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Outdoor Classes
Beyond Basic and Dog Walking/Outdoor Manners DOG WALKING/OUTDOOR MANNERS This 6-week outdoor class concentrates on dealing with and preventing common issues such as pulling on leash, barking and lunging at various environmental triggers, picking up inappropriate items on the ground, etc. This class is perfect for dogs that need help remaining calm when they see other dogs outdoors. Class meets if temperature is between 30 and 80 degrees. BEYOND BASIC This class is a mix of puppy kindergarten II and module 3/4 students. It is generally a small class and it meets outside. This class works well for people whose dogs are wonderfully well behaved indoors but more of a challenge outdoors and older puppies who aren't quite ready to work an hour class without some play time. TRACKING This class teaches dogs to follow a scent usually laid down by a human. At the beginning of the track, you let the dogs smell an item touched by the human they will be tracking. The dogs then follow the scent trail and give you a signal when they find an article (cloth, metal, leather and plastic) that has been dropped by the human who laid the track. You learn to read your dog so that you can encourage them to continue following the given scent instead of deciding that following a squirrel's track might be more fun. In beginning teams, the humans know where the track is, as you gain experience the humans do not know where the track is and so must learn to read and trust their dogs! Illustrations by www.seekvisum.com, link
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