Blue Ribbon Obedience 1: Sport Dog Foundation Class

Whether your goal is agility, dock diving, or any other dog sport, the Blue Ribbon Obedience 1 class lays the foundational skills necessary for success in any competitive environment. Enroll your dog to start them on the path to becoming a confident and skilled sport dog under expert guidance.

Key Features:

• Engagement Training: Fosters strong, focused connection between you and your puppy.
• Confidence Building: Prepares your puppy to be confident across diverse environments.
• Task Orientation: Teaches your puppy to remain task-focused even in exciting situations.
• Environmental Socialization: Includes exposure to unstable surfaces, obstacles, jumps, and more.
• Socialization Skills: Trains your puppy to work not only with you but also with other handlers, crucial for sports where teamwork is essential. This will be facilitated by our trainers, we will not be passing puppies to classmates to be trained
• Field Trips: Two field trips to practice skills in new environments.
• Crate Training: Teaches patience and calmness in active settings, an essential skill for waiting turns during sports events.
• Foundation Behaviors: Covers essentials such as immediate name response, reliable recall, sitting and waiting, leash walking, hand and paw targeting, and more.

Additional Info:

• In this class, there is a strong emphasis on learning to maintain neutrality and ignoring distractions such as other dogs and people. This is crucial for ensuring your puppy can focus and perform in any sportive environment.
• Note: This class does not include off-leash play sessions in order to reinforce focus during training and activity periods.
• If you are interested in Puppy Play:  https://www.packofpawsdogtraining.com/registration/puppy-play-group/

Instructor Background:

Donna currently competes in AKC and UKI Agility with her Belgian Malinois, Lazer, and her German Shepherd, Buzzy. She has previously competed at high levels in Dock Diving, including an invite to Nationals with her German Shepherd Rikkochez as well as an invite to ESPN. She has also competed in French Ring, Barn Hunt, and Disc.

This is an open enrollment class. Enrollees will attend Orientation and then join the Blue Ribbon Obedience group.  You will begin your series on a week that is not a field trip.

⭐ This class requires an orientation lesson, which you will select from the calendar below. Please bring your dog with you to orientation. After orientation, you will attend 7 consecutive weekly lessons on your chosen day and time.