Puppy Kindergarten: Puppy Kindergarten meets on Friday nights at the training facility. Join anytime. First time puppies come at 6:00, the rest of the pups come at 6:30. The class focuses on socialization of puppies under the age of 4 months, and includes basic instruction in obedience.

Beginning Obedience/Levels Classes: PenDOG Instructors offer a variety of basic classes. Beginning Obedience is based on motivational methods (some use clickers). Owners are taught to understand training techniques, and how to teach their dogs to sit, down, stay, walk on a loose leash, give attention and come when called.

Family Dog Class - The Family Dog class is a basic obedience class with a focus on the family dog and how to avoid or work through behavior problems.

Obedience II and III - these classes continue on from the beginning obedience classes. More emphasis is put on handling skills, while the dogs become more solid in the beginning exercises and learn new behaviors. These classes help owners and dogs to prepare for novice competition, if desired.

Competition Open Obedience - This class prepares handlers and dogs for competition in Open level obedience trials. Retrieving, jumps, off-leash heeling, and out-of-sight stays are some of the exercises taught. This is also an excellent class for people who just want a finely tuned companion dog.

Rally Obedience - Rally is a relatively new style of competition obedience. It allows for a motivational and highly enthusiastic style in the ring, and handlers follow instructions on cards as they move through the exercises. This class is fun for dogs and handlers both!

AGILITY CLASSES

Beginning Agility - Agility is a sport that has developed into a popular competition within the last decade or so. Dogs navigate through a course of obstacles, including a variety of jumps, tunnels, A-frame, dog walk, pause table, teeter-totter and weave poles.

Here at PenDOG we offer classes from beginning agility on through competition. Students in agility find that it can result in an intense bonding between dogs and owners, and this fast-paced sport is a lot of fun for both.

Beginning agility classes usually start in the fall/early winter and again in Jan/Feb. Contact us for the next class! Classes continue on through obstacles, sequencing and competition levels.