Obedience Training & Development at Howlers
Develop your skills - Build a better Dog - The Right Way!
At Howlers, we make obedience training fun and easy for dogs of all ages. Our modern approach focuses on positive, supportive training to help your dog learn in the best way possible.
We know that when dogs miss out on early guidance, problems can arise. And when paired with an inexperienced handler, these problems can grow into serious issues.
That’s why our Puppy Primer combined with our Basic Obedience 1 courses are the perfect place to start. We teach important skills like leash handling, basic commands (sit, stay, down, heel), and help build a strong, positive foundation for your dog’s learning journey.
Our Obedience 2 and Skill Development classes take training to the next level by tackling unwanted behaviors like anxiety, resistance and more. We’re here to support you and your dog every step of the way.
We understand that dealing with challenges can be stressful, but we’re here to help turn those struggles into success. Let’s work together to build a well-behaved, happy dog!
Not sure where your dog fits in? Thats OK! We’ll do a 30 minute free evaluation to see which class(es) your dog will benefit from!
HOWLERS OBEDIENCE TRAINING LESSON PLANS
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Class Duration - 4 hours
During this day session you will learn how to;
Settle your dog
Potty training
Importance of Crating
Safety and Emergencies
Nipping and Teething
Jumping
House manners (settling, counter surfing, destructiveness)
House leads
Exercise
Breed specific behaviours, socialization and enrichment
Grooming / handling skills
What is appropriate socialization
Enrichment play and brain games
Play
Training
Leash walking – heeling and loose leash
Sit (luring)
Down (luring)
Leave it
Recalls
Rewards.
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This basic obedience course ensures your 4 month and older companion gets the foundational instruction and knowledge they require to set them on the road to a solid foundation of basic commands in obedience.
This course will begin the process to imprint positive behaviours in a fun way.
Basic skills we will help you develop:
Settle your dog
Recalls
Sit
Stay
Leave it
Heeling
Walking on a loose leash
Leash awareness and handler skills
Engagement and relationship building
We will also discuss;
Socialization and bonding
Manners including; jumping, and ignoring
Grooming
Housetraining (potty training)
Crate training
Please ensure you dog is on a neck collar or martingale collar and a 4’ or 6' leash
Location: Howlers Training Hall
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During these sessions, your dog will begin to understand your body language, cues, and motions and reinforce commands.
We will help you develop skills to understand your dog's behaviours, traits common with the breed, addressing problem behaviours, and reinforcing acceptable behaviours.
You will also develop the skills to reinforce positive behaviours.
Basic skills we will help you develop:
How to settle your dog in stressful situations
Create and maintain solid recalls
Solid sit and sit stays
Solid down and down stays
Leave it and Ignore
Placing and place stay
Heeling and walking
Leash awareness and handler skills
Engagement and relationship building
We will also discuss;
Socialization and bonding
Manners including; jumping, and ignoring
PLEASE NOTE DATES AND TIMES.
MAXIMUM 2 Handlers per Dog
Please ensure you dog is on a neck collar and a 4’ or 6' leash
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PREREQUISITE:
Obedience 1 - Novice Beginner (including puppy and young dogs)
AND Obedience 2 - Intermediate
This 6 week course focuses on developing your dogs on and off leash skills.
Included are;
Specific client behavioural issues, reinforce appropriate commands including sit, sit/stay, down, down/stay, heel, walk, reactive walking, place, stay in handler absence, solid recalls.
Classes encourage and develop engagement and relationship building
Managing your dog in high stress situations
Breed specific behaviours, socialization and enrichment
All classes will allow for handler updates and discussion.
This is a repetitive class for handler/dog relationship building
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This reactive dog workshop is for those who have reactive dogs, on walks or otherwise who lunge, bark and demonstrate poor behaviours.
This class is to give clients and their dog the coping skills needed to manage reactivity.
The goal of the class is to create neutral dogs. Not all dogs are social but we can expect them to be neutral. It is the expectation that clients complete the homework and work with their dogs outside of this class.
Reactivity takes time to develop and so it also takes time to resolve in an effective way. This class gives clients the foundational knowledge and tools to develop positive skills do deter your dog from being distracted in time of anxiety.
This class is NOT for aggressive dogs. Dogs who are prone to lunging must be brought with muzzles. Dogs must be able to be crated for in-class sessions.
Positive reinforcement should be the first line of teaching, training, and behaviour change.
It is universally accepted that consistency and positive reinforcement is associated with lower events of aggression, attention seeking, avoidance, and fear in dogs and clients.
It is critical that clients understand that to be successful there needs to be a consistent ability to learn and understand the constructs of the lesson plan.
We will review walking techniques, passing, stopping and develop skills and habits to manage and control your dog.
30 minute lunch break - Pizza, water and coffee will be provided.
NOTE: No Aggressive dogs will be permitted. Clients MUST be physically able to control your dog. If you cannot control your dog please enquire about private lessons.
