- Puppy Pre-school
- Perfect Puppy
- Good Manners
- Agility
- Canine Good Citizen
Puppy Pre-School
Saturdays @ 9:00-10:00am, starts May 11
Class duration: 5 weeks
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!
Requirements:
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
Saturdays @ 10:15-11:15am, starts May 11
Mondays @ 7:00-8:00pm, starts May 13
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!
Requirements:
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, starts May 11
Mondays @ 8:00-9:00pm, starts May 13
Class duration: 5 weeks
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!
Requirements:
Dogs must be 6 months or older.
*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 (Level 1)
For those who have never taken an Agility class before
Wednesdays @ 6:00-7:00pm, starting April 24
Saturdays @ 1:45-2:45pm, starting May 4
Class duration: 6 weeks
This class will be taught by agility instructor Julie O'Konski.
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 (Level 2)
Wednesdays @ 7:00-8:00pm, starting April 24
Class duration: 6 weeks
This class will be taught by agility instructor Julie O'Konski.
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.
Intermediate Agility (Level 3)
Saturdays @ 12:30-1:30pm, starting May 4
Class duration: 6 weeks
This class will be taught by agility instructor Julie O'Konski.
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:
- Perfecting performance on agility obstacles familiarized in Agility 101
- Weave pole training; two different methods up to six poles
- Familiarizing the teeter totter and the dog walk at full height
- Maneuvering dogs successfully around obstacle sequences and agility courses
Prerequisites:
Beginner Agility or permission and evaluation from instructor
A few Requirements for agility training:
Dogs must be at least 12 months of age. Females in season are not permitted in class. Flat buckle collars and 6-foot leashes only. No flexi-leads, prong, choke, shock or head collars are permitted. Body harnesses must be removed prior to performing on any piece of agility equipment.
Advanced Agility (Level 4)
Wednesdays @ 8:00-9:00pm, starting April 24
Saturdays @ 11:00am-Noon, starting May 4
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 handlers and their dogs newly graduated 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 also note that all classes will be held outside weather permitting. Please be able to commit to at least 8 weeks as some classes may be canceled due to rain or muddy conditions. If a class is canceled it will extend the class another week. Be prepared by dressing appropriately for the weather.
*When signing up for classes, please provide an email address and phone number in case we need to notify you about class schedule changes and cancellations. Please specify if you would prefer to be contacted by phone or email.
*Agility classes will not be offered in July and August due to excessive heat. Agility at Wagsworth will return in the fall. Dates will be posted.
*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
Class duration: 6 weeks
This class will be taught by agility 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.
