I run various classes across Pembrokeshire based on positive training methods.
Training your dog with positive reinforcement makes good behaviour much more likely. By using things our dogs enjoy such as treats, toys or praise you are teaching your dog that good things happen when they make a good choice. When your dog gets a reward, they will associate this with whatever they have just done, and will be more likely to do that same thing again next time.
Reward-based training is not only fun, but helps build a positive bond between you and your dog. We don't work for free so why should our dogs?
Puppy Foundation Classes
These classes are for puppies under 6 months old and cover all the basics you need to know such as focus, sit and stay, social skills and recall as well as the do's and don'ts of puppy ownership so that you get a really well balanced puppy without inadvertently causing behavioural issues further down the line.
Dates
Wednesday 21st January at 2pm
OR
Saturday 24th January at 9am
at Freystrop Village Hall
Costs
The classes cost £60 for the 4 weeks and include a goody bag in week one and handouts and videos to support you throughout the training. There are packages available for classes and additional 1-2-1 sessions. Please ask for more details
Puppy Classes
These classes are for puppies over 6 months old and look at the basics such as social skills, and recall in more detail, but we also look at fear periods that emerge around this time, lead walking, managing impulse control and emergency stop amongst other things. The last session will be outside (weather permitting) so that we can put all that training into practise in the outside world!
Dates
Wednesday 18th February at 2pm
OR
Saturday 21st February at 9am
at Freystop Village Hall
Costs
The classes cost £95 for the 6 weeks and include a goody bag in week one and handouts and videos to support you throughout the training. There are packages available for classes and additional 1-2-1 sessions. Please ask for more details
Improver classes
The classes will run for an hour every week for 5 weeks and will cover Recall; Lead walking; Sit/stay; Focus; Social skills with other dogs; and building a great relationship with your dog. It will also cover distance work so you can control your dog when they are away from you as well as some tips and tricks on how to work with prey drive.
Dates
Wednesday 25th February at 9am
at Scolton Manor Country Park
OR
Saturday 11th April at 12.30pm
at Llanstinan Dog Park
Costs
The classes cost £80 for the 5 weeks and include handouts and videos to support you throughout the training.
Pet Dog Gundog Classes
Pet Dog Gundog training uses the techniques used to train gundogs without actually working your dog in the field, and is useful for any breed of dog as the skills are beneficial to everyone. I have had lurchers, collies and Spinones on the classes in the past, as well as gun dogs.
Fulfilling your dog's natural desires to hunt or retrieve will give them a job to do and something to focus on. This in turn will make them a much calmer well behaved pet who looks to you for fun.
It also creates a really strong bond between you and your dog, which is a feeling that you just can't beat
The course will run over 5 weeks and cover the basic foundations of gundog training such as using a station, distance control, focus and starting to teach a retrieve and search.
Dates
Saturday 11th April at 5.30pm
at Scolton Manor Country Park.
Costs
The cost for the classes is £80
Reactive Rascals Classes
This is a new class over 5 weeks for those dogs who are over excited or fearful on lead and react to other dogs OR people.
The first session is for owners only and then the following 4 sessions will be with you and your dog. In session one we talk through how the sessions will run and how the process works. I want you to go away with an understanding of your dog and how the classes will run.
You can then go away with the tools you need so that when your dog does come into class the following week, you have some tools ready, that your dog already knows, and you can start working with them straight away in the class environment.
Dates
Saturday 21st February at 11.45am at Freystrop Village Hall.
The following 4 weeks are on Saturdays at 1.15pm at Llanstinan Dog Park, Trecwn.
Costs
The cost for the classes is £100. If you have been to my reactive rascals classes before you can come straight along to week 2 and there will be a reduced cost of £80
UK Sniffer Dog Classes
The classes will run for an hour every week for 3 weeks.
Series 1 covers, indication and scent work and a line up search on pipes and chairs.
Series 2 covers, more advanced indication and scent work and a line up search on bags, a novel environment and on vehicles.
You can do Series 1 and have a break and do Series 2 a bit later, or you can do them back-to-back.
The trials are for those who have completed both Series 1 and 2 and they are graded pass, merit or distinction.
Dates
UK Sniffer Dog Series 1
Saturday 7th February at 10.30am at Freystrop Village Hall
OR
Wednesday April 8th at 9am at Scolton Manor
UK Sniffer Dog Series 2
Saturday 7th March at 2.30pm at Llanstinan Dog Park
OR
Wednesday April 29th at 9am at Scolton Manor
Trial date
Sunday 8th February 1.30-3.30pm
at Llanstinan Dog Park provisionally.
Costs
Series 1 or 2 individually costs £50 or you can book Series 1 and 2 together for £95.
The trials cost £25 per dog.
