Puppies of all breeds and mixes from 9 weeks to approximately 5 months are welcome.
You are welcome to join us regardless of your previous experience with dogs :)
INFO:
- Maximum 6 puppies on the course to ensure good individual follow-up - with us you should feel seen, heard and looked after.
- After each course evening, a summary/homework is sent by email so you always have an overview of what we have trained.
- We work in short sessions with many small breaks, so that all the little ones stay engaged the whole way through. During breaks we practise being calm around other dogs and people - this is also important to train.
- We use a method called clicker training on all our courses, and at Canis we are really good at clicker training. Clicker training is a reward-based, effective and fun training method. There is no requirement to use the clicker itself, but of course we encourage everyone to try.
- The whole family is welcome on the course!
TIME
The course runs for 7 weeks - one hour each Wednesday evening from 6 January to 17 February. We train from 18.10-19.10 each time.
LOCATION
The course takes place indoors in heated facilities at the lovely, new Oslo Hundetreningssenter conveniently located at Furuset in Oslo. Here you and your dog can come to train in warmth and comfort, dry, clean, safe and predictable surroundings :)
PRICE
Full price is 3650 kr. This is more than equivalent courses we run outdoors, as rent in Oslo is sky-high, and it is worth paying a bit extra when you get to train indoors - dry, safe, good and warm. We do have several "early bird" options, so the earlier you enrol, the cheaper it will be.
INSTRUCTOR
WE WILL WORK WITH
- Contact – focus on handler
- Self-control/impulse control using only pleasant, positive techniques that teach the puppy that it always pays to "ask" mum or dad first
- Recall - how to teach your puppy to come when you call in any situation
- Walking nicely on lead
- How to use play as an effective reward for desired behaviour
- How to use treats as an effective reward for desired behaviour - not all dogs love food, so here you need some good techniques!
- Getting the puppy to give up things it has found
- Sit, down and stay
- Training a stop command, trained reward-based and without the use of punishment
- Being calm around other dogs and people
This course has no theory evening, but during practical training while the puppies have training breaks we discuss socialisation, environmental training, puppy biting, alone training at home, challenges that arise in everyday life, and how and why we train reward-based. We also discuss how you can give your puppy good mental training and enrichment.
FURTHER COURSES
We encourage all our course participants to continue with courses, to ensure good routines, good training and training inspiration going forward. After the puppy class we especially recommend "Further Everyday Obedience level 1", which we start regularly at all our 3 course venues (Furuset, Kringsjå and Lambertseter), so that everyone can find something that suits them :)
We also warmly recommend the course Foundation Skills for Dog Sport level 1 - both for you who already know which dog sports you want to do, and for you who think it's fun to train your dog, but don't quite know which dog sport you want to do yet.
CONTACT
Do you have questions about the course before you enrol? Feel free to contact lead instructor Marianne at marianne.mjelva@canis.no