Intermediate Obedience
Intermediate Obedience
- Pre-Requisite: Beginning Obedience (or prior approval by Kathy or Stacey)
- CLASS FOCUS: Building on skills learned in Beg. Obedience class. "Wait," "Down," "Look," "Leave-It," Loose leash walking with distractions. Beginning stages of off leash work.
- Cost: 6 weeks - $240.00
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Taught by Kathy Santo and by Stacey Samela
- See Schedule for which teacher.
What Your Life Looks Like Now:
- Your dog responds reliably to basic commands on leash. Unless there are distractions..... And there are, because you don't live on a deserted island.
- You see other dogs playing off leash and wish your dog could play like that, too.
- You would love to have some of the commands your dog knows happen *without* you asking for them. For example - if the doorbell rings, you'd like him to go directly to his place without a command. (Take a look at Murphy doing that: http://youtu.be/YTuNhbet-jo ) You think this would be cool to be able to train your kids that way, too, but realize it's more likely to happen with the dog.
- When you go for a walk, or a hike, you'd really like to take off the leash, but you're worried that the call of the open road would be too much for your dog and that your "Come" command would just be music for him to run by.
- You just want a more advanced trained dog so you can have more fun together.
What We're Going To Do To Fix Everything:
- We'll make all your commands effective even in the presence of other dogs, children, bikes, cars, noises, rain, sleet, snow (even better than the mailman!)
- We'll teach you how to get your dog to actively think about what you want and then do it without you asking. Automatically sit at the door before leaving, run up to people and sit, and yes, Virginia, even go to place when they hear the doorbell.
- We'll teach your kids and spouses how to listen and correctly respond to anything you say the first time you say it. We're kidding, but wouldn't it be great?
This level progresses all of your commands to off leash, will give you some new and more advanced commands, and sets you up for even more success in our Specialty Classes (Rally, Agility, Nose Work, etc).
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