Rally – Beginning is an obedience-based dog sport focusing on teamwork and enthusiasm, where handlers and dogs navigate a course of 10-20 numbered novice signs, preformed on-leash, allowing you to encourage your dog verbally while mastering basic skills like sits, downs, and turns.
Intermediate is a bridge between beginning and advanced levels, requiring on-leash navigation of 10-20 stations, including 360-degree turns, 270-degree turns, and advanced pivots. It emphasizes tighter heeling, consistent front finishes, and better teamwork. Includes “Advanced” class exercises but no jumps. Focusing on precision and consistent, rapid responsiveness to commands.
Advanced is an off-leash dog sport requiring teams to navigate 12-17 stations, including maneuvers like pivots and jumps. It builds upon intermediate skills with increased precision. All exercises are performed off-leash, emphasizing high-level control, one jump (high, broad or bar), complex skills (halts, sits, 270 or 360- degree turns, pivot/circle behaviors and backing up), and stationary exercises (maintain sit, stand, or down while handler moves around them).
Tricks – A structured path to earn AKC titles that recognize their achievements in trick training, Novice Intermediate and Advanced. Each level requires dogs to perform a set number of tricks, demonstrating greater skill and control. Suitable for all breeds, ages, and skill levels, from puppies (4 months) to senior dogs.
Rally 4 Fun – Interactive sport where you and your dog navigate a course of 10-20, numbered signs, preforming different obedience skills at each station, such as sits, turns, or stays. Unlike traditional obedience, you can talk to, pat, and praise your dog throughout the course, fostering a positive, trusting, and engaging partnership.
Agility 4 Fun – A fantastic way to build bond, increase confidence, and provide mental/physical exercise for any dog, regardless of age or breed. It focuses on navigating simple, safe obstacles like tunnels and jumps without the pressure of competition.
Basic Obedience – Obedience training establishes essential communication, safety, and manners through commands like sit, down, come (recall), heel, leave it, and place. Uses positive reinforcement, consistency, and short, daily sessions (homework) to build trust and teach your dog to listen in various situations.
Treibball – A low-impact, competitive sport (urban herding) where a dog, directed by their handler, drives exercise balls into a goal within a set time. It prompts teamwork, impulse control, and mental stimulation, making it suitable for all breeds, ages, and sizes, not just for herding dogs
Public Access – Prepares service dogs to behave reliably in non-pet friendly, public environments by teaching manners, calmness, and focus amidst heavy distractions. Essential skills include strict obedience (hold, sit, down), ignoring people/food, and unobtrusive behavior under tables.
Tunnels & Jumps – Tunnels and jumps are essential tools for dog agility training. They help dogs learn to navigate obstacles, improve their focus, and develop their agility skills.
Scent Work – Confidence-building activity that taps into a dog’s natural hunting instincts. It involves teaching dogs to locate specific target odors (like birch or anise) hidden in containers, rooms, or outdoors, providing excellent mental stimulation.
Fetch – Teaching your dog to fetch involves building enthusiasm for a toy, encouraging them to pick it up, and rewarding them for returning it, often using a two-toy system or treats to teach the “drop it” command. Using short distances, high-value rewards, and consistent, short, fun sessions.
Urban Agility – Involves jumping over, go under or through everyday objects and structures in the environment to create a fun and stimulating workout. Doggie Parkor!
Play & Train – Obedience through Games – Play-based dog training that is effective because it speaks to the fundamental nature of dogs. We play fun games like tic tac toe, practice loose leash walking with an egg in a spoon, sits and downs with red light green light, and red rover recall.