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 (or lack thereof) :)
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 session, 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 all the little ones can keep up the whole way. During breaks we practise being calm near 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. It is not a requirement to use the clicker itself, but we naturally encourage everyone to give it a try.
- The whole family is welcome on the course!
TIME
The course runs over 7 Monday and Wednesday evenings with practical training. The first two evenings we meet at 17.45-19.00. The remaining 5 evenings at 18.00-19.00. The first course session is 18 November, and the last is Wednesday 9 December.
LOCATION
The course takes place outdoors at Lambertseter videregående skole. We have access to a schoolyard, lawn, a long covered area (handy in rain...) and car parks.
PRICE
Full price is 2950 kr. But we have several "early bird" options up to one week before the course starts, 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 nice, 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 the 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 this is where you need to have some good techniques!
- Getting the puppy to give up things it has found
- Sit, down and stay
- Teaching a stop cue, trained reward-based and without the use of punishment
- Being calm around other dogs and people
This course has no theory session, but during the practical training sessions while the puppies are on breaks we discuss socialisation, environmental training, puppy biting, alone-time training, everyday challenges that arise, and how and why we train reward-based. We also talk about 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 "Videre Hverdagslydighet trinn 1", which we start at regular intervals at all our 3 training venues (Furuset, Kringsjå and Lambertseter), so everyone can find something that suits them :)
We can also warmly recommend the course Grunnferdigheter for hundesport trinn 1 - both for you who already know which dog sports you want to pursue, and for you who think it's fun to train your dog, but are not quite sure which dog sport you want to do yet.
CONTACT
Do you have questions about the course before you enrol? Feel free to contact course lead Marianne at marianne.mjelva@canis.no