Puppy Primer

Our Puppy Primer course is a 3 week starter course for puppies so that we can lay the foundations of polite interactions and deal with any puppy problems you are having.

This course builds a reliable response to name, teaches handling and grooming basics, emphasizes calm responses from puppies, and introduces polite social skills.

This is all a requirement for all new puppies before moving to our Polite Puppy Foundations to build a reliable relationship between you and your dog.

All puppies must be fully vaccinated, including with kennel cough to join the group. This group is open to puppies up to 16 weeks of age on the 1st week of class.

Group 1 Start date - Sunday 19th Jan 1:30pm - 2:15pm, Prosperous, Kildare
Course dates: Week 1: 19/01, Week 2: 26/01, Week 3: 09/01

Group 2 Start date - Sunday 23rd Feb 1:30pm - 2:15pm, Prosperous, Kildare
Course dates: Week 1: 23/02, Week 2: 02/03, Week 3: 09/03

Cost €90

Calm Down Coffee Shop

This is a simulated coffee shop set up, starting with quite a large space between tables/dogs we teach them how to sit and chill comfortably while their handlers are otherwise engaged with chatting or enjoying a coffee. The first two weeks do not have any coffee but we build up to that over the weeks.

This course promotes impulse control and general chill out behaviours that can be generalised to lots of other settings such as at home over dinner time. 

These classes are not suitable for dogs who are dog- or people-reactive, that is they bark and lunge towards people or dogs. If you are having these difficulties please get in touch as we have other options to better help.

6 weeks, 60 minutes each week, Sundays 7pm - 8pm, Prosperous Parish Hall

Week 1: 29/09, Week 2: 06/10, Week 3: 13/10, Week 4: 20/10, Week 5: 03/11, Week 6: 10/11

Cost €210

Polite Puppy Foundations 

Our Polite Puppy Foundations group is designed to introduce the basics of polite interactions and general manners to your pup. This six week long course reinforces the calm down and chill work you did in Puppy Primer and builds on it. This group is for puppies under 10 months of age.

We focus on continuing to build that solid rapport between you and your dog and work on polite leash walking, recall, self control and polite greetings.

All puppies must be fully vaccinated, including with kennel cough to join the group.

Group 1 Start date - Sat 18th Jan 10:15am - 11:15am, Monread Park Naas
Course running on: Week 1: 18/01, Week 2: 25/01, Week 3: 08/02, Week 4: 15/02, Week 5: 22/02, Week 6: 01/03

Group 2 Start date - Sat 15th Feb 12:45pm - 1:45pm, Monread Park Naas
Course running on: Week 1: 15/02, Week 2: 22/02, Week 3: 01/03, Week 4: 08/03, Week 5: 15/03, Week 6: 22/03

Group 3 Start date - Sat 22nd Mar 10:15am - 11:15am, Monread Park Naas
Course running on: Week 1: 22/03, Week 2: 29/03, Week 3: 05/04, Week 4: 12/04, Week 5: 26/04, Week 6: 10/05

Cost €210 

Sniffy Dog Obedience

Not every dog is overly pushed on treats when out in distracting spaces, most want to run and sniff and chase things. This makes day to day training very difficult for some dogs. In this course we are going to look at self control, polite leash walking and recall but use the tools that suit your dog best, their nose and/or their joy of chasing and playing. We will be learning some scentwork skills along the way to help us and looking at who your dog is an individual and a member of a breed to best set them up to work with us.

Group 1 Start date - Sun 19th Jan, 10am - 11am, Garvogue, Prosperous

Week 1: 19/01, Week 2: 26/01, Week 3: 09/02, Week 4: 16/02, Week 5: 23/02, Week 6: 02/03

Group 2  Start date - Sun 16th Mar, 10am - 11am, Garvogue, Prosperous

Week 1: 23/03, Week 2: 30/03, Week 3: 06/04, Week 4: 13/04, Week 5: 27/04, Week 6: 04/05

Cost €210

 

Scentwork Foundations

Our level 1 scentwork course introduces your dog to the foundations of searching for a defined odour in different environments: vehicle; warehouse; office; and container/luggage. These are a mixture of indoor and outdoor searches. Your dog will learn how to indicate on odour rather than grab it. This builds teamwork and communication while doing something that your dog will love. Making use of their noses in a structured way can really help with dogs who spend their whole walks with their noses attached to the ground.  

We are fully accredited by ScentworkUK and follow the main competition programme. There is no requirement to take part in any competitions in this course.

Start date - Sun 19th Jan, 10am- 11am, Garvogue, Prosperous
 10 week course

Dates: 19/01, 26/01, 09/02, 16/02, 23/02, 02/03, 09/03, 16/03, 23/03, 30/0

Cost €350

Polite Puppy Intermediate

The Polite Puppy Intermediate group is our follow on, level 2 course, from Polite Puppy Foundations. You must have completed Foundations or Adult Obedience L1 to join this group. 
In this course we build on the foundations we created in the first course and start to add more difficulty and real world distractions. So we will be working on recall past food, dogs and other obstacles, walking nicely past similar distractions and sitting quietly while handlers stop for a chat or a coffee.

To join the group your pup must be able to walk politely beside you for 10m in a non-distracting setting, and recall from the same distance also without distractions.

Group 1 Start date - Sat 8th Feb, 11:30am - 12:30pm, Monread Park, Naas

Week 1: 08/02, Week 2: 15/02, Week 3: 22/02, Week 4: 01/03, Week 5: 08/03, Week 6: 15/03

Cost €210 

Puppy Playdates

Puppy playdates are off-leash, directed socialisation sessions for puppies and handlers to learn how best to interact with other off leash dogs. We go through polite play and how to intervene if necessary. A key component of the sessions are knowing when to intervene, along with listening to your puppy if they don't want to play with a particular other dog.

Playdates are open to puppies up to 8 months of age who have completed our Puppy Primer or Polite Puppy Foundations groups before. Please note that these sessions are not suitable for sorting out behaviour issues such as extreme nervousness, barking, lunging or snapping towards other dogs, we have other options for these issues.

All puppies must be fully vaccinated, including with kennel cough to join the group. This group is open to puppies up to 6 months of age.

Start date - Sundays, 11:30am - 12:00pm, Garvogue, Prosperous

Cost €10   

Calm Canine - Adult & Teen Obedience

In our Adult Obedience course we introduce adult dogs (or any dog over 11 months of age) to the foundations of polite walking, reliable recall and general self control which includes dogs who jump up or pull to get over to see something.

Please note that this group is not suitable for dogs that bark, lunge or snap at other dogs or people on walks. We have a more suitable option for these cases, please get in touch with the office for further information.

Group 1 Start date - Sat 29th March, 11:30am - 12:30pm, Monread Park, Naas

Week 1: 29/03, Week 2: 05/04, Week 3: 12/04, Week 4: 26/04, Week 5: 10/05, Week 6: 17/05

Cost €210

 

Nose Games

One of the best ways to get your dog focused on you when out and about is to introduce some teamwork around the thing they all love, to sniff and use their noses. This short 3 week course introduces lots of different nose-based games you can play with your dog to keep their interest and engagement high so you end up with a nicely tired and happy dog. This group is open to all dogs who are comfortable around other dogs and people. No prior scentwork experience is needed.

Start date - Sat 1st Sept, 12:30pm - 1:15pm, Prosperous, Kildare

Week 1: 01/09, Week 2: 08/09, Week 3: 15/09

Cost €100