ON GOLDEN PAWS  ULTIMATE PUPPY
Our puppy classes are taught entirely off-leash in a real-life format with the goal of producing good-natured and well-mannered adult dogs. The primary emphasis is on producing people-friendly and dog-friendly dogs and mastering off-leash, verbal control for around the house and out and about.
On Golden Paws Ultimate Puppy classes specifically focus on teaching bite inhibition (gentle jaws), socialization with other dogs and people (especially children, men and strangers), calming and handling, attention, off-leash household manners/obedience and the prevention of behaviour and temperament problems. Special emphasis is paid to phasing out the need for food lures and rewards for reliable verbal and hand signal, off-leash control (around the home or on walks), yet promoting the continued use of food treats for classical conditioning - to teach dogs to thoroughly enjoy the company of people and other dogs
Requirements: Pups must be between 10 and 18 weeks of age at the start date of class with 2 DHLPP vaccinations, one of which must have been administered after 8 weeks of age but at least 7 days prior to the first session.
Registration Fee: $150.00 for six weeks; 55 minutes each session

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ADULT DOG CLASSES

  For the most part, adult classes are taught on-leash until we are certain that all dogs are people-friendly and dog-friendly and safe to play and train off-leash. Adult classes initially involve learning to manage, control, and channel the dogs' energy, enthusiasm  by teaching impulse control, calmness and attention. This makes teaching basic obedience  much easier .

                    
    DOG OWNERSHIP 201
- For quiet,  dog and people friendly dogs  over five months
      
An excellent class for dogs and their caregivers that have never taken a class before or for dogs and their caregivers needing to brush up on rusty obedience skills. Our  unique and innovative all-or-none reward training techniques
- developed by Dr. Ian Dunbar- make training adolescent and adult dogs a peaceful and enjoyable experience. Initial exercises focus on calming, settling-down and regaining attention to help in  teaching basic manners - sit, down, stand, stay, walking on-leash and polite greetings, and distant sits.

Requirements: Over five months of age; friendly to people and other dogs; proof of rabies vaccine.
Registration Fee: $165.00 for six weeks; 55minutes each session

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  DOG OWNERSHIP 202-     
Exclusively for graduates of  OGP  DOG OWNERSHIP 201 ( WAS 101)


Our goal is to enable owners to enjoy their adolescent dog's lust for life by re-channeling the dogs' exuberance (hyperactivity, jumping-up, barking and pulling on-leash) into equally enthusiastic obedience. Emphasis is based on super-fast sits and downs, reliable rock-solid stays, and controlled on-leash walking and heeling.

Requirements: Graduates of DOG OWNERSHIP 201; friendly to people and other dogs; proof of rabies vaccine.
Registration Fee: $185.00 for six weeks; 55 minutes each session
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