Pet Obedience
Studies have shown that teaching your puppy early in life helps to speed up his brain development making him more inquisitive and able to perform more complex tasks later on. BetterDog offers safe puppy starters classes for puppies as young as six weeks.
Call us and find out how we can give your puppy a headstart in life!
Puppy Starters Class
For puppies below 14 weeks old
Raising a healthy, happy puppy is an exciting time but it can also be a trying and challenging one. Four weekly sessions will help guide you through the perils of puppyhood and start your puppy off on the right paw. Covers beginning socialization, management, problem prevention, handling and manners. A must for all new puppies!
Puppy Two Class
For puppies and dogs, 14 weeks to 16 weeks old
(must have had two vaccinations)
This is an early starters class for younger puppies that teaches the foundations of good manners at home: Walking on Loose Leash, Sit, Down, Stay, Come, polite greetings, wait at doors, and Leave it. First session is for people only – no dogs.
Puppy Starter sessions are 30 minutes to 1 hour, depending on the exercises being taught.
The Family Dog Program is the entry level program that provides foundation skills for all dogs.
The program is designed as a springboard for whatever direction humans will take their dogs. Some will want to eventually compete in dog sports like agility or rally obedience, or even frisbee, while others will find joy in a well behaved dog that they can show off to family and friends.
It is divided into TWO PARTS of six sessions each, to give owners breathing space in the training schedules. It also gives them more time to hone the dog’s basic skills before moving on to more difficult exercises.
Family Dog One (Foundation Skills)
For puppies and dogs, 4 months and above
This is an entry level class that teaches the foundations of good manners at home and in public: Walking on Loose Leash, Sit, Down, Stay, Come, polite greetings, wait at doors, and Leave it. First session is for people only – no dogs.
Family Dog Two (Foundation Skills)
For puppies and dogs, 4 months and above
This is the second part of Family Dog One and builds on the skills learned in that module. Exercises work on more reliable commands and longer stays, under a higher level of distraction.
Requires having passed Family Dog One.
Give your dog all the proper skills to be around people and other dogs in public.
The American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen test (CGC) is a certification program that evaluates dogs in simulated everyday situations in a relaxed, noncompetitive atmosphere. The purpose of the test is to ensure that dogs are respected members of their communities and are trained to act properly in the home, in public places and in the presence of other dogs. Dogs that pass the CGC test are deemed to be reliable family and community members. Any dog is eligible to take the CGC test, regardless of breed.
Requires Family Dog One and Two.
