progression classes
Are you ready to continue to progress and develop your training goals?!
What is a progression class?
These classes act as a follow-on to continue your training when you have completed either our group basic training course or a specific 1:1 training plan.
However, these classes will be on-going with multiple classes available a month where you can pick and choose which classes you come to. Each class will have a different agenda with 2-3 training exercises that we specifically focus on to progress those areas of training with your dog. This allows you to continue to progress your training throughout your dog’s life in a safe and controlled environment with other like-minded owners and dogs that have also attended the same training as you, whilst having fun and building your bond with your dog.
These classes will naturally work as a great place for socialisation and working around distractions as you may work around different people and dogs each week and with varying training levels. Everyone attending will have completed a course with us one way or another, therefore you will all have the same understanding and knowledge on how to appropriately work around other dogs.
We have access to amazing venues with indoor and outdoor facilities, including a private and public fields, cafes, pet stores, walking areas and the town centre, therefore we will have a mixture of indoor and outdoor work to reflect real-life scenarios and day-to-Day life (including the option of coffee and a cake with our cafe work!).
The more classes you attend, the further we can progress yours and your dogs training. For example, all training will start using a lead or long-line, which we can then eventually progress to off-lead training when suitable, such as recall, distance or impulse control training etc.
You will also have the chance to join our progression class group chat! If you’d like to join us regularly, you have the option to join our group chat. This chat is a safe space you can share all things dogs and dog training! You can send pictures or videos of your progression, we will send updates and training tips, we can organise group meet-ups as well as connecting with like-minded people and dogs you may get along with in the classes! We love our little dog walking and training community and we would love to continue to grow it! You have the option to join this chat when you book onto your classes.
please see below the type of training we will be including (but not limited to) in our progression classes.
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS FOR DOGS THAT HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED OR CURRENTLY BOOKED ONTO OUR BASIC TRAINING COURSE.
Loose lead walk progression
Recall progression
settle progression
working around distractions
wait
to bed
visitor training
building foundations in new environments
Stop (halt during recall)
play progression
Leave it progression
drop progression
Group walks
village walks
sports days
Meet and greets
Book a class.
Our progression classes are for dogs that have completed our Group Basic Training course or a 1:1 8-10 week training plan and has been signed off to come.
New progression classes will be added regularly and will be on-going training to continue to develop your training.
Our class numbers may extend as we have more regulars attend.
Waiting lists will be added if you are interested in a particular class but there are no spaces remaining. A new class may then be added, or the people on the waiting list will be the first contacted if we can any cancellations.
If regulars attend, the exercises will continue to develop as each dog’s training progresses. For example, the removal of long-line use and organised group walks etc.
Depending on the class, there needs to be a minimum of 2-3 dogs per class for the class to go ahead.