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.
Classes fill up quickly. Please register early.
Registration closes on the class start date.
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.
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Puppy Kindergarten
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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 ***
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Beginners
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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.
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Advanced Beginners
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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.
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Novice 1
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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.
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Novice 2
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Open
Open 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.
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Open
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Utility
Utility 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.
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Utility
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Focused Attention
Focused attention is a class dedicated to teaching your dog to pay close focused attention on you while working.
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Focused Attention
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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.
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Rally 1
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Rally 2
Rally 2 teaches the advanced and excellent level signs. You will learn how to polish your handling skills, footwork, and body language.
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Rally 2
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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.
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Rally Run Thru
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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.
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Beginner Agility
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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.
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Advanced Beginner Agility
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Intermediate Agility
Intermediate Agility polishes off lead handling and introduces longer sequences and short courses.
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Intermediate Agility
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Advanced Agility
The purpose of the Advanced Agility class is to refine handling skills while emphasizing consistency, accuracy and speed.
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Advanced Agility
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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.
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Agility Games
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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.
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Agility Run Thru
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Conformation
Just for Fun
Beginner Clicker
Beginner Clicker
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Beginner Clicker
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Click for Tricks
Click for Tricks
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Click for Tricks
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Freestyle Practice
Freestyle Practice is an informal class time for those that are working towards or thinking of working towards competition in Freestyle events or to create demo's or routines for therapy dog work. Instead of formal instruction this class time is set up to allow fellow freestylers to work together and if needed to help each other learn new moves, to test out choreography and to basically act as a practice/support group. Throughout the year video dates are also set up to allow those who wish to compete by video. All levels of freestylers are welcome to participate however, it is suggested that students have a basic fundamental understanding of canine musical freestyle and a basic training understanding for methods of teaching their canine partner "non-traditional" moves. Good off leash skills encouraged. Class meets most Saturdays when the building is not occupied, however please contact Pam Sheehan by email at nikesmom@valornet.com for the current class schedule.
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Freestyle Practice
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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.
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Heel to Music Drill Team
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Intro to Freestyle
Have you ever wanted to see what Canine Musical Freestyle was all about - but you didn't want to make a big commitment - "just in case"? If so, have we got the class for you! This 4-week introduction to Freestyle gives students the opportunity to see if spins, twists, leg weaves all set to music is as much fun as it looks like on the internet. Human dancing is NOT REQUIRED! If you can move with your dog, you can do freestyle. Come see how much fun obedience training can be when you add a little "freestyle" to the mix!
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Intro to Freestyle
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