The Next Step Dog Training
Are you looking for Dog Training?
When Debby was running puppy kindy classes, something people used to ask when the course finished was “What’s the next step”? It’s a good question. Most pups fresh out of kindy don’t have the attention span for obedience classes and are not physically developed enough for Agility or Flyball. To fill this gap, Debby has created ‘The Next Step Dog Training’.
Our standard training classes provide practical training and prepare dogs for everyday situations, such as:
- Walking without pulling
- Come when called
- Sit, drop, basic stay
We also cover:
- Passing other dogs and people
- Walking through gates and doors without pushing past
- Greeting other dogs and people appropriately (not jumping up)
Most importantly, we teach you how to get your dog to focus on you.
This is so important and so often barely touched on. If you have your dog’s undivided attention, you can teach it anything. If you have your dog’s attention, you have a dog that is waiting for you to tell it what to do next. If you have your dog’s attention, you have a dog that actually wants to follow your lead.
Gaining your dogs attention is the foundation of all training. If you want your dog as a Show dog, Agility dog, Flyball dog, Obedience dog, Protection dog, Tracking dog, Special Services dog, or just a happy interactive member of your family, you need to be able to get your dogs attention and keep it there for as long as is needed. If you miss this step, you will end up with a dog that can’t come off lead for Agility or Flyball. Your dog will pull you around and just want to meet all the other dogs at obedience. You’ll have no chance teaching it to track anything. You’ll have to lock it away when you have visitors, or it will jump all over them. And goodness help anyone that tries to train a protection dog without the most basic foundational training. Imagine if it went into full protection mode and you couldn’t switch it off!
The Next Step Dog Training will teach you to hold your dogs attention and keep it there. Debby has extensive experience in dog training including basic obedience, sheep dog training, agility, flyball, tricks and puppy kindy. She has also worked with many dogs to resolve behavioural problems and trained dogs to successfully appear in film and TV.
Our class sizes are limited to twelve dogs only. Bookings are essential.
Invest a couple of hours on a Saturday on NEXT STEP TRAINING and you will reap the benefits for between 10 and 18 years!
Take the Next Step, call Debby and enquire today 0408 686 330.
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