Distract-O-Doggie/Rally-O Class
Tricks, Puzzles & Clicks
Nose Work
Distract O Doggie
Please note: this is not the class to work through dog-dog aggression or fear issues. These issues are best suited for Private Training or Behavioral Consulting.
DoD class focuses on the distracting things that suddenly make our dogs forget we are standing next to them.
We work in as much fun for humans as we can while we proof our dogs around distractions and stressors.
We build understanding, communication and reliability while having fun.
- A game of kick ball lets hander help their dog remain calm and focused around moving objects and running people. It allows humans to learn how to adjust their dog’s behavior around these distractions.
- We might play a game of steal the bacon.
- Charades or musical chairs allows handlers to help their dogs to be calm and polite around other dogs.
- A game of shark attack is always a favorite.
- Talking dolls and motorized toys let handlers help their dog remain calm around novel objects that move and dance.
The better you know what your distracted dog needs, the happier you and your dog will be.
- Each class is six weeks long, meeting on a weekly basis at the same time and location.
- Each weekly class is 55 minutes long. This class is a nice mental workout for both the doggies and humans.
- This class is open to teams who have completed the A/AAI class or the Intermediate class, or by pre-evaluation with instructor.
- This class can be taken as a whole course or teams can attend on a drop-in basis.
Click here for our class schedules.
Tricks, Puzzles & Clicks (Six-week Course = $190)
Tricks and puzzles are enrichment! They help us understand our dog’s wants. and they allow our dog to dispense extra energy. Tricks and puzzles are invaluable enrichment for your dog’s life – and fun for you, too!
This class focuses on shaping tricks and solving puzzle. It will demonstrate clear, positive markers via clickers and others tools that allow handlers to mark desired behaviors.
Tricks are a fun way to take a behavior your dog insists on doing (that you don’t like) and shape it into something that works for everyone.
- The jumping dog learns to go up in the air and balance like Scooby Doo. So they don’t jump on people.
- The dog who is constantly giving paw learns to play patty-cake instead and generally only when cued.
- And the dog who chews everything they can find can learn to pick up things and bring them to you instead of eating them.
- Then there are the fun silly tricks like riding a skate board, dancing through your legs, rolling a ball through a hoop, and more…
Too often when a dog keeps doing something over and over again they are telling us they enjoy it need to do it for some reason. If we are annoyed by these behaviors and just say no (or punish the dog), we are not helping the dog.
Like parents, our job is to help our dogs understand what we want from them and help them to accomplish it.
Puzzles are the very best way to dispense your dog’s extra energy. Whether your dog is cranked up because it’s a yucky day out and you can’t go for a walk or your dog is cranked up because you just had a great walk and they’re now bouncing off the walls, puzzle toys will allow your dog to do what Nature intended for them to do. Dogs are hunters and gatherers who are more cunning than we would like sometimes, so let’s give them the chance to use those smarts in ways that don’t drive us mad.
The dog who opens your closet doors to get your shoes out will have a blast with some of the higher end puzzle toys out there – and the ones I can teach you to make up yourself. The dogs who currently aren’t getting into things will enjoy some of the easier puzzle toys we can come up with. Either way, whether your dog is doing Advanced Sudogku or Sudogku for Beginners they will have a blast.
Additionally, we will polish your abilities to mark the exact behaviors you are looking for in your dog for more precise performance in all areas of your dog’s life. Clickers, keep-going-praise and marker words will take center stage in getting your dog to move through the tricks and puzzles.
The Tricks – are great for visiting and working dogs. Tricks entertain clients on a visit. And when a dog is working, tricks allow your dog a moment of fun, stress-relieving exercise. At home, tricks allow you to redirect your dog and to both enjoy a quick bit of fun together.
The Puzzles – are great when working in service or SAR. Most of the training for these occupations requires an acute canine mind. At home, puzzles allow your dog the cognitive exercise the canine mind requires to keep from getting into trouble.
The Clicks – are a great way for you to become a better trainer as you learn both precise timing and the patience required to shape behaviors.
This class is six weeks long, meeting on a weekly basis at the same time and location.
Each weekly class is 55 minutes long and a wonderful mental workout for both the doggies and humans.
This class is open to teams who have taken the A/AAI class, the Intermediate class or higher.
Teams can enroll for the full course, or on a drop-in basis.
Click here for our class schedules.
Nose Work Class (Six-week Course = $190)
This class will introduce you and your dog to what they can do with their nose.
Your dog has over 200 million receptors in their nose. It’s analmost supernatural their ability to detect scent. And it is so much fun for them. This is the greatest puzzle toy for our dogs to enrich their lives and keep them thinking and loving it.
You will learn how to support your dog to look for scent independently. The motto of this class is “let go and let dog…”
This is a great way to give your dog a job. Teams need to have completed the Three Dogs Training Basic class.