Teaching tricks is a great way to have fun with your dog, use their brain and improve your own training skills.
This course is suitable for all levels, from complete beginners through to dogs with quite a few tricks already. All of the tricks we work on can be progressed to something more complex if you need extra challenge.
We learn tricks which help with rear-end awareness, core strength and coordination; tricks which help your dog with everyday life such as vet visits; tricks that are helpful for other dog sports such as agility; and tricks that are just fun to learn and teach.
We use learning tricks as a vehicle for learning how to train more clearly, so that our dogs understand what we want at each step. This reduces confusion and frustration in your dog and improves reliability and performance.
We will learn about
- Cues
- Sequences and chains
- Duration
- Shaping and micro-shaping
- Luring
- Using targets and other props
You can take these skills to any other area of training, whether that is life skills, sports or working dog training. There are tea and coffee facilities at the venue (bring your own mug), and we work primarily in the indoor arena. You are welcome to walk your dog in the beautiful farmland before or after classes.
[CONFIRM WITH VAY] Current day, time, venue, group size and price (the old site ran fortnightly Wednesday evenings at Tong Park Farm near Junction 3 of the M54, limited to 6 dogs, £50 per block of three 2-hour classes).