This is an introduction to non-competitive agility. You and your dog will learn how to navigate different pieces of regulation agility equipment each week. Agility is a great team building exercise for you and your dog and is alot of fun! This is an 8 week course (once a week, 1 hour per class) and is open to dogs 8 months and older. Also look for “agility fun run” nights below.

Fee: $140.00
6/1 Friday 12:30-1:30pm
7/5 Thursday 7:00-8:00pm
9/8 Saturday 1:30-2:30pm (We will skip October 27)
9/10 Monday 7:00-8:00pm (We will skip October 1)
10/1 Monday 12:15-1:15pm

Agility 1 taught your dog to understand and accept each obstacle…now it is time to really push the envelope! This class will focus on your body language and really teaching dogs to focus on listening skills, your body language and making choices. (the right ones!) We will take the courses that we run to a different level, no more straight objects…we will make turns and twists in the courses. The goal of this class is to really start to hone in on running a course, increasing their drives, making them faster, and taking the courses to the next level. This is an 8 week course (once a week, 1 hour per class).

Fee: $140.00
Start Dates:
5/8 Tuesday 7:00-8:00PM
7/2 Monday 8:15-9:15pm (We will skip July 9, July 23, August 27 and September 3)
11/7 Wednesday 5:45-6:45pm

This is advanced agility. While this is not competition, the courses are much more challenging and honing in on skills (both yours and the dogs!). The goal of this class is to increase your dogs speed on the obstacles while accepting more difficult courses. This is an 8 week course (once a week, 1 hour per class).

Fee: $140
Start Dates:
5/2 Wednesday 5:45-6:45pm
5/7 Monday 9:00-10:00am (We will skip May 14)
10/2 Tuesday 11:15-12:15pm (We will skip October 30 and the last class will be 8:45-9:45 AM on 11/27)

This 8 week class teaches puppies up to 8 months to accept the different equipment. ALL EQUIPMENT will be on the floor. Agility is a confidence builder. This will help your puppy overcome his fears, and teach him independence. This is a pre-cursor to agility 1, which includes height and jumps. The reason everything is on the floor is because of their bone development. LOW IMPACT.

Fee: $140
Start Dates:
6/19 Tuesday 5:45-6:45pm
9/5 Wednesday 5:45-6:45pm
10/2 Tuesday 8:45-9:45am;

These are one hour sessions for you and your dog to practice agility runs. These are non-instruction sessions so completion of an agility class at The Learning Dog is required. Dogs must meet all vaccine requirements. Pre-registration is required. Fun-run sessions will be limited to 7 people for 1 hour.

Fee: $10.00
Dates:
Monday May 7 from 7:00-8:00 with Bonnie
Monday May 14 from 7:00-8:00 with Bonnie
Monday May 21 from 7:00-8:00 with Bonnie
Thursday May 24 from 6:00-7:00 with Robin
Thursday May 24 from 7:00-8:00 with Robin
Monday May 28 from 7:00-8:00 with Bonnie
Monday June 4 from 7:00-8:00 with Bonnie
Thursday June 14 from 6:00-7:00 with Robin
Thursday June 14 from 7:00-8:00 with Robin
Monday June 11 from 7:00-8:00 with Bonnie
Monday June 18 from 7:00-8:00 with Bonnie
Monday June 25 from 7:00-8:00 with Bonnie

This 6 week class will focus on the different types of fears and how to make these dogs successful in the world. Often, our natural instinct of what to do when a dog is fearful is completely counterproductive to their success. Come and learn what you can do to help your dog.

Fee: $140.00
Start Dates:
5/4/12 Friday 5:45-6:45 -(1st class 5:45-7:45, no dogs) – Note:  This class is FULL
5/5/12 Saturday 1:30-2:30pm (1st class 1:30-3:30, no dogs) This class is FULL
6/3/12 Sunday 10:30-11:30am (1st class 9:30-11:30am, no dogs)
6/22/12 Friday 7:00-8:00pm (1st class 7:00-9:00, no dogs)
8/19/12 Sunday 5:00-6:00pm (1st class 5:00-7:00, no dogs)
10/27/12 Saturday 1:30-2:30pm (1st class 1:30-3:30, no dogs)
12/7/12 Friday 5:45-6:45pm (1st class 5:45-7:45, no dogs)

This 6 week class is a continuation of Frightened Fido 1 and will focus on exercises to desensitize various fears and further explore ways to improve your fearful dogs’ lives. Frightened Fido 1 is a pre-requisite for this class.

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates:
6/29/12 Friday 5:45-6:45pm
8/17/12 Friday 7:00-8:00pm
10/19/12 Friday 5:45-6:45pm

This is a 6 week course that will work on your dogs natural ability to use their strongest skill – scent! This is a class that you and your dog will have a great time working together!

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates:
7/5 Thursday 8:15-9:15pm
8/14 Tuesday 7:00-8:00pm
9/4 Tuesday 10:00-11:00am
10/4 Thursday 5:45-6:45pm (We will skip October 18)

This class is taught by Brenda Weatherby, a handler of a search and rescue dog for many years. This classes teaches the beginning exercises to getting started with a search and rescue dog.  This class is 6 weeks long.  Class will be taught indoors for the first 3 weeks at The Learning Dog and outdoors for 3 week (weeks 4-6) at a public park near Hermitage, PA.

Start Dates:

This 6 week course will teach you and your dog targeting skills. You and your dog will learn some amazing (and challenging) tricks to show off and play some great games using targeting only. Open to dogs of any age. Classes are held once a week, one hr per class.

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates:

5/12 Saturday 2:00-3:00pm (We will skip June 9)
11/5 Monday 11:15-12:15pm
12/4 Tuesday 8:15-9:15pm

This 6 week course will teach you targeting skills with your dog, using the clicker. You and your dog will learn several amazing tricks to show off and also learn some practical applications of targeting. Open to dogs of any age.

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates Call for dates

This 6 week course will teach your dog several amazing tricks to show off with and play some great games. While this course is open to dogs of any age, your dog must know basic obedience. Classes are held once a week, one hour per class.

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates:
6/5 Tuesday 10:00-11:00am
8/13 Monday 5:45-6:45pm (We will skip August 27 and September 3)
9/6 Thursday 7:00-8:00pm
10/4 Thursday 8:15-9:15pm
11/5 Monday 9:00-10:00am
12/6 Thursday 7:00-8:00pm;

This 6 week course will teach your dog several amazing tricks to show off with and play some great games using your clicker. While this course is open to dogs of any age, your dog must know basic obedience using the clicker. If you have no previous experience training with a clicker, “Intro to Clicker” is a pre-requisite.

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates: Call for dates

Jumpers & Pullers Class (Age 6 months and up)
This 3 week course focuses solely on two of the most common concerns dogs owners face – jumping and pulling on leash!

Fee: $75.00
Start Date:
Call for dates

This 6 week course allows cats to socialize and learn about life and living with humans through natural environmental enrichment, and teaching tricks using basic behavior theory.

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates: call for dates

Traditional, non-aversive, without clicker. Age: 5 months and older. This 6 week course will teach basic obedience in the traditional manner (using positive methods of treats and luring, enhancing the human-animal bond.) We will cover sit, stay, recall, down, loose leash walking, beginning heel, drop it, leave it and some tricks. And we work on typical problematic behaviors such as jumping, nipping, stealing and more! Note: first week of class is 2 hours long with no dogs (human training). Then, the remaining 5 classes are with dogs for one hour.

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates:
2012 START DATES
5/10/12 Thursday 5:45-6:45pm
5/14/12 Monday 10:00-11:00am
5/22/12 Tuesday 7:00-8:00pm
5/31/12 Thursday 10:45-11:45am
6/11/12 Monday 7:00-8:00pm
6/21/12 Thursday 9:30-10:30am
6/27/12 Wednesday 5:45-6:45pm
7/9 Monday 7:00-8:00pm (We will skip July 23)
7/10 Tuesday 11:00-12:00pm
7/24/12 Tuesday 5:45-6:45pm
7/26/12 Thursday 10:45-11:45am
8/4/12 Saturday 9:30-10:30am
8/13/12 Monday 7:00-8:00pm
9/7/12 Friday 10:15-11:15am
9/11/12 Tuesday 5:45-6:45pm
9/22/12 Saturday 11:15-12:15pm (We will skip October 27)
9/26/12 Wednesday 5:45-6:45pm
10/3/12 Wednesday 10:15-11:15am
10/15/12 Monday 7:00-8:00pm
10/27/12 Saturday 9:30-10:30am
11/14/12 Wednesday 5:45-6:45pm
11/27 Tuesday 11:15-12:15pm
11/29/12 Thursday 7:00-8:00pm
12/6/12 Thursday 10:15-11:15am
12/13/12 Wednesday 5:45-6:45pm

Traditional, non-aversive, without clicker. Age: 5 months and up – SMALL BREED ONLY. This 6 week course will teach basic obedience in the traditional manner (using positive methods of treats and luring, enhancing the human-animal bond) and is geared just for small breed dogs. We will cover sit, stay, recall, down, loose leash walking, beginning heel and some tricks. We also cover basic problems and offer some fun activities just for small breeds (under 25lbs). Please note that small breeds are always welcome in our regular Beginner obedience classes above.

Fee: $120.00
2012 START DATES:
5/31/12 Thursday 12:00pm-1:00pm
6/3/12 Sunday 12:00pm-1:00pm
7/7/12 Saturday 12:00pm-1:00pm
10/3/12 Wednesday 9:00-10:00am
10/27/12 Saturday 10:45am-11:45am
12/6/12 Thursday 9:00am-10:00am

This 6 week course will begin to solidify the basic obedience commands. We will work with the 3 “D’s” of dog training: adding distance, duration and distractions to all of the basic obedience commands, and we will use these in real life situations (i.e.: greetings, walking thru crowds, etc.). A beginner obedience class (at The Learning Dog or elsewhere) is a pre-requisite to this course.

Fee: $120.00

2012 START DATES:

5/23 Wednesday 7:00-8:00pm
5/29 Tuesday 5:45-6:45pm
6/11 Monday 5:45-6:45pm
6/20 Wednesday 10:45-11:45am
6/30 Saturday 10:45-11:45am
7/11 Wednesday 12:00-1:00pm
7/11 Wednesday 7:00-8:00pm
7/29 Sunday 3:45-4:45pm
8/2 Thursday 9:30-10:30am
8/22 Wednesday 7:00-8:00pm
9/13 Thursday 5:45-6:45pm
9/23 Sunday 2:30-3:30pm
10/15 Monday 5:45-6:45pm
10/18 Thursday 12:00-1:00pm
10/28 Sunday 3:45-4:45pm
11/13 Tuesday 5:45-6:45pm
11/14 Wednesday 9:30-10:30am
12/1 Saturday 1:15-2:15pm
12/11 Tuesday 7:00-8:00pm

This 6 week course will really solidify the basic obedience commands. We will work with the 3 “D’s” of dog training: adding distance, duration and distractions to all of the basic obedience commands. One day of this class will be meeting at a park for loose leash walking in public. A beginner obedience class (at The Learning Dog or elsewhere) and a solid understanding of the basic commands is a pre-requisite to this course.

Fee: $140.00
Start Dates:
Any Size Dog:
6/1 Friday 11:15-12:15pm
6/25 Monday 5:45-6:45pm (We will skip July 23)
9/4 Tuesday 5:45-6:45pm
9/10 Monday 8:45-9:45am
11/19 Monday 8:15-9:15pm (We will skip December 24 and December 31)
12/14 Friday 11:15-12:15pm

Small Breed (dogs under 25 lbs): call for dates

In this six week course, you will learn the basics of obedience using a clicker. We will cover sit, stay, down, recall, loose leash walking, tricks and more!

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates:
9/10 Monday 11:15-12:15pm (We will skip October 15)
9/16 Sunday 3:15-4:15pm
10/25 Thursday 5:45-6:45pm

This 6 week course will really solidify the basic obedience commands. We will work with the 3 “D’s” of dog training: adding distance, duration and distractions to all of the basic obedience commands using the clicker. One day of this class will be meeting at a park for loose leash walking in public. A beginner obedience class (TLD or elsewhere) and a solid understanding of the basic commands is a pre-requisite to this course.

Fee: $140.00
Start Dates: call for dates

This 6 week course is basic obedience and good manners off leash! Prerequisite: Dogs must have taken an obedience class from The Learning Dog or another training facility.

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates:
5/20 Sunday 2:00-3:00
9/30 Sunday 11:45-12:45pm
11/5 Monday 10:00-11:00am

Dogs over 25 lbs: 12/4 Sunday 3:45-4:45pm, will skip Dec. 25th and Jan. 1st, may hold class on a different day those 2 weeks, if it works for everyone in the class, otherwise, class ending Jan. 22nd

Small Breed (dogs under 25 lbs): call for dates

This 6 week course is basic obedience and good manners off leash using the clicker! Prerequisite: Dogs must have taken an obedience class from The Learning Dog or another training facility.

Fee: $140.00
Start Dates:
11/5 Monday 10:00-11:00 AM

This is an 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 without direction from the judge. This class is an intro to Rally to learn each exercise on the course and to have a great time with your dog! Look for upcoming advanced classes soon!

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates:
6/6/12 Wednesday 7:00-8:00

This 6 week class will teach you ways to interact with your dog to encourage them to use their brain, and in turn lower the chances of cognitive dysfunction. This is a great way to stimulate your older dog!

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates:
6/8 Friday 10:00-11:00am
9/5 Wednesday 7:00-8:00pm

This 6 week course is for people who have 2 dogs. This class will help you to walk with 2 dogs, learn good manners and how to handle more than 1 dog at a time while in public. Many people have problems when handling more than 1 dog. This class allows you to solve and manage your problems.

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates: call for dates

This 8 week class teaches puppies up to 8 months to accept the different equipment. ALL EQUIPMENT will be on the floor. Agility is a confidence builder. This will help your puppy overcome his fears, and teach him independence. This is a pre-cursor to agility 1, which includes height and jumps. The reason everything is on the floor is because of their bone development. LOW IMPACT.

Fee: $140
Start Dates:
6/19 Tuesday 5:45-6:45pm
9/5 Wednesday 5:45-6:45pm
10/2 Tuesday 8:45-9:45am;

Two DHPP and bordatella vaccines and a negative fecal are required. Leptospirosis is recommended but not required. Parents and puppies will learn about proper socialization, basic foundation skills (sit, down, come, loose leash walking, leave it and more!), how to implement structure, address problem behaviors (jumping, mouthing, chewing, housebreaking and more!) and learn about puppy grooming, health and much more! This class includes off leash play! If you have a puppy, this class will start you and your puppy off on the right paw! This also is a Puppy AKC STAR class which is open to all dogs. Your puppy can earn a medal from AKC (whether they are a pure bred or not) by passing the STAR Test (optional in this class). Show the world you have a STAR puppy!

Fee: $100.00
2012 Start Dates:
All size Puppies: NOTE: These are START Dates (a class starting on Thursday will run for 6 consecutive Thursdays).
5/9/12 Wednesday 5:45-6:45pm
5/13/12 Sunday 2:30-3:30pm
5/31/12 Thursday 7:00-8:00pm
6/10/12 Sunday 1:15-2:15pm
6/21/12 Thursday 5:45-6:45pm
7/1/12 Sunday 2:30-3:30pm
7/12/12 Thursday 7:00-8:00pm
7/31/12 Tuesday 7:00-8:00pm
8/15/12 Wednesday 5:45-6:45pm
8/19/12 Sunday 1:15-2:15pm
8/30/12 Thursday 7:00-8:00pm
9/18/12 Tuesday 7:00-8:00pm
9/30/12 Sunday 1:15-2:15pm
10/10/12 Wednesday 7:00-8:00pm
10/30/12 Tuesday 7:00-8:00pm
11/11/12 Sunday 1:15-2:15pm
11/28/12 Wednesday 7:00-8:00pm
12/16/12 Sunday 3:45-4:45pm
12/26/12 Wednesday 5:45-6:45pm

***** NOTE: IF VACCINES ARE NOT CURRENT OR RECORDS ARE NOT PROVIDED BY THE FIRST NIGHT OF CLASS, WE CAN NOT ALLOW YOUR PUPPY TO TAKE PART IN THE CLASS. WE WILL BE HAPPY TO RESCHEDULE YOU FOR A FUTURE CLASS. THIS IS FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUR PUPPY AND FELLOW CLASS MATES. WE APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

This 6 week class will help you learn how to manage your reactive dog (reactive to dogs or people) so you can take him into public, on walks, and avoid the embarrassment of being shunned by society. With reactive dogs, you don’t “cure” them, but you can manage them. Come and learn the skills to get you and your dog out and about!

Fee: $180.00
Start Dates:
5/14 Monday 5:45-6:45pm THIS CLASS IS FULL.
5/15 Tuesday 9:00-10:00am
6/12 Tuesday 7:00-8:00 (The first class will be on Sunday June 3 from 12:15-2:15. We will skip June 5)
6/25 Monday 10:00-11:00am (We will skip July 23)
7/11 Wednesday 5:45-6:45pm
8/2 Thursday 5:45-6:45pm (We will skip August 30)
8/10 Friday 9:00-10:00am (We will skip August 31)
9/8 Saturday 10:00-11:00am
9/16 Sunday 1:00-2:00pm
9/17 Monday 10:00-11:00am
10/8 Monday 5:45-6:45pm
10/30 Tuesday 10:00-11:00am
10/30 Tuesday 7:00-8:00pm
11/29 Thursday 8:15-9:15pm
12/10 Monday 5:45-6:45pm
12/14 Friday 9:00-10:00am

This 6 week class will help further your skills in working with your reactive dog including lots of walking work. Pre-requisite: Raging Rover Level One. MUCH WORK WILL BE DONE OUTSIDE REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER.

Fee: $180.00
Start Dates:
5/7 Monday 11:00-12:00
5/24 Thursday 7:00-8:00
7/10 Tuesday 8:15-9:15pm
8/16 Thursday 8:15-9:15pm (We will skip August 30)
9/4 Tuesday 12:15-1:15pm
10/2 Tuesday 8:15-9:15 pm
10/7 Sunday 2:15-3:15pm (We will skip November 11)

This 8 week course will put your new skills to work as we build confidence amongst other dogs doing agility. This is an excellent way to desensitize dogs to work amongst other dogs without feeling threatened. Raging Rover levels 1 & 2 are a pre-requisite for this course. DOGS MAY WEAR BASKET MUZZLES FOR SAFETY.

Fee: $180.00
Start Dates:
5/30 Wednesday 7:00-8:00pm (We will skip July 4 and 11)
12/11 Tuesday 7:00-8:00pm (We will skip December 25 and January 1);

This is an 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 without direction from the judge. This class is an intro to Rally to learn each exercise on the course and to have a great time with your dog! Look for upcoming advanced classes soon!

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates:
6/6/12 Wednesday 7:00-8:00

This 6 week course is open to any age or breed (full or mix), however dogs must have completed all vaccinations and know sit, down, sit-stay, down-stay, come and loose leash walking reliably. An obedience class and/or AKC Star class is recommended prior to this class. The CGC certification shows your dog is a polite pup in public. Class includes testing (week #6 of class).

Fee: $120.00
Start Dates:
6/5/12 Tuesday 5:45-6:45pm
6/27/12 Wednesday 9:30-10:30am
8/2/12 Thursday 5:45-6:45pm
9/13/12 Thursday 9:30-10:30am
10/11/12 Thursday 7:00-8:00pm
12/2/12 Sunday 2:30-3:30pm

This class helps you to learn what would be expected of you and your dog to become a therapy animal. Our dogs are such a huge part of our lives, and adding this “helping others” element to the mix really brings a new dimension to the human-animal bond. We practice steps of the evaluations, to get everyone comfortable in learning what would be expected for any of the 3 national registries. This class is 2 hours long, and runs for 8 weeks. The first hour is classroom learning, and the second hour is practicing.

Fee: $150.00 (Testing not included)
Start Dates:
9/8 Saturday 2:45-4:45pm (We will skip October 27) 2 SPOTS LEFT.

Includes: all classes (take as many as you would like during the year, up to two classes at one time), all standard seminars, (10) agility fun runs, (10) play dates. Special events and specialty seminars not included.The membership fee is per one dog. A membership may be purchased for additional dogs in the household at half price per dog. Membership fees must be paid in full at time of purchase.

Fee: $800.00

Includes: all classes (take as many as you would like during the 6 months – up to two classes at one time), 3 standard seminars, (5) agility fun runs, (5) play dates. Special events and specialty seminars not included. The membership fee is per one dog. A membership may be purchased for additional dogs in the household at half price per dog. Membership fees must be paid in full at time of purchase.

Fee: $500.00