Training & Schedules
Private In-Home Training
* I will come to you and work with you and your dog right where most or all of your daily problems with your dog are actually taking place.
* Cost: $40/Hour plus mileage if you are over 20 mi. distance one-way
* Pre-paid packages available to save money
Private Lessons
* Private and Semi-Private lessons also available for both pet and competition training. Please call for more information, pricing, or to schedule.
Class Schedules
* Class start dates and schedules are listed below
* Click on the class name for a class description
* Schedule is subject to change before session starts
* Class sizes are limited and registration is on a first-come basis.
Complete the Class Registration Form and mail it ASAP.
* Please bring your dog's vaccination records with you to orientation
or otherwise get them to us before the first night of classes. Vaccination records must be presented BEFORE your dog enters the training area(s) for the first time.
* For more information contact Lana Kline at lana@pawandhand.com or call 570-772-1414
Tuesdays Time
# wks CostInstructors
# wks CostInstructors Betsy Thompson
Novice & Open Exercises 7pm - 8pm 8 weeks $100 Lana Kline
Thursdays Time # wks CostInstructors
CostInstructorsOpen & Utility Exercises* 10:30 - 11:30am 8 weeks $100 Lana Kline
Novice/Open/Utility* (90) Min 10am - 11:30am 8 weeks $110 Lana Kline
January - March 2010 Class Schedule
ORIENTATION: Tuesday, January 12, 7pm
Orientation is required for all students entering Puppy K, Beginners, Competitive Puppy,
and/or if it is your first time training with us.
Orientation is FREE and not considered to be one of the weekly classes.
All family members, friends, current students, & the public are welcome to attend Orientation.
Please do NOT bring your dog(s) to orientation!!!
Tuesday Classes begin January 19, 2010
Thursday AM Classes begin on January 21, 2010
For More Information Contact Lana at:
570-772-1414 or lana@pawandhand.com
* The Open portion of both classes overlap. For an additional $10 ($110 total), you can take the entire 90 minute class.
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PET TRAINING:
Puppy Kindergarden**: For puppies eight weeks to five months of age. Don't believe the old cliche which advises waiting until your dog is six months or a year old before starting to train him! Doing so will only lead to a young adult dog with unstructured behavior and many problems which could have been avoided. By starting your puppy early, you will establish proper behavior right from the start. In this class, puppies are taught to walk on a leash, sit, come, down, stand, and stay. They will also learn to socialize with one another, an important but often neglected part of proper canine development. This class makes the puppy's first introduction to obedience training non-stressful and fun. Housebreaking and problem behaviors also will be addressed.
Beginners**: For dogs 6 months old or older with no previous formal training. The same exercises as Puppy Kindergarden are taught with slight modifications.
Puppy K/Beginners**: All efforts will be made to keep Puppy K and Beginners in separate classes. However, at times the classes may be combined. Dogs over 5 months of age will be evaluated prior to entering the class, and will not be allowed in the class if there is any chance they could be intimidating or harmful to younger/smaller puppies.
Advanced Beginners: For graduates of the Beginners class. This class will further enhance the relationship between dog and owner. The dog's response to commands will become more consistent and reliable, and the training will build up to off-leash recalls and stays. Dog and owner will learn the necessary skills to pass the AKC's Canine Good Citizen test. Arrangements will be made to have a tester come to the last class if no other testing opportunities are available in the area at graduation.
** Class Fee includes a 4 ft training leash in a width suitable for your dog.
Beginners**/Advanced Beginners: Because classes at Paw & Hand are typically small (usually 7 dogs is the maximum per class), occasionally, Beginners and Advanced Beginners might be combined. If there are 5 or more students in a combined class there will be an assistant instructor. Advanced continues with more advanced steps for the exercises learned in Beginners. Students in a combined class will be working at their own level of the same exercises. This format is used in every competitive class quite successfully.
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COMPETITION OBEDIENCE CLASSES:*
Competition Puppy Class: An excellent start of puppies 8 weeks to five months of age who are destined for competition obedience. Puppies will be introduced to exercises from all levels of obedience training, including the basics of sit, down, and walking, as well as heeling, retrieving, and go outs.
Attention and Handling: This class is the foundation for the competition obedience program at Paw & Hand (and Top Dog.) All students planning to show their dogs for obedience titles must start here. An eight-week course on attention will be presented along with distance attention and attention games. Part of the class each night will be spent without the dog, working on handling and footwork (so please bring a crate or plan to leave your dog in the car for the last 15 minutes of class each week).
Intro to Novice I: Thirty-minute class occasionally inserted into the schedule. For graduates of Attention & Handling. Optional class can help students transition from A&H to Novice I. Introduces more heeling while continuing to work on attention. Extra work on turns with proper footwork, and beginning stays with mild distractions.
Novice I: This class is for graduates of the Attention and Handling class. More emphasis is placed on heeling with attention. Turns and figure eights are introduced. Distance and distractions are increased for recalls and sit and down stays in preparation for off-leash work. Hand signals, the stand, and fronts and finishes are taught
Novice II: The Novice II class takes graduates of Novice I and polishes and prepares them to compete in Novice obedience. Heeling, fronts and finishes, stand-stays, figure eights, and all aspects of Novice obedience will be proofed and polished. Dogs will be working off-leash for recalls and stays.
Novice III: The Novice III class, for graduates of Novice II, continues to refine their Novice skills, while beginning to teach Open skills.
Novice Ring Prep: This class brings together all of the Novice skills and prepares students to compete in obedience trials. Rules for AKC and UKC Novice classes will be discussed. Tips and strategy for competing in obedience will be presented. Students in this class will be attending match shows.
Beginning Open: For dogs with reliable Novice skills. Dogs are introduced to retrieving, jumping, drop on recall and out-of-sight sit and down stays.
Open Ring Prep: For dogs who know all of the Open exercises. We will work on proofing and polishing the Open exercises, as well as sequencing exercises for the ring and developing strategies for match shows and obedience trials.
Heeling: Heeling class is an intensive half-hour class to proof and polish heeling. The class is geared toward dogs in the Open and Utility classes.
Open and Beginning Utility: These are advanced classes in competition obedience. They cover such exercises as the retrieve on flat, retrieve over the high jump, the drop on recall, and the broad jump, as well as signals, scent discriminations, the directed retrieve, moving stand, and directed jumping.
An Advanced Beginner Class could be added Saturday if demand warrants it. If you are interested in an Advanced Beginner Class, please let me know as soon as possible.
