Training



Basic obedience is a part of everyday life at Barkley Square. While your buddy is here, we will reinforce the most common skills of sit, down and stay as well as many other basic commands.

Barkley Square is excited to partner with Rich Mason’s Dogskool.  An expert in the field of training and behaviorism, Rich has more then 20 years experience working with dogs and their people.  Although his specialty lies in the rehabilitation of overly-aggressive and under-socialized dogs, While at Barkley Square, Rich will focus on basic and advanced obedience training. To learn more about Rich Mason as a dog trainer, visit his website at www.dogskool.com  

Classes are ongoing and students can enroll anytime based on availability.  To enroll contact info@barkleysquare.net or call 408-586-8690.  If there is an available spot in the class students are welcome to show up that week to start training.  If the class you desire is full, you will have the option to join the waiting list.  In most cases, prospective students only have to wait two to three weeks to get started.  

Schedule Of Classes


Puppy 101:


Ages: 10 weeks to 6 months
 When: Wednesdays from 7:30 to 8:30 pm
Instructor:  Rich Mason

Fee:  $125 for eight sessions

The commands taught in Puppy 101 are as follows:

- Socialization (learning how to interact with unknown dogs and people)

- Group recalls (calling your dog to you and away from other dogs during play)

- Behavior Problems (biting, chewing, digging, jumping, stealing, barking and housebreaking)

- Motivational Training (heel, sit, down, stand, recall, finish, and send-out by utilizing toys, praise, and play as a reward)

- Boundary Training (teaches your dog not to run off undirected.  Will assist you in training your puppy not to run into the street, out the front
door, out  of the garage, or to stay out of certain rooms in your home)

- Grooming: Basic grooming techniques, first-aid, and nutrition. 

Because it is essential to have at least three puppies in a puppy class for socialization purposes, we do not always have a puppy class.  If you are interested in enrolling your puppy call us at 408-586-8690 and we will let you know if we currently have a class going.  If not we can add your name to a list and when we have three names we can start a new class.  Gooooo puppies!!


Basic Obedience 1:

When: Wednesdays from 6:30 to 7:30 pm
Instructor:  Rich Mason
Fee:  $170 for eight session

The commands taught in Basic Obedience 1 class are as follows:

- Heeling or walking on a loose leash

- Turns (learn the five turns associated with heeling; sit, down, and stand)

- Stay (learn to stay in all of these positions with distractions such as people, toys, other animals or anything that might cause a dog to break the command)

- Recall (your dog runs to you and faces you)

- The Finish (your dog moves from a front sit to your left side)

- Figure 8 (you are able to move in and around obstacles with your dog in the heel position on your left side, without sniffing the obstacle or taking a short cut)

 

Basic Obedience 2:

 When: Wednesdays from 8:30 to 9:30 pm
Instructor:  Rich Mason
Fee:  $170 for eight sessions

The commands taught in Basic Obedience 2 are as follows:

- Introduction to Off Leash Heeling; sit, down, and stand out of motion (you walk or run, give your dog one of the three commands, and your dog will freeze in that position as you move away)

- Down on a Recall (you call your dog and as your dog is running to you, give the down command and your dog freezes in the down position)

- Down out of Play (the dog is in an excited, playful state and drops when you give the down command)

- Introduction to Send Out (your dog runs away from you to a pre-designated spot)

- Off Leash Recalls (your dog runs to you from across the yard and passes another dog who is running to their owner and sits down in front of you)

 

 

 

 
 

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