Skill Builder Saturdays

 You and your dog have completed the work in puppy class and basic skills class, but what can you do now to improve the skills you learned or even learn something new? Come to Skill Builder Saturdays to spend a concentrated 60-minutes increasing your dog’s skills and reducing reliance on treats. Based on skills required for passing AKC’s Canine Good Citizen test and many therapy dog tests, each week’s class will concentrate on a specific set of skills.  
Skill Builder Class

Skill Builder: Sit — Down — Stay — Come
Topics covered will be helping your dog have a reliable response to “Sit,” “Down,” “Stay,” and “Come,” even from a distance.

Skill Builder: Focus — Distraction — Leave It
Topics covered will be walking your dog on a loose leash through people and obstacles while maintaining focus and confidence on you even when distractions occur (noise, movement, dogs, food, toys, etc.)

Skill Builder: Confidence and Manners
Topics covered will include your dog making an appropriate entry into a public place, meeting a friendly stranger, meeting a person with a dog, sitting politely for petting and brushing, and leaving you and accompanying another person into a different place without becoming over apprehensive.


For more information call or text 216-402-6513 or email: enrichment@animalzen.net