Puppy Obedience is the perfect way to give your young dog the right start in life. WDC Puppy Obedience training offers a fun and active class that is geared to the younger puppy's activity levels and attention span. This is a "manners and socialization" class, with an emphasis on FUN and GAMES for building the confidence of your new family member. Sit You will learn: Beginners Obedience Training class is the best way to give your dog the basic requirements to become a good canine citizen! The goal is to have a happy, though reliable, family pet! Pre-Novice Training class is for those that wish to advance his or her training, while refining the basic skills that your dog has learned from a previous training situation. Watch your puppy or older dog blossom in the Pre-Novice Training class! The Novice Obedience Training class is for those that would like to pick up where the "basics" left off, enhancing your dog's already advancing skills! This class is geared towards those dogs, and their handlers, who are training to compete in American Kennel Club (AKC) obedience competition trials and wish to attain the first obedience title of COMPANION DOG (CD).
Your puppy will learn:
Down
Stay
Walk nicely on a leash
Importance of proper grooming for your breed
How your voice and body language can affect your puppy
Basic housebreaking tips and techniques
Anything else you need to know, just ask our expert trainers
Puppy Obedience training class is for puppies less than six months old.
Advanced Puppy Obedience is a continuation of the training started in puppy class or puppies (6 to 12 months old) and a transition to obedience classes. Completion of Puppy Obedience is a prerequisite for this class.
The Beginners Obedience Training class is for any dog at an age of six months or older. Yes - those wonderful veterans are also encouraged to participate! It is NEVER too late to learn and have some fun!
If you are an experienced trainer, just enjoy working out with your dog, and wish to advance your "team" obedience skills, sign up, get a work out and have some fun! If you like to take on some new challenges and spend quality exercise time with your canine partner, this is a class for you!
Ring Ready, Novice/Open and Utility Obedience Training. This class takes training to new heights! The Open and Utility Obedience Training class is for those dogs that are working in competition obedience towards their advanced titles. This is where the serious work really happens! Jumping, retrieving, hand signals - it all happens here! Novice/Open is on Thursdays at 7pm, Utility is on Thursdays at 8pm. Both classes are drop-in, no registration. Active members no cost, members without hours $4.00, non-members $8.00.
Rally- O The latest craze in dog obedience, a dog and handler team run through a "Rally" course made up of between ten and twenty different "stations". Signs posted at each station indicate what the team is required to do - the signs will instruct teams to go fast or slow, to halt (dog must sit at heel), to make turns and circles, to reverse direction, to do a sit-stay-recall, or other basic obedience exercises. Rally is a great way to have a different adventure with your dog each and every time, since each Rally course will be unique and exciting!
If you do not pre-register for a class (via mail-in registration or attendance at the registration meeting), and show up with your dog for the first night of a scheduled training class, you are not guaranteed a spot in the training class. Your acceptance into the class will depend on how full the particular class is. WDC will adhere to a strict enrollment limit for each class. Registration is open 3 weeks before the start of each session. All obedience classes are 6 weeks in length.
Registration Options:
1) In-Person Registration
Print theregistration form from the website. Fill out the form and bring it to registration, along with your dog’s immunization records and payment (cash or check made payable to WDC).
The registration schedule is as follows:
Thursday, April 24 (
Thursday, August 28 (
Thursday, October 23 (
Please remember to bring your dog's shot records to the registration meeting unless we already have shot records on file for the current year from a previous training class. During your registration process, you will receive confirmation of your assigned training class, start date and time.
Trainers will also be giving brief orientations for the various classes and will be able to answer any questions you might have about collars, leashes, etc.
Click here for a PDF Version of the Registration form.
Click here for an Excel Version of the Registration form.
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2) Mail-In Registration
Print the registration form from the website. Fill it out and mail it to the address at the bottom of the form, along with a copy of your dog’s immunization records and a check payable to WDC. If you prefer to fill out the form on your computer before printing it, there is also an Excel version on the website that can be downloaded to your computer and edited using Microsft Excel. To fill out the form by hand, use the PDF version. If you need further class information or have any questions regarding the training registration process, feel free to contact the Winnegamie Dog Club via email brucezwdc@earthlink.net
Cancellation Of Classes:
WDC Classes will be cancelled for weather emergencies, if the Appleton Public Schools are cancelled. Please use your own judgement if there is inclement weather. A class may also be cancelled if enrollment is less than 5 participants in the class.
