Thursday, March 8, 2018

GREENVILLE AREA DOG CLUB OFFERS DOG TRAINING CLASSES

GREENVILLE – The Greenville Area Dog Club spring obedience classes begins March 20, 2018. Through the years more classes have been added to meet the growing interest in dog training and many people like the variety of classes available.

The Greenville Area Dog Club will be offering classes at the former U.S. Chemical building, located at 5464 State Route 49.

Conformation Class will not be offered this session.

Obedience classes begin Tuesday March 20th., they will include, Puppy (12 weeks to 6 months),and Beginner Obedience. For those who have completed the beginner class and wish to continue on with their training. Advanced obedience will be offered, as well as AKC Rally Novice and Advanced Obedience class will be offered this 9 weeks.

“Our puppy and beginning obedience classes are designed to teach basic house manners, grooming and care of the dog, heeling, sit, down, stay, come and other commands,” said Barb Rhoades, Director of Obedience Training.

She also added that the new rally classes will be offered to those who have completed beginner or have some past training in classes and want to continue with training. The Novice and Advanced Rally Classes is for students who want to try something new in obedience and challenge themselves and their dog. The requirement for Rally Novice and Advanced obedience class is that the dog and handler be able to execute all the basic obedience commands without much difficulty. Novice and advanced signs will be taught in the rally class. Off lead work will be attempted in Rally.
The goal of the Rally class is to introduce students to a new form of Obedience which involves walking a course with your dog and performing the exercises as illustrated on numbered signs along the path of the course. This class also preps the team of dog and handler to work towards a Novice title in AKC Rally if interested.



The classes are designed to be building blocks in obedience. We start with puppy and continue to build upon that training thru each of the later classes. However, if you missed the puppy class when your dog was a baby, you can still get great results with the dog starting with our Beginner classes.

We now have 5 instructors who have been certified to do pet therapy thru Therapy Dogs International. We plan to visit nursing homes and hospitals.

If you feel you have a dog that has the right temperament to be a therapy dog and are wondering how to do it, we can help you along your way to that goal. The first step is to take the basic obedience classes and pass. Second step is to be evaluated by Becky Baker, our instructor and evaluator who administers the Good Canine Citizen Test which has to be passed to be able to go on to be tested for the therapy dog program.

YOU MUST PREREGISTER WITH BARB 548-0338 OR BECKY 337-0292 FOR ALL CLASSES.

Completion of registration and orientation for obedience classes is from 6:30 to 7:00 on March 20th. There is no class that night, DO NOT BRING DOGS FIRST NIGHT. Only those who were told to bring their dog for a fitting of a collar may bring their dogs March 20th. You will meet your instructors and be shown your ring.

We are starting a new way of pre registration and it involves going to our new website.

The Address is www.greenvilleareadogclub.com ,go to home page and click on REGISTRATION. The next page will come up with a choice for obedience or agility. Under each you will see printed REGISTRATION FORMS. Click on the one you wish and the form will appear ready for you to print off on your printer.

Fill out completely and write a check or money order to GADC for $70 and include a copy of the dog’s vaccination papers from the Vet.

As was stated before you must preregister with Barb 548-0338 for all obedience classes.

CALL HER FIRST BEFORE FILLING OUT FORMS AND SENDING TO MAKE SURE THERE IS STILL ROOM IN THE CLASSES. THE TIME FOR YOUR CLASS WILL BE TALKED ABOUT WHEN YOU CALL HER AND ALSO AT THE FIRST NIGHT ON March 20th.

Deadline for all forms and payments to be into Barb is March 12th.

Her address will given to you when you call her about getting into class

Dogs must be up-to-date on vaccinations. Puppies must have had their first two sets of vaccinations to enroll in puppy class. Veterinarians need to certify all vaccinations given at home or by a breeder.

For information about obedience classes, and to register your intent to attend please call 937-548-0338 or 937-337-0292.


AGILITY CLASSES

Director of Agility is also announcing that dog agility classes will be offered on, Thursday evenings. The classes offered include Introduction to Agility, Beginners, Advanced Agility, All agility classes will begin. Pre-registration is required for agility classes. To pre-register, please call 937-692-5310.

Those participating in Greenville Area Dog Club classes are reminded that parking is available both in front of the building as well as near the rear entrance. The entrance for dog classes is located on the north side of the building, near the rear.

Those bringing dogs to class are reminded to feed the dogs earlier in the day, rather than before class.

Most classes use dog treats as training aids. Participants are reminded to bring small, bite-sized soft treats that can be used for rewarding their dogs.

All Dogs Must Be Leashed When Entering the Building

Participants also are reminded to wear comfortable, tie-on shoes.

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