 |
|
|
< < Back to Training Calendar
OBEDIENCE CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
*Download Brochure includes class schedule
For the 7:15PM classes, if you arrive to class early, please wait outside until your class is called in
to allow
A PLAYce for Pups to serve their clients without being interrupted. We do not have access to the building
until the times listed below. Thank you for understanding.
| AKC STAR PUPPY KINDERGARTEN |
TUESDAYS
7:15PM - 8:15PM
ROLLING SESSIONS:
Start ANY Tuesday!
$70 Course
Sign-up & Payment Options
When can I start?
|
Puppy Kindergarten is a 7 week session for puppies 8 weeks to 5 months* of age.
This course is designed with emphasis on socialization, to open up a lines communication
and forge a strong bond between you and your new puppy, and engage him in confidence building excercises.
Through play training, puppies learn to pay attention, Walk on a leash, Sit,
Down, Come and Name Recognition, run Puppy Agility obstacles, and crucial socialization out of the house.
We believe there is a critical window for socialization, so we have developed "rolling sessions". Simply put, this means you
can start your 7 week course whenever you want - you don't have to wait weeks for a new
session to start. Contact us to register in advance, but you can
begin any Tuesday. We strongly recommend you get your puppy to Puppy Kindergarten as young as possible
after 8 weeks old, at least 3 days after first puppy vaccination.
The rolling sessions option together with the ability to start your puppy
at the critical age of 8 weeks old is unique to Pinellas Dog Training School.
Most local clubs won't allow puppies to
start until 12 - 16 weeks old. The owners and instructors at PDTS adamantly believe that
unecessarily wastes critical weeks of the socialization
window, and have lobbied our clubs to lowering the admission age for many years armed with experience and
many statements from veterinarians and reputable breeders who whole-heartedly agree.
This course exposes puppy to new
people and dogs in a safe, structured environment. Q&A
sessions are woven into each class offering solutions to typical puppy problems and topics
such as housebreaking, crate training, chewing, flea control, introduction to grooming and
nail trimming, etc.
|
|
|
| *larger, younger puppies may advance to Basic Obedience, smaller older puppies may enter Puppy Kindergarten w/approval from Administration |
| BASIC OBEDIENCE |
TUESDAYS
8:15PM - 9:15PM
$70 Course
Sign-up & Payment Options
When can I start?
|
|
Basic Obedience is a 7 week session for dogs over 5 months.* This course is good general class for learning
basic obedience commands as well as training that dogs need for good manners at home and in public. By default this course lays a solid foundation for future obedience competition for those
that want to go on to advanced obedience.
Name Recognition, Attention, Heel Position and Leash Handling are covered, as well as
Basic commands such as: Sit, Down, Come (Recalls), Stand, Finish, Stay, and Heeling.
Q&A sessions offering help with common behavior problems, health and grooming tips are woven into each class.
For PK graduates, this course focuses on reviewing, strengthening, and sharpening response to basic commands.
|
|
|
| |
| SUB-NOVICE |
WEDNESDAYS
7:15PM - 8:15PM
$70 Course
Sign-up & Payment Options
When can I start?
|
For the Sub-Novice Obedience course, we have developed "rolling sessions". Simply put, this means you can start your 7 week course whenever you want - you don't have to wait weeks for a new session to start. Contact us to register in advance, but you can begin any Wednesday. This
option is unique to Pinellas Dog Training School where together with decades of experience instructing and
managing dog clubs/schools, one of our greatest strengths is flexibility!
In Sub-Novice Obedience, students polish skills learned in earlier classes and focus on Heeling with Attention.
The handler and dog acquire skills necessary to become a "team" and develop the foundation for the exercises
in the Novice level of obedience competition. Also covered is Stand for Exam, Automatic Sits, Turns, Paces, off leash Recalls, off leash Stays.
Upon graduation from Sub-Novice obedience course at PDTS, you and your dog may take the Canine Good Citizen test and earn
your official AKC CGC Certificate with a passing score.
Prerequisite: Graduate of Basic Obedience Class. Puppy Kindergarten Graduates entering this level is not advised,
but experienced handlers may enter this level with the permission of administration and Sub-Novice Instructor.
|
|
|
| |
| NOVICE OBEDIENCE |
FRIDAYS
7:15PM - 8:15PM
ONGOING DROP-IN
$7 class
Payment Options
|
Novice Obedience is an ongoing, drop-in class that offers students an opportunity to work with instructors who will help prepare them for
showing at the Novice level of obedience competition. Attention, Precision Heeling with attention,
Automatic Sits and Turns, and Figure Eights, Slow/Normal/Fast Paced Heeling, Off-leash Heeling and Recalls,
Off-leash group stays, FootworkRing etiquette and procedures
Prerequisites for Drop-In Novice: Sub-Novice Session Graduates, or by approval Administration and Novice Class instructor, if handler has previously trained.
|
|
|
| |
| OPEN OBEDIENCE |
FRIDAYS
7:15PM
ONGOING DROP-IN
$7 class
Payment Options
|
|
Open Obedience is a drop in, ongoing class that offers students who have completed, or who are completing, a Companion Dog title the opportunity to learn
the exercises required in the Open level of obedience competition.
Exercises coverd are:
Off-lead heeling and Figure Eight,
Drop on Recall,
Retrieve on Flat,
Retrieve over High Jump,
Broad Jump,
Out of sight Sit Stay,
Out of sight Down Stay,
|
|
|
| |
| UTILITY OBEDIENCE |
FRIDAYS
Follows Open
ONGOING DROP-IN
$7 class
Payment Options
|
|
Utility Obedience is a drop in, ongoing class that offers students who have completed, or who are completing, a Companion Dog Excellent title the opportunity to learn the exercises required in the Utility level of obedience competition.
Exercises covered are:
Off-lead Heeling,
Hand signals for Heel, Stand, Stay, Sit, Down, Recall, and Finish,
Directed Retrieve,
Scent Discrimination,
Moving Stand and Examination,
and Directed Jumping.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PINELLAS DOG TRAINING SCHOOL
mailing address:
P.O. Box 2105
Tarpon Springs, Fl 34688
(727) 264-7431
pdts@pinellasdogtraining.org
|
holding classes at:
A PLAYce for Pups
Doggie Daycare
39930 US HWY 19, N.
Tarpon Springs, Fl 34689
NO US MAIL to this address please!
PDTS promotes:
RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERSHIP
|
PDTS © 2012
NEXT DOOR TO DOG LOVERS IN TARPON SPRINGS
|
Like us on Facebook!
Recommend us on Google
INDOORS  AIR-CONDITIONED
|
| |
|
|
|
HOME