Manners 1

Build a solid foundation to be able to communicate effectively with your dog.

Class Details

Manners 1 provides the building blocks to be able to train your dog anything you can imagine! By learning to speak the same language, you and your dog become partners.

Manners 1 introduces skills attention/eye contact, sit, down, stay, polite greetings, leash manners, coming when called, and leave it. Students are coached on proper training mechanics including how to use a clicker, how to build behavior, and how to problem solve.

Class size is limited to six dogs, so each dog/handler team gets lots of one on one coaching, and exercises can be tailored to your dog. For example, if your dog already knows sit, you can use sit training time to work on sitting at your side, at a distance from you, or in response to a hand signal or verbal cue that is new.

Some dogs should NOT join Manners class:

1. If you have taken the Puppy series (Puppy 1, Puppy 2, and Puppy 3) with Kinship Dog Training, you can skip Manners 1 as it will repeat much of the exercises you have already learned.

2. This class is for dogs over six months old. If your dog is under six months of age, please sign up for Puppy classes.

3. If your dog barks, growls, or is aggressive to people or dogs, your dog is not yet eligible for Manners. Private lessons may be required to prepare your dog for group classes. Dogs who are not appropriate for group classes will be excused and no refund will be given. If you are in doubt, please contact us! Ali@kinshipdogs.com

4. If you have experience using clicker training in classes and have already worked on the topics listed above with this dog, please contact us about whether you can skip Manners 1 and/or Manners 2.