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Jenny Trigg
07734 034 563
info@adolescentdogs.com
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The Re-call Workshop is about teaching your dog to listen to you when off the lead and putting you back in control. Perhaps you haven't dared let your dog off the lead yet, or perhaps you already do and your dog chooses when to listen to you.
It is your responsibility as a dog owner to ensure that you have 100% control of your dog when he is off the lead regardless of distraction. It may be interesting for you to know that you could be charged under the Dangerous Dogs Act if your dog is deemed dangerously out of control in a public place.
Section 3 of the act applies to all dogs that are dangerously out of control in a public place (it does not apply to dogs in their own garden who jump up at visitors). If a dog acts in a way in which someone fears they will be attacked, then an offence is committed. The fines are up to £5000 and/or 6 months in prison and the Courts may order the dog to be destroyed.
This can be as simple as your dog running up to a stranger or running up to a dog on lead. Any of these can frighten someone and your dog can be liable under this act.
Gaining proper control of your dog off the lead is a must and will in turn enhance your own dogs life by allowing him to express natural behaviours.
So how do you get control? Our Re-call Workshop runs as an intensive 5 hour course, set over 2 days on a Saturday 11.30am-2pm. The course is held at our venue in Bramley, Guildford. The course is for all dogs from fully vaccinated with no upper age limit.
Ideal if your dog
Chooses when to listen to you
Runs off to greet other dogs
Runs off to greet people
Gets a 'red mist' over their eyes before shooting off into the distance
Prefers to play with other dogs rather than you
Runs dangerously towards traffic
Comes back when he feels like it
The course will teach your dog to
Come when called (respond within 2 seconds)
Come when called away from people
Come when called away from other dogs
Stop in an emergency, i.e. running towards a main road
Impulse control - stay when dogs or horses are running past
How the sessions run:
Week 1: An intensive training session using a variety of training techniques to improve the reliability of your dogs recall behaviour. This is followed by a walk in the local woodland to give you techniques that work for your individual dog in a naturally distracting environment.
Week 2: An intensive training session following on from the previous session providing tips on proofing this most important behaviour, maintaining it and reliably improving the speed of your dogs return to you. We take your dog once again to the local woodland to ensure you dogs recall is reliable in all distractions.
A large part of teaching your dog a reliable recall is having the correct rules and boundaries in place within the home and teaching you how to be a good role model for your dogs behaviour.
After the course, we recommend you join some of our weekly walking groups which run every Sunday 4pm-5.30pm at Blackheath Common. This will offer continued support for your dogs recall and will ensure you continue to progress at a steady rate.
Training Methods
We don't use any food in our recall group because at Adolescent Dogs we think your dog should WANT to come to you for you, not because you have food in your hand. When training with food, you will find your dog will only return if he is hungry enough! Throughout the duration of the course we will be teaching you the skills required to create that desire in your dog using you, the owner as a reward. We start all the training in a secure indoor riding school so that in the initial stages of training your dog can't get it wrong. When we feel the group is ready we will take the training outdoors and get the recall working where it needs to work with distractions!
Safety
We begin training in a safe indoor area to build up a strong reliable recall with few distractions. We then take the training outside so that we can bring your dogs training into a more distracting environment. For safety, your dog will have a 10 metre safety line attached. This ensures that your dog cannot make mistakes in the early stages of training which is very important for your dogs continued progress.
Course Details
Course length 5 hours over 2 sessions.
Time Saturday 11.30am-2pm (ish)
Location Southlands Equestrian Centre, Chinthurst Lane, Bramley, GU5 0DR.
Cost £80 per dog.
Next available course starts Saturday 23rd August and Saturday 30th August or Saturday 20th September and Saturday 27th September (maximum 6 dogs per group)
The recall course fills up quickly so we recommend you book early.
To book onto the course, simply fill in the booking form below. Once you have filled in the form, you can pay securely online for the course. We will then be in touch to confirm your space and give you the relevant information for the first session.
Alternatively, contact Jenny on 07734 034 563
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Due to the popularity of our courses, please book on early to avoid disappointment as the classes book up quickly.
Rosie, Indie and Mervin demonstrating a recall at Alice Holt Forest
Carolyn Harden with Lilly. Demonstrating a recall with distractions in the outdoor riding school.
Max demonstrating a recall in the outdoor riding school
"Customer Feedback"
""Thanks so much to you all for the recall class. The venue was ideal although Scooby was happier outside. Your help,patience and understanding is much appreciated. Thanks too for the extra support and advice.You have given us the confidence to put all your training into practice. Scooby enjoyed the sessions and we look forward to joining you on the walks in the future." (Teresa Searson with Scooby - staffie x)
"Thank you for all your hard work and patience with Max! Before the recall course he would just run off and disappear for at least 3 days! Every day was a battle and more often than not we would end up going home without him and wait for him to come home (usually 3 hours later). Life was so stressful and we no longer enjoyed walking him. So thank you so much for all your hard work and all the extra time you put into helping us! We can finally let him off lead and he comes back first time, every time! All the hard work has definetely paid off and we can finally enjoy walking him wherever we like! Thank you!" (Mrs Barrett with Max)
"Thank you so much! You have really helped build my confidence with Buddy and I can already see a massive amount of improvement in such a short amount of time." (Owner of 3 year old Beagle)
"I'd just like to say thank you so much for all your hard work and for the extra time you've put into helping us! Without you I would never have had the confidence to let my dog off the lead again! Now he can enjoy being a dog and I can relax!" (owner of a German Shorthaired Pointer)
Dear Jenny & Anna, thank you so much for all your hard work! I can't believe the difference in the space of just a few weeks! I can finally trust Tom off the lead! He hasn't lost his instinct to chase squirrels, but I can call him back from a chase now! Thank you so much!"(Mac - Terrier x)
"I did the recall course and would just like to say how fantastic it's been. I never thought it possible to teach a Jack Russel to come when called, but Lottie has been fantastic! I can let her off the lead now without worrying about her and you can tell she enjoys her walks so much more now! Thank you so much for all your hard work!" (Owner of Lottie, Jack Russel)
"The recall class was brilliant. The one to one attention you gave everyone was great and it was so nice to have a whole class cheering you on when each dog did well. We really enjoyed the class and look forward to seeing you on the Sunday walks!" (Ellie, Lurcher)
"I'd just like to say thank you to everyone at Adolescent Dogs for all your hard work. I thoroughly enjoyed the class and look forward to joining the Urban Dogz course for some much needed lead training!"
"It's been so much fun working with you all! I really enjoyed the class and can't believe how quickly all the dogs progressed in such a short space of time! I really appreciate all the extra time and effort you put into helping us with Lexi and look forward to seeing you again soon!"
"I just wanted to say thank you for helping my dog gain confidence with other dogs and also listen to me a lot more. He's still my little baby no matter what you say!!! :)" (Owner of a Miniature Schnauzer)
"Without you, my dog would have been condemned to a life on lead! I can't thank you enough for building my confidence with Ben and for teaching him FINALLY to come when I call him! It seems such a long time ago now that he used to run off after all the dogs on the other side of the park (and over busy roads). But since the recall course he's been a star! Thank you!"
"I'd just like to say thank you to everyone at Adolescent Dogs. I really enjoyed the class and look forward to seeing you on the walks!"
"The recall class was great fun and really beneficial. The results are fantastic and it was all worth the hard work! Thank you for the patience and understanding and for making everything so clear!"
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