Greenville Area Dog Club offers dog training classes

GREENVILLE – The Greenville Area Dog Club winter session of obedience, agility, and conformation classes begins the week of January 12, 2014.

Through the years more classes have been added to meet the growing interest in dog training. Many people like the variety of classes available.

The Greenville Area Dog Club will be offering classes at the former U.S. Chemical building, located in the 5400 block of State Route 49.

Obedience classes begin Tuesday, January 14th. Classes offered include puppy (12 weeks to five months), beginner, refresher/advanced, obedience, and conformation. (Note) conformation will be on a different night.

“Our puppy and beginning obedience classes are designed to teach basic house manners, grooming and care of the dog, heeling, sit, down, stay, come and other commands,” said Barb Rhoades, Director of Obedience Training. She also added that a class will be offered to those who have completed beginner or have some past training in classes and want to continue with training. The Refresher/Advanced class is designed to review what they learned in beginner class and correct any training mistakes or difficulties that have arisen as well as teach some additional training tricks of the trade. The class will continue from where the beginner class left off and make for a better working and behaved dog. Some off lead work is introduced, as well as more advanced training methods. Dogs and clients who have taken the class have really enjoyed the experience. The classes are designed to be building blocks in obedience. We start with puppy and continue to build upon that training thru each of the later classes. However, if you missed the puppy class when your dog was a baby, you can still get great results with the dog starting with our Beginner classes.

Registration for obedience classes is from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, January 14th., with orientation and classes to follow registration.

Dogs must be up-to-date on vaccinations, and participants must bring a copy of the dog’s vaccination records to registration. Puppies must have had their first two sets of vaccinations to enroll in puppy class. Veterinarians need to certify all vaccinations given at home or by a breeder.

For information about obedience classes, please call 937-548-0338 or 937-337-0292.

Charlotte Wisener, Director of Agility is also announcing that dog agility classes will be offered on Monday, Wednesday & Thursday evenings. The classes offered include Introduction to Agility, Beginners, Intermediate Agility, Advanced Agility, Shaping and Competition. All agility classes begin the week of January 12th.

Pre-registration is required for agility classes. To pre-register, please call 937-692-5580, or cell #937-459-9170.

Those participating in Greenville Area Dog Club classes are reminded that parking is available both in front of the building as well as near the rear entrance. The entrance for dog classes is located on the north side of the building, near the rear.

Those bringing dogs to class are reminded to feed the dogs earlier in the day, rather than before class.

Most classes use dog treats as training aids. Participants are reminded to bring small, bite-sized soft treats that can be used for rewarding their dogs.

All Dogs Must Be Leashed When Entering The Building

Participants also are reminded to wear comfortable, tie-on shoes.