Good Manners

PREREQUISITE

For dogs over 16 weeks.

For dogs who are dog and people safe and up to date on vaccinations.

 

We will send you a link to an orientation video to introduce you to training and to Carolark with your confirmed registration. Please also review our Policies and Training Guidelines

 

WHAT YOU LEARN

You will learn basic training for good manners and obedience in an effective friendly manner.  We work on the management of your dog's behaviour, elimination of unwanted behaviour  and focus on the desired behaviour by rewarding appropriate responses.

 

Behaviours taught will include sit, down, stand, come when called, leave it, stay, polite greetings, loose leash walking, and attention to the handler with increasing distractions.

 

HOW TO REGISTER

Please use the "Schedule" button to view our available classes and register.

 

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WHAT YOU LEARN

Dogs will extend the basics and add complementary obedience and manners skills that support great public manners. Dogs in this class will work on

- accepting a friend or stranger approaching

- sitting patiently

- walking on a loose leash

- accepting  a stranger

- walking through a crowd

- walking by other dogs

- behaving calmly around other dogs,

- working around distractions, 

- remaining calm when left in supervised isolation for short periods of time. 

 

Skills initiated in Good Manners I are extended with greater distractions

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PREREQUISITE

Successful completion of Good Manners Level I or equivalent obedience class.   Dogs should have foundation skills started such as sit, down, sit/stay , walking politely and recall in a mildly distracting environment like our classroom.

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Dogs should be people and dog safe and fully vaccinated.

 

WHY?

This is an great step for a well-behaved dog out in public.  This class would be helpful in preparation for the Canadian Kennel Club "Canine Good Neighbour" or in preparation for evaluation as a therapy dog with organizations like Therapeutic Paws of Canada, Ottawa Therapy Dogs or the Ottawa Humane Society's Brightening lives program..

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Course Goals:

This the course for the dog that struggles to "mind their own business" and just move on or the dog who gets nervously excited or slightly worried at activity in the environment.

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Course Length:  5 weeks

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COURSE CONTENT

This class consists of a number of exercises and patterns of behaviour that help dogs to cope better with the shifting enviornment.  Course exercises draw from the great work by Dr. Karen Overall and Leslie McDevitt that focus on calm and comfort in an environment and biofeedback exercises

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PREREQUISITE

Your dog is reactive to the environment in the form of struggling to be connected to you (like a walk with a friend) or gets overly excited/a little worried about their environment

 

If your dog is fearful reactive of people or has bitten people or dogs and drawn blood please look to private sessions.  

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If your dog is lunging and barking please refer to Help for Dogs who Over React to Dogs or Private Sessions

Continued training with your pup on obedience, tricks, movement skills is fun and rewarding. Check out Skills and Games.  If you are interested in trying a sport with your pup we also have a selection of sports on our Sports Page 

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