CALENDAR December 2022
RECALL WORKSHOP - LESS COMMANDING, MORE REWARDING!
COURSE CODE RCWA1T
Teach your dog to recall ("come!") through training games.
Do you rely on food treats?
Or are you prepared to be exciting and more fun than squirrels and playing with other dogs?
Thursday evening, 1 December 2022, 6.30-7.30pm
Tuesday evening, 20 December 2022, 6.30-7.30pm
All ages.
Meeting indoors at our King Henry's Road Training Centre, NW3.
Spaces are limited so you must reserve your place by email to susan@thedoghub.co.uk
Free to Camden residents or £5 others.
HAPPY HANDLING - co-operative care for puppies and dogs of all ages
Build trust (the right to say "no"), increase calming oxytocin and no-struggle grooming and vet checks.
Co-operative care involves training your dog to actively engage in, and enjoy,
having its teeth cleaned, nails trimmed, ears/eyes/nose checked, etc.
Tuesday evening, 6 December 2022, 6.30-7.45pm.
All ages.
Meeting indoors at our King Henry's Road Training Centre, NW3.
Spaces are limited so you must reserve your place by email to susan@thedoghub.co.uk
Free to Camden residents, £5 others.
PUPPY MANNERS, TRICKS and GAMES
COURSE CODE PMTG12S
Teaching puppies important life skills through play -
confidence, good manners, politeness, an "off" switch and more.
Saturday afternoons, 3, 10 & 17 December 2022, 2.00-3.15pm
Up to 1 year only.
Meeting indoors at our King Henry's Road Training Centre, NW3.
You can come to as many sessions as you like!
Spaces are limited so you must reserve your place by email to susan@thedoghub.co.uk
Free to Camden residents, £5 others.
THE POWER OF THE "OFF" SWITCH
COURSE CODE OFF12t
Teach your puppy/dog how to chill out - at home, out on wal ks, visiting friends.
Thursday evening, 8 December 2022, 6.30-7.30pm
All ages.
Meeting indoors at our King Henry's Road Training Centre, NW3.
Spaces are limited so you must reserve your place by email to susan@thedoghub.co.uk.
Free to Camden residents, £5 others.
PLATFORM PRANKS - Play time!
COURSE CODE PPPT12T
Platforms provide a predictable place for your dog to learn to ...
sit, down, stand, behind, directional handling (left, right), doorway manners,
emergency stop ... the potential is endless !
Thursday evening, 15 December 2022, 6.30-7.30pm.
All ages.
Meeting indoors at our King Henry's Road Training Centre, NW3.
Spaces are limited so you must reserve your place by email to susan@thedoghub.co.uk
Free to Camden residents, £5 others.
LOOSE LEASH WALKING (no pulling!)
COURSE CODE LLWW12S
Don't expect no-pull walking to come naturally to your dog.
It isn't genetically programmed to walk nicely on a leash.
You need to teach it the rules and create the environment so it WANTS to be with you
and not pulling out ahead as if you don't exist!
Saturday afternoons, 3, 10 & 17 December 2022, 4.00-5.00pm.
All ages.
Meeting indoors at our King Henry's Road Training Centre, NW3.
You can come to as many sessions as you like!
Spaces are limited so you must reserve your place by email to susan@thedoghub.co.uk.
Free to Camden residents, £5 others.
CLICKER TRAINING HAPPY HOUR
COURSE CODE CTW12
Learn how the clicker can work its magic for communication between you and your dog.
Teach core skills (loose leash walking, ignore other dogs, focus, response to name, nail trims)
to tricks and games (go to mat, target training, hot-and-cold searching and more).
Saturday afternoons, 3, 10 & 17 December 2022, 5.45-6.45pm.
Meeting indoors at our King Henry's Road Training Centre, NW3.
You can come to as many sessions as you like!
Spaces are limited so you must reserve your place by email to susan@thedoghub.co.uk.
Free to Camden residents, £5 others.
KENNEL CLUB GOOD CITIZEN BRONZE AWARD
COURSE CODE KCGC Bronze
next step up from the KC Puppy Foundation Award.
For dogs aged one year plus.
Tuesday evening 13 December 2022, 6.00-7.00pm
CANCELLED OWING TO BAD WEATHER
(continuing in January 2023)
Meeting indoors at our King Henry's Road, Training Centre, NW3
when the weather forecast is poor,
outdoors in a local park when the weather is good.
YOU should ALWAYS check this page (10am onwards on the day) -
if there's no notification to the contrary, assume we're indoors!
You can download the exercises from
https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/media/3512/gcdsbronze.pdf
These are individual drop-in workshops but you are encouraged to attend regularly.
Enquiries to susan@thedoghub.co.uk
Free to Camden residents or £10 per session.
Kennel Club Certificate and Rosette on successful completion of Test.
THE DOG HUB
Serving the community since 2008
with KENNEL CLUB LISTED STATUS
SUSAN CLOSE ADipCBM
Canine Behaviour Consultant & Master Professional Dog Training Instructor
the.hub@btopenworld.com 07875 778 785 and 07435 158 651