Puppy Class
This course is designed to get puppies and their owners off to the best start possible. This class is open to all puppies between 9 and 20 weeks of age. No prior training is necessary to take this class. It follows the AKC’s S.T.A.R. Puppy curriculum, which focuses on socialization, training, activity, and responsibility. Basic behaviors are also addressed, including sit, down, come, stay, and loose leash walking. Upon completion of the course, dogs and owners may take the AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy examination, and our Fundamental Training I course.
Fundamental Training I
This course provides an introduction to the training needed for good manners at home and in public. Appropriate to both new and experienced dog owners, it provides the skills necessary for proper behavior in the home, and in the presence of other people and dogs. All exercises will take place on leash. Topics include name recognition, attention, leash handling, coming when called, sit, down, stay, stand, and loose leash walking. Upon successful completion, dogs and handlers will be prepared for more progressive training, including BCKC’s Fundamental Training II course.
Fundamental Training II
This course is here to teach you to how to help your dog develop stronger manners, better focus, and reliable real‑world obedience in our 7‑week intermediate training course. This class reinforces and builds on essential skills like heeling, stays, recalls, leave‑it, and polite greetings while adding new challenges such as waiting, distractions, and body awareness. You’ll learn to improve your dog’s confidence and communication, strengthen your bond, and build a foundation for CGC, therapy dog, obedience, rally, and other sports.
– Fundamentals I is a prerequisite to this course –
Fundamental Training III
This course strengthens and builds upon foundational obedience skills learned in basic in our obedience and puppy classes. Fundamental behaviors, including sit, down, stand, come, stay, and heel, will be proofed and perfected in this course. Social behaviors, including controlled reaction to people and other dogs and reaction to distractions, will be addressed as well. Advanced obedience skills, including recalls, long stays, finishes, spins, twists, and jumps, will be introduced.
– Fundamentals I is a prerequisite to this course –
– Fundamentals II is a prerequisite to this course –
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