Bark University Beginner Class-Tuesday

Bark University Beginner Class

Bark University Beginner Class (Tuesdays & Wednesdays)

Dog Training Goals and Curriculum:

The objective for the Bark University Beginner Class (offered on Tuesday/Thursday) is to achieve rapid progress in approximately 3-4 sessions to allow dogs and owners to advance quickly, preventing frustration. Owners should reward their dog’s attention to them and learn proper leash handling and treat delivery to maintain loose-leash walking and high reinforcement rates.

Milestones to Advance to Intermediate Level (3-4 Sessions):
  1. Impulse Control/Focus:
    • Name Game: Dog responds to their name and focuses on the owner despite mild distractions.
    • Leave It: Dog disengages from treats on the ground or in the owner’s hand.
    • Stay: Holds sit or down position for 10 seconds.
  2. Cooperative Care/Handling:
    • Touch: Touches both hands without a lure.
    • Collar Grab: Allows the handler to grab the collar with minimal resistance.
  3. Positions:
    • Sit, Down, Stand: Transitions between positions from front (no lure) for 5 seconds.
    • Sit at Side: Sits in heel position with or without a lure.
Skills Taught in Beginner Classes:
  1. Foundational Concepts:
    • Using markers and release words.
    • Capturing calm behaviors.

  2. Commands and Behaviors:
    • Name Game: Builds focus.
    • Position Variations: Six sits (front, sides; with handler standing or sitting), down, and stand, all with 5-second duration.
    • Stay: 10-second hold.
    • Attention Games: Reward check-ins and focus.
    • Sit at Side: Owner steps into heel position.
    • Leave It: For treats in hand or on the floor.
    • Hand Touch: Builds cooperative care.
    • No Jumping Exercises: Teaches polite behavior.
  3. Cooperative Care:
    • Collar grabs, paw handling, and massaging.
  4. Generalization Skills:
    • Apply the “3D’s of Dog Training” (Distance, Duration, Distraction).
 
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817-498- 6410 or email us at [email protected].

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