Adult Dog Classes

Weekday Evenings – Lake Olympia Animal Hospital

Weekday Evenings – Bissonnet Veterinary Hospital

If your dog isn’t ready for Beyond Basics, you are more than welcome to re-take Basic Obedience to solidify your dog’s foundation skills to be able to attend Beyond Basics.

Pre-requisites:

1. Must have completed Basic Obedience Class or be approved for the class by a Sweetwater Bark trainer.
2. Dogs must be social with other dogs and people (i.e. your dog does not bark obsessively at other dogs or people when on a leash).
3. Must have a solid understanding of sit and down.
4. Must be able to stay when at least four feet away.
5. Has a good basic understanding of leave it, loose-leash walking, polite greetings, coming when called and wait at the door. *If you want to work more on these behaviors before taking this class, we recommend going through another round of Basic Obedience.

Weekday Evenings – Lake Olympia Animal Hospital

Workshops are a single class focused on one or two topics. These include topics such as loose leash walking, recall, tricks, settling on a patio, or fitness. Workshops are a great way to practice specific behaviors you and your dog may be struggling with or build up your relationship with fun new training games!

Pre-requisites:

1. Dogs must be comfortable being around other dogs and people while on leash (i.e. dogs who do not bark obsessively at other dogs/people while on leash or are aggressive towards other dogs or people).

Saturday Mornings – Kreativ Pet Klips

Pre-requisites:

Must have completed a Basic Obedience Class or Private Lessons with Sweetwater Bark. Dogs must be social with other dogs and people (i.e. your dog does not bark obsessively at other dogs or people when on a leash).

Weekday Evenings – Lake Olympia Animal Hospital

This is a class targeted towards teaching dogs real world application of previous training. The American Kennel Club has outlined key components and aspects of this class that will result in an AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) title so long as the dog passes all items of the evaluation. The evaluation will be held the last week of class. Items on the test include, but are not limited to

• Sitting politely for petting
• Minding brushing and grooming
• Walking through a crowd maintaining handler focus
• Sit, down, stay, and come in a public setting
• Reactions to distractions
• Supervised separation

This class is a great way to step up training once you have attended a Basic Obedience class and desire higher level training and to build the bond between you and your dog, plus an AKC CGC title and certificate is a prestigious thing for any dog to acquire!

Note: you are not required to take the evaluation, this class is still great practice for puppies and dogs alike.

Pre-requisites:

Must have worked with us privately, completed a Basic Obedience Class with us or be pre-approved by one of our trainers. Your dog needs to already have foundational basic obedience skills before taking this class.

Weekday Evenings – Lake Olympia Animal Hospital

Some of the tricks that will be covered: Touch, Push ups, Go to bed, Shaping tricks, Transferring cues, Kiss, Spin, Shake, Find it, Paws Up, Wave, Catch, Play Dead, Spin (in other direction), Jump over arms, Paws up on arms, Close (cabinet door), Rollover, Leg Weaves, Get On, Chill/Chin down.

Pre-requisites:

Must have worked with us privately, completed a Basic Obedience Class with us or be pre-approved by one of our trainers. Your dog needs to already have foundational basic obedience skills before taking this class.

Weekday Evenings – Lake Olympia Animal Hospital