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Obedience
Dog chewing your shoes? These will become a thing of the past, with obedience school. Obedience training is both a recreational sport and an important act in the ownership of a dog. Training can begin at any age-a dog is never too young or too old! At the Dog Training Club of Tampa, we offer classes in puppy, basic obedience, sub-novice, novice, and open obedience. We teach YOU to train your dog! We DO NOT train your dog for you! A brief description of each class follows and if you have any questions, feel free to call us! Puppy class: Starts with the very basic commands every dog should know such as sit, stay, down and come. Information on common puppy problems such as crating, nipping and housebreaking is covered. The purpose of this class is to develop a relationship with your new puppy and get a young dog socialized to different people, places, and other dogs. Early socialization is the key to preventing problems later on down the road. Basic: Once you graduate from puppy class and you want to continue with obedience work or you have an older dog that has never been to an obedience class, we offer a basic obedience class. This class reviews sit, down, come, and stay and adds such exercises as heel, heel fast, heel slow, heel while turning, long sits, long downs, and long distance recalls. The class is geared for someone who wants a better-behaved dog or the owner who is interested in competitive obedience trials. This class has weekly homework assignments and work done at home is a MUST! Rally-O: The dog and handler perform exercises as indicated on a written sign at each station. The team moves through the stations as quickly and accurately as possible and having as much fun as possible! You are encouraged to talk to your dog continuously, you can say commands more than once. After the judge’s “FORWARD” command, your team is off on it’s own. The exceptional feature of Rally Obedience is that handlers may talk to their dogs, praising them, and giving repeated verbal commands and/or hand signals, at anytime and as often as desired throughout the competition. When arranged in the ring in preparation for a trial, the signs are numbered sequentially to indicate the course the handler must take during the performance. The team of dog and handler heel from sign to sign and perform the exercises indicated by the sign at each location. Except for giving the handler clearance to begin the performance, the judge gives no further orders or directions as the team continues throughout the performance with no breaks in the activity. Sub-novice (Pre-Novice): Once graduation from basic has occurred, they may move on to sub-novice/pre-novice. Sub-novice is for fine tuning the required exercises for a beginning level obedience title - the Companion Dog (CD). Class format follows that of an actual trial. Heeling patterns are performed, then figure eights, stand for examination, recalls, long sits and long downs. This class would also be a perfect advanced level of obedience for an owner who wants more then the basic class offered. Novice: The novice class can only be joined once your dog can perform the required obedience exercises consistently. This class is for dogs preparing for a CD title. All the above mentioned exercises are emphasized and off leash heeling is included. This class moves fast and you are required to know both the exercises and terminology before starting this class. Open: Once you have received your first obedience title - the CD - you may continue on and get a CDX (Companion Dog Excellent). This is the class to help you prepare for such a title. Our classes use positive training methods, using praise and rewards to train the dogs. Our obedience instructors all have accomplished titles on their own dogs. Come train in a fun and exciting atmosphere for you and your dog! Questions/Comments?
Please email us at dtct@dtct.org
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From
the beginner through the most advanced obedience exercises, the
Dog Training Club of Tampa has something for everyone...from our wonderful facility to our incredible instructors (we even have instructors certified by Certification Council for Pet Dog Trainers).