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Agility: Competition: All Courses, All Levels (5 week) $145.00
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 training or instruction. This class can be run at any level Novice, Open, Masters, CPE 3-5.
Pre-Requisites:
Competing or at competition level
Dog must be comfortable being crated
Pre-Requisites: Must be competing at the AKC Excellent/Masters level. 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. Dogs are expected to be competent at obstacles such as weaves and contacts. This is a handling class and we will not be training these obstacles. If your dog needs to have an improved understanding of contacts, weaves, start lines and sends/turns to and from tunnels, we recommend our Focus classes.
We use positive reinforcement training to maintain the dog's joy and motivation to run!
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.
Pre_Req: Solid Foundation agility skills, some international handling knowledge, reliable contacts and 12 closed weaves. The handler should know basic handling includiing the front, rear and blind crosses, forward and lateral sends, reverse spinsand and other advanced handling skills, and good 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. We use postivie reinforcement training to maintain the dog's joy and motivation to run!
Pre-requisites: Foundation agility skills, solid contacts and 6 weaves. The handler should know basic side changes such as the front, rear and blind cross, forward, and lateral sends and be able to utilize them on a novice course. The handler should be willing to expand her or his knowledge and understanding of the use of positive reinforcement training to maintain the dog's joy and motivation to run!
Pre-requisites: Solid foundation agility skills, 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. We use positive reinforcement training to maintain the dog's joy and motivation to run!
Focus: Designed for those wanting coaching and course setups for UKI.
We will not be training obstacles used in this class. If your dog needs support for the weaves and contacts, please see our Focus classes.
Pre-req: knowledge of what UKI is and some of the advanced handling skills needed.
Solid 12 weaves with knowledge of advanced entries and exits
Strong, consistent contacts
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: must have taken this class this current session or permission of instructor.
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
Prerequisites: Agility: Focus: Weaves and access to one of the following for homework: a set of 3 "gates" of 2 x 2s; channel weaves (12 preferred, 6 acceptable); or weave-a-matics, 12 preferred, 6 acceptable. Contact the instructor if you don't have and can't borrow weaves for the class.
Weaves from foundation to finish. Whether your dog is new to weaving or needs motivation, and independence to do well in competition, this class is for you. We will start at the very beginning and continue through competition weaves in a series of focused classes. Pre-req: must have closed growth plates, age is about 12 months, but younger or older depending on the breed. Contact us if you have questions.
Agility: Foundation 3: Nov Prep/CPE 2-3 (5 week) $135.00
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. Recommended: Begin Focus Classes on weaves, contacts, tunnels, and start lines as needed. Pre-Requisites: Agility Foundation Level 1A and B Agility Foundation Level 2
Agility 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 needs to get back to basics.
This is the first level in a three-level agility series. 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 1B and then 2 and 3. There is weekly homework.
Pre-Requisites:
Your dog should 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
Your dog should be comfortable with other dogs.
No aggressive or reactive dogs.
Agility: Foundation Level 3/ Novice Competition Prep (5 week) $135.00
Designed for those that have completed levels 1 and 2, or equivalent. We will work on confident obstacle performance, and developing your ability to provide timely handling cues to your dog. We will practice looking at sequences and seeing lines between jumps. If you are unsure if this class is for you please contact info@1smartdog.com
Canine Fitness and Conditioning Class (5 week) $125.00
Every dog can use Fitness and Conditioning exercises, and you can also earn a title! This 5 week class will prepare you for your title with Do More With Your Dog. Becky can help design a program specifically for your dog. She can also help you maintain a program prescribed by your rehabilitation veterinarian.
Agility: Foundation 1 Jr. Handlers (5 week) $115.00
Prerequisites: Jr. Handlers ages 7-13 yrs. It is important that the Jr. Handler and the dog work well together and are appropriate for each other as working partners. They should demonstrate the ability to listen to each other. The dog should be able to perform agility obstacles comfortably and not be hampered by age, illness, or joint issues. If you have any questions on these prerequisites, please contact us to discuss them, and set up an assessment.
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.
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: Foundation 2. Come join us for holiday container fun! All sorts of holiday containers to surprise and delight you and your dog, with prizes and snacks for all. If you haven't completed Foundations 1 and 2, please come and volunteer: free! and you also get prizes!
Prerequisites: Foundation 2 or permission of instructor Celebrate the holiday season with a fun trial-like (but not really!) run-through. Unusual searches, interesting distractions, prizes, snacks, and danceable holiday music. If you haven’t finished Scent Foundation 1 and 2, or just want to join the festivities, volunteer and you come free and still get prizes!
Prerequisite: Scent Foundation 2. Take your scent work training to different locations weekly. This class will include stores, parks, downtown areas, and spaces unique to many dogs but significant to improving their ability to successfully find the source of odor. Your instructor will help you develop your observation skills and handling expertise while your dogs expand their knowledge of what you want and how to narrow odor plumes, pooling and drifting into a funnel to the source.
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.
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: 12 weeks and up, comfortable walking on a leash, has basic cues of sit, down and come. Must be food-motivated.
Must be comfortable with other dogs or be able to rest quietly in a crate.
Focus: Build confidence and provide a mental outlet for your dog. The dog will learn finding odor is fun! The handler will learn how to observe their dog search and the beginning of understanding how odor works. (It will also build a solid foundation for those thinking of getting into Search and Rescue or tracking.)
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.
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.
Puppy Focus: Bring Your Pup to Brunch! (zoom) $0.00
Bring your puppy to brunch with Mimi and talk everything puppy! This week Mimi will discuss how to choose a puppy, and if you already have a puppy, how to make your pup comfortable in your home. There will be plenty of time for questions, discussion, and puppy viewing! This zoom will occur the second Sunday of each month.
This is the first step of our Puppy Series, and should be taken in conjunction with Puppy Foundations 2, The Super Puppy series and is a pre-requisite for The Sport Puppy. Start your puppy off right with a positive relationship to learning. We use reinforcement and fun to teach your puppy to respond with enthusiasm to cues. Puppies must be 2-12 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
Set your pup up for a lifetime of success! This innovative class is geared toward young puppies, ages 8-14 weeks at start of series. This is a critical time period for puppies: lots of learning with new experiences every day. Each class will have a different theme: husbandry (ear care, nails, brushing, etc); vet clinic prep (various equipment and tools introduced); out & about: thunder noises, various props, firework sounds, different substrates; friends & home: vacuum, crying baby sounds, stroller, hair dryer, etc. We want your pup confident and secure in all types of environments and scenarios. Puppies will also have the opportunity to break out into small, supervised play groups. Join in the class rotation at any time, and work through all 4 modules.
Pre-Requisites:
Puppies must be between 8-14 weeks at the start of their first class.
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. Pre-Requisites: Ages 10 months & younger or permission of the instructor. If you have questions about your dog's age or breed, please contact us. We may make exceptions, depending on different factors. Puppy Foundations 1 or permission of the instructor No reactive puppies (if you are unsure if your puppy is reactive, contact the instructor for an assessment)
This class has it all! Loose Leash Walking, Polite Greetings, Recalls, and Stays. That's 5 weeks packed with learning, fun, and information. At the end of this class, you will have a good start on attaining a Canine Good Citizenship Certificate and may even test for the certificate. You will be able to move into other classes comfortably including the foundation classes for Rally and Agility. It is wonderful to repeat the class if you want to improve your dog’s skills even more. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in a group setting. No aggression, reactivity or constant barking (for these dogs with big feelings we recommend a private session to gain some skills before moving into a class situation.)
We may ask for an assessment prior to entering this class to ensure an positive experience for all. There is no charge for this assessment.
Tricks, pre-hab, re-hab, conditioning and fitness, every dog needs at least one of these, just like we do! If you need help working on a trick, or want some personalized fitness coaching sign up for 30 min with Becky. Limited to 2 dogs.
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!
Online Zoom; enjoy your drink and snacks in this online social event with certified trainer Jackie Pekar. The last Wed. of every month. June 28: traveling with your dog. June 26: Separation Anxiety: Folklore vs tried and true methodology to help your dog that suffers from alone time distress Aug. 30:Separation Anxiety: preventative measures you can do to help teach your puppy to feel safe and secure when you have to leave them alone.
Prerequisites: Must have a CGC Certificate. This class is the advanced level of the AKC’s Canine Good Citizen Title. Dogs that pass earn the title of AKC Community Canine. This class includes new skills and a practice CGCA run-through needed for certification. The certification test is held on the 4th week. There is a separate $15 certification fee.
Canine Good Citizen Class and Testing (6 Weeks) $125.00
Learn the skills needed to pass the AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) test in 5 weeks, and test the 6 th week. (There is a $15 charge to take the AKC test payable the day of testing.) Becky will take you through the steps to help you and your dog succeed. This test is needed for Therapy and Support Dogs by most organizations.
You have One Smart Dog! Tricks are clever ways to keep your dog occupied and be a star at the same time. AKC and Do More With Your Dog, including purebreds and mixed breeds. Join us for the fun and amaze your friends!
A recall is one of the most important behaviors you can teach your dog. Achieve reliable, faster recalls--and what to do in an emergency situation. Prerequisite: any age dog. No reactive or aggressive dogs.
Love walking your dog! 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. Prerequisite: Any age or skill level. No reactive or aggressive dogs.
Is your dog an overly enthusiastic greeter? Your dog will love learning "four on the floor" gains them new friends. You will love your stress-free walks. Prerequisites: Any age dog, any skill level. No reactive or aggressive dogs.
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.
Pre-req: none. All ages and abilities welcome!
