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Life Skills Intermediate is for dogs over 12 months old who already have good foundation training in place and are ready for the next step.
You may have completed a foundation or basic training course with us or elsewhere. Before joining this course, we would expect you to have:
A marker word in place
Good foundations in behaviours such as sit and down
Some understanding of wait and stay
A reasonable foundation recall
Experience of working and engaging with your dog
A dog who is ready to begin working around greater levels of distraction
This course is about taking the skills your dog already knows and teaching you how to proof that learning in different environments and around real-life distractions.
A dog who can sit, wait or come back beautifully at home may find exactly the same behaviour much more difficult when the environment changes. We help you understand why this happens and how to develop your dog's skills progressively.
There is much more emphasis on working around the other dogs in the class as distractions. We teach your dog that being around other dogs does not mean they need to meet everybody, helping them to remain connected and focused on you.
We also really level up your loose-lead walking skills. Rather than walking simply being about getting from A to B without pulling, we begin making it more engaging and enjoyable for both you and your dog. We work on connection, movement, responsiveness and making walking together something you both actively take part in.
Across the course we work on:
Proofing familiar behaviours around increasing distractions
Developing focus and engagement around other dogs
Strengthening recall
Developing wait and stay
Taking your loose-lead walking to the next level
Making lead walking more engaging and enjoyable
Improving reliability in different environments
Helping your dog disengage from distractions
Building calmness and self-control
Learning new skills each week
Understanding why previously learnt behaviours may become difficult in particular environments
Alongside the practical training, we give you behavioural insight into your individual dog. We look at how factors such as arousal, motivation, confidence and distraction can affect their ability to learn and respond.
This course is about moving from "my dog knows how to do this" to "my dog can do this when real life is happening around them."
Every course has its own WhatsApp group, which you can opt in to join. This gives you access to your trainer and assistant between sessions for additional support.
You can use the group to ask questions, share any difficulties you are having with homework and let us know how you are getting on. We also use it to share useful video content and additional guidance to support your training at home.
Life Skills Intermediate is for dogs over 12 months old who already have good foundation training in place and are ready for the next step.
You may have completed a foundation or basic training course with us or elsewhere. Before joining this course, we would expect you to have:
A marker word in place
Good foundations in behaviours such as sit and down
Some understanding of wait and stay
A reasonable foundation recall
Experience of working and engaging with your dog
A dog who is ready to begin working around greater levels of distraction
This course is about taking the skills your dog already knows and teaching you how to proof that learning in different environments and around real-life distractions.
A dog who can sit, wait or come back beautifully at home may find exactly the same behaviour much more difficult when the environment changes. We help you understand why this happens and how to develop your dog's skills progressively.
There is much more emphasis on working around the other dogs in the class as distractions. We teach your dog that being around other dogs does not mean they need to meet everybody, helping them to remain connected and focused on you.
We also really level up your loose-lead walking skills. Rather than walking simply being about getting from A to B without pulling, we begin making it more engaging and enjoyable for both you and your dog. We work on connection, movement, responsiveness and making walking together something you both actively take part in.
Across the course we work on:
Proofing familiar behaviours around increasing distractions
Developing focus and engagement around other dogs
Strengthening recall
Developing wait and stay
Taking your loose-lead walking to the next level
Making lead walking more engaging and enjoyable
Improving reliability in different environments
Helping your dog disengage from distractions
Building calmness and self-control
Learning new skills each week
Understanding why previously learnt behaviours may become difficult in particular environments
Alongside the practical training, we give you behavioural insight into your individual dog. We look at how factors such as arousal, motivation, confidence and distraction can affect their ability to learn and respond.
This course is about moving from "my dog knows how to do this" to "my dog can do this when real life is happening around them."
Every course has its own WhatsApp group, which you can opt in to join. This gives you access to your trainer and assistant between sessions for additional support.
You can use the group to ask questions, share any difficulties you are having with homework and let us know how you are getting on. We also use it to share useful video content and additional guidance to support your training at home.