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This is the first step of our Puppy Series, and should be taken in conjunction with Puppy Foundations 2. Start your puppy off right with a positive relationship to learning. We use positive reinforcement and fun to teach your puppy to respond with enthusiasm to cues and every class has socialization and skills built in to provide your puppy with the best start possible. Puppies must be 2-8 months of age, with a max of 6 dogs per class. This is a 5 week series. Questions? Contact us at info@1smartdog.com
A continuation of Puppy Foundations 1, with a focus on distractions, duration, and encouraging a faster response to the cue. Additional skills are added and incorporated into the curriculum.
Pre-Requisite: Puppy Foundations 1 or permission from the instructor
Focus: age-appropriate skills for building strong teamwork while keeping the sport light, upbeat and fun so your puppy thrives moving forward. Acquire the building blocks and necessary foundation skills for your puppy which will lead to a long, safe career as a successful sports or competition sidekick. Prerequisites: Age 6 months and under for med/large breed dogs, 10 months & younger for small breed dogs. If you have questions about your dogs age and suitability please contact us for assistance.
Your journey starts here! This class provides a necessary foundation for all dogs and is where we recommend any dog over 6 months of age start training. You’ll learn about dog body language and communication, you’ll practice skills such as sit, stay, down, recall, “4 on the floor”, walking on a leash and go-to-mat. Whether a companion, adventure, or sport dog, these skills will help your dog navigate a family meal, a hike on the trail, or their first day at trial. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in a group setting. No aggression, reactivity, or bite history.
Do you need some one-on-one coaching? If you'd like ideas on a training challenge, want to start a new trick, or just want to give your dog some practice, this is a great way to start. This 30-minute session is limited to just 2 dogs and 1 instructor, allowing you a quiet space to work with your dog. Please note this is a Mat session, Agility equipment is not available for use on the mats.
Trek & Train; Hubbard Valley Park or One Smart Dog location $20.00
Does your dog pull on the leash? Think every dog or person is a jumping meet and greet? Join Tara at Hubbard Valley Park in Seville and enjoy walking your dog again. You will learn how to help your dog navigate commonly encountered situations in the park using positive reinforcement and good management skills. If the weather is bad, we meet inside at One Smart Dog for parkour and enrichment skills. Please do not bring dogs with reactivity concerns without first talking to Tara unless you have previously been to our outdoor Trek and Trains. No aggressive dogs. Please do not bring your dog on a prong collar or an e-collar: contact us for suitable alternatives as we are always happy to help!
Learn the skills needed to pass the AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) test in this 5 week class. Our instructors will guide you through the AKC program which includes walking on a loose leash, navigating a crowd, sit and down stays, coming when called, and more. Testing will be offered during the last day of class. There will be a small charge required by AKC on the last day of testing for the testing form should you pass. You will not have this fee if you do not pass. AKC has a separate charge when you submit the passing form to them.
CGC-A (Advanced/Community Canine) and CGC-Urban(5 weeks) $135.00
Prerequisites: Must have a CGC Certificate. This class is prep for the advanced level of the AKC’s Canine Good Citizen Advanced (Community Canine)Title as well as the Urban title. Upon completion of this class your dog should be ready to test for their Canine Good Citizen Urban or Community Canine title, or both! This class includes new skills and one week with a full practice run of the CGCA and CGCU test in order to provide your dog with the best chance at success! Testing will be offered during the last day of class. There will be a small charge required by AKC on the last day of testing for the testing form should you pass. You will not have this fee if you do not pass. AKC has a separate charge when you submit the passing form to them
Love walking your dog! In this 2 week program, we'll help you go from stressed to relaxed in this loose leash walking class. Your dog will learn how to walk without pulling, ignore distractions, and enjoy walks without a commotion. Prerequisites.: Any age or skill level. No reactive or aggressive dogs.
Is your dog an overly enthusiastic greeter, do they jump up on people? In this 2-week program your dog will love learning that "four on the floor" is the best way to make new friends. Prerequisites: Any age dog, any skill level. No reactive or aggressive dogs.
Recall is one of the most important behaviors you can teach your dog. In this 2 week program, we'll help you achieve reliable, faster recalls. We'll also discuss what to do in an emergency situation. Prerequisite: any age dog. No reactive or aggressive dogs.
Do you have a jumpy, barky, lunging dog? Not all dogs are easy and that's okay, they're individuals just like us! Our reactive dog class is specifically designed to be a safe space for challenging dogs to work with their people. You will learn emergency handling and skills to help you focus on each other instead of worrying about what's around the corner. Please note this is a 10 week class, the first two weeks will be handler skills without your dog present. We will work with dogs that are already trained in order to help you feel comfortable and confident for when you enter the training facility with your own dog.
Reel dogs are stars! Help your dog become a social media star and show the world how special they are. It’s all here in this five week program, you'll learn how to pose for photos, follow the camera and to go to mark. In your final class we'll record a short video for you to share with your friends and family. And, wait for it…you can earn titles, too! This class is open to handlers 12yrs of age and up.
Prerequisites: Some basic cues such as sit, down, come and stay are helpful. A food motivated dog is helpful but a dog that enjoys being the center of attention is great! Simple tricks are performed on the pedestal, with tricks both on the floor and on the pedestal at the upper levels. All levels follow the same routine making it easy to transition through the levels. A fun all around class for everyone. Your dog can be a stunt dog!
If you would like to earn a title, that is available and Becky will video and judge you whenever you are ready.
Open to handlers 12yrs of age and up.
You have One Smart Dog! Tricks are clever ways to keep your dog occupied, develop communication skills and be a star at the same time! Earn AKC and Do More With Your Dog trick titles. This class is open to any dog and handlers aged 12 and up. Join us for the fun and amaze your friends!
Help your dog learn to have better focus and find heel position using platforms and pivot bowls.
Open to novice and experienced students this class will help you better understand the importance of correct positioning for an improved performance.
Prerequisites: Sports Puppy 2, Puppy Foundations 2 or Canine Essentials, or an assessment is required prior to beginning agility. Your dog should be at least 8 months of age and be able to walk on a loose lead beside you and follow basic cues such as sit, down, and stay. Your dog should be able to be crated. No aggressive or reactive dogs. Foundations consist of core skills for the dog and the handler. This class will set you and your dog up for future success, whether you are new to agility or have started training but feel you or your dog need to get back to basics. This is the first level in a four-level agility series preparing you for competition. We make sure your dog develops balance, strength, and confidence using appropriate muscles and making the right choices while working on low equipment and props. It is recommended that you stay in this class until you and your dog have acquired the necessary knowledge to move on to Agility Foundations Level 2. There is weekly homework designed to support progress through the Foundation courses.
Prerequisite: Foundation 2 Focus: You will start teaching your dog the mechanics of proper jumping form. You will continue on weave training and more obstacle-focused training. You will solidify your startline stay for competition. You will continue to increase the distance from your dog by sending to cones, tunnels, and the table.
Prerequisites: Agility Foundation 3 and nearly closed 6 weave poles, solid contacts much of the time without overmanagement by the handler. Focus: Work on confident obstacle performance, developing your ability to provide timely handling cues to your dog. We will practice looking at sequences and seeing lines between jumps. You will be given exercises and training tools to improve your dog’s startline stay to competition level. You will also practice ring procedures for trials, and practice entering the ring, preparing to run while another dog exits the ring, running a timed course, and how to properly leave the ring. Recommended: Begin Focus Classes on weaves, contacts, tunnels, and start lines as needed.
Canine Fitness and Conditioning Class (5 week) $135.00
Every dog can use Fitness and Conditioning exercises! Human athletes all have a stretching and conditioning routine that is designed to prevent injury and to help them prepare for competition, so should your dog. This 5-week class will provide your dog with the opportunity to learn a safe warm-up, stretching, conditioning, and cool-down routine. You may also earn your title with Do More With Your Dog if you choose to test. This program is for dogs that are physically healthy. If your dog is recovering from an injury or surgery we recommend you speak with your veterinarian prior to enrollment. Becky will coordinate with your rehabilitation veterinarian should they recommend a maintenance program.
Focus: Develop clear expectations and cues to support reliable contact performance. Build consistent speed and clear contact behaviors, replicable in training and competition. We will start from the ground basics up. Prerequisites: Should be ready for contact training by having been introduced to foot targets and running boards. You will progress fastest by doing your homework and submitting videos. Be prepared to go on to the second class in this series as they work in tandem.
Focus: Develop clear expectations and cues to support reliable contact performance. Build consistent speed and clear contact behaviors, replicable in training and competition. We will start from the ground basics up. Prerequisites: Should be ready for contact training by having been introduced to foot targets and running boards. You should have a clear vision of what you want your dog’s stopped contact to look like, as we will be working from the model you describe. Be prepared to go on to the second class in this series as they work in tandem.
Agility: Focus Class – Start Line Stays (5 week) $115.00
Focus: Take your stay training to a new level with detailed step-by-step training and ongoing support. Start Line Stays can often make or break a run, and training solid, reliable stays doesn’t have to be frustrating to the dog and the handler. It can be fun and rewarding! We recommend continuing with this class until your dog's understanding of what is expected is what you want.
Pre-requisites:
A desire to improve or teach a solid stay in agility
A commitment to do assigned homework
Agility: Focus: Commitment to Obstacles 1 (5 week) $145.00
Learn how to teach your dog to move forward with speed and confidence toward the obstacle you ask them for, allowing you to follow your line to show your dog what comes next with ease. Don't underestimate the value of this skill for anyone who wants to motivate a dog or show a fast dog where to go allowing you to take a short cut to the next place you need to be to handle the course. This is a fun class as the dog's enjoy the freedom of consistently knowing where they are going and how to meet back up with you. Angie is known for her superb training skills and her ability to motivate dogs while respecting their individuality.This is a two session class. Pre-requisites: no reactive or aggressive dogs. Dogs must be comfortable crated (Barking dogs will be crated in the office, hall or car if consistent.) Dogs do not have to be competing, but should have a startline stay. Handlers must have solid handling skills using the front, rear and blind crosses. Dogs should, be a year or over. This is not an obstacle training class.
A continuation of the Startline Stay 1 Focus class, Startline Stay 2 will add challenges and distractions strategically designed to mimic a trial environment. You will be given advice on how to take your dog out of the classroom and onto the trial floor. This plan will be specific to you and your dog, as every team is unique.
Prerequisites: Your dog must be in a Foundation 3 or higher class, a competition class at One Smart Dog or another facility, or competing. This workshop style class will help support your dog in mastering the teeter. Troubleshoot issues such as slowing down at the pivot, jumping off the side or flying off the end. For dogs already confident on the teeter this class will provide a strong foundation in case teeter accidents happen to help them remain confident in their performance.
Tunnels are important! It takes training for your dog to learn to read your handling at speed...and tunnels are a speed obstacle. We will cover the basics: crosses on tunnels, handling straight vs curved tunnels well, backsides and off-sides of tunnels, and fast, enthusiastic sends to tunnels. Prerequisites: you must have or borrow a tunnel to do your homework.
Prerequisite: Agilty:Focus: Tunnels 1 and access to use of a tunnel for homework. In this continuation of Tunnels 1 , we will take the lessons from Tunnels 1 and put them into a more trial-like setting using distractions and discriminations to improve your dog’s understanding of the cues. You will be encouraged to formulate a sound training plan to balance your dog’s tunnel performance with other obstacles in order to have a dog that is comfortable performing in the context of contemporary course design.
Prerequisites: Must be in a competition or Foundation 3 or 4 class at One Smart Dog or another facility, competing, or permission of the instructor. Must have closed growth plates, age is about 12 months, but younger or older depending on the breed. Weaves from foundation to finish. We will start at the very beginning and continue through competition weaves in a series of focused classes. Contact us if you have questions.
Agility: Competition: All Courses, All Levels (5 week) $145.00
Prerequisites: Competing or training at competition level Novice and above. Dogs should be comfortable on all obstacles, including This class has 12 weaves and full height contacts. The dog should have a startline stay or the handler should have a reasonable work around. Handlers should be able to execute basic handling maneuvers such as front, rear and blind crosses, and be aware of looking for the dog’s line through a course.
Focus: Practice running full courses without errors, testing skills on lead-outs, course analysis, and execution. Expect to have some handling drills incorporated to help you gain experience in making decisions while trialing. This class is not designed for obstacle or startline training or instruction. If you have a startline issue, you will need a reasonable work around while in this class. You will be presented with challenges appropriate to you and your dog.
Prerequisites: Competing or training at AKC excellent or above level. Solid Foundation agility skills, on course, including a startline stay. The handler should know basic handling including the front, rear and blind crosses, forward and lateral sends, reverse spins, and other advanced handling skills, and have some backside cues. Knowledge of how to set the dog's line, and the ability to be able to use some verbals on course is expected. This is a handling class and there will not be in-depth obstacle instruction. If your dog needs to improve contacts, weaves, start lines, or knocks bars, please look at our Focus courses for help in teaching your dog obstacle performance.
Prerequisites: Dogs must know all obstacles as we will not be obstacle training.
Handlers must be comfortable handling at Open, Masters, Premier, and UKI levels.
This class is designed to encourage speed, motivation, and confidence in your dog. You can expect to learn more about how dogs learn and how to help them improve. You will develop your handling consistency and your ability to see efficient lines for your individual dog.
Prerequisites: Foundation dog agility skills such as collection, extension, sends, full height contact performances and at least 6 closed weaves, 12 if competing in open or having more than 1 novice qualifying score. A startline stay is expected. The handler should know basic side changes such as the front, rear, and blind crosses, forward and lateral sends and be able to utilize them on a novice course. This course is designed to improve handling on sequences, and if your dog is not able to perform 6 weaves or the contact obstacles, we highly recommend our focus classes.
Prerequisites: Competing in, or training at, the AKC Open level and above. Solid foundation agility skills, including a startline stay, reliable contacts, and 12 closed weaves. The handler should know basic handling including the front, rear, and blind crosses, forward and lateral sends, reverse spins and have started backside cues. You should be able to utilize these multiple times on a course. Knowledge of how to set the dog's line, and the ability to be able to use some verbals on course is expected. This is a handling class and there will not be in-depth obstacle instruction. If your dog needs to improve contacts, weaves, start lines, or knocks bars, please look at our Focus courses for help in teaching your dog obstacle performance.
Prerequisites: Solid Foundation agility skills, some international handling knowledge, reliable contacts, and 12 closed weaves. A confident startline stay is expected. The handler should know advanced handling skills and have good backside cues. Knowledge of how to set the dog's line, and the ability to be able to use some verbals on the course is expected. This is a handling class and there will not be in-depth obstacle instruction. If your dog needs to improve contacts, weaves, start lines, or knocks bars, please look at our Focus courses for help in teaching your dog obstacle performance.
Prerequisites: Foundation 4 skills and higher, dogs ages 10 months and over are eligible with instructor permission. This class is for those new to the use of verbal cues for handling, and those who would like to improve their skills with a current, logical, comprehensive verbals program.
Dogs are expected to have a stay and know recalls to side and sends to tunnels. This class is mostly jumping and tunnel-based. Handlers are expected to know basic front, rear, blind and backside handling skills as these will not be taught.
This class is for those who have titled in Novice and Intermediate and looking to prepare for trials in advanced, Excellent, or Masters classes. You need to know all signs for these classes. Each week we will work on skills required to complete the signs and then work the signs in actual courses.
An introduction to AKC Novice Rally Signs, you will learn all 42 signs in this class. Each week we’ll learn 7-8 signs and incorporate them into a short course. Please bring a mat for your dog to lay on, have a flat collar with 6 ft leash on your dog, and lots of yummy treats. Prerequisite for this class is a basic obedience class. Dog MUST know how to walk on a loose leash in heel position, sit, and down cues.
This class is a continuation of Novice Rally. It will teach better positioning of your dog during your rally course and performing the signs during trialing or during virtual rally trialing. Virtual tests may be available after this class.
Prerequisites: Must have finished Scent: Foundation 1 and 2 or have instructor’s permission. This class will work in rotation through containers, interior and exterior, high and buried hides, and vehicles. The training will emphasize solid alert decisions for both the dog and the handler. We will review and practice with distractions, including toys and various foods. No reactive or aggressive dogs.
Prerequisite: Scent Foundation: 2; your dog should be on odor and able to work unpaired scent.
Decision-making for the handler and dog are the mainstay of a successful scent team. We will build a confident dog that can make a decision that odor has been sourced and indicate this decision to the handler. The handler, through experience and observation, can then be comfortable that the dog has alerted and call it as such.
By the end of this class, you will be able to continue implementing your individual step-by-step plan for continual improvement in this complicated but necessary skill.
Scent: Focus: Expect the Unexpected (5 week) $145.00
Prerequisite: Scent Foundation 3 or instructor permission
You should always be aware that the unexpected can happen in any searching situation, whether a cat crosses the path of your search, or the interior search has 5 doorways which could mean 5 or more
threshold searches! Ouch. Can your dog work through environmental surprises? Can you adjust your handling to be a supportive part of your dog/handler team? We will refine leash handling, make note of what your dog does when they are on source, how to tell if your dog is fringing, and to know when your dog is alerting. (Hint: have you actually taught an alert? Or are you just guessing?) Join us for an educational sniff through interesting and sometimes challenging situations to increase your dog’s confidence and your awareness of what your dog is telling you.
Prerequisite: Scent: Foundation 2; your dog should be on odor and able to work unpaired scent. Your dog should also be comfortable working a dog-directed search and also understand how to switch to a handler-supported search.
This focused class will help you support your dog in handler-directed pattern searches such as perimeters, concentric circles, zigzag, and lines. Containers offer double duty as they can provide visual cues along with olfactory cues. By the end of this class, you will have a plan in place to continue to teach your dog to understand basic patterns, and how to confidently move in and out of handler vs dog-directed searching.
Prerequisites: Scent Foundation 3 or instructor permission.
This class will prepare you for an vehicle searches in Nosework, and Novice in all organizations. We will use vehicles of different kinds to accustom our dog to working the different and often difficult odor paths vehicles cause. You and your dog will be introduced to vehicle searching patterns, and the handler will learn how to read the search. We will also utilize exterior environments to find patterns to use in our training. We will learn to notice how the wind and sun/clouds affect how odor travels.
We use systematic training methods which will encourage confident searching and distinct decisions.
Prerequisite: Scent Foundation 1 or instructor permission. This class will start pairing odor with food. We will be supporting the dog’s hunt for the source of the target odor. The handler will begin learning leash handling and observation skills to better be able to assess the dog’s work and support the dog’s confidence.
Prerequisite Scent: Foundation 2 or permission of instructor. Scent Foundation Level 3 is a continuation of our Basic Foundation Scent class Levels 1 and 2. At this time, dogs are introduced to all the commonly used scent odors: birch (which they have been on in Level 2), clove, anise, and cypress. The dogs start working vehicles, water, and buried hides. There are more re in-depth discussions of the intricacies of odor movement. Leash handling and reading your dog is emphasized in this class as you prepare for Novice trial and Odor Recognition performances. Expected will be the handler’s recognition of their dog’s behavior when alerting to odor.
Prerequisites: Dog: Must be comfortable on a leash, with calm heeling skills for moving through the woods safely, sit, and a basic recall and stay.
Person: must be comfortable walking in the woods on uneven terrain and in various weather conditions.
Shed Antler Hunting is an active and rewarding activity for you and your dog.
We will start with odor familiarization, teach a search cue, and develop motivation and reinforcement for finding shed antlers. We will teach an alert sign that the dog has found a shed antler, and then a retrieve if you so desire.
The first class will be inside, and the next 3 will be outside if the weather cooperates. Dress appropriately, and bring your dog on a harness with a 10-15’ leash for the final 3 classes (a 6-8 ft leash is fine for the first class, with a flat buckle collar).
Scent: Trailing Class Level 1 - 2 (5 week) $150.00
Suitable for novice dogs and those who started trailing in the Spring or fall last year. Tracks will be over easy to moderate terrain. Short tracks with one quarry and increasing time for the track to set. Sites will be in Medina County Parks. Classes will be held in most weather except storms.
For advanced dogs able to trail in intermediate terrain, through moderate water challenges, over a quarter to half mile, with multiple quarries off one main track, with at least a 30 min delay. Challenges will increase with time, length and weather. Classes will be held except in storms.
