AZ Dog Sports Levels Training

~ Darcy Rohats, CPDT-KA

Here at AZ Dog Sports, our classes are set up to be taken consecutively, once a week.  We offer three types of monthly memberships; Gold, Silver & Bronze.  You choose depending on how many classes you want to take each month.

If you need to train your dog at your own pace, and would like to move through our classes on your time…you can participate in our Levels Training Progression within your membership.

In the Levels Training Progression, you advance through our classes by mastering certain graduation requirements at each level.

Here is how we classify graduation from each Level at AZ Dog Sports:

Puppy Class – (when applicable) Puppy and Handler must be able to:

• Allow petting by a person other than the owner
• Allow owner handling and brief exam/grooming of ears and feet
• Walk on a leash – follows owner on lead in a straight line (15 steps)
• Walk by other people – Walks on a leash past other people 5 feet away
• Sit on command – Owner may use food as a lure
• Down on command – Owner may use food as a lure
• Come to owner from 5 feet when name is called
• Reaction to distractions from 15 feet
• Stay on leash with another person – owner walks 10 steps then returns

Level 1 – Dog and Handler must be able to successfully:

• Walk on a loose leash
• Walk on a loose leash past another dog 10 feet with no lunging or barking
• Sit and down on side of hander in heel position
• Work in a controlled manner around other dogs
• Come Reliably including collar grab when owner calls by name
• Social with people
• Allows another person to pet him/her
• Allows another person to handle ears and toes of front feet
• Stay as owner walks to end of leash and returns – sit and down
• Allows person other than owner to take leash as owner walks out of sight then returns

Level 2 – Dog and Handler must be able to successfully:

• Leave it
• Accomplish the Canine Good Citizen 10 steps

Level 3 – Dog and Handler must be able to:

• Heel off leash
• Recall with Distractions
• Games with Distractions
• Sit stay at a distance with distractions

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