Essential Obedience - an online course for puppies and adult dogs

You’re probably feeling like you don’t know where to start with training your dog?

Dogskool‘s online “Essential Obedience” course offers you the chance to train your dog in the comfort of your own home.  Using the most modern, effective, positive methods, you can train your dog quickly and easily.  Involve the whole family and enjoy working with your dog to achieve great, long-lasting results!  You won’t need to take hours out of your day to train your dog – you’ll build your training into your normal daily interactions with your dog. 

Whether you have a new puppy or an older rescue dog, you can create a well-mannered and easy to handle pet!

The course is easy to follow.  Each lesson includes reading and video tutorials to make your learning as effective as possible.  There will be interactive pages to complete –  ensuring that you are able to track your progress and evaluate your dog’s learning. I’m also on hand to answer your questions any time.  Feel free to send me videos of your dog and I’m happy to offer tailored guidance.

Your course will cover:

How to get your dog’s attention, even with distractions.

Basic positions – Sit, Down and Stand

Dealing with jumping up

Coming back when called

Walking nicely on the lead

Sit Stay and Down Stay

Waiting politely at doorways or for food

How to play with your dog including Retrieve

A few fun tricks such as creep, round and twirl!

Testimonials

• Clare Grice “The dogs are doing brilliant – can’t believe how much they have changed! They are so much calmer and relaxed now – it’s great. Everyone has noticed the change in them and says how much better they are. I can’t thank you enough for the help you gave us – it’s made the dogs much more happy and contented and more enjoyable for us.”

 

• Phil & Terry Holmes and Jasper “Hi Sarah, Jasper is doing very well. He has turned into a lovely dog from the erratic puppy that we started with. Thanks for your help.”

 

• Jade Topping “Online training, pull the other one! We signed up to Feisty Fidos when it was a physical dog training class, as our dog, Boss is nuts around other dogs. Quarantine had other plans! Sceptical, yet open minded we joined the online course. Sarah was so laid back and natural in the videos as if this had been her way of working for years. Sarah talked us through the course and what should happen. This is now our 3rd/4th week. We have had a Zoom meeting with Sarah too which makes communication two way. We send in videos every week and she tells us what we are doing right and how to improve. Sarah has also given advice on lots of other things too: good treats, how to learn fetch and so many more little tips to make owning a dog FUN! Boss has made a huge improvement not only with other dogs but also how he walks on a lead and his responsiveness around the house. He’s like a completely different dog! I CANNOT wait to meet Sarah in person and thank her for her guru like knowledge and show off my happy, responsive, well behaved pooch! I would definitely recommend Dogskool online classes to anyone with any doggy concerns!”

 

My name is Sarah and I’m the owner of Dogskool.  I am a qualified Dog Trainer and Canine Behaviourist, with many years experience of working with dogs of all shapes and sizes!

I am, what they call nowadays, a “positive” dog trainer. That is, I like to find ways to reward a dog for something I want him to do, rather than punish him for something he probably hasn’t been taught how to do properly in the first place!

I have a University degree, an Advanced Diploma in Canine Psychology and I am a Gold standard Approved Instructor with the Academy of Dog Training and Behaviour. I am also a member National Register of Dog Trainers and Behaviourists and the Pet Professional Guild. I am a Kennel Club examiner for the Good Citizen Dog Scheme.  I also hold the Expert Witness Certificate from Cardiff University which enables to work as a dog behaviourist for the Courts, assessing dogs and giving evidence in criminal and civil dog related cases.

FAQ

Is this course just for puppies? The course is suitable for any dog whatever size, age or breed.

Do I need any equipment? Not much, just nice, tasty treats and a favourite toy such as a ball or a tuggy. Also a collar, harness or headcollar and a normal lead. We would also recommend a Recall line.

Do I need to practice in between lessons? Yes, the more you practice, the better your dog will be. We recommend short training sessions of about 10 minutes a couple of times a day if you can manage it and building your training into your normal, daily routines.

What about socialising my puppy? Your puppies will need to get used to other things that they will encounter outside in their adult life eg traffic, other animals such as dogs, horses, sheep, cows etc.  Socialisation will be covered in your online course with an interactive Socialisation Diary so that you can tick off as you go!