GROUP CLASS SCHEDULE
Group Classes limited to 6 teams.
All classes meet for 1 hour a week for 6 weeks unless otherwise noted!
Registration: online registration and payment is standard, but your may pay in person the first day of class as well. Refund Policy: There are no refunds once class has started. Winter Weather: Class cancellations will be posted to our FB page Palmer Classes noted in Blue. Plainfield classes in Gold. Our new Resort offers 6000 sq ft of training space as well as Daycare & Boarding. Located 1 mile east of Stockertown on Kesslerville rd.
Click on any REGISTER button to enroll for ANY Class!
Indoor COVID Policy: Social distancing and masks (indoors) will be required as per the CDC guidelines for safety! COVID Guidelines
The Manners Flextime Program: Obedience for the Family Dog
Our Manners Program offers 5 levels of skills training for your dog with built in flexibility for your schedule and a pace option for successful training of any dog. Join our experienced staff for a class and learn how to teach your dog basic polite behaviors. Move up through the levels and earn your dogs AKC Canine Good Citizen Title, prepare for Therapy Dog testing or continue to Lev 4 and earn your dog's AKC Advanced Canine Good Citizen Title. NEW Manners 5 Urban Canine is on the road, meeting off site to complete the AKC Urban Canine Testing. All classes offer one free repeat at no additional cost if class is repeated in the immediate next session. Orientation for Manners 1 is now online! A course code will be sent upon registration.
Class cost is $160 and meets for an hour a week for 6 weeks.
DATES LISTED ARE START DATES
Manners 1 Flex-Time
Skills: Coming when called, relax on your mat, walking with a loose leash, Leaving things alone, Sit/Down/Stay, Focus & Attention, stop jumping! Introduction and training on how to use a marker system to teach your dog anything!
Cost: $160
At Palmer: Mon 9/14 6 pm, Tues 9/8 6 pm, Sat 9/5 9 am, Sun 9/13 12:15 pm
At Plainfield Resort: Mon 6 pm 9/14, Thurs 6 pm 8/12, Sat 10:15 am 9/5
Manners 2: Advanced Obedience-developing reliability in basic skills
Skills: Doorbell cues go to your mat, off leash recalls, stay even though . . ., using leave it, introducing Heel, supervised separation, loose leash walking past people/dogs, greetings without jumping
At Palmer: Tues 9/8 7:15 pm, Wed 8/19 7:15 pm , Sat 9/19 11:30 am
At Plainfield Resort: Mon 8/3 7:15 pm, Wed 8/12 12:15 pm
Manners 3: Earning the Canine Good Citizen Title-CGC test included in week 6 of the class
Skills: Stay at 20 feet, Recall at 15 feet, Sit/Stay for greeting a person/dog, heeling & loose leash walking in the real world, supervised separation, using Place behavior, recalls away from deer, squirrels, etc, grooming
At Palmer: Sat 8/8 11 am , Sun 9/14 10 am
At Plainfield Resort: Mon 7:15 pm 9/14, Wed 9/16 12:15 pm
Manners 4: Advanced Canine Good Citizen-testing included in week 6.
Skills: Stays by other dogs, perfecting heel and loose leash walking, door etiquette, super polite greetings, Come away from anything, greeting dogs on leash, Therapy Dog skills (polite petting, head on lap/bed, accustom to hospital equipment)
At Palmer: Sat 2 pm 9/12 1 pm
Plainfield Resort:
Manners 5: Urban Canine Good Citizen
more info coming soon!