As an adolescent, your pup is in tune with all that is going on in the world around him. He wants it all and he wants it now! In this class we will focus his attention on you, fine-tune his basic obedience and improve his impulse control using positive reinforcement and rewards. Your pup will learn to wait for toys, greet people and dogs appropriately, and remain calm when there is excitement. 

Your puppy should have attended one puppy class at any dog training center (or had equivalent private training) to benefit from Teen Puppy. We will reinforce him for what he knows and give him new skills that he needs as an adolescent. Advanced skills include STAY and COME with distractions, plus your puppy learns to tolerate noises, odd surfaces, and handling for a veterinary exam.

If your puppy completes both Puppy Training Class and Teen Puppy Training he may qualify for the American Kennel Club STAR Puppy certificate.  This is a precursor to the AKC CGC evaluation for older dogs which is the gateway evaluation to training a therapy or service dog. To earn the AKC STAR Puppy your puppy will have socialized, knows basic obedience, can walk nicely on leash to pass exciting distractions and has an owner that knows how to use the pup’s energy and keeps the pup safe with inoculations and identification.  Learn more at www.akc.org.

Each week we will meet at a park in the City of Fort Collins. The tuition for this 4 week class is $140.00 payable at registration. Class meets at 5pm on June 26, (no class July 3rd) July 10, 17 and 24.

This small group class is age appropriate for your adolescent dogs 6 months to 9 months.

Pups must 1) have lived with you for 2 weeks prior to the start of class and 2) be fully inoculated at least 14 days prior to the start of class.