APDT Puppy & Foundation Awards
Puppy Award for puppies up to 6 months
Foundation Award for puppies & dogs 6 months +
Two versions of the same course, enabling the material to be tailored to your puppy’s stage of development. Crucial training exercises. Whistle cues. Continuing socialisation for puppies on the Puppy Award. Guidance for the challenges of adolescence for those on the Foundation Award.
The ingredients of the APDT Puppy & Foundation Awards are…
ONE
Essential training
Give your puppy the best start with crucial training exercises.
Exercises include:
Recall (whistle & verbal)
Settle
Response to name
Drop
Sit
Sit-Stay
Down
Stand
Heelwork
Control Around Food
Building interest in tug play
Collaborative Care Beginnings
TWO
Socialisation
The Puppy Award includes socialisation exercises with novel experiences and supervised puppy play.
Puppies on the Foundation Award instead focus on paying attention to their handler in the presence of other dogs and people.
Both courses include handling exercises to accustom puppies to being examined by their guardians, a vet or groomer.
(Puppy award only)
THREE
APDT Good Companions Awards
Achieve a nationally recognised award with your puppy - the Puppy or Foundation Award.
The Puppy and Foundation Awards are the first step in the APDT’s well-known Good Companion Awards Scheme.
Both Awards are assessed via continuous assessment by your instructor.
Puppies are awarded a certificate and rosette to celebrate their achievement at the end of the course.
Course details
FOR: Puppies & dogs with no training
WHEN: Wednesdays, 1800 - 1900
WHERE: St Brelade
DURATION: 7 Week course
*If your dog is older than 1 year, you will still need to take the APDT Foundation course in order to progress through the APDT Good Companions Scheme.
NEXT COURSE START DATE:
16th APRIL 2025
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