Strategic Paws Boarding
TRAINING
Foundation Training For Everyone!
Private Lessons Only
What is it?
What is it?
It's about building a relationship with your dog and blurring the lines between training and exercise.
Foundation training is also nothing new to many sport dog competitiors. It's a collection of games played between dog and owner in which a wide variety of skills are developed and these skills are then applied to various sports such as those in agility, bite sports, scent work, and obedience. In these games, toys and sometimes food are used as motivators and rewards.
Who is this style of training for?
Who is this style of training for?
Foundation training is the perfect training system for competitors and their sport prospect puppies/dogs (puppies 5 months and older). It's also appropriate for pet dog owners/enthusiasts looking for a way to train pet dog obedience while including fun, bonding, and exercise for both dog and owner.
Since these games were developed for high drive dogs, they are perfect for anyone living with a high energy dog who likes to play ball, frisbee, or tug and is a bit too high energy for the traditional classroom. These games provide both the perfect structured outlet and learning platform for these dogs.
What skills can you teach your dog?
What skills can you teach your dog?
First we find your dog's favorite high energy game and develop that game with safety and cooperation in mind, including warm up and breaks.
Then all pet dog skills can be taught with this method from basics like sit, down, stay, recall, leave it, basic loose leash walking, and attention all the way through to advanced skills like rock solid down-stay, advanced loose-leash walking, heeling with handler focus, emergency down-stay, and recall in all environments.
These foundation games are also useful on their own as they provide exercise, mental stimulation, and skill practice to keep a dog's behaivor strong in whatever skills have been trained.
Your Instructor
Your Instructor
Connie Moss learned and applied this system of training through sports training with several top level trainers/competitors in the sports of IPO and Mondioring. She is a professional dog trainer, with 10+ years of experience in behavioral training, group classes in pet manners, puppy manners, and sports for fun classes in agility, obedience, and scent work.
She has also competed with her German Shepherd Dog in Mondioring Obedience, and AKC Obedience earning titles OB1 and BN, CD. Together with Asta, they have also earned Canine Good Citizen, Canine Good Citizen Advanced, Farm Dog, as well as TEAM 1 & 2 through Fenzi Dog Sports Academy.
She has also competed with her German Shepherd Dog in Mondioring Obedience, and AKC Obedience earning titles OB1 and BN, CD. Together with Asta, they have also earned Canine Good Citizen, Canine Good Citizen Advanced, Farm Dog, as well as TEAM 1 & 2 through Fenzi Dog Sports Academy.
Not sure if this style of training is right for you? This is what it looks like with advanced skills.
Introduction to Foundation Training
Limited Space Available!
Package deal, four half hour weekly lessons $130
(Hybrid class*)
Individual half hour lesson $45
On-line private course, four weeks $80
*All in-person private lessons are conducted on the training field at Strategic Paws Training & Boarding and include a private online course to continue working with the instructor between lessons.
Contact us for scheduling in person lessons at
540-877-8657
strategicpawstraining@hotmail.com
Pricing
All dogs are required to have the vaccines of Rabies, Distemper, Parvo, and Adenovirus unless you have a letter of exemption from your veterinarian. Bordetella and Leptospirosis vaccine are strongly recommended!
- Private live courses between you and your instructor.
- New material each week, including text and videos.
- Four week courses.
- Ability for students to upload unlimited video for feedback.
- Tailored to you and your dog's needs.
- Additional video from your instructor as needed.
- Once a week online live stream group class for questions/comments.
Online courses are perfect for anxious dogs, dogs who cannot work away from home, and people who can not drive to Strategic Paws.
Online Private Courses**
*Hybrid classes are both in person and onliine together.
** Because these are on-demand live courses and not prerecorded for self-study, please allow up to 12 hours for an email of your course link after purchase.