Advanced Obedience

This class begins June 1st and runs every Monday at 6:30pm for 6 weeks.

Trainer: Meghan Oesch

What is it?

The final progression class before advancing into specialty obedience and competition specialty classes. Advanced Obedience is the fourth step in the "Crazy Tails Top Dog Program" and focuses on the precision of cues, reliability under distractions, duration of behaviours and of leash work. Dogs that are enrolled in this class MUST complete the intermediate obedience class before they can move on to this level, dogs at this level must be non-reactive to other dogs and people as they will be trusted to work off leash in a group setting. This class is to proof behaviours to a level of "real life" level when the dog is expected to perform exercises on a single cue and without fail in a highly distracting environment. This class is also applicable to competition performance dogs that need to work on precision and proofing for competition obedience at the CKC Novice level. This class is also ideal for dogs and handlers working towards a CGN certificate or a therapy dog program certificate.

Topics covered:

• off leash sit with distractions for 2 mins
• off leash down with distractions for 3 mins
• send to mat from a distance with distractions and hold until released
• focused heel around distractions
• reliable off leash recall to handler with front
• finish commands
• stand stay
• moving down
• leaving multiple high value food and objects (both set out and dropped)
• introduction to change of positions at a short distance
• stand for exam