Return to Manners Classes
If you have taken our Puppy or Adult Manners course, this is the perfect next step in order to help your dog reach its potential.
Now that your dog knows the basics, it's time to make all of the exercises much more challenging. We add the three D's (distance, duration and distractions) plus introduce some new commands in order help your dog build and keep its focus. The goal continues to be for your dog to do what you say the first time, without repeating yourself.
By the end of the course, your dog should be able to excel at many foundational behaviors, even under highly challenging circumstances.
The course includes:
Skills and exercises include:
Don't just stop at one Manners course and think you're finished - take the next step and enroll in Intermediate Manners so your dog can continue to improve and learn crucial lifelong skills.
Number of classes: 6
Time duration: 1 hour per class
Prerequisites: Adult Manners or Puppy Manners at Tucker Pup's, or a similar 'Basic Obedience' type of course with another reputable trainer
Ages: Five months or older when the course begins
Schedule and prices: Click here
Have questions? Call us at 312-829-8787, 365 days per year between 7am and 7pm
Not sure? You can have a free consultation with one of our experts to help decide if this is the right class for you
Don't delay - we take enrollment 365 days per year, and answer calls from 7am to 7pm each day. Any request submitted after 7pm will be processed the next morning. Classes fill up quickly.
Tucker Pup's is considered an "essential business" and we are open and available for boarding, daycare, and grooming.
Training is currently on hold through April 7, when the statewide lockdown expires. The government could push this date back, so we are not scheduling any classes or socials until we have more certainty.
We will soon be providing virtual classes and private lessons, where you will participate from your device at home. They would follow the same curriculum, and you would still be able to access TrainTrack in order to view the homework, watch videos, and track your progress. Let us know if you are interested. If you have already signed up for training, we will let you know more very soon.
Learn more about adjustments we are making during the coronavirus outbreak.
Training is currently on hold through April 7, when the statewide lockdown expires. The government could push this date back, so we are not scheduling any classes or socials until we have more certainty.
We will soon be providing virtual classes and private lessons, where you will participate from your device at home. They would follow the same curriculum, and you would still be able to access TrainTrack in order to view the homework, watch videos, and track your progress. Let us know if you are interested. If you have already signed up for training, we will let you know more very soon.
Learn more about adjustments we are making during the coronavirus outbreak.
If you have taken our Puppy or Adult Manners course, this is the perfect next step in order to help your dog reach its potential.
Now that your dog knows the basics, it's time to make all of the exercises much more challenging. We add the three D's (distance, duration and distractions) plus introduce some new commands in order help your dog build and keep its focus. The goal continues to be for your dog to do what you say the first time, without repeating yourself.
By the end of the course, your dog should be able to excel at many foundational behaviors, even under highly challenging circumstances.
The course includes:
- Off-leash socialization, including advice about correcting unwanted behavior
- All of the exercises listed below
- The Canine Good Citizen (CGC) certification if your dog passes the 10-step test in the final class
Skills and exercises include:
- Remain calim while you greet another person
- Maintain focus on you even when passing other dogs and people
- Leave things alone unless given permission (even really tempting things, like a pile of treats)
- Go to a place, such as a mat or crate
- Stay for a long period of time, even from a distance, with your back turned, and you completely walking away
- Automatically go to your side when coming to you
- Walk next to you politely (even without a leash), including through a crowd of people and past noisy distractions
- Come to you from a highly distracting activity
- Accept handling of paws and ears, and accept being brushed by another person
- Stay calm while you leave the room for a long duration
Don't just stop at one Manners course and think you're finished - take the next step and enroll in Intermediate Manners so your dog can continue to improve and learn crucial lifelong skills.
Intermediate Manners Graduation Day (3:23)
The staff at Tucker Pup's was very helpful with registering. David was very accommodating when we had to miss a class. He really watches how we are training, our motions, our speed, and gives very good feedback on how to improve. He makes the class very enjoyable and gives very easy step-by-step instructions.
- Robert Gallagher
Number of classes: 6
Time duration: 1 hour per class
Prerequisites: Adult Manners or Puppy Manners at Tucker Pup's, or a similar 'Basic Obedience' type of course with another reputable trainer
Ages: Five months or older when the course begins
Schedule and prices: Click here
Have questions? Call us at 312-829-8787, 365 days per year between 7am and 7pm
Not sure? You can have a free consultation with one of our experts to help decide if this is the right class for you
Don't delay - we take enrollment 365 days per year, and answer calls from 7am to 7pm each day. Any request submitted after 7pm will be processed the next morning. Classes fill up quickly.
More information:
- Upcoming classes and prices
- Classes in progress
- Classes vs. private lessons
- Why choose Tucker Pup's classes?