Competition Obedience Classes

Our Advanced Obedience Classes are geared for those interested in obedience competition. We offer a variety of classes teaching everything from the fundamentals to polishing up your performance and working on problem areas that might be affecting your scores.  Crates are required equipment for all these classes

• Advanced Foundations for Competition Obedience

Class Description:

This class is for experienced handlers and/or dogs and handlers that have completed the Beginner Foundations class or Advanced Beginners class. This class will progress the dog and handler to higher levels of obedience skills, including command discrimination and dumbbell work, using skills the dog has mastered in the Beginner class. 

• Competition Novice Obedience

Class Description:

This class is for dogs who want to compete in AKC Obedience.  The skills taught in this class will get you ready to enter an AKC Obedience trial at the Novice level.  Skills taught are: precision heeling on lead and off lead, Stand stay with a person able to go over the dog, recall from 30 ft away, fronts and finishes.  You will also learn some training games to keep the training upbeat.  

Prerequisites: completion of the Advanced beginner class, or earned an AKC BN title.

          

• Introduction to Open and Utility for Young Dogs 

Class Description

This class is for young dogs who have completed the Advanced Foundations in Obedience class or the Competition Novice Obedience class.  This class will introduce most of the Open and Utility exercises to young dogs with games and props, and will give young dogs the “picture” for the advanced classes at a young age. 

Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class or the Competition Novice class

Required equipment: Dumbbell  and Articles.  Do not purchase prior to the first class so you can learn how to size them appropriately. 

Crates are required for this class

• Pre-Open/ Open Obedience 

Class Description

This class will focus on the exercises required for AKC Open Obedience Competition.  The class will cover the basics for proper execution of each of the exercises.  For those dogs that do not have a retrieve this is the class for you.  In this class you will teach your dog 2 different jumps the high jump and the broad jump.  For the more experienced teams they will work on proofing exercises and polishing up their performance for the ring.  All dogs must have good off leash control and be capable to heal both on and off leash with distractions.  Items covered in the class will be learning the drop on recall, position changes, retrieving and the jumps.  Varying degrees of distractions and ring pressure bases on the teams level of experience will be utilized.

Prerequisite:  You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Title. 

Required Equipment : Dumbbell- can be wood or plastic

• Competition Open Obedience

Class Description:

This class will focus on teaching the Open exercises used in The AKC Open Obedience class. Each week we will work on 2-3 exercises, and we will be working many of the exercises with a few different dogs and handlers in the ring.  

Prerequisites: Your dog must have a reliable Retrieve and be able to work off lead with other dogs also off lead. 

Equipment:  You must have a dumbbell. 

• Introduction to Utility Obedience-

Class Description:

For the competitor just starting to train for Utility Obedience.  This class will cover how to teach your dog the exercises for AKC Utility Obedience Competition.  The class will cover the basics of Utility ring procedure. Handlers will learn how to start your dog for scent articles, directed retrieve, hand signals without voice commands, directed jumping including a go out across a 40 ft ring and the moving stand.   Dogs must have good off leash control and know how to heel both on and off leash with distractions.    

Prerequisite:  You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Excellent Title (CDX). 

Required Equipment for the class

       1 set of articles consisting of 2 of the following sets, 6 leather articles, 6 metal articles or 6 wood                     articles.

       3 white gloves  

• Utility Obedience - 

Class Description:

This class will focus on teaching the Utility exercises used in AKC Utility competition. Each week we will work on 2-3 exercises, and we will be working many of the exercises with a few different dogs and handlers in the ring.  Handlers will also help each other by putting out articles and gloves, and doing the moving stand exercise. 

Prerequisites: Your dog must have a reliable Retrieve and be able to work off lead with other dogs also off lead. 

Equipment:  You must have a set of scent articles and 3 white gloves.  See AKC Obedience Rules for requirements for articles and gloves.  

Multiple Classes offered on Sunday morning and Tuesday 

                   

• Open/ Utility Obedience- Proofing and Problem Solving

Class Description: 

This class is for dog and handler teams that have a full understanding of the Open and Utility exercises.  Instruction will be offered on ways to improve and polish your performances.  Challenges will be used to assure you and your dog have a full understanding of each exercise and can work under stress and induced pressure. 

Prerequisites: The class requires that you can demonstrate to the instructor that you can perform ALL Open & Utility exercises & that the dog has a solid understanding of those exercises.
Dogs MUST be capable of working off leash around other working dogs whilst being under FULL voice command”