Companion Dog School of Tulsa

Companion Classes

Classes generally run for 7-9 weeks and are normally limited to twelve students. Classes are held once per week Monday through Thursday evenings with day classes available on Wednesdays.

Registration closes on the class start date. Classes fill up quickly. Please register early.

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Just the Basics
Puppy Kindergarten
Puppy classes teach you how to train your new puppy. You will learn about housebreaking, crate training, biting and chewing, coming when called, and other fun activities.

Beginners
Beginners obedience teaches you basic obedience skills such as walk on a loose leash, sit, lie down, coming when called, and stay. *** Do NOT bring dogs first night of class ***

Beyond the Basics
Advanced Beginners
Advanced Beginners builds on the skills learned in beginners obedience. You will learn heeling with turns, halts, changes of pace, introduction to the figure eight exercise, and recalls with front sits.

Advanced Obedience
Novice 1
Novice 1 is an introductory competition level class. You will learn how to perfect both stationary and moving heel position, recalls, fronts, and finishes.

Novice 2
Novice 2 builds on the skills learned in novice 1. You will focus on handling skills and polish the figure eight, recalls, fronts, and finishes and knowledge of the rules in the competition ring.

Open 1
Open 1 introduces all the open level competition exercises. You will learn retrieve on flat, retrieve over jump, drop on recall, broad jump and out of sight stays.

Open 2
Open 2 is an advanced competition level class designed to polish and perfect your handling skills and your dogs performance.

Utility 1
Utility 1 introduces all of the utility level exercises, both AKC and UKC. You will learn signal exercise, scent discrimination, go outs, directed jumping, and directed retrieve.

Utility 2
Utility 2 builds on the skills learned in utility 1 and is designed to perfect your handling skill and dogs performance in preparation for the obedience ring.

Focused Attention
Focused attention is a class dedicated to teaching your dog to pay close focused attention on you while working.

Rally
Rally 1
Rally is a sport in which the dog and handler complete a course consisting of various signs of obedience training maneuvers. Rally 1 teaches the novice level signs, handling skills and rally rules.

Rally 2
Rally 2 teaches the advanced and excellent level signs. You will learn how to polish your handling skills, footwork, and body language.

Rally Run Thru
Rally Course Run Through is for people who are showing or about to show in Rally and want extra practice running courses to keep themselves and their dogs sharp for competition.

Agility
Beginner Agility
Beginner Agility is designed to build a solid foundation for future fun in the agility ring. All exercises are done on leash. You will learn about dog walk, A-frame, teeter, box, table, weaves, tunnels, and jumps.

Advanced Beginner Agility
Advanced Beginner Agility builds on the skills learned in Beginner Agility and introduces off lead work. New equipment introduced includes the swing plank, sway bridge, crawl tunnel and spread jumps.

Intermediate Agility
Intermediate Agility polishes off lead handling and introduces longer sequences and short courses.

Advanced Agility
The purpose of the Advanced Agility class is to refine handling skills while emphasizing consistency, accuracy and speed.

Agility Games
Agility games allow for more in-depth practice of handling skills. It provides a fun way for the students and dogs to learn and practice the skills that are being taught. Different games allow for different challenges.

Agility Run Thru
This class will provide a different course each week for the students to practice. Both AKC and UKC courses will be set up over the session depending on upcoming trials and students needs and requests.

Conformation
Beginner Conformation Handling
Beginner Conformation Handling introduces you to what you need to know to get started showing your dog in the breed ring. This class is for registered breeds only, at least 3 months of age.

Advanced Conformation Handling
Advanced Conformation Handling Practice provides ring time for the experienced handler to exercise and enhance their ring skills.

Just for Fun
Beginner Clicker Training
Beginner Clicker

Click for Tricks
Click for Tricks

Freestyle Practice
Freestyle Practice

Heel to Music Drill Team
Heel to Music Drill Team is an introductory Heel-to-Music class. Handlers and their canine partners will practice the basic obedience behaviors of heel, sit, down, stay, fronts and finishes while learning one or two team patterns set to music.

Intro to Freestyle
Intro to Freestyle