have not completed or was unsuccessful in completing. AKC Canine Good Citizen course is a certificated course that at the end of this course, your dog is certified through the American Kennel Club as a good citizen and will receive a certificate as well as a badge for its harness or your jacket, to sport the efforts of being a good citizen. The tasks taught will be: Accepting a friendly stranger; Sitting politely for pets; Appearance and grooming; Out for a walk; Walking through a crowd; Sit and down on cue and staying in place; Recall; Reaction to another dog; Reaction to noises and distractions; and Supervised separation. This course will be 5 weeks long, and on the 6th week there will be an evaluation by a certified evaluator to sign your certification of completion upon successful completion. Your dog must be at least 6 months of age. Your dog should be good on a leash, and able to be in a room with several other dogs and humans. You will need a 10’ leash and a 4’ to 5’ leash also, no retractable leashes please.
Once this course is successfully completed, a certificate will be rewarded and the option to continue to the three other levels of AKC CGC will be offered to you to further your dogs’ abilities to perform at other levels of being a Canine Good Citizen.
The NEW Life’s Skills group class for you and your Dog. Do you have a dog in your home that jumps all over your family and guests when people enter, or approach them, doesn’t come when called in or outside of your home, with or with out distractions 120% of the time? Do you have a dog or know of people that have dogs that escape out the front door and keep running? I could go on and on. These are life necessary life skills to keep your dog's safe in today's world.
Teaching your dog manners for great life skills is the most important thing to teach your dog. Learning how to teach your dog to respond to you when you ask it to do something in an appropriate manner is life changing. This 6-week course will cover teaching your dog to learn how to come when called, to wait at the door if its open; how to great people and dogs in different scenarios; how to walk calmly on a leash; how to react calmly in a room or an area with other dogs; to just name a few. We love our dogs and would love them more if they could do the right things. So, lets teach them. In this training, you will see progress from the first session, and every session until graduation that you will be able to implement for the rest of the dog’s lives.
The prerequisites for this course are for your dog to know the basics of sit, down and know their name and they must have their rabies vaccine up to date. All dogs are welcome no matter the size, breed or sex. If your female dog is in heat, or due to be, please take the next class offered. Equipment to bring; 20’foot long line, treats, and a blanket or simple dog bed.
..All the dogs will need proof of valid vaccinations, i.e. Parvo, Lepto/Lyme, and Rabies before participating in any group class.
..Any dogs with a behavior/bite history, will need to be seen privately prior to attending a group session.
..If the dog comes into heat, or is intact at the time of the session, we will reschedule or discuss with the owners.
..I would also reserve the choice to disqualify a human or report a human for abuse, or neglect on any dog(s) attending classes with me.