Content: This 6-week session is geared toward the adolescent or adult dog that is just beginning training. You will learn to teach your dog to be attentive, sit, come when called, walk politely on leash, down and stay. Your dog will "unlearn" undesirable habits and replace them with good ones. Management skills and problem solving will also be discussed. 

Age: Dogs must be 5 months or older on the FIRST day of class.

CHS PrePaid Training: Pre-paid training through the Connecticut Humane Society is ONLY valid for classes held in Newington.

Prerequisite: Dogs must be age-appropriately vaccinated.

Schedule: Classes meet once a week for 6 consecutive weeks on the same day of the week and at the same time all 6 weeks unless otherwise noted. The first class is approximately an hour and a half long depending on the number of questions and is frequently at a different time. (See Week 1 information below for start time.)  The following 5 weeks is 45 minutes.

Week 1 of Class: The first week of class is for HUMANS ONLY - NO DOGS. Week 1 of ALL evening sessions in Newington begin at 6pm and in Bloomfield at 6:30pm; Week 1 of ALL Saturday sessions begins at 2pm; Week 1 of ALL Sunday sessions begins at 2pm.