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Advanced Obedience Course Descriptions

Hybrid Fundamentals of Comp Obed Online – Working

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites: Puppy Kindergarten or Jumpstart class or something equivalent, and a desire to improve your training skills beyond the basic level.

Hybrid FCOOL (Fundamentals of Competition Obedience Online) is a hybrid competition obedience course, with online instructional videos and downloadable handouts, and a once-a-week in-person class. This class is geared toward puppies with some basic training and trainers who are interested in training for obedience and Rally titles. In the course, you will learn how to begin teaching a wide variety of crucial skills for competition-bound puppies. These include different techniques for training with food; attention, position changes (sit, down, stand), cookie-toss recalls, beginning sit stay, perch and platform work, beginning target work, beginning retrieve work, and general handling for grooming and veterinary care. All the video lessons are hosted on the Thinkific platform. A working spot in the course gives you a chance to get feedback from Adele during the in-person class meetings, scheduled every week. In addition to the 6 weeks of in-person classes, you will have full access to all of the course video lessons for a full 6 months from when you start the lessons. The expectation is that you will watch the lesson videos, practice them at home, and then come to class to get feedback on your progress from Adele.

Fundamentals of Comp Obed Online – Audit

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites: Puppy Kindergarten or Jumpstart class or something equivalent, and a desire to improve your training skills beyond the basic level.

This is an all-online competition obedience course. This class is geared toward puppies with some basic training and trainers who are interested in training for obedience and Rally titles. In the course, you will learn how to begin teaching a wide variety of crucial skills for competition-bound puppies. These include different techniques for training with food; attention, position changes (sit, down, stand), cookie-toss recalls, beginning sit stay, perch and platform work, beginning target work, beginning retrieve work, and general handling for grooming and veterinary care. All the video lessons are hosted on the Thinkific platform. An auditing spot in the course gives you full access to all of the course video lessons for a full 6 months from when you start the lessons and handouts. While you may sign up here on this website, if you have never taken a class at Northfield Dog Training, you will find it far easier and quicker to sign up right on the Thinkific site.

Hybrid FCOOL 7-12 Working

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites: FCOOL or equivalent skills

Hybrid FCOOL 7-12 is a competition obedience course that combines online instructional videos and downloadable handouts with a once-a-week in-person class. The course continues to expand on the skills started in FCOOL and adds heel position maneuvers (going forward, backward, side step left and right, left quarter turns, and tight turns to the right). Advance your heeling foundation and your dog’s stay and retrieving skills. Introduce jumping and go-outs. All the video lessons are hosted on the Thinkific platform. You have full access to all of the course video lessons and handouts for a full 6 months from when you start the lessons.

FCOOL 7-12 Auditing

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites: FCOOL or equivalent skills

FCOOL 7-12 continues the skills started in FCOOL and adds heel position maneuvers (going forward, backward, side step left and right, left quarter turns, and tight turns to the right). Advance your heeling foundation and your dog’s stay and retrieving skills. Introduce jumping and go-outs. All the video lessons are hosted on the Thinkific platform. An auditing spot in the course gives you full access to all of the course video lessons for a full 6 months from when you start the lessons and handouts. While you may sign up here on this website, if you have never taken a class at Northfield Dog Training, you will find it far easier and quicker to sign up right on the Thinkific site.

Hybrid Heeling On-Line – Working

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites: FCOOL and FCOOL 7-12 or equivalent skills

Hybrid Heeling On-Line is a competition obedience course that combines online instructional videos and downloadable handouts with a once-a-week in-person class. We continue to build on the skills that I introduce in FCOOL and FCOOL 7-12. We introduce all of the components of a heeling pattern as individual skills, gradually combining them into full heeling patterns. These include:

Footwork for heeling
Left, right, and about turns
Pace changes (slow and fast)
Halts
Right and Left Circles —> Figure 8s
Various heeling drills for improving heeling skills

Introduction to Open

Weeks: 6
Length: 55 minutes per session
Prerequisites: FCOOL and FCOOL 7-12 or equivalent skills.

We introduce retrieving, jumping, drop on recall, and Command Discrimination. You will need a dumbbell and jumps to practice with at home. Check with Adele for help with dumbbell sizing. You can also watch this excerpt from the DVD, Totally Fetching: Teaching and Proofing a Reliable Retrieve, which shows you how to fit a dumbbell.

Rally Practice

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites: Knowledge of the AKC rally signs at the level of course you are interested in.

There will potentially be a class every week Adele is in town. She will set up a nested course with levels appropriate for those in attendance for a given week. This is not an introductory type of course, but for those trainers with at least some rally experience who want a chance to practice courses with coaching. Adele follow each person through the course on each run, offering suggestions for how to better perform a station (or more correctly). Because of the setup involved, she needs a commitment each week from at LEAST 4 people to hold a class in a given week. In order to communicate with potential attendees, we have a Facebook group where we can communicate about attendance. If you are interested in attending and would like to be added to the Facebook group, or If you are not on Facebook but are interested in attending, please email Adele privately at abyunck@gmail.com. Cost is $25 for a drop-in class and $120 for 6 weeks of class, which don’t have to be used on consecutive weeks, but please use them up within 6 months of the first class you attend.

Introduction to Utility

Weeks: 6
Length: 55 minutes per session
Prerequisites: FCOOL, FCOOL 7-12, and Intro to Open. Dog should be able to retrieve a placed article, both leather and metal.

Teach Janice DeMello Around the Clock method of scent work. Introduce all Utility exercises. Students need scent articles and a can of Easy Cheese (or the like) for the first night of class. Also need a set of 3 white work gloves.

Novice Practice

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites: Knowledge of all of the exercises from the AKC Novice class.
Cost: $25/week drop-in fee. You may buy a 6-week card for $120. You do not have to use the weeks consecutively. Please use the classes up within 6 months of the first class.

We work on exercises from the Beginner Novice and Novice obedience classes each week, in addition to exercises from the Open class.

We have a Facebook group “NDT NP & Proofing classes”. Please message me if you would like to be added to the group. I will post a message to this Facebook group several days before the class asking who is planning to come to class that week. Details are available on the group page.
There is class every week I am in town AND there are at least 3 people coming to class.
Please check the Facebook group for class dates.
Please pay Adele directly so she records your payment in her attendance sheet.

You may use the same class payment to attend any of Adele’s on-going classes (Proofing, Novice Practice, and Rally Practice).

Open and Utility Proofing

Weeks: 6
Length: 60 minutes per session
Prerequisites: CDX and/or UD on prior dog or dog introduced to all of the Open exercises and possibly the Utility exercises.
Cost: $25/week drop-in fee. You may buy a 6-week card for $120. You do not have to use the weeks consecutively. Please use the classes up within 6 months of the first class.

We proof several of the advanced (Open/Utility) obedience exercises each week. Utility beginners can get some guidance each week.

We have a Facebook group “NDT NP & Proofing classes”. Please message me if you would like to be added to the group. I will post a message to this Facebook group each weekend before the class asking who is planning on class for that week. Details are available on the group page.
There is class every week I am in town AND there are at least 3 people coming to class.
Please check the Facebook group for class dates.
Please pay Adele directly so she records your payment in her attendance sheet.

You may use the same class payment to attend any of Adele’s on-going classes (Proofing, Novice Practice, and Rally Practice).

Lisa Minnick

04:45 30 Jan 23

Great place! Knowledgeable instructors. Adele understands how to help people start with the very basics for a great foundation for a lifetime of success for hoke life and performance

Cleo Parker

17:35 09 Mar 22

Great for competition obedience and rally. Adele is completely breed agnostic and will help you adapt methods for your dog.

Chris-Ann Paterson Welton

22:58 03 Aug 20

Our experiences at Northfield Dog Training have tremendously enhanced our Golden Retriever's abilities and our overall relationship with him. We have all learned so much. We are honored to have Adele as an advanced obedience instructor and can't wait for what is next. Terry has also taught and helped us so much with the puppy training and to receive a Canine Good Citizen Title. All of our other interactions with folks there have been great as well. Wonderful teachers and people overall!

Kabrina Rozine

02:03 22 Dec 18

I have two dogs attending agility classes with Karen Tudor at NDT. Talk about a fabulous experience! Karen adjusts her teaching style to meet the needs of her students and their dogs. She understands the training goals each student has and helps them to work toward their personal goal. It doesn’t matter if your goal is to compete or to just have more fun with your furry best friend. If you are looking for a friendly and supportive environment that produces results when you are willing to put in the work, run (don’t walk) to Northfield!

Heather Ks

08:41 10 May 18

Great place to learn agility and hone your skills whether you are beginner or seasoned pro! Karen Tudor is an awesome trainer whether you are just starting out or looking for help in competition. She gives you the basics in the intro classes with a lot of foundation work needed for you to build on for future plus creating a better bond with you and your dog. For the beginner class, it's a great place to start to see if agility something for you and your dog. ?. In the advanced classes, she provides tools needed to compete in agility with your four legged friend. For competition level, you are given feedback to make your weekend trials more successful! Karen ROCKS!!