Basic obedience program

Program Overview    

• Your dog will stay in a caring and loving home environment primed to develop a well-balanced, content, and obedient character   
  
• Course inclusions will be tailored based on pre-agreed additions listed below and the learning  speed and maturity of your dog    Boundary setting & puppy basics (if applicable):    
• Crate training – learning to be alone in a safe space for travel or home    
• House training – your dog will learn to go outside to use the toilet    
• No more nipping or destructive behavior    
• Greeting & door manners – basic boundaries for puppies    
• Play and socialization with other dogs – supervised interactions    

• Sit    
• Down    
• Place – rest in a specific area (control around doors)    
• Watch – your dog looks at you    
• Heel – loose leash walking (without pulling)*    
• Come – your dog comes and sits in front of you and looks at you**    
• Stay – patient command to wait for food, door opening, traffic    
• In – go to an enclosed area (crate, car, resting place)    
• Leave – drop/ignore unwanted floor items or toys    
• Yes – reward release command    
• No – correction command (snapping out of fixation)    
• Good (extended) – giving you the ability to prolong obedience exercises  
• Free – exploratory release command (introduction)    
• Busy – toilet command    
• Good boy/girl – praise & reward    

*Off-leash walking is not included as standard but can be incorporated depending on the learning speed and maturity of the dog    

**Come/recall using long-line only. Distance will be determined by the learning speed and maturity of the  dog    

NOTE: This is not for dogs who have shown aggression or reactivity towards other dogs, animals, or humans