PONTHIR CANINE SOCIETY
Encouraging responsible and rewarding dog ownership.

Course Information

Class Times

The classes are held on a Wednesday evening:

We break over the school summer holidays.

Course Charges

Please see the Pricing Policy page for the cost of the course.

Puppy Class

This class is aimed at helping you puppy to socialize with other dogs and humans, and to teach you the fundamentals in caring and training your dog. The following topics are covered.

Kennel Club Good Citizen Award Scheme: Bronze Training Course

This award aims to produce a dog that will walk and sit in a controlled manner on the lead, will lie down on command, will allow its owner to clean and groom it and inspect it.

The dog must also be able to be positioned by its owner for examination ie: stand, sit, lie down on either side or on its back, all on a lead. Finally the dog must come to hand when called.

Kennel Club Good Citizen Award Scheme: Silver Training Course

This will teach you and your dog how to learn the following: walk on a lead, play with the dog, rejoin the handler, stay in one place, control in and out of the car, come away from distractions, greeting people without jumping up, food manners, examination of the dog and care and responsibility.

Kennel Club Good Citizen Award Scheme: Gold Training Course

The Gold Award is the highest level of Good Citizenship and builds upon the skills learned in the Silver Award.

The Gold Award is a natural progression of practical dog training skills and introduces new concepts such as Relaxed Isolation, Stop the Dog and Send the Dog to Bed exercises, which are important in everyday life situations.

The Gold Award aims to provide handlers with a greater knowledge of understanding their canine companion.

If you would like to find out or book a place on any of the courses please use our contact page.

Interested in joining us?

Training owners to train their dogs!