Kennel Club Bronze Good Citizen

Is your dog an embarrassment in public?

Do they run off to play with other dogs, leaving you behind?

Do they drag you on the lead so that your arm hurts and walking them is a horrible chore?

Do they make having visitors a stressful time? Jumping up, stealing things, begging for food?

This class aims to provide you with the tools for your dog to be a ‘Good Citizen’ within society.

As well as obedience exercises, classes cover essential life skills such as appropriate playing, grooming, not jumping up, passing other dogs in the street, coming away from other dogs when on a walk.

We discuss problems that need addressing and tailor the class to those needs.

There is access to an outside training area, and weather permitting it is great to be able to use this to increase the distraction levels and provide a bigger space to move around in.

I hope to be able to teach owners new skills for training their dogs, which will make learning fun, easy and successful

I like to break the training exercises down into games if possible, this makes training feel less like a chore!

These games improve the bond between you and your dog, as well as place the brain in the best emotional state for learning and retaining what we are teaching. This is something which the whole family can become involved in

There is usually time to teach a trick along the way too, something to keep in mind for a rainy day, or even to help around the house!

The course follows the Kennel Cub Good Citizen syllabus, a date can be arranged for an external assessor to attend if owners wish to be formally assessed