Group Training Courses
These training courses will provide you with the knowledge, confidence and handling skills to improve life, for both you and your dog. They are intense – you will learn about dog behaviour, practice obedience training and work on impulse control around distraction so you can use successful techniques to achieve results in the real world! All in a friendly and fun environment.
– Positive, Reward based Training in small class sizes
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– Level 3 & 5 Teaching qualifications.Training for both you and your dog!
– 3 Tiered Basic Training Programme developing useful dog training exercises
Group Courses : Click ‘Book Now’ for course dates and online booking
St John Fisher Church Hall, 48 Thanet Road, Bexley, Kent DA5 1AP
Tuesday evening / Thursday morning & evening
Level 1 (Puppy up to 24 weeks)
6 weeks £99
30 minutes
Beginner – Puppies up to 24 weeks.
A regular weekly session, meeting some new puppy friends and practicing your training around their distraction! Suitable for all breeds and offering intense, focused sessions with the opportunity to make great progress in just 6 weeks. Puppies must be aged under 24 weeks at the start of the course and ideally should have been out socialising for a couple of weeks before attending. Digital course support material included. Please get in touch before booking if your puppy is particularly nervous and is barking or avoiding interacting with other dogs.
These 6 practical sessions focus on hands on obedience training, with emphasis on behavioural techniques and working on impulse control.
Course Content:
- Working with distraction
- Impulse control
- Jumping up
- Attention seeking
- Lead–walking
- Sit, Down, Stand
- Recall
- Leave
- Stay
Level 1 ( 24 weeks +)
6 weeks £99
30 minutes
Beginner – Dogs over 24 weeks.
A regular weekly session, ideal for meeting others and practicing your training around their distraction! Suitable for all breeds and offering intense, focused sessions with the opportunity to make great progress in just 6 weeks. Dogs must be over 6 months old at the start of the course and should have been out socialising with others before attending. Digital course support material included. Please get in touch before booking if your dog is particularly nervous or has not been socialised around other dogs. This course is not suitable for dogs with anti social behavioural issues (please enquire).
These 6 practical sessions focus on hands on obedience training, with emphasis on behavioural techniques and working on impulse control.
Course Content:
- Working with Distraction
- Impulse control
- Jumping up
- Attention seeking
- Lead–walking
- Sit, Down, Stand
- Recall
- Leave
- Stay
Level 2 Course
6 weeks £85
35 minutes
After completion of a Level 1 Course
You’ll need to have completed Level 1 before booking this course. It will review the training you have already practiced and introduce new areas to help make your basics more reliable and improve focus, especially working around distraction. Sessions will focus on the content listed and include a variety of exercises and advice as dogs reach adolescence!
Level 2 Course Content:
- Greetings and walking past distractions
- Control/Wait at Door
- Recall, with Wait and Present
- Leave item on floor
- Leave item from mouth
- Stay 30 seconds
- includes review from Beginner courses
Level 3 Course
6 weeks £85
40 minutes
After completion of a Level 2 Course
You’ll need to have completed Level 2 before booking this course. You will progress on from all the basics and application techniques learned in the previous courses. Pushing to increase reliability and introducing more useful and challenging exercises to improve focus. The course will focus on the content listed as well as additional techniques to encourage better responses.
Level 3 Course Content:
- Working more reliably around distractions
- Recall with Wait, Present and Finish
- Stay 2 minutes
- Stay 30 seconds with distraction
- Working with food distractions
- Send Away
Advanced Training Sessions
6 weeks £85
45 minutes
After Basic Training Programme
Subject to availability, these sessions are for those who would like to introduce new exercises once the basics are well established. Dogs attending will need to have good lead control in place and be capable of settling well around other dogs. Includes advanced obedience and working on a variety of new exercises. You can register your interest after successfully completing the Basic Training Programme.
Exercises include:
- Working ‘off-lead’
- Retrieving
- Scent work
- Send away
- Working around food distractions
- Directional cues
- Stay out of sight
- Distance control
- Precision heelwork
- Other technical exercises
Dog Behaviour Seminar
90 minutes
Theory session – Dogs of all ages
This session is for owners only (no dogs). Practical training is important for a variety of reasons incl. mental stimulation and keeping your dog safe. However, simply issuing commands and hoping your dog will act upon them does not develop the reliability that many aim for. This seminar can help you improve existing behaviours or ensure problematic ones do not develop.
Seminar Content:
- Talking Dog
- How does your dog learn? Using reward based training
- Reactivity Regulation*
- Dogs are reactive for many reasons – how do you work with this?
- Defeating Distraction*
- Your dog can be ‘good’ without distraction. How are you going to improve on that?
- Dynamic or Disobedient Dog
- A High energy, intelligent dog or do you think they’re just plain naughty! What does your dog need?
- Separation Anxiety
- Anxiety or FOMO! Advice on how to deal with either issue
- Q & A Session
- Ask your questions – anything from puppy training such as biting, housetraining and attention seeking or more adult related issues.
*Some behaviours may require the individual support offered with a Practical Training Plan.
BOOKING INFORMATION
Group Training courses can be booked online and payment will be required when booking your place.
If you are planning a holiday or suspect your dog will come into season during a course, you are advised to wait for the next course. If your dog is unwell or in season they are unable to attend – once booked a course place is your own so after a course has started, unfortunately we cannot refund for weeks you are unable to attend.
Dogs with anti-social behaviour such as aggression/ barking at other dogs are not able to attend a training course in the first instance. These issues can be helped with a Private Training Plan. Adult Dogs new to group training courses must be well socialised.
All courses have limited places available and you are not guaranteed a place on any course unless it is booked and paid for.
See ‘Terms’ page for full terms and conditions
