Positive About Dogs
Classes for pet dogs using modern reward-based methods
What We Do
What We Do
What Type Of Dogs Can Take Part? (includes Gallery)
A home visit is the first stage - Charlie certainly enjoyed his!
Following an individual 2 hour session at the dog's home where the clicker is introduced and explained, we meet each week for 6 weeks to work with our dogs, meet new people and new dogs in a positive and relaxed atmosphere. We seek to achieve a good basic level of obedience suitable for a pet dog by the end of the classes. More than that, owners should leave with a good understanding of the clicker as a tool which they can use to take these basic exercises further, develop new ones or to revisit the basics at any time. By the end of the course, the dogs and owners will have achieved the following:
- Sit, stand, down in any combination using hand signals, voice cues or both.
- Walk on a loose lead.
- Stay in sit/down until called by owner over a specified distance/time.
- Enter through doorways in a controlled fashion.
- Allow inspection of teeth, ears, eyes and paws.
- Follow basic commands from a distance.
- Watch the owner on cue.
The dogs will have learnt a lot about how to learn and to experiment and will have grown in confidence over the weeks. Without permission for mistakes they will have learnt that it is OK to try something else if they don't succeed in the first instance. First and foremost they will be keen and enthusiastic to please and work with you, their human companion.
As well as taking part in the 'Positive About Dogs Good Dog Clicker Training Certificate' you will be aiming for the 'Kennel Club Puppy Foundation Certificate' if your dog is under 12 months old.
Positive About Dogs also offers the ' Kennel Club Good Citizen Scheme Awards' (see useful links and follow the link to the Kennel Club website).
positiveaboutdogs@btopenworld.com
11 Parklands Close, Redditch, Worcs. B97 6PZ
01527 592428
