Advanced Canine Manners 7/8 - 9/2, 2021 Thurs 6:15 p.m.

Advanced Canine Manners

July 15 – September 9, 2021
No class on July 22 or July 29
Thursdays at 6:15 p.m.

Instructor: Alisha Fritz

Prerequisite: Canine Manners, Surviving Adolescence or equivalent basic manners course. Dogs should have been introduced to the following before attending this class: sit, down, stay, come and leave it. Humans should be familiar with the basics of marker/clicker training.

Advanced Canine Manners is designed to advance the skills your dog already learned in Canine Manners or Surviving Adolescence. We will explore more deeply the science of dog training and cover behaviors and training tools such as:

Advancing your dog’s stay, leave-it and recall
Behavior chains
Drop
Stand
Release cues
No reward markers
Distance/off-leash exercises (off-leash training will be simulated using long lines for safety)
Distraction exercises
And more!

All sessions of class are with dogs.

All dogs must be up-to-date on vaccinations and at least 6 months old.

Seven-session, one-hour class in the second half of Smoky’s Training Center.

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PET VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS

All dogs must be current on the following vaccinations at least three days prior to their first class (protective titers also accepted):

Rabies: for all dogs ages 16 weeks and older, updated annually or every three years (per your veterinarian’s recommendation)
Distemper/Parvo: updated annually or every three years (per your veterinarian’s recommendation); puppies must have had at least two sets prior to class and by 16 weeks of age
Bordetella: updated every six months or annually (per your veterinarian's recommendation)

You or your veterinarian must provide proof of current vaccinations or protective titers on or before your pet’s first training class.

Send your veterinary records by email to gbirdnecklace@richmondspca.org, fax them to 804-521-0540 or bring printed copies to our humane center’s front desk. Please mark them to the attention of Gail Bird Necklace.

Vaccination waivers from your veterinarian should be sent by email to eholst-grubbe@richmondspca.org or faxed to 804-521-0540. Please mark them to the attention of Eileen Holst-Grubbe.

All waivers must be approved by our veterinarian and management team.

INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY

We rarely cancel class due to inclement weather. If we're experiencing a significant weather event (snow, ice, etc.), we will make every effort to contact participants at least an hour and a half prior to class start time in the event that we have to cancel class.

CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY

Registrations that are cancelled seven or more days prior to the start of class will be refunded in full. Registrations cancelled with fewer than seven days notice will not be refunded and we will not offer credit toward future sessions for missed classes.

Questions about your training class? Check out our Training Class FAQs and Policies. See you in class!

Advanced Canine Manners

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