The goal of this course is to provide dogs with a solid foundation of training in basic good dog manners, but more importantly, to provide owners with the skills necessary to communicate effectively with their dogs. These skills, built on a foundation of positive reinforcement and trust between dog and owner, will pave the way towards long-term learning and overall better behaviour.

The adolescent stage of puppyhood is an important time to teach manners and basic desirable behaviours, but dogs of any age benefit from obedience training. While level 1 (Puppy School or CGM) focuses on socialisation and/or introducing puppies and dogs to the world of obedience training, this next level of obedience training aims at strengthening that line of communication between dog and owner and perfecting the behaviours they started learning in level 1.

The brain games course is a fun and stimulating course for both dog and owner. The games and behaviours taught throughout the six weeks of the course will help to develop that all-important aspect of training – your relationship with your dog.

Dogs attending this course need to have reached a decent level in their obedience training, but the course content is valuable and trainable to any dog. Handlers will require an interest in training theory and time to dedicate to training.

Many unwanted behaviours such as begging at the dinner table, jumping up at guests, pulling on a walk, are a result of bad habits that have gone unchecked over time. Often a simple change in the environment and some additional training to re-inforce an acceptable behaviour is all that is required to establish a happy, trouble-free home. Since many of these unwanted behaviours occur within the home environment private training consults can be arranged at your home at a convenient time