Fremont Dog Training Club
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Class Descriptions

Beginning Class:
(Class is 6 one hour classes held once a week)

The Beginning Class is designed to help you, the owner, train your dog. Our classes range in size from 8 to 15. These limits are set to provide the optimum educational experience, which includes special individual attention if needed. The Beginning Obedience Course is offered for any dog 4½ months of age or older. It runs for a period of 6 weeks, with all training performed on leash. This introductory course is designed for the inexperienced trainer or the untrained dog.This course provides an excellent opportunity for the handler to become familiar with the standard obedience commands and for the dog to become comfortable interacting with other dogs. The commands and excercises covered in the beginning course are sit, sit/stay. down, down/stay, heel, come, and sit for exam.

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Conformation Class:
(Conducted as a weekly ongoing drop-in class)

It will be held every Tuesday at 7:00 pm. Class Fees are $15 ($12 for Active Fremont Dog Club Members), exact cash or check only.

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Intermediate Class:
(Class is 6 one hour classes held once a week)

The Intermediate Class is intended for continued training after the beginning class. Designed for the handler and dog to reinforce their basic education while incorporating more advanced techniques and attention skills. Positive motivation and rewards using food and toys are used in this class. Training in the intermediate class is performed on and off leash. Lessons taught include heel on leash, figure eight, stand for examination, recall, heel free, one-minute sit, and three-minute down.

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Novice Class:
(Class is 6 one hour classes held once a week)

Once the handler and dog have completed the Beginning Obedience Class they may now progress to the Novice Class. This class reinforces all the skills learned in the Beginning Obedience Class and now works on perfecting those skills as the trainer/dog strive to work as a team and hopefully with the thought of showing the dog in competition, (Competition not mandatory).


Open Class:
(Class is 6 one hour classes held once a week)

This class is for the dog and handler that has accomplished the exercises presented in the Novice class. In the Open Class the dog advances to off leash heeling, learns to retrieve a dumbbell both on the flat and over a jump, learns the drop on recall (dropping on command as dog moves toward trainer) and the three-minute sit and five-minute down with the handler out of sight.


Utility Class:
(Weekly Drop-In classes are pay as you go)

Training in the Utility Class is performed off leash and with verbal and nonverbal (hand signal) commands. The Utility Class is for the master trainer and the veteran dog. Some of the exercises tackled in this one-hour session are the stand, stay, down, sit, and come commands utilitizing hand signals, the selection by scent alone of the handler's article (metal and leather) from among other articles, and retrieving one of three gloves as directed by the handler.


Intro to Rally Class & Rally Classes:
(Weekly Drop-In classes are pay as you go)

Rally is a sport in which dog and handler walk through a designated course made up of signs that provide instructions regarding an obedience skill. The dog and handler move continuously at a normal to brisk pace through the course completing each sign as quickly and smoothly as possible. The Introduction to Rally class is for students new to Rally and will be presented with basic principles of Rally and competing in Rally. The instructor will provide individual guidance on when to move on to the regular Rally class.


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