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Lil’ Rascals is organized playtime and socialization for puppies as young as 12 weeks (must have second vaccinations) up to 6 months of age.
The focus of this playtime is to introduce your puppy to more than just other dogs but everyday things they will encounter on a daily basis. Your puppy will be exposed to children, strollers, people, rollerblades, moving objects and much much more.
Realizing the importance of socializing your puppy as young as possible, our group works on a drop-in basis. The cost is $15 per week or a 10 visit pass for $100.00.
Please call or email to register!
This six weeks course taught by veterinarian, Dr. Kim Robinson, is designed to help you keep you canine pal in the best possible shape. While the program is geared more towards the athletic dog, it can be useful to all dog owners whose dog's live an active lifestyle.
Some of the topics covered include stretching, core strengthening, limb strengthening and injury assessment. The application of this knowledge is endless. Whether it be for the athlete or a dog recovering from an injury.
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Learn the basics of how to teach your old or young dog new tricks. Skies the limit in this class. We can teach your dog just about any trick you can come up with. While some tricks take more training than others you will increase your dogs trick repertoire by 12 new tricks over the 6 week class.
Flyball
is a team sport for dogs that was invented in California
in the late 70's. Legend has it that Herbert Wagner
first showed it on the Johnny Carson Show to millions
of Americans. Soon afterwards, dog training clubs
in the Detroit/Toronto area were making and using
Flyball Boxes. In the early 80's the sport became
so popular that the North American Flyball Association
(NAFA) was formed and became the worldwide authority
for Flyball.
The
sport itself is similar to drag racing. Each team
runs four dogs and usually has a fifth dog in reserve.
The course consists of a starting line, 4 hurdles
spaced 10 feet apart, and a box at the end. The first
hurdle is 6 feet from the start line and the box is
15 feet from the last hurdle for an overall length
of 51 feet. The first dog races down the course, leaping
over the 4 hurdles, to the box, spring-loaded with
a tennis ball. They then step on the box's pedal to
release the ball, which the dog then catches. Then
she / he burns back down the course, back over the
same hurdles, crossing a line which sends the next
dog away. After four dogs have successfully navigated
the course the relay is complete.
There
are no restrictions to breed, size, pedigree, or age.
FLYBALL
- THE BASICS (6 weeks) $130.00
This 8 week class introduces you and your dog
to Flyball and the basic skills required to
play the game. The fun starts here! We will
focus on creating toy drive, refining your dog's
retrieving skills, performing the jumps, and
an introduction to box work.
Prerequisites: Absolutely no aggression. Minimum
8 months old. Optional but not mandatory : likes
balls, likes to fetch, and you want to have
fun with your dog. |
FLYBALL
- THE GAME (6 weeks) $130.00
A continuation of The Basics and learning more
of the game of Flyball. This is where you will
see the whole game come together. At the end
of the 8 weeks your dog should be able to complete
a full run.
Prerequisites : Absolutely no aggression. Minimum
10 months old. Completion of Flyball - The Basics
or an equivalent program. |
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Spot Run Doggy Daycare & Training Inc. is the
home of the Bring Your Own Ball (B.Y.O.B.) flyball
team. Your classes will be hosted by members of the
team who have a collective amount of experience behind
them.
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Our
approach to obedience training is “keep it simple”.
We only use approved positive training methods (ie
clicker training) to help you achieve the most out
of your training time. It is our belief that your
dog will learn quicker and more efficiently if they
are having fun.
We
teach both voice and hand signals with our progressive
training methods. Our goal is to make your training
experience positive and enjoyable while building the
bond between you and your canine companion.
BEGINNER
(8 weeks) $150.00
Beginner obedience starts with puppies as young
as 4 months. In this class you will learn the
obedience basics of sit, down, stay, coming
when called and walking politely on leash. All
work in this level is done on leash. Sorry,
no pinch or choke chains allowed in class. |
ADVANCED
(8 weeks) $150.00
After Beginner class, you may choose to increase
your dogs skills in our Advanced class. Throughout
the eight weeks you will learn off-leash control
and focus, advanced recall skills and the refinement
of your verbal/hand signals. |
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Dog agility is a sport in which a dog moves through
an obstacle course with the guidance of his or her
handler. Dogs run off leash, so the handler's only
controls are voice and body language. In competition,
both accuracy and speed are important. During 1977,
a group of dog training enthusiasts had a meeting
to work out a new dog competition which they had been
asked to put on as a demonstration event at Crufts
in 1978. The format they came up with would take some
of the obstacles from working sheep dog trials, combining
it with the concept of show jumping and would require
obedience. This new sport was to be called Dog Agility.
In
1979 it was back again at Crufts only this time it
was a competition and not a demonstration. It would
be true to say that in the early years the dog agility
was an amusing interlude for the audience but now
it has grown into a major competition. Since 1979
agility has exploded all around the world. There are
many different disciplines of agility and thousands
of clubs that focus in each discipline. In Alberta,
you can attend a trial almost every weekend in different
cities around the province.
GROUNDWORK
(8 weeks) $150.00
This
is where the training begins. The skills learned
in the Groundwork class will form the base of
the dog/handler relationship that carry through
all future levels of agility and competition.
In these classes you will learn: some obstacle
performance, agility specific skills and basic
handling. |
FOUNDATIONS
SKILLS I (8 weeks) $150.00
In
our Foundation Skills classes you will continue
learning obstacle performance with safe execution,
two to three obstacle sequences and further
reinforcement of agility skills. |
FOUNDATIONS
SKILLS II (8 weeks) $150.00
Carrying
on from Foundation Skills I, you will continue
to sequence obstacles with advanced instruction
on handling skills and new techniques. |
FUNDAMENTALS
I (8 weeks) $150.00
Now
that you and your dog are executing simple sequences
it is time to add some difficulty to the equation.
In Fundamentals I, you will start to learn different
patterns, more complex handling techniques,
working with directional commands and angle
approaches to obstacles. |
FUNDAMENTALS
II (8 weeks) $150.00
Continuing
with the skills learned in Fundamentals I, we
now take you into pattern recognition, obstacle
discrimination, distance work and hard angle
approaches. |
COMPETITION
(8 weeks) $150.00
Now
that you and your dog have the tools it is now
time to discuss competing. This class focuses
on getting you ready to compete in trials. We
will teach the different types of games played
in the various disciplines, advance your handling
skills, and cover the basics of trialing. |
PERFORMANCE
(Month to Month) $80.00 per month
The
Performance class is an ongoing level of instruction
aimed towards dog/handler teams that are competing
or would like to further their training to a
higher level of competition. All dogs entering
this class must have completed the See Spot
Run agility program or equivalent training as
assessed by our staff. |
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