intermediate and intermediate plus classes

Golden Rules of Training

Train when you are in a positive frame of mind.

Keep training short, frequent and fun.

Reward your dog when they offer the desired behaviour, sometimes even if you haven’t asked for it.

Set your dog up for success.

Ask for help when something is not working.

Be patient, you and your dog are doing great.

More about all this in class!

Intermediate Class

With the basics embedded, Intermediate continues to build confidence and introduces dogs and handlers to new activities, including:

  A Recall

  Front Present and Right/Left hand Finish

  Retrieve

  Send away

  Target

  Leave

  Distance cues

We encourage dogs and handlers to take The Kennel Club’s Good Citizen Dog Training Scheme assessment during their time in this class. The syllabus in Intermediate covers Bronze and Silver level, but not necessarily all in one set of 7 weeks.

Intermediate Plus Class

Intermediate Plus follows on from Intermediate. We improve on reliability of the skills your dog has developed so far and add some other enrichment activities such as,

  Search

  Emergency stop

  Greater off lead control

  Hand signals

  Retrieve named articles

  Food manners

  Impulse control

We also continue to train for The Kennel Club’s Good Citizen Dog Training Scheme at Silver and Gold level.