The Dog Manners Course are currently not available at Ipswich Family Veterinary Clinic 

Below information is of general nature and we believe it will be useful to a new dog owners.  

The Dog Manners Course has been designed for puppies over 16 weeks of age and dogs of all ages.  It specifically targets shaping nice behaviour patterns and can help to maintain the ongoing education process for dogs and their owners.

The Manners Course is designed to be teaching owners how to lift their level of interaction to have more engagement and control around the home and outside environments from your dog.  Mat training is one of the main attractions for dog owners to attend. 

Any other dog that may have missed puppy training will still find this course very beneficial with information to start setting boundaries to ensure clear communication to the dog.  Older dogs that may have required a private lesson to teach basic manners can now gain the advantage of doing a course under distraction whilst learning new skills.

In manners class we start to ask more from the dogs and also start to set more rules around the home such as setting up mental barriers to teach the dog areas that may be off limits to them.  We also teach them not to rush out the gate etc. for safety purposes. 

Other training exercises taught are ‘wait’ commands, how to shape nice retrieves with your dog, how to stop your dog jumping up on you or your guests, and mat training where the dog is taught to stay within the boundary of a mat and to make itself calm and comfortable to promote stable behaviour.  

This class allows us to have an excellent opportunity to continue down the path to a well behaved, calm and confident dog as it heads into maturity and to remind those older dogs how it should be behaving.

Dogs will learn:

• Basic commands, 'sit', 'stay', 'drop', 'wait', 'come' and 'heel'
• Be well mannered around other dogs
• How to focus on you in distracting environments
• Our instructor will design a program specifically for your class needs

You will learn:

• How to communicate effectively with your dog
• What motivates your dog to learn
• How to establish focus and concentration in difficult situations
• How to teach your dog new and reinforce old skills whilst in a distracting environment
• Patience