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Online Manners Classes
Online Manners Classes
class length: 3 weeks
class length: 3 weeks
cost: non-member / non-training member: $85 | training member: $65*
cost: non-member / non-training member: $85 | training member: $65*
* Training members, please contact the online registrar (dtccconline@gmail.com) for discount code.
Jump Start to Training
Have fun while learning basic skills! Use tricks and games to help strengthen your relationship and improve behavior. You and your dog will begin working in a familiar place where you can be successful before moving to the more challenging environment of our training center. Topics in this class include marker skills, release words, attention, sit, down, loose leash walking, management basics, targeting, and come when called.
Please note that Jump Start to Training can be used as a prerequisite for most of our other online classes.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Training Wheels for Puppies
Play as you learn and learn as you play. You and your puppy will begin working in a familiar place where you can be successful before moving to the more challenging environment of our training center. Topics in this class include socialization, house training, puppy biting, enrichment activities, marker, management basics, sit, down, and loose leash walking.
Please note that Training Wheels for Puppies can be used as a prerequisite for most of our other online classes.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
On a Roll
Topics in this class include wait, leave it, go to mat, come when called (recall), and no jump.
Prerequisite: Jump Start to Training, Training Wheels for Puppies, Kick Start to Training, Test Drive for Puppies, or prior experience using positive reinforcement methods and reward markers.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Testing the Brakes
Topics in this class include building a default behavior, wait, settle, polite greeting, watch, leave it, and no counter-surfing.
Prerequisite: Jump Start to Training, Training Wheels for Puppies, Kick Start to Training, Test Drive for Puppies, or prior experience using positive reinforcement methods and reward markers.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Everyday Commute 1
This class focuses on the skills you and your dog need for everyday life. Topics include come when called (using motivational games), loose leash walking, no jump, meeting people nicely, go to a mat, and stay with distraction.
Prerequisite: Jump Start to Training, Training Wheels for Puppies, Kick Start to Training, Test Drive for Puppies, or prior experience using positive reinforcement methods and reward markers.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Everyday Commute 2
This class is a continuation of Everyday Commute 1.
Prerequisite: Everyday Commute 1 or permission of instructor.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Hybrid Manners Classes
Hybrid Manners Classes
length: 3 weeks online plus 1 week in person
length: 3 weeks online plus 1 week in person
cost: non-member / non-training member: $110 | training member: $85*
cost: non-member / non-training member: $110 | training member: $85*
* Training members, please contact the online registrar (dtccconline@gmail.com) for discount code.
NEW Kick Start to Training - Online / In-person Hybrid Format
Have fun while learning basic skills! Use tricks and games to help strengthen your relationship and improve behavior. You and your dog will begin working in a familiar place where you can be successful before moving to the more challenging environment of our training center. Topics in this class include marker skills, release words, attention, sit, down, loose leash walking, management basics, targeting, and come when called.
Please note that Kick Start to Training can be used as a prerequisite for most of our other online classes.
This hybrid class will meet three weeks online and one week in person at our training center in Exton, PA.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
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NEW Test Drive for Puppies - Online / In-person Hybrid Format
Play as you learn and learn as you play. You and your puppy will begin working in a familiar place where you can be successful before moving to the more challenging environment of our training center. Topics include socialization, house training, puppy biting, enrichment activities, marker, management basics, sit, down, and loose leash walking. This class is open to puppies between 10 and 16 weeks of age at the start of the first class.
Please note that Test Drive for Puppies can be used as a prerequisite for most of our other online classes.
This hybrid class will meet three weeks online and one week in person at our training center in Exton, PA.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Online Advanced Classes
Online Advanced Classes
class length: 3 weeks
class length: 3 weeks
cost: non-member / non-training member: $85 | training member: $45*
cost: non-member / non-training member: $85 | training member: $45*
* Training members, please use the discount code shown in DogBizPro. Contact the online registrar (dtccconline@gmail.com) with any questions.
Photo by DTCCC instructor
Back Ups 1
Backing up is fun to do! In this 3 week session we will work on teaching your dog to back straight away from you, to back beside you, & to back around you.
Prerequisite: Your dog must understand reward markers.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
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Back Ups 2
Backing up is still fun to do! In this 3 week session we will continuing working on teaching your dog to back straight away from you, to back beside you, & to back around you.
Prerequisite: Your dog must understand reward markers.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Photo by DTCCC instructor
Novice Tricks 1
This 3 week session will be fun for both you and your dog. This class will also help strengthen the bond between you and your dog while continually increasing your dog's confidence level. You will learn 3-5 new tricks each week that will astound your friends! Exercises covered include: Crawl, Kiss, High Five, Roll Over, Wave, Paws up, and more!
Prerequisite: Your dog must understand reward markers.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
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Novice Tricks 2
This class is a continuation of Novice Tricks 1.
Prerequisite: Novice Tricks 1
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Intermediate Tricks 1
This is a two session (three weeks each session) course, that will prepare you for your Intermediate Trick Dog Title.
This is the first of a two-course sequence (six weeks total); students must commit to enrolling in both courses.
Prerequisite: Novice Trick Dog Course or Novice Trick Dog Title.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Intermediate Tricks 2
This class is a continuation of Intermediate Tricks 1.
Prerequisite: Intermediate Tricks 1
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Advanced Useful Tricks 1
This is the first of two three-week courses in which you and your dog will learn tricks that are not only fun, but also useful!
This is the first of a two-course sequence (six weeks total); students must commit to enrolling in both courses.
Prerequisite: Your dog must have completed level 1 & level 2 manners or the equivalent, Understand a reward marker, and be comfortable being crated in your training space.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Advanced Useful Tricks 2
This is the second of two three-week courses in which you and your dog will learn tricks that are not only fun, but also useful!
Prerequisite: Useful Tricks 1 or permission of instructor
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Platforms for Positions 1
There are four primary positions: Left heel, right heel, standing center and behind facing the handler. In this course we will work through exercises and handler skills to define, and create precision and accuracy in positions and teach precise execution of pivots. We'll focus on clear and consistent criteria using Platforms and shaping, build value in that criteria and work through the process of placing these skills on verbal cue.
This is the first of a two-course sequence (six weeks total); students must commit to enrolling in both courses.
Prerequisite: Dog needs to have completed level 2 manners, or the equivalent, and have a clear understanding of a reward marker.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Platforms for Positions 2
This class is a continuation of Platforms for Positions 1 and the second in a two-course sequence..
Prerequisite: Platforms for Positions 1 or permission of instructor.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Photo by DTCCC instructor
Duration Hold/Retrieve 1
Whether for tricks, rally, obedience, or just for cute photos, it is fun to have your dog be comfortable having things in their mouth. Teach your dog to happily pick items up, take items from your hand, and hold them in your dog’s mouth for a photo op. This 3 week class will give your dog a happy association to putting their mouth on items.
This is the first of a three-course sequence (nine weeks total); students must commit to enrolling in all three courses.
Prerequisite: Your dog must have completed level 1 & level 2 manners or the equivalent, Understand a reward marker, and be comfortable being crated in your training space.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Duration Hold/Retrieve 2
This class is a continuation of Duration Hold/Retrieve 1 and the second in a three-course sequence.
Prerequisite: Duration Hold/Retrieve 1 or permission of instructor.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Duration Hold/Retrieve 3
This class is a continuation of Duration Hold/Retrieve 2 and the third in a three-course sequence.
Prerequisite: Duration Hold/Retrieve 2 or permission of instructor.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Photo by DTCCC instructor
Play with me!
Play is fun, helps learning and supports mental health. Play-based-training is the most enjoyable for your dog and leads to the fastest training results, while also improving your relationship. If learning doesn’t feel like work, you want to do more and learn faster, that is no different for your dog.
The best way to play with your dog, is playing in a way your dog enjoys. Learn how to use body play, food play, and toy play with your dog to assess your dog’s feelings, and to use as a secondary reinforcer.
Prerequisite: Your dog must understand reward markers.
Check our schedule for current offerings or contact our online registrar if you are interested in this course.
Please note
Please note
Online and hybrid classes are not direct replacements for in-person classes.
Students and dogs who wish to enroll in a level 2 or higher in-person class after completing an online class are required to complete an in-person skills assessment to help ensure you and your dog can be successful when working in our training center. Assessments are $30 and scheduled through our registrar (assessments@dtccc.org).
Students and dogs who successfully complete a hybrid class are exempt from the in-person skills assessment.Our online Training Primer and Setting Up Your Training Space are prerequisites for our online and hybrid classes.
Successful completion of one of the following classes is strongly recommended before enrolling in any of our other online or hybrid classes.
Jump Start to Training (online)
Training Wheels (online)
Kick Start to Training (hybrid)
Test Drive for Puppies (hybrid)
Students must sign DTCCC's class waiver before their first live session.
Online class sessions may be recorded and made available to class members for a limited time. All students must agree to be recorded to participate in classes.
Training Membership
Online students are eligible for training memberships after completing two online classes above the Jump Start to Training level and passing an in-person skills assessment.
Hybrid students are eligible for training memberships after completing two hybrid classes above the Kick Start to Training.
At this time, online and hybrid students are not eligible for the Beyond Basics Plus program.
Please contact our online registrar (dtccconline@gmail.com) with any questions.
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