Obedience is vital in your dog.Having an obedient dog makes ownership of your pet an absolute pleasure! At Leeds Dog School we will train your dog to a high level in obedience.We also believe that this should involve the owner at every stage and so our training is one to one with you and your dog. It’s important that your dog obeys your commands and we work with you until you are confident in controlling your dog.
Below are the main areas of obedience but of course we tailor our training to your requirements as we do not believe that “one size fits all ” when it comes to training.
Owners with obedient pets get more satisfaction and have a stronger bond with their pet. Having a dog that is well trained, obedient, happy, relaxed, responsive and easy for you to manage means you will get more pleasure from dog ownership.
A well-trained dog is safer to have around family and friends, and is at a lower risk than an uncontrollable dog. A dog must come back when it’s called in the face of dangerous situations such as near a busy road.
OBEDIENCE CHECKLIST
- Heel Work - dog will be taught to walk to heel on the lead
- Heel Work - dog will be taught to walk to heel off lead
- Recall - dog will be taught to return on command
- Down - dog will be taught to lie down and remain until released
- Down - dog will ignore other dogs when in the down
- Sit - dog will sit when owner stops moving
- Come - dog will come from the down to the owner in the frontal sit
OBEDIENCE VIDEOS
CARLITO IN ROUNDHAY PARK
Carlito in Roundhay Park enjoying a sunny day at the fun fair!
A YOUNG BOY WITH A ROTTWEILER
Oscar is a fully trained Rottweiler. He obeys a young boy in a town centre. His dad took the video
ICE IN THE PARK
This is Ice a fully grown Doberman in Regent's Park in London out for a walk!
COCO IN LEEDS TOWN CENTRE
Coco shopping in Leeds outside "Harvey Nicks"
JACK AT BOLTON ABBEY
Jack enjoying a walk at Bolton Abbey Country Park
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
If your dog is, jumping up at people or you, stealing food, destructive, running out of the door, barking constantly, aggressive to humans or dogs and more … you need home 1-2-1 home training. Two hours is usually enough to cure most problems because we train you to take control and then you don’t need us anymore.
Pulling on the lead , running away and refusing to return, and barking and lunging at other dogs are the most common problems we deal with. We go for a walk with you and we always choose a busy park and usually stop this in an hour.
Unlike some trainers, we only use “treats” in some circumstances particularly with high level obedience training. They are over used and eventually do not work with problem behaviour. Our method is correction and then reward with praise. Enticing or “bribing” a dog is counter-productive and they soon spot how to manipulate the situation. The most important training, however, is the owner training so that you can control your dog.
The short answer is NO. We simply do not think they work. There are too a many puppies and they just want to play with each other and are totally distracted. The owners cannot possibly get individual attention in an hour with 8 or 10 or more people in a class. We only offer 1-2-1 puppy training in your home because it’s quicker, more effective, and cheaper!
Our aim is to cure problems quickly usually in 2 sessions. We believe that offering 5 and 10 sessions is frankly a “rip off”. We train you to take control your dog and if you are prepared to put our training into effect you simply do not need us for this length of time. If you need us again because you’re not sure about something, we’ll pop back free of charge.
