Advanced Classes-
Precision. Proofing. Performance.
Advanced Classes are designed for experienced teams ready for higher expectations, sharper skills, and greater reliability. You’ll refine handling, increase precision, and proof behaviors in more challenging environments — whether your goals are polished everyday manners or preparation for performance and competition.
Alphabet Soup Beginner — Oct-Mar | $75 month
Alphabet Soup Beginner is designed for motivated teams who are ready to take their first structured steps into AKC performance training. This class builds a strong foundation for success in obedience, rally, and AKC programs while strengthening everyday manners, focus, and teamwork.
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Because of the skill level and pacing of this class, instructor approval is required prior to enrollment to ensure it is the right fit for you and your dog. This allows us to maintain a productive learning environment where all teams can progress confidently and successfully.
Goals
The goal of Alphabet Soup Beginner is to help dogs and handlers:
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Strengthen focus, engagement, and teamwork
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Polish everyday manners in preparation for performance work
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Develop clarity and consistency in foundational skills
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Become comfortable working in a structured training environment
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Build confidence for entry-level AKC programs
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Learn how to train with intention, timing, and precision
Our Approach for This Class
Alphabet Soup Beginner blends practical life skills with introductory performance training so teams develop both manners and mechanics.
Training emphasizes:
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Clear communication between handler and dog
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Thoughtful repetition to build reliability
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Gradual increases in expectation and precision
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Handler mechanics, timing, and clarity
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Maintaining confidence and motivation while increasing standards
This approach helps teams transition smoothly from pet training into structured performance work without losing engagement or enthusiasm.
How It Works
Alphabet Soup Beginner is a monthly group class designed to build progressively over time, allowing teams to develop skills at a steady, sustainable pace.
This class includes:
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Weekly one-hour group sessions (prepaid monthly)
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Skills and concepts including:
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Canine Good Citizen (CGC) core skills
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Canine Good Citizen Advanced (CGCA) preparation
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Trick Dog Novice & Intermediate tricks
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Virtual Home Manners (VHM)
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Beginner Novice Obedience heeling and stays
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Rally Novice introduction
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Household manners
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Focus and engagement games
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Instructor coaching on handling, timing, and mechanics
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Opportunities to practice in a structured group setting
Prerequisite
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Instructor approval required prior to enrollment.
Please email or speak with your instructor before signing up to confirm your dog’s readiness for this class.
Alphabet Soup Advanced — Oct-Apr | $75 month
Alphabet Soup Advanced is designed for experienced teams who already have a solid foundation and are ready to refine precision, reliability, and teamwork at a higher level.
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This class focuses on polishing performance skills, increasing consistency under distraction, and preparing handlers and dogs for advanced AKC titles in both training and real-world environments. Because of the pace and expectations of this class, instructor approval is required prior to enrollment to ensure all teams are set up for success.
Goal
The goal of Alphabet Soup Advanced is to help dogs and handlers:
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Perform skills with greater precision and clarity
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Maintain reliability under increased distraction and pressure
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Strengthen teamwork, timing, and handling mechanics
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Prepare for Mid-level AKC competition and public-access style proofing
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Build confidence in more complex training scenarios
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Develop consistency across different environments and contexts
Our Approach for This Class
Alphabet Soup Advanced blends structured performance training with real-world proofing so teams move from capable to consistently reliable.
Training emphasizes:
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Clear, consistent expectations for both dog and handler
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Progressive increases in distraction, duration, and complexity
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Thoughtful reinforcement of correct choices and clean execution
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Advanced handler mechanics, timing, and clarity
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Maintaining confidence and motivation while raising standards
This approach helps teams refine not just what behaviors look like, but how reliably and thoughtfully they are performed.
How It Works
Alphabet Soup Advanced is a monthly group class designed for ongoing development, allowing teams to progress at a steady, sustainable pace.
This class includes:
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Weekly one-hour group sessions (prepaid monthly)
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Skills and concepts including:
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Rally Novice polishing
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Rally Intermediate & Advanced coursework
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Canine Good Citizen Urban (CGCU)
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Novice Obedience (CD) foundations
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Advanced heeling
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Fronts and finishes
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Group stays
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Jump work
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Proofing skills in public spaces
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Instructor coaching on advanced handling, timing, and ring mechanics
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Structured practice with increasing levels of distraction
Prerequisite
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Instructor approval required prior to enrollment.
Please email or speak with your instructor before signing up to confirm readiness for this class.
Socially Savvy Canine — 6 weeks | $250
Many dogs know their basic cues but struggle to use them when life gets busy, exciting, or overwhelming.
Our Socially Savvy Canine class is designed to help dogs and handlers develop practical skills for navigating real-world environments with greater confidence, clarity, and control. This is a foundational, skill-building class — not a behavior-modification or “fix-it” program. Instead, the focus is on giving you structured practice, clear handling strategies, and effective tools that you can continue to use at home and in public.
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Each week, we train in a variety of real-world locations so you and your dog can practice skills in semi-controlled environments that bridge the gap between class and everyday life.
Goal
The goal of Socially Savvy Canine is to help dogs:
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Stay calmer and more focused around everyday distractions
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Improve impulse control and emotional regulation
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Respond more reliably to known cues in public settings
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Make better choices around people, dogs, and environmental triggers
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Learn how to disengage from distractions instead of fixating
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Build a practical foundation for handling arousal or mild reactivity
Our Approach for This Class
Socially Savvy Canine blends structured obedience, emotional regulation work, and real-world management so teams learn how to think and adapt — not just follow cues.
Training emphasizes:
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Clear communication and consistent expectations
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Teaching dogs to disengage rather than escalate
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Building calm behavior through structured duration work
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Helping handlers read arousal, manage environments, and intervene effectively
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Reinforcing thoughtful, controlled responses instead of impulsive reactions
This approach gives both dog and handler a stronger, more usable “toolbox” for navigating everyday challenges.
How It Works
Socially Savvy Canine is a 6-week group class that meets in different locations each week to simulate real-world conditions.
This class includes:
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Six (6) one-hour group sessions in varied public settings
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Skills and concepts including:
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Loose leash walking around distractions
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Impulse control and emotional regulation
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Redirecting unwanted behaviors
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Polite greetings with people and dogs
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Sit, Down, and Stay in real-world environments
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Settling in public spaces (e.g., parks, trails, cafés)
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Mat work with distance, duration, and distractions
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Practical home and public-space management strategies
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Guided practice with controlled, real-world distractions
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Weekly at-home practice guidelines to reinforce learning
Additional Details
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Field trips are included as part of training
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Optional AKC CGC/CGCA testing available at the end of class for interested teams
Who This Class Is (and Is Not) For
This class is a good fit for:
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Dogs who get over-excited, distracted, or overstimulated in public
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Teams who want better impulse control and emotional regulation
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Handlers who want clearer strategies for managing behavior at home and in public
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Dogs who may show mild reactivity but can still work in a structured group setting
This class is NOT:
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A behavior-modification or reactivity rehabilitation program
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A replacement for private training for dogs with severe reactivity or aggression
