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| Puppy Preschool: Wed 11:30AM & Sun 3PM - $95 Start any date: Wed 11:30AM and Sunday at 3 PM @ SC Dance Company, 2800 Porter St, Soquel (next to Soquel Elemetary School) We designed this class so you can start any date your pup is ready to start. Yes, that's right! You can show up for class as soon as your pup is pre-registered online and prepaid. Your pup can start ANY TIME they have met the requirements. -- Requirements are: payment in advance, 2 combination Distemper/Parvo/etc. (sometimes known as DHPP or DHLPP) vaccines. Optional: Bordatella (Kennel Cough). -- Rabies Vaccines ARE NOT required for puppies under 16 weeks old. -- Early imprinting, socialization, handling and training your puppy. Three sections in each class: 1) Training & manners, 2) Handling and/or Q&A, and 3) Puppy Playtime. -- Puppies may attend any (Wed and/or Sun) Preschool class until they are 20 weeks (140 days) old. Each class is one hour. -- Number of classes you can attend is dependant on the age of the pup when you start attending. If your pup starts at 12 weeks you may attend up to 16 classes if you attend twice a week. -- Because of today's better vaccines, pups can start socialization class earlier than 4 months old. -- It is ok to bring family members, children must be at least 6 years old and quiet during class so the instructor can be heard. Please check Holiday Schedule (below) and mark your calendar accordingly. $95 early/online registration, $105 if you pay at the door. | Spaces available: 1 Sign Up |
| Office Hours 9 to 11, Tues - Fri - $ We are in the office between 9 to 11AM Tuesday through Friday. We spend most of our days and evenings with our clients in group or private lessons. We can't always be on the desk, so we be very appreciative if you would leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible. In the meanwhile we strive to have most of your questions answered on our website and hope you will take a look around. Thank you! | Spaces available: 0 Sign Up |
| Family Dog 1 - starts 03/31/10 5PM Wed - $155 Wed 5PM - Mid County Senior Center - 829 Bay Ave, Capitola Class Dates: 03/31/2010 04/07/2010 04/14/2010 04/21/2010 04/28/2010 05/05/2010 (Canine Elementary School) Family dog obedience and manners training in a supportive, fun, group class. Follow Puppy Preschool or start an adult dog on the basics. Perfect for new rescue dogs. You and your dog will learn how to train focused attention around distractions, new people and dogs, come!, sit, down, stay, loose leash walking, wait, go to your bed, leave it, tricks and more. 1 hr/wk for 6 weeks of sequenced classes. Early Birds $155 if paid at time of registration by PayPal or credit card by calling 831-476-9065, or $160 if paid later. Class locations vary, please take note dates and location for this class. This class is held indoors. Classes do fill quickly - payment is required to hold your spot. | Spaces available: 7 Sign Up |
| Family Dog 1 - starts 03/31/10 6PM Wed - $155 Wed 6PM - Mid County Senior Center - 829 Bay Ave, Capitola Class Dates: 03/31/2010 04/07/2010 04/14/2010 04/21/2010 04/28/2010 05/05/2010 (Canine Elementary School) Family dog obedience and manners training in a supportive, fun, group class. Follow Puppy Preschool or start an adult dog on the basics. Perfect for new rescue dogs. You and your dog will learn how to train focused attention around distractions, new people and dogs, come!, sit, down, stay, loose leash walking, wait, go to your bed, leave it, tricks and more. 1 hr/wk for 6 weeks of sequenced classes. $155 if paid at time of registration by PayPal or credit card by calling 831-476-9065, or $160 at the door. Class locations vary, please take note dates and location for this class. This class is held indoors. Classes do fill quickly - payment is required to hold your spot. | Spaces available: 3 Sign Up |
| Family Dog 2 - starts 3/31/10 7PM - $155 Wed 7PM - Mid County Senior Center - 829 Bay Ave, Capitola Class Dates: 03/31/2010 04/07/2010 04/14/2010 04/21/2010 04/28/2010 05/05/2010 (Canine Middle School) Intermediate obedience and manners, the next step in your training program. Maintain basic skills and avoid learning undesireable behaviors for all age groups. Prepare for the Canine Good Citizen Test, one of the first steps for a therapy dog. Work toward off-leash skills and add more distance, duration and distraction to increase your dog's skills and prepare for canine sports. We use rally obedience courses to test your dog's skills. Prerequisite: Family Dog 1 or equivalent. | Spaces available: 9 Sign Up |
| Fun Foundations for Agility 1 - starts 03/20/10 Sa - $155 Sat 2:30PM, Canine Training Center, Soquel High School (see website for map & directions). Class Dates: 03/20/2010 03/27/2010 04/03/2010 04/10/2010 04/17/2010 04/24/2010 AGILITY! is a fun outlet for your dog's energy, a great way to build confidence and develop your bond with your dog. Using reward based methods, your dog will learn targeting, rewarding with tug play, foot placement, body awareness, balance, tipping board, surfaces, perch work, crate games, lining up, bomb proof stays, off-leash circle work and much more. Humans will learn consistent handling, signaling, & motivating play techniques. Agility equipment is not used in this class until foundations behaviors are solid. Dogs must have good basic attention and obedience skills (minimum Family Dog 1, preferably Family Dog 2) for this class. Classes continue with Fun Foundations 2. This class is also a great way to prepare for flyball, dock diving, lure coursing and the CGC test. Required text: "Flatwork for Agility" 77 pages see our Reading List online for details. The first class will be a 2 hour required orientation with video, no dogs please - location of first class to be sent to registrants once payment is received. | Spaces available: 7 Sign Up |
| Town & Trail Blazers Group - $Free 10AM Sundays monthly, directions to be sent via email to registrants. Class Dates: 03/21/2010 04/18/2010 06/13/2010 07/25/2010 08/22/2010 09/26/2010 10/24/2010 11/21/2010 01/02/2011 02/20/2011 03/20/2011 04/17/2011 FREE - 3/21 Rio Beach & Aptos Village, 4/18 Seascape Beach, 6/20 Henry Cowell. This is an excellent way to explore some of the most beautiful areas locally and take your Family Dog 1 & 2 skills out in the real world. Hikes are about 1.5 to 2 hours long. Trail manners & safety, CGC skills, passing dogs and people politely are practiced in an informal walk. Pre-registration is required to receive location information. Schedule subject to change depending on weather conditions and registrations, please call 476-9065. Check email for updates. Prerequisite: Family Dog 1 or equivalent. | Spaces available: 4 Sign Up |
| Lure Coursing Play Days - $20 Sun 8AM, Soquel High School Practice Sports Field (see website for map & directions). Class Dates: 03/07/2010 04/11/2010 05/16/2010 06/20/2010 07/11/2010 08/15/2010 09/12/2010 10/17/2010 11/14/2010 Next date: March 7 @ Pooches in the Park. Pre-register and our monthly schedule will be sent to you on an ongoing basis. Pre-pay or pay at the door for the same price. Sundays, monthly, spring through late fall. Soquel: 8AM to 10:30AM. This is a sport for dogs who love to run and to chase! Very little training is required for most dogs. Lure coursing involves chasing a lure around a field at high speed. A typical lure course is up to 1000 yards long. This course is unfenced. Dogs should be in good physical condition. As a courtesy to others waiting in line, we suggest that your dog have a reasonably good recall. If you are concerned about this, we can run your dog toward the end of the play day. The $20 entry fee gives you 5 tickets. Each run is worth one ticket. If you do not use all of your tickets you can use them at our next lure coursing event. Lure coursing is run in the morning cooler hours for the dogs. Volunteers who arrive at 7AM to help set up the course will receive special priority in line all day! | Spaces available: 8 Sign Up |
| Canine Good Citizen Test 03/28/2010 - $25 Sunday 3/28/10 1PM, Canine Training Center, Soquel High School (See Directions on website) Class Dates: 03/28/2010 The CGC test is open to mixed breed and purebred dogs of all ages. Puppies must be of an age where they have received all of their appropriate immunizations, such as rabies vaccines. The test costs $25 and covers ten items: 1) Accepting a friendly stranger 2) Sitting politely for petting 3) Appearance and grooming 4) Walking on a loose lead 5) Walking through a crowd 6) Sit and down command – staying in place 7) Coming when called 8) Reaction to another dog 9) Reaction to distraction 10) Supervised separation Upon successful completion of the 10 items on the test, your dog is awarded a CGC certificate from the AKC. This certificate has the potential to literally open doors for your dog. Some hotels and restaurants will allow CGC-certified dogs into their establishments. CGC certification is also a prerequisite for therapy dog certification. CGC Skills are taught in Family Dog 2 class. | Spaces available: 7 Sign Up |
| Family Dog 3 - starts 01/09/2010 - $145 Sat 3PM - Canine Training Center, Soquel High School (See Directions on website) Class Dates: 01/09/2010 01/16/2010 01/23/2010 01/30/2010 02/06/2010 02/13/2010 (Canine High School) This is a clicker training class that uses behavior shaping, rally, obedience and agility equipment to increase your dog's rapid responses off leash. Using real world distractions, new locations, recall, call-off and stay exercises with distance and distractions you and your dog will gain skills for better quality of family life or to be better prepared for dog sports classes. Prerequisite: Family Dog 2 or equivalent. | Spaces available: 3 Sign Up |
| Dock Diving & Water Dog - Fridays 4PM - $95 Fri 4PM Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor Launch Ramp This class is for dogs who LOVE water and LOVE to retrieve but whose handlers need the tools and techniques to make their dogs into dock divers. You'll learn how to: - Build power and drive with chase/retreive games - Build up your dog's strength, coordination, jumping abilities and agility - Introduce the dock - Control your dog while in line and on the dock - Learn toy throwing and restrained start techniques. NEW! DROP-IN FORMAT: You can sign up for this class any time and we will spend the first half hour working on the basics with you. Locations change and will be announced via email. Make sure to give an email address when you register. | Spaces available: 2 Sign Up |
| Training Tips - Online Newsletter - $FREE Tips on dog training topics like gardening for dogs, getting started in agility, hiking with dogs, separation anxiety, noise sesitivity, thoughts from a trainer and more. Newsletter delivered by email. | Spaces available: 9936 Sign Up |
| Perfect Puppy Plan - $75 Time & location to be arranged. Call (831) 476-9065. Pre-Puppy or New Puppy Counseling. Thinking about getting a puppy? Which of the hundreds of breeds of dogs would fit best into your household? A dog is a 12-15 year family member. Thoughtful consideration should be given to your choice. How do you go about finding a healthy, happy puppy? Individual or group class sessions will provide you with information to make an informed decision. Choosing the right pup, puppy proofing, setting up a proactive puppy habitat, what you need to buy, crate training, socialization, community resources, training (when to start and what to train first), exercise requirements, mental stimulation for your pup, how to structure your puppy's day, grooming & care and more. One hour and a half, one time. | Spaces available: 1 Sign Up |
| Safety with Dogs: Public Speaking Engagements - $Call 831-4 Time & Location: TBD Our trainers are available for public speaking engagements, workshops and seminars. These can be adapted to children, adults or families. Topics include: Dog Safety for Children Teaching children techniques for safety around dogs. This fun and interactive presentation also teaches children how to approach a dog, handle a dog and when to leave a dog alone, simplified dog body language. Reading Dogs' Body Langugage Responsible Dog Ownership Canine Good Citizenship | Spaces available: 5 Sign Up |
| Holiday Schedule - classes not held on these dates - $NA Class Dates: 12/24/2009 12/25/2009 12/26/2009 12/27/2009 12/30/2009 12/31/2009 Classes will NOT be held on these dates. Please note them on your calendar. | Spaces available: 0 Sign Up |
| Waiting List: Family Dog 1 - $N/C TBD There is no charge to be put on our waiting list. An email notification will be sent to you when a new class is scheduled. PLEASE NOTE your best times and days in the notes section on the registration form. | Spaces available: 9960 Sign Up |
| Waiting List: Family Dog 2 - $List: N/C There is no charge to be put on our waiting list. An email notification will be sent to you when a new class is scheduled. PLEASE NOTE your best times and days in the notes section on the registration form. | Spaces available: 9989 Sign Up |
| Waiting List: Herding Ball (Treibball) - $NC TBA We haven't been this excited about a new dog sport in a long time. Dogs learn to herd large balls (surrogate sheep) into a pen, handlers learn distance work, directing the dog to go out around the "flock", wait for direction, go left or right and drive the ball into the pen. Ball Herding is for all types of dogs, especially herding dogs and ball crazy dogs. Much like sheep herding, ball herding or "treibball" is for the dog that needs a job. Dogs must have good basic skills (Family Dog 1 min.) to particpate. Dogs can be as young as 5 months, assuming they are reliable their basic behaviors. Dogs may be working off leash together in class, so they must be dog friendly. This class will not meet on Sun Jan 31. VIDEO to see a dog in treibball action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBJ9DVp9dyM | Spaces available: 9998 Sign Up |
| Waiting List: Fun Foundations for Agility & Sports - $NA TBA Fun Foundations for Dog Sports (Agility) Dog sports are a great way to build confidence in your dog as well as being an outlet for your dog's energy. You and your dog will learn the basics including fun obstacles like ladders, boxes and tippy boards, body awareness and balance, games and motivation with toy play, teamwork, communication, ground work, obstacle recognition, safe performance, and motivation for a fun, fast agility performance. 1 hr/week for 6 weeks. We provide a wonderful experience for you and your dog, including: Safe, competition grade agility equipment; a fully fenced, lanscaped grass training field; hour and a half class for 6 weeks; small class sizes for more individual attention; continuous classes renewing every 6 weeks. | Spaces available: 10 Sign Up |
| Waiting List - Rally Obedience - $NA TBA Rally is a fun and exciting team sport for dogs and their handlers! Dog and Handler teams navigate a course with numbered signs indicating different exercises to perform such as Sit-Down-Sit, Straight Figure 8, Send Over Jump, Recall Over Jump. Teams navigate the course at a brisk, continuous performance. Handlers are encouraged to talk to their dogs during the performance. All dogs, purebred, mixed breeds and dogs with disabilities are encouraged to participate. | Spaces available: 5 Sign Up |
| Waiting List: Canine Good Citizenship Test - $N/C TBD Sign up on our waiting list for CGC test notifications. CGC is a certification program that is designed to reward dogs who have good manners at home and in the community. The Canine Good Citizen Program is a two-part program that stresses responsible pet ownership for owners and basic good manners for dogs. All dogs who pass the 10-step CGC test may receive a certificate from the American Kennel Club. | Spaces available: 996 Sign Up |
| Waiting List: Reliable Recall - $NC TBD There is no charge to be put on our waiting list. An email notification will be sent to you when a new class is scheduled. PLEASE NOTE your best times and days in the notes section on the registration form. | Spaces available: 9980 Sign Up |
| Waiting List: Dock Diving - $NC TBA This class is for dogs who LOVE water and LOVE to retrieve but whose handlers need the tools and techniques to make their dogs into a dock diver. You'll learn how to: - Build drive with games for the chase/retreive object - Build up your dog's strength - Introduce the dock - Control your dog while on the dock - Learn retreive and object throwing techniques. | Spaces available: 994 Sign Up |
| Waiting List: Freestyle Dance for Dogs - $NC TBA Learn basic fundamentals of canine freestyle. Dancing with Dogs is a wonderful way to burn off extra calories, build up strength, increase muscle tone, and enhance mental agility. Your dog(and you) will appear and feel years younger with a well structured dance program. | Spaces available: 9997 Sign Up |
| Waiting List: Doggy Door Etiquette - $N/C TBD There is no charge to be put on our waiting list. An email notification will be sent to you when a new class is scheduled. PLEASE NOTE your best times and days in the notes section on the registration form. | Spaces available: 9983 Sign Up |
| Waiting List: Excitable Dog - $150 TBA One of the dogs that attended our early spring class was recently seen at the well attended (over 400 dogs!) Spring Dog Festival relaxed and enjoying himself. This is a slow yoga-paced class with the goal of getting dogs to be calm in the presence of other dogs. If you have a dog that is "over threshold", won't focus or won't eat in the presence of other dogs but is not dog aggressive. This is the class for your dog. We cover relaxation techniques, massage, desensitizaion, basic obedience and leash handling for the pulling dog. Sign up for this waiting list and we will notify you about our next Excitable Dog class. | Spaces available: 4 Sign Up |
| Waiting List: Fly Ball - $List: N/C TBD Interested in Fly Ball for your dog? Sign up for this waiting list for FREE. An email notification will be sent to you when a new class is scheduled. PLEASE NOTE your best times and days in the notes section on the registration form. | Spaces available: 9985 Sign Up |
| Waiting List: Difficult Dog - $List: N/C TBA Waiting list for Difficult Dog Class. Call us for more information. There is no charge to be put on our waiting list. An email notification will be sent to you when a new class is scheduled. PLEASE NOTE your best times and days in the notes section on the registration form. | Spaces available: 9952 Sign Up |
Contact Information
Sandi Pensinger
sandi@livingwithdogs.us
831-476-9065
Living with Dogs,
PO Box 1222
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Capitola CA 95010
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