Class Schedule

A "head start" for puppies - includes socialization and early training issues. This class provides shaping of basic manners, learning how to learn and vital early (pre-four month) socialization with dogs and people.

We offer the AKC S.T.A.R. PUPPY program for all puppies in our classes. Participation is not required to attend classes. For more information on S.T.A.R. Puppy Program, read the AKC brochure .

Develop or refresh your handling skills and learn to control your dog while your dog learns the basic skills of self-control: Sit, Down, Stay, Stand, Wait, Leave It, Come, and Heel. This class addresses management and training for being a good companion.

The AKC S.T.A.R. PUPPY program for dogs under 1 year is available in Basic Obedience classes held Tuesday evenings, Friday mornings & for Saturday Small Dog. Participation is not required to attend the class. For more information on S.T.A.R. Puppy Program, read the AKC brochure .

For dogs under 25 lbs. This version of our basic obedience will help you with special handling and management considerations for small to toy-sized dogs.

The AKC S.T.A.R. PUPPY program is now offered with Tuesday sessions of this class for puppies under 1 year. Participation is not required to attend classes. For more information on the S.T.A.R. Puppy Program, read the AKC brochure .

Improve your dog's reliability by developing faster response rates and building reliability into the basic skills. Develop your dog's attention, attitude and accuracy. Going in the direction of off-leash work.

Harness your dog's natural instincts and desire to hunt and use his nose with techniques similar to those used to train detection dogs. 

You and your dog will have fun, build confidence and use mental and physical energy during class and during homework sessions. The intro class focuses on interior and container searches.  Workshops for special types of searches will be offered to students who complete the Introduction to Nosework class.

Instructor Nancy Frensley is in the instructor program of the National Association of K-9 Scentwork (NACSW) and offers a class curriculum that is suitable to prepare your dog for nosework competitions as well as just for fun. 

Explore a variety of techniques to resolve pulling and lunging problems. Four weeks of focus on relaxed walking with your dog.

For the connoisseur of dog training, rally obedience challenges you and your dog on flowing obedience courses that build great attention, good timing, and versatility. Includes exercises from both AKC Rally and APDT Rally-O. * This is a good class for both competition level and fun level training. All the basic, plus much more.

The American Kennel club now welcomes mixed breed dogs in all performance competitions.

This class will prepare you and your dog for the Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Test. This title and certification are bestowed by the American Kennel Club and show that your dog can handle real life activities, people and other dogs in a calm and safe way. This class gives you an opportunity to practice all ten exercises required for the CGC. All who pass the test receive a certificate from American Kennel Club and are entitled to wear CGC insignia. This is a must for potential service and therapy dogs.

The test is open to all dogs (mixed or purebred). The class is not a pre-requisite for taking the test. Day of test entries taken.

Download "The Ten Tests of the Canine Good Citizen"

A new twist on the basic dog tricks class. Make your dog a helpmate by teaching the useful skills of picking up things for you, opening and closing doors, and operating levers. Lots of work on a utility retrieve and fun tricks like balancing a ball on the nose, saying "prayers," rolling over, crawling and jumping through a hoop.

Explore a variety of techniques to resolve jumping up, running away,lunging, plunging, piracy and plundering as well as other unruly behavior. Four weeks to doggie Zen. This is focused training for exuberant, but not aggressive,pooches. This class will challenge you and your dog and you will get results.

All who pass the test receive a certificate from American Kennel Club and are entitled to wear CGC insignia. This is a must for potential service and therapy dogs.

The test is open to all dogs (mixed or purebred). The class is not a pre-requisite for taking the test. Day of test entries taken.

Download "The Ten Tests of the Canine Good Citizen"

This is a workshop for continuing nosework students That will cover how searches are done in exterior locations. 

It is taught by Nancy Frensley CPDT, CAP2 who is in the instructor program of the National Association of Canine Scent work _tm.  She has taught various styles of scent work for over 20 years and successfully handled dogs in scentwork trials.  Her own dogs hold titles through NACSW.

This is a two-hour workshop/ practice group for continuing nosework students That will cover  searches on vehicles.

It is taught by Nancy Frensley CPDT, CAP2, ANWI  who has completed the instructor program of the National Association of Canine Scent work.  She has taught various styles of scent work for over 20 years and successfully handled dogs in scentwork trials.  Her own dogs hold titles through NACSW.

This is the second stage of Nosework.  In this stage, we introduce a target odor.  Using the guidelines of the National Association of Canine Scentwork, we introduce the essential oil of Birch, also recognized as Wintergreen.   The dog will learn to identify this scent and locate the highest concentration of it.

This class is for the purpose of working on movement training, existing routines, shapes and patterns for teams who are interested in developing freestyle routines with their dogs or have a routine in progress. 

These are scheduled periodically.

This two-hour workshop will introduce you to the basics of Canine Freestyle movement to music in the style of the Canine Freestyle Foundation (http://www.canine-freestyle.org/index.asp)

Learn how to teach your puppy or adult dog to go willingly into a crate and remain quiet and peaceful while crated. Crate training greatly enhances house training efforts as well as being a good tool for use in many behavior adjustment programs.