Foundation Course

We are now taking bookings for our 6-week Foundation Courses starting on:

Wednesday 5th February 2025   8.15pm  -  9.15pm   1 place left

Wednesday 19th March 2025    8.15pm  -  9.15pm

Venue:  Northwood Village Hall, Newport Road, Northwood, PO318PE

Our Foundation Course is for any dog of 14-weeks of age onwards. 

If you have never been training, have been to puppy socialisation class, adopted a rescue dog or have an older dog that would benefit from positive and gentle training then this is the ideal course for you.

The Foundation Course covers all the behaviours that will allow your dog to develop the necessary skills needed to be well mannered members of the society they live in, remain sociable and give you the ability to enjoy and live in harmony with your dog therefore enhancing the bond and relationship between you.

We take a maximum of 6 dogs on the Foundation Course to ensure that you will be given the maximum personal attention and support that you and your dog deserve.  This Course is held in the hall and in the attached grounds which gives the opportunity of working with the distractions of an outside environment.

As with all of our classes we welcome and positively encourage the whole family to come  along as consistency is certainly the key to successful training. 

The 6 week Foundation Course will cover:

• an Attention Exercise 
• Settle 
• Sit 
• Down
• Stay  
• Lead-walking  
• Recall
• Recall with distractions
• Leave it
• how to stop jumping up
• The importance of your dog being able to be “handled” i.e for them to be happy to be checked all over their body for vet checks, grooming etc. 
• How to start removing the need for treats (food)
• we will talk about the ratio of treats/meals to ensure that your dog doesn't become overweight
• Socialisation/Interaction with the other dogs in your class
• Good manners 
• Working towards achieving the Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme  (optional)
• you will be given an information pack & weekly work sheets