• Obedience: Novice

    Obedience – Novice

    Prerequisite: Pre-Novice class skills and approval from the Pre-Novice instructor or with approval from the NOCI Director of Training. In this class you will refine the skills developed in the Pre-Novice class and ultimately have the skills necessary to show your dog at the Beginner Novice or Novice level in AKC or UKC to achieve the […]

  • Obedience: Utility

    Obedience – Utility

    Prerequisite: The dog must have earned at least one leg in the Open class toward their CDX, be able to execute scent discrimination among several articles, and have a general understanding of the Directed Retrieve & Directed Jumping exercise, or with the approval of the NOCI Director of Training. All the skills covered in the Pre-Utility […]

  • Obedience: Pre-Novice

    Obedience – Pre-Novice

    Prerequisite: Mastery of Beginner Obedience objectives. As well as learning new exercises, Pre-Novice students will refine the skills they learned in the Beginner Obedience class. Students in Pre-Novice class must master a level of criteria prior to advancing to a Novice level class with Instructor approval. Heeling Skills: Focus on handler/engagement between handler and dog (use […]

  • Obedience: Pre-Novice

    Obedience – Pre-Novice

    Prerequisite: Mastery of Beginner Obedience objectives. As well as learning new exercises, Pre-Novice students will refine the skills they learned in the Beginner Obedience class. Students in Pre-Novice class must master a level of criteria prior to advancing to a Novice level class with Instructor approval. Heeling Skills: Focus on handler/engagement between handler and dog (use […]

  • Obedience: Beginner

    Obedience – Beginner

    The skills taught in this class that are necessary to move up to the next level are: 1.) Limited use of luring 2.) Automatic sits during heeling 3.) Down on command 4.) Heeling appropriately during a simple heeling pattern 5.) Handler is able to walk around the dog to heel position when returning to dog […]

  • Obedience: Beginner

    Obedience – Beginner

    The skills taught in this class that are necessary to move up to the next level are: 1.) Limited use of luring 2.) Automatic sits during heeling 3.) Down on command 4.) Heeling appropriately during a simple heeling pattern 5.) Handler is able to walk around the dog to heel position when returning to dog […]

  • Obedience: Novice

    Obedience – Novice

    Prerequisite: Pre-Novice class skills and approval from the Pre-Novice instructor or with approval from the NOCI Director of Training. In this class you will refine the skills developed in the Pre-Novice class and ultimately have the skills necessary to show your dog at the Beginner Novice or Novice level in AKC or UKC to achieve the […]

  • Obedience: Pre-Novice

    Obedience – Pre-Novice

    Prerequisite: Mastery of Beginner Obedience objectives. As well as learning new exercises, Pre-Novice students will refine the skills they learned in the Beginner Obedience class. Students in Pre-Novice class must master a level of criteria prior to advancing to a Novice level class with Instructor approval. Heeling Skills: Focus on handler/engagement between handler and dog (use […]

  • Obedience: Novice

    Obedience – Novice

    Prerequisite: Pre-Novice class skills and approval from the Pre-Novice instructor or with approval from the NOCI Director of Training. In this class you will refine the skills developed in the Pre-Novice class and ultimately have the skills necessary to show your dog at the Beginner Novice or Novice level in AKC or UKC to achieve the […]

  • Obedience: Novice

    Obedience – Novice

    Prerequisite: Pre-Novice class skills and approval from the Pre-Novice instructor or with approval from the NOCI Director of Training. In this class you will refine the skills developed in the Pre-Novice class and ultimately have the skills necessary to show your dog at the Beginner Novice or Novice level in AKC or UKC to achieve the […]

  • Obedience: Beginner

    Obedience – Beginner

    The skills taught in this class that are necessary to move up to the next level are: 1.) Limited use of luring 2.) Automatic sits during heeling 3.) Down on command 4.) Heeling appropriately during a simple heeling pattern 5.) Handler is able to walk around the dog to heel position when returning to dog […]

  • Obedience: Open

    Obedience – Open

    Prerequisite: The dog must have earned at least one leg in the Novice class toward their CD, be holding and retrieving the dumbbell, and be started on the Drop on Recall, or with the approval of the NOCI Director of Training. All skills introduced in the Pre-Open class will be refined so that eventually the dog […]