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Start your puppy on the right paw with PUPPY SOCIALIZATION CLASSES!*
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Take it to the next level with FOCUS! Classes. These classes meet at the following dates & times:
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Puppy Socialization Classes* ! ! !
(Ages 9-16 weeks)
AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Classes & Certification!
These classes are for all puppies from 9 to 16 weeks of age at the time of their first class. Classes are ongoing, so you can jump in at any time!
So, What IS "Puppy Socialization," Anyway?
(PLEASE READ)
This class offers a combination of ON-leash lessons & OFF-leash socialization. Puppies, before the age of 16 weeks, need to experience the world only in a positive way.
*IMPORTANT: Puppies should NOT be vaccinated the day prior to or the day of class.
1. Puppies need to have proper & positive canine, human, and environmental socialization. Learn all about how to do this the RIGHT WAY when you come to class with your puppy. Set your puppy up for success!
2. Puppies are the best teachers of important social cues for other puppies, as you don't want to risk your puppy being corrected by an intolerant adult. ONLY puppies have the ability to teach other puppies the importance of bite inhibition. When a puppy bites too hard on another puppy, the "bitee" squeals, ends play, or both. This is an important consequence for your puppy to learn.
3. Consequences to actions teach important impulse control lessons & must be taught during this critical socialization window of opportunity (before 16 weeks of age). Another example of a necessary consequence (not punishment) would be when you pull him away from play when he becomes "ramped up" & is playing too hard, or even bullying, another puppy.
4. When a puppy is pulled out of the game when playing too roughly, he learns not to bully. Conversely, when a shy or timid puppy is pulled away, he learns to be afraid because you are reinforcing his fear while teaching the offending puppy that bullying is okay. It is NOT okay!
WHILE THIS CLASS PUTS A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON SOCIALIZATION, YOUR PUPPY WILL ALSO LEARN BASIC COMMANDS SUCH AS
SIT, COME, STAY, WAIT (a.k.a. Impulse Control), DOWN, OFF, ETC.
Older puppies should take the FOCUS!, Puppy Catch-up/Manners (for young dogs relatively new to training) or Jr. High/Manners (for dogs who already know the basic commands such as sit, down, stay, leave it, loose leash walking, and come).
Puppy Socialization Class Schedule:
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NOTE: You MUST request an application & submit it with payment & vaccination records to be permitted to join the class.
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NOTE: The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy program is offered through this class. In this program, you are required to take 6 puppy classes, though they need not be consecutive.
Fee: $90 per 3-week class; $20 for each additional class you take.
This is a 3-week class*. Can't make it to all 3 classes in a row? No problem!
Just jump into any class as your schedule will allow.
The most important thing is to S*O*C*I*A*L*I*Z*E your puppy...WITH OTHER PUPPIES!
*The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Certification requires that you take 6 classes (not required to be taken consecutively) before your puppy turns 1 year old.
Prerequisite: None
Please direct all inquiries to Positively Simple Dog Training
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FOCUS! & AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Classes
This class is designed for dogs over the age of 5 months. They needn't have knowledge of come, sit, stay, etc., but it helps. This is an excellent class for those needing refining of these skills, however, and is also a class that will prepare you & your dog for the CGC evaluation & certification. We will teach you to use positive basic obedience techniques to help your dog learn to behave better around distractions such as humans, other dogs, children, workmen, cats, etc. We work heavily on Focus exercises with distractions! You will also learn ways of intercepting & redirecting your dog’s attention when he acts inappropriately (jumps on people, barks excessively, chews, eliminates in the house, pulls on his leash, reacts to triggers such as people & dogs or other animals). The leadership & relationship building skills you will learn in the FOCUS! class will help you become the kind & benevolent leader your dog needs in order to easily distinguish between appropriate & inappropriate behaviors.
NOTE: This class offers a combination of ON-leash lessons & optional OFF-leash socialization.
FOCUS! & CGC Class Schedule:
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Complete the Contact Us form to request a class application
This class meets weekly for six weeks.
Class size is limited to a maximum of 8 dogs. Please contact us for availability.
Fee: $109 Prerequisite: None. Please direct all inquiries to Positively Simple Dog Training
*Complete the Contact Us form or Call 941-232-3300 to request a class application!
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NOW OFFERING: AKC Canine Good Citizen, S.T.A.R. Puppy & Community Canine Certifications!
Group classes are a fantastic way to socialize your dog OFF-LEASH (an essential component to training) while "boning" up on your training skills! We use a "train & play" method that allows dogs to take off-leash breaks during class to lessen the pressure of learning & to allow plenty of much-needed play time. NOTE: The Shy & Fearful Dogs class does not offer off-leash training.
PUPPY SOCIALIZATION & AKC S.T.A.R. PUPPY classes meet Wednesdays* & run for one hour weekly for 3 weeks.
See below for a description of the class, dates, & times.
Puppies must be 9-18 weeks old at time of first class. (For your puppy's sake, the sooner the better!)
FOCUS! classes meet Tuesday evenings & run for one hour weekly for 6 weeks.
See below for a description of the class, dates, & times.
THERAPY DOG TRAINING
See below for a description of the class, dates, & times.
Contact us to reserve a place in a class today!
* Date & location may change at any time, so please contact us to confirm the dates you are interested in.
SHY & FEARFUL DOGS Class
Does your dog hide from people or other dogs, act aggressively toward them or attempt to bite them? Perhaps he or she trembles around everyday sounds or objects. The goal of this class is to help you gain your dog's trust so he or she will no longer take matters into his or her own paws. You will learn to be the benevolent leader your dog needs you to be when he/she is feeling threatened.
This is a special class designed to teach owners to help their dogs overcome shyness & fearfulness, which is often exhibited through timidity or inappropriate responses to strangers, other dogs, unfamiliar surroundings or noises, etc. In this class, dogs stay on-leash. You will learn to use skills such as targeting & luring to help your dog become the CALM, CONFIDENT dog he is meant to be!
Please direct all inquiries to Positively Simple Dog Training.
This class meets weekly for six weeks. No prerequisite required.
Class size is limited to a maximum of 8 dogs. Please contact us for availability.
More classes will be added as needed.
Shy & Fearful Dogs class schedule:
Future class dates to be announced here
Fee $129
Prerequisite: None
Please direct all inquiries to Positively Simple Dog Training.
