- Puppy Pre-school
- Perfect Puppy
- Good Manners
- Agility
- K9 Nose Work
- Canine Good Citizen
- Flyball
Puppy Pre-School
Saturdays @ 9:00-10:00am, Mar 3 - Mar 31
Class duration: 5 weeks
Limit 6 dogs per class
This class will be taught by training instructor Gretchen Knittel.
Early puppy training establishes good manners and habits right from the start, and helps prevent barking, mouthiness, jumping, pulling, and aggression later in life. Early contact with many people, places, and other puppies allows your puppy to grow up confident and friendly.
This class includes the following:
- Manners & Impulse Control - Teach your pup to sit rather than jump, pay attention, wait, walk nicely on leash and leave food and other items that are off limits.
- Bite Inhibition - Keep your hands and sleeves safe, and lay the foundation for a gentle mouth throughout your pups socialization. Shape your puppy into a well-mannered puppy who likes children & strangers.
- Handling - Teach your pup to enjoy being touched for easy nail clippings, vet exams, grooming, etc.
- House Training - Get the A to Z on potty training, complete with a schedule and helpful tips.
- Flexibility - We’re working on and off leash.
- Fun, and more Fun!
Age Requirement:
Pups must be between 10-weeks-old and 5-months-old at start of class.
* Please do not schedule your dog to be spayed or neutered during the five week session.
*Please note that enrollment fees for group classes cannot
be refunded after the first class has been attended.
Perfect Puppy
Mondays @ 7:00-8:00pm, Feb 27 - Mar 26
Saturdays @ 10:15-11:15am, Mar 3 - Mar 31
Class duration: 5 weeks
This class will be taught by training instructor Gretchen Knittel.
For a teenage dog, the world is full of temptation and distraction: Chicken bones on the street, other dogs, pizza on the coffee table. Too much fun to come when called. In this class, we continue your dogs education and socialization into becoming easygoing, well mannered pups who listen to their parents.
This class includes the following:
- Impulse control - Learn about distance, distractions, and duration-the basis for advanced doggie education.
- Manners - Build on your pup’s existing skills. Take sit, down, watch me, and loose leash walking to the next level.
- New learning - It’s time to add the tougher stuff. “ Go settle”, longer sit & down stays and more.
- Rocket recall - Want a dog that boomerangs back to you at the dog park? This is the way.
- Flexibility - We’re working on off leash heel.
- Fun - Always!
Prerequisites:
Puppy Kindergarten or the equivalent. Pups must be 5-10 months-old at start of class.
* Please do not schedule your dog to be spayed or neutered during the five week session.
*Please note that enrollment fees for group classes cannot
be refunded after the first class has been attended.
Good Manners 1 (Beginner Obedience)
Saturdays @ 11:30-12:30pm, Mar 3 - Mar 31
Mondays @ 8:00-9:00pm, Feb 27 - Mar 26
Class duration: 5 weeks
Limit 6 dogs per class
Requirements:
Dogs must be 6 months or older.
This class will be taught by training instructor Gretchen Knittel.
Your dog's next step towards becoming a Good Manners dog that all your family and friends will envy. We practice exquisite manners.
This class includes the following:
- Generalization - Learn how to take distance, distraction, and duration into the world.
- Recall when it counts - Test your dog's recall at the dog park and be amazed at the results.
- Loose-Leash in a crowd - Stroll through a busy shopping district with a well-mannered pooch at your side.
- Leave it - Always. Cement your dog’s resistance to temptation.
- Café-quality stay - Practicing long down stays with distractions that earns you a dog you can take anywhere.
- Heel - Off-leash
- Fun - Always!
*Please note that enrollment fees for group classes cannot
be refunded after the first class has been attended.
Agility
Agility training is fun mental and physical stimulation for you and your dog! Your dog will gain confidence as you build your relationship with positive reinforcement instruction. Instructor Julie O’Konski holds 23 agility titles and passes on her 10 years of experience.
Agile Foundations (Pre-Agility)
Tuesdays @ 6:00-7:00pm, starting February 28
Saturdays @ 1:00-2:00pm, starting March 3
Class duration: 6 weeks
This class will be taught by agility instructors Julie O'Konski and Nicole Stewart.
This class will give handler and dog alike the prerequisite foundations for our Beginner Agility class.
Features of this class:
- Great for older dogs who physically can not handle traditional agility or younger dogs whose growth plates are not closed yet
- Intermediate and Advanced Students are welcome as well to improve existing skills
- Get connected with your dog for a better overall relationship!
Topics covered in this class:
Recalls, weave pole introduction, targeting for contacts, plank work, focus, basic obedience and working off-leash with your dog
Prerequisites:
Dogs must be at least 8 months of age.
Beginner Agility
Tuesdays @ 7:00-8:00pm, starting February 28
Class duration: 6 weeks
This class will be taught by agility instructors Julie O'Konski & Nicole Stewart.
This class will teach handler and dog alike the basic working knowledge and foundation so dogs will perform with ease and confidence.
This class includes the following:
- Great mental stimulation for dogs
- Learn how to safely and successfully train your dog to execute and perform agility obstacles with ease
- Create a higher level of team work and a stronger bond with your dog while having fun!
Equipment that will be used in this class:
Tire, Open tunnel, Collapsed tunnel, Jumps, A-frame, Wobble plank (intro to the teeter totter), Pause table, Slightly raised planks (intro to the dog walk)
Prerequisites:
Successful completion of Agile Foundations class at Wagsworth Manor, or another Agile Kindergarten class elsewhere. Dogs must be at least 12 months of age. Handlers must be 12 years old or older.
Advanced Agility
Saturdays @ 2:30-3:30pm, classes start March 3
Class duration: 6 weeks
This class will be taught by agility instructor Julie O'Konski.
The continuation of team work exercises with the addition of more complex course sequences as well as the learning of such maneuvers as front crosses, proper timing of recalls on course and the improvement of contact criteria. Weave pole performance will be continued at this level as well. Handlers and dogs will perform on courses most likely seen in a Novice level competition. Course may be "tweaked" for more advanced teams if need be. Dogs may be ready at this point to perform 6-12 weave poles as part of a course.
Prerequisites:
This class is for those handler and dogs newly graduation from the Intermediate Agility level. It may be likely that each team will repeat this level several times until skills and performance level improve before they are ready to move on.
*Please note that enrollment fees for group classes cannot
be refunded after the first class has been attended.
K9 Nose Work
CLASS DATES & TIMES TO BE ANNOUNCED
Class duration: 5 weeks
This class will be taught by training instructor Gretchen Knittel.
K9 Nose Work - the new, exciting, detection-style sport - is designed to develop dogs’ natural scenting abilities by using their curiosity, desire to hunt, and their love of toys, food and exercise. It’s a great way for any dog to have fun, build confidence and burn lots of mental and physical energy. Dogs are sniffing it up!
This class is designed to start the foundation skills and get your dog using his natural scenting abilities.
About the classes
- The classes meet once a week for 1 hour
- Class is limited to 8 dog/handler teams
- Each dog will be worked individually multiple times during the class
- Dogs will need to be crated between working times
Who can participate?
- Puppies/dogs 4 months and older
- Retired dogs
- Dogs with physical limitations (as long as they are mobile)
- Dogs with fear or dog aggression issues can participate too!
- Dogs that are people-aggressive should not participate.
Our trainer Gretchen Knittel had the honor of participating in seminars, a 5-day workshop and an instructor seminar with the founders of K9 Nose Work - Ron Gaunt, Amy Herot CPDT & Jill O'Brien. Please visit their website at www.funnosework.com for more information about this fantastic sport.
*Please note that enrollment fees for group classes cannot
be refunded after the first class has been attended.
Canine Good Citizen (CGC)
CLASS DATES & TIMES TO BE ANNOUNCED
This class will be taught by training instructor Julie O'Konski.
Wagsworth Manor is now offering an opportunity for all dogs to enroll in our CGC (AKC, Canine Good Citizens) program. Our very own trainer, Julie O’Konski, has been approved as an official AKC Canine Good Citizens Evaluator and will be offering a special class to help dogs and their owners prepare for that much sought after certification!
Testing dates for the CGC will be determined during the class session. It is recommended that dogs have some basic obedience and are mentally mature enough to handle the demands of the test. For more info, please visit www.akc.org.
*Please note that enrollment fees for group classes cannot
be refunded after the first class has been attended.
Flyball (Beginners)
CLASSES WILL RESUME IN THE SPRING OF 2012
This class will be taught by training instructor Lisa Skorija.
Flyball is a great activity that is both physically and mentally challenging for your dog. It allows them to expend energy while doing all the things dogs naturally love to do - running, jumping, fetching, etc. It's also a great way of strengthening the bond between you and your dog, because flyball is as much about the relationship between dog and owner as it is about the actual competition. And because it's a team sport, flyball is a great way for your dog to socialize with other dogs as they work together as part of a team.
Flyball races match two teams of four dogs each, racing side-by-side over a 51 foot long course. Each dog must run in relay fashion down the jumps, trigger a flyball box, releasing the ball, retrieve the ball, and return over the jumps. The next dog is released to run the course but can't cross the start/finish line until the previous dog has returned over all 4 jumps and reached the start/finish line. The first team to have all 4 dogs finish the course without error wins the heat.
Requirements:
Dogs must be 6 months or older, have basic obedience skills, and no dog-aggression issues.
For more information check out: www.flyball.org
*Please note that enrollment fees for group classes cannot
be refunded after the first class has been attended.
