Advanced Obedience Course Descriptions

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites:   Puppy Kindergarten or Household Manners class or something equivalent, and a desire to improve your training skills beyond the basic level.

This is an all-online competition obedience course. This class is geared toward puppies with some basic training and trainers who are interested in training for obedience and Rally titles. In the course, you will learn how to begin teaching a wide variety of crucial skills for competition-bound puppies. These include different techniques for training with food; attention, position changes (sit, down, stand), cookie-toss recalls, beginning sit stay, perch and platform work, beginning target work, beginning retrieve work, and general handling for grooming and veterinary care. All the video lessons are hosted on the Thinkific platform. An auditing spot in the course gives you full access to all of the handouts and course video lessons for a full 6 months from when you start the lessons. Please sign up right on the Thinkific site.

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites:  FCOOL or equivalent skills

Maneuvers +/Hybrid FCOOL 7-12 is a competition obedience course that combines online instructional videos and downloadable handouts with a once-a-week in-person class. The course continues to expand on the skills started in FCOOL and adds heel position maneuvers (going forward, backward, side step left and right, left quarter turns, and tight turns to the right). Advance your heeling foundation, your dog’s stays and retrieving skills. Introduce jumping and go-outs. All the video lessons are hosted on the Thinkific platform. You have full access to all of the handouts and course video lessons for a full 6 months from when you start the lessons.

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites:   FCOOL or equivalent skills

FCOOL 7-12 continues the skills started in FCOOL and adds heel position maneuvers (going forward, backward, side step left and right, left quarter turns, and tight turns to the right). Advance your heeling foundation and your dog’s stay and retrieving skills. Introduce jumping and go-outs. All the video lessons are hosted on the Thinkific platform. An auditing spot in the course gives you full access to all of the course video lessons for a full 6 months from when you start the lessons and handouts. Please sign up right on the Thinkific site.

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites:   FCOOL and FCOOL 7-12 or equivalent skills

Hybrid Heeling On-Line is a competition obedience course that combines online instructional videos and downloadable handouts with a once-a-week in-person class. We continue to build on the skills that I introduce in FCOOL and Man+/FCOOL 7-12. We introduce all of the components of a heeling pattern as individual skills, gradually combining them into full heeling patterns. These include:

• Footwork for heeling
• Left, right, and about turns
• Pace changes (slow and fast)
• Halts
• Right and Left Circles —> Figure 8s
• Various heeling drills for improving heeling skills

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites:   FCOOL, Maneuvers+ or equivalent skills
Heeling On-Line – auditing is a competition obedience course that includes online instructional videos and downloadable handouts. We continue to build on the skills that are introduced in FCOOL and Maneuvers+/FCOOL 7-12. We introduce all of the components of a heeling pattern as individual skills, gradually combining them into full heeling patterns. These include:

• Footwork for heeling
• Left, right, and about turns
• Pace changes (slow and fast)
• Halts
• Right and Left Circles —> Figure 8s
• Various heeling drills for improving heeling skills

Please sign up right on the Thinkific site.

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites:   FCOOL, Man +/FCOOL 7-12, Heeling class or equivalent skills
Rally 1 – learn about all of the AKC Novice Rally signs and how to perform each with your dog, applying skills learned in the prerequisite classes, as well as how to run a course.
Equipment – you will need to bring along a crate for your dog to be in while you walk the course each week, or someone who is able to hold your dog for you. I recommend a 2.5 – 4 foot leash – a 6 foot leash can get really cumbersome. Use whatever collar you are currently training with that keeps your dog under control. Treats and toys are encouraged.

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites:   FCOOL, Man +/FCOOL 7-12, Heeling class, or equivalent skills. Knowledge of all of the AKC Rally Novice signs.
Rally 1 – learn about all of the AKC Intermediate/Advanced Rally signs and how to perform each with your dog, applying skills learned in the prerequisite classes. There will be course work each week with coaching from the instructor. 
Equipment – you will need to bring along a crate for your dog to be in while you walk the course each week, or someone who is able to hold your dog for you. I recommend a 2.5 – 4 foot leash – a 6 foot leash can get really cumbersome. Use whatever collar you are currently training with that keeps your dog under control. Treats and toys are encouraged.

Weeks: 6

Length: 60 minutes per session

Prerequisites:  Knowledge of all of the AKC Rally Novice and Intermediate/Advanced signs.

Rally 3 – Excellent – learn about all of the AKC Excellent Rally signs and how to perform each with your dog, applying skills learned in the prerequisite classes. There will be course work each week with coaching from the instructor. 

Equipment – you will need to bring along a crate for your dog to be in while you walk the course each week, or someone who is able to hold your dog for you. I recommend a 3 – 4 foot leash, as a 6 foot leash can get really cumbersome. Use whatever collar you are currently training with that keeps your dog under control. Treats and toys are encouraged.

Weeks: 6

Length: 60 minutes per week

Prerequisites:  Knowledge of all of the AKC Rally Novice, Intermediate/Advanced, and Excellent signs.

Rally 4 – Master – learn about all of the AKC Master Rally signs and how to perform each with your dog, applying skills learned in the prerequisite classes. There will be course work each week with coaching from the instructor.

Equipment – you will need to bring along a crate for your dog to be in while you walk the course each week, or someone who is able to hold your dog for you. I recommend a 3 – 4 foot leash – a 6 foot leash can get really cumbersome. Use whatever collar you are currently training with that keeps your dog under control. Treats and toys are encouraged.

Weeks: 6
Length: 60-90 minutes each week, depending on class attendance
Prerequisites:  Knowledge of the AKC rally signs at the level of course you are interested in.

There is potentially a class every week Adele is in town. She sets up a nested course with levels appropriate for those in attendance for a given week. This is not an introductory type of course, but for those trainers with at least some rally experience who want a chance to practice courses with coaching. Adele follow each person through the course on each run, offering suggestions for how to better perform a station (or more correctly). Because of the setup involved, she needs a commitment each week from at LEAST 4 people to hold a class in a given week. In order to communicate with potential attendees, we have a Facebook group where we can communicate about attendance. If you are interested in attending and would like to be added to the Facebook group, or if you are not on Facebook but are interested in attending, please email Adele privately at abyunck@gmail.com. We are now doing sign up on this google sheet each week (make sure to look for the ‘Rally class’ sheet). Cost is $25 for a drop-in class and $120 for 6 weeks of class, which don’t have to be used on consecutive weeks, but please use them up within 6 months of the first class you attend.

Please pay Adele directly so she records your payment in her attendance sheet.

You may use the same class payment to attend any of Adele’s on-going classes (Proofing, Novice Practice, Thursday Open and Rally Practice).

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites:  FCOOL and FCOOL 7-12 or equivalent skills.

We introduce retrieving, jumping, drop on recall, and Command Discrimination. You will need a dumbbell and jumps to practice with at home. Check with Adele for help with dumbbell sizing. You can also watch this excerpt from the DVD, Totally Fetching: Teaching and Proofing a Reliable Retrieve, which shows you how to fit a dumbbell.

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per class
Prerequisites: Knowledge of all of the exercises from the AKC Novice class.
Cost: $25/week drop-in fee. You may buy a 6-week card for $120. You do not have to use the weeks consecutively. Please use the classes up within 6 months of the first class.

We work on exercises from the Beginner Novice and Novice obedience classes each week, in addition to exercises from the Open class.

We are now doing sign up via a google sheet. You can sign up here (you will need permission before you can sign up the first time).There is class every week I am in town AND there are at least 3 people coming to class.

Please pay Adele directly so she records your payment in her attendance sheet.

You may use the same class payment to attend any of Adele’s on-going classes (Proofing, Novice Practice, Thursday Open and Rally Practice).

Length: 60 minutes per class
Prerequisites: Knowledge of all of the exercises from the AKC Novice class and a solid start on the Open exercises.
Cost: $25/week drop-in fee. You may buy a 6-week card for $120. You do not have to use the weeks consecutively. Please use the classes up within 6 months of the first class.

We work on exercises from the Open obedience class each week, including proofing as teams are ready, in addition to exercises from the Utility class.

We are now doing sign up via a google sheet. You can sign up here (you will need permission before you can sign up the first time).There is class every week I am in town AND there are at least 3 people coming to class.

Please pay Adele directly so she records your payment in her attendance sheet.

You may use the same class payment to attend any of Adele’s on-going classes (Proofing, Novice Practice, Thursday Open and Rally Practice).

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites: CDX and/or UD on prior dog or dog introduced to all of the Open exercises and possibly the Utility exercises.
Cost: $25/week drop-in fee. You may buy a 6-week card for $120. You do not have to use the weeks consecutively. Please use the classes up within 6 months of the first class.

We proof several of the advanced (Open/Utility) obedience exercises each week. Utility beginners can get some guidance each week.

We are now doing sign up via a google sheet. You can sign up here (you will need permission before you can sign up the first time).There is class every week I am in town AND there are at least 3 people coming to class.

Please pay Adele directly so she records your payment in her attendance sheet.

You may use the same class payment to attend any of Adele’s on-going classes (Proofing, Novice Practice, Thursday Open and Rally Practice).