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Boarding School for your dog |  |
You dog stays with us for an concentrated, focused one-month dog training course in introductory obedience or to work on other skills that you identify. We follow-up with private and group lessons to help you take over.
| What dogs
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Objectives | What your
dog will learn |
Our follow-up
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| What it costs | How to enroll | Completion exam & certificate | |
Boarding School is for puppies or adult dogs that could benefit from a concentrated training program on
- introductory basic obedience,
- polish work on advancing obedience skills or
- work on special problems that can be corrected with obedience training and socialization.
Objectives of the primary class:1
- Learn to learn
- Develop positive attitude and work habits
- Learn basic manners
- Socialize with other dogs and people
- Acquire new obedience skills
- Pass first certificate examination
1Lessons beyond the primary class take the dog toward the CD, CDX
and UD obedience degrees of the American Kennel Club. If you are enrolling
your dog for polish work or to work on specific problems, we will work
with you to develop an individual curriculum.
The Boarding School fee is $1,125 for the four-week training period.
($11.50 for boarding and $26 for training per day)
It may take longer than the four weeks for some dogs to pass the first certificate
test. In those cases, the dog continues to stay with us; however, there
is no additional charge for the boarding or training.
If after two weeks, we conclude that we are unable to teach your dog the material in the class, we will return the dog and refund the training fee and the unused portion of the boarding fee.
What your dog will learn in the primary class:1
- Heeling at your side (controlled walking for puppies)
- Sit automatically when you stop
- Stays--sit, down, stand
- Come to you and sit in front (on leash)
- Accept daily exam and grooming without squirming or biting
- Introduction to agility
- Work on manners (Accept treats gently without excess mouthing or jumping up on the handler, go in and out of doors without pulling, load/unload from automobile.)
- Pass first certificate examination
What we do to follow-up our training with you:
- Meet with you for two no-cost, private lessons when each session of boarding school is over to help you learn how to work with your dog and enjoy the dog's new skills and knowledge.
- Enroll you and your dog in the appropriate next eight-week class in Night School so you can refine your handling skills with your dog in a group setting.
- Provide no-cost telephone consultation for three months after Boarding School graduation to answer your questions about handing techniques with your dog.
- Call early to register
- Enrollment in Boarding School is limited
- Enrollment is by reservation
- Before registration, we meet with you and your dog to evaluate the dog's readiness for training. We may decide at that time that the Boarding School is not appropriate for your dog and we will cancel the reservation.
- Send an email message or call (573 443-0716) to ask about the next available dates.
- Loose-lead, clip-down heeling pattern with automatic sits
- Sit/stay, one minute
- Down/stay, three minutes
- Stand/stay at end of a six-foot lead with another person touching the neck, withers and back of the dog
- Figure-eight heeling pattern with automatic sits
- Recall from end of a six-foot lead with sit in front and finish
- Lexie (Irish Terrier)
- Beau (Newfoundland)
- Renka (Belgian Malinois)
- Murphy (Irish Wolfhound)
- Stormy (German Shepherd)
- Buddy (Lab)
- Clyde (Lab)
- GG (Weimaraner)
- Skippy (Manchester Terrier)
- Charlie (GermanShepherd)
- Thunder (Lab/Great Dane)
- Neme' (Stafford Shire Terrier/Boxer)
- Lula (Lab)
- Buddy (AllAmerican)
- Chamois (Lab)
- Edin (German Shepherd)
- Cadbury (Lab)
- Kato (Golden)
- Molly (Golden)
- Miel (Lab)
- Allie (Golden)
- Shane (Mountain Kerr)
- Kooper (Lab)
- Sonny (Lab)
- Toby (English Sheepdog)
- Trove (German Shepherd)