Competition Classes

This class is appropriate for Everyone! Foundation skills are the building blocks that support a performance dog’s career. This class focuses on stationary and moving attention, changes of position, impulse control and body awareness. Students will be introduced to fronts, finishes and motivational play. This class is appropriate for anyone interested in Rally or Obedience and will help the experienced handler keep their dog’s skills sharp.

Prerequisites: Basic obedience skills.

This class is perfect for anyone currently working at the Novice level or an advanced dog that needs to fill some holes in its foundation.  Students will be introduced to the foundation skills needed for the Open and Utility classes including marking, go-outs, retrieving, fronts, finishes, pivots and fun heeling games.

Prerequisites: Novice Foundation Skills or Novice Skills Class or with permission of instructor.

Please contact us if you are interested in this class. It is not offered every class term. 

This class introduces students to the AKC Novice Obedience exercises including: heeling, figure-8, stand for exam, heel free and recall and sit, get your leash.

Prerequisites: Foundation Skills, or approval from instructor.

This class introduces students to the AKC Open Obedience exercises including: heel free, figure-8, command discrimination, drop-on-recall, retrieve on the flat, retrieve over the high jump, broad jump exercises and stand, go get your leash.

Prerequisites: Novice title or approval from instructor.

This class introduces students to the AKC Utility Obedience exercise including: signals, articles, directed retrieve, moving stand and directed jumping.

Prerequisites: Open title or approval from instructor.

Building an operant, engaged, and motivated puppy is our goal! This class introduces a marking system, shaping, using food and toys as rewards, attention, impulse control, basic positions (sit, down and stand), a place command and body awareness. Students will also learn how to integrate play into their training plan.

Prerequisites: Puppies should be 6 months old and socialized around other dogs. Please contact us if you are interested in this class. It is not offered every class term.

In this class, students learn foundations skills for moving in the Rally ring. They also learn how to break the Rally maneuvers down into pieces and master them before chaining them together into segments or a course. Important sections of the AKC Rally Regulations will be reviewed.

Prerequisites: Dogs should demonstrate basic obedience skills, completed the Basic Foundation Skills class, have a CGC title or approval from instructor.

In this class, students will focus on the principal part of the Rally signs from Novice to Masters. To prepare students to compete, we will work on ring entries, transitions, releases, and strategies for navigating a course. When appropriate, we will introduce distractions and concept proofing.

Prerequisites:  Have obedience titles, attended our Basic Foundations Skills or Rally Teamwork class, or obtained approval from instructor