* Training members, please contact the online registrar (dtccconline@gmail.com) for discount code.
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.
Please review the Training Primer & Setting Up Your Training Space
Instructor: Barbara Doran
Register:
Monday, 2/28/22 @ 5:45 PM
* Training members, please contact the online registrar (dtccconline@gmail.com) for discount code.
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.
Please review the Training Primer & Setting Up Your Training Space
Instructor: Barbara Doran
Register:
Online: Monday 2/28 @ 7:00 pm
In Person: Saturday 3/19 @ 2:30 pm
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.
Please review the Training Primer & Setting Up Your Training Space
Instructor: Barbara Doran
Register:
Online: Wednesday, 2/23 @ 7:30 pm
In Person: Saturday, 3/19 @ 1:00 pm
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.