Intermediate Life Skills (Oct/Nov)

Service Description

Six dogs per class - Cost of course for new customer & dog £240. Cost of course for returning customer & dog £180. Email mandy.mwdogtraining@gmail.com if you are a returning customer We ask for a £50 non refundable deposit Having covered during our Puppy Life Skills Course; 1. Respond to the 'Hand Touch' cue 2. Learn to Lie 'Down' & 'Settle' on a mat 4. Learn to 'Leave It' on cue 5. 'Return to Heel' then adding steps for 'Heel work' 6. 'Recall' using the 'Touch' Cue In our intermediate class we will be revisiting these lessons and adding strength to these skills and using these to help your dog negotiate slightly greater distractions as well as teaching new ones. As puppies develop and grow, we are presented with greater challenges as they become more independent and start to make more choices for themselves. We will be working on various impulse control exercises which will help you stay in control when presented with lots of distractions. At around 4 and a half months old, our pups enter a new exploratory phase of development, and with this comes a greater desire to approach other dogs. This can be a testing time for dog owners and can lead to failure to recall and poor greeting behaviours that then become even more difficult in the adolescent phase. We will be creating alternative behaviours in this course which will enormously help you overcome your dog's desire to rush up to other park users without a care in the world. As a result you will be creating the building blocks that allow you to have your dog more reliable upon encounters with other dogs and people, so that your dog will be able to explore the world more naturally and not be committed to a life on the lead. We will cover the following cue's; 1. You're done 2. Wait 3. Stay 4. Heel without a lead on (If you have attended our Puppy Life Skills Course, this is next stage on from there) We will ask you to join a private WhatsApp Group to enable us to share video footage of our classes and lessons as well as allowing you to ask questions to motivate you to keep your daily training up with your dog & share with the group your dog's journey with us.

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Contact Details

• Tarbrax Village Hall, Crosswood Terrace, Tarbrax, West Calder, UK

  07748194599

  info.markwalkerdogtraining@gmail.com