CONFIDENT CANINE
DOGGY CLASSES
Canine training is crucial to make your beloved furbaby a cherished part of your family.
Confident Canine Classes
Puppy Training & Socialization
Why Puppy Socialisation?What is socialization, and why is it so important?From 8 to 12 weeks of age, puppies go through a fear imprinting stage. During this time, it is crucial to carefully introduce a pup to a variety of stimuli every day, and to ensure that the experiences are positive. This is also a good time to start training the pup in basic behaviors.These socialization efforts make the difference in the dog's outlook on life. Instead of reacting fearfully to new experiences, the dog is comfortable when encountering new things, animals and people. This helps the dog and everyone else, since the most common cause of unprovoked dog aggression is lack of proper socialization.
What is socialization? Introducing and familiarizing a canine to new experiences - including people, places, objects, other animals - in ways that help the dog learn how to respond to and interact with these experiences appropriately and without fear.The list of things to socialize a pup, or dog, to include umbrellas, canes, wheelchairs, bikes, keys, men with beards, people in hats, young children, passing trucks, odd sounds and sudden, loud noises and other animals. READ MORE...
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As a very popular and busy canine training school, it's imperative you book early to avoid disappointment! We only use compassionate and caring positive (Reward-based, force-free) training methods
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Obedience
OBEDIENCE 101 This course covers basic formal obedience training and commands.Ideal for refresher training or for those dogs that have never before received any training.SitDownStay (Keep still!)Heel ( walk on my left without pulling my arm off!)Recall (come when I call you!)Focus (look at me when I ask you to!) READ MORE...
​OBEDIENCE 102 Higher levels of obedience training is a way to reinforce a well rounded disciplined dog, besides being a fun constructive way to spend time with your dog. The unbreakable bond established during the training process is a precious gift. The discipline of competition standard is introduced. READ MORE...
...and ADVANCED OBEDIENCE TRAINING @ Ranburg between noon and 1pm on Saturdays: LEVEL 1- KUSA equivalent Elementary Beginner + basic retrieveLEVEL 2 - KUSA equivalent BeginnerLEVEL 3 - KUSA equivalent Novice
Sound de-sensitisation clip.
Sound sensitivity can become a severe problem which can effect your dogs health and normal behaviour patterns.We thank Martin Schofield for his contribution to us and animal welfare.More clips will be added so check back regularly.The download is currently free to download.We ask you to be fair to its creators and rather forward the link only and not the file itself. We would prefer that people have access to instructions and further help if required.How to use Sound Desensitisation Clips The sound clips are meant to slowly and without causing stress or fear to desensitise your pet to noises that may cause discomfort.Set the CD player on repeat.Play the sound clip at a very low/soft sound level. (barely audible to the human ear)ONLY if the animal shows no distress or avoidance behaviour should the level be increased.Play the clips as background sound as you go about your daily routine. Do NOT leave the CDs on when you are not around to monitor your pet's reaction
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Agility
OBEDIENCE 101 This course covers basic formal obedience training and commands.Ideal for refresher training or for those dogs that have never before received any training.SitDownStay (Keep still!)Heel ( walk on my left without pulling my arm off!)Recall (come when I call you!)Focus (look at me when I ask you to!)Upon completion of this level with a score of 85% and over you move on to Obedience 102 READ MORE...
​OBEDIENCE 102 Higher levels of obedience training is a way to reinforce a well rounded disciplined dog, besides being a fun constructive way to spend time with your dog. The unbreakable bond established during the training process is a precious gift. The discipline of competition standard is introduced. READ MORE...
...and ADVANCED OBEDIENCE TRAINING @ Ranburg between noon and 1pm on Saturdays: LEVEL 1- KUSA equivalent Elementary Beginner + basic retrieveLEVEL 2 - KUSA equivalent BeginnerLEVEL 3 - KUSA equivalent Novice
To download the sound desensitisation clipRight click on the .mp3 fileClick "save as" to save it to your computer.You can now burn it to a CD.
With thanks and appreciation to Martin Schofield for his 'sound design'
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