Puppy, Adolescent & Adult Dog Training Classes
Puppy Training & Junior Dog Academy Classes
Outdoor Classes
Times
Puppy Foundation Class
Tuesday 10:15 and/or Saturday 10:15
Junior Dog Academy Classes
Tuesday 12pm and/or Saturday* 11:30am
*Saturdays start in April 2025
Location
Cotswold Pet Services Training Field, opposite Denfurlong Campsite (and the old Chedworth Farm Shop), Fields Rd, Chedworth, Gloucestershire GL54 4NQ
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The Puppy Foundation Class Training Overview:
- Basic commands such as Sit, Down, Watch-me, Stay/Wait, Walking with a loose lead, Recall and more
- Advice on jumping up and biting /chewing
- Increasing the owner/puppy bond
- Great chance to socialise your puppy with supervised socialisation.
- Advice on handling your puppy, feeding, home life, starting on the right track with behaviour at home.
- Dog equipment including leads, toys and whistles
- Home life and how it can affect training
- Advice on things at home such as Jumping up, Crate training, Toileting, Separation Anxiety etc
- Whistle training included (optional)
- Plus much more!
Junior Dog Academy:
- Advancing the basic commands; Down, Watch-me, Stay/Wait, Walking with a loose lead, and Recall
- Learn new commands and exercises such as; Leave, Drop, Controlled ‘Meet & Greet’, Retrieving games
- How to train when the dog isn’t listening
- Improving command response when there are distractions
- Improving distance control
- Learn to chain exercises together i.e. walk, sit, wait, return to heel, walk to heel sit & repeat
- Advice on dealing with the adolescent dog
- Whistle training included (optional)
- Plus much more!
Our training methods:
- We encourage as much owner participation as possible to benefit from the training
- Families welcome (and encouraged) to the outdoor classes. *Indoor classes have limited spacing so please consider how many people need to come along.
- Children not recommended at Dog Behaviour Class sessions. *New class coming soon
- Increasing the owner’s understanding of their dog.
- Positive training methods with gentle corrections. What we call a common-sense approach
- We do not use harsh physical methods or shouting
- Information on rewarding your dog, the do’s and dont’s
- Games to increase mental stimulation and avoid boredom
- Short exercises changing frequently to avoid boredom and increase memory
- Puppy Foundation Class Sessions incorporate short exercises changing frequently and repeated each week due to the flexible booking of this class. This is a proven method over decades and you advance the training with the level of your dog.
- Junior Dog Academy Sessions will focus on a few different training elements at each session. *If you can’t come to successive sessions you will most likely repeat something that you have already done, but the training is pretty flexible and can be ad-hoc.
- Indoor classes incorporate a progressive 6-week training programme, with each week brining a new element or progression of the previous week, this is a different approach but equally as successful.
Our trainers have a wide range of breed knowledge and welcome all breeds large and small into the classes.
You will be trained by a fully qualified Advanced Professional Dog Training Instructor with the CIDBT and Master Professional Dog Training Instructor with the Guild of Dog Trainers.
Please note the age ranges on the classes.
Strictly no reactive or aggressive dogs in either the Puppy Foundation or Junior Dog Academy classes. If your dog is reactive (barking, even if through excitement and won’t calm down, you will need some Behaviour Training – please get in touch).
You will be trained by a fully qualified Advanced Professional Dog Training Instructor with the Cambridge Institute of Dog Behaviour & Training (CIDBT) and Master Professional Dog Training Instructor with the Guild of Dog Trainers (GoDT).
Please book in with us now.
We look forward to seeing you.
