dogobedience

COMMUNITY HOUSE DOG OBEDIENCE TRAINERS:

BIG SKY DOG TRAINING Dog Obedience Puppy

This class is designed as a positive and reward based Puppy Head Start Program. Your puppy will learn: focus and attention, sit, down, wait and stay, walking on a loose leash, walking through a door correctly and recall (come) to name a few. Each of the 6-week lessons will also focus on your concerns, like housebreaking, chewing and barking. This class will teach you the reasoning behind a puppy’s thought process as well as the prevention of and response to unwanted behaviors.

Instructor: Montana Hayes

Age 14 & Up M: $165 / NM: $215

Creative Paws

DOG TRAINING

Big Sky Classes

BIG SKY DOG TRAINING Dog Obedience Basic/Adult

This class is designed to review commands and increases the difficulty of exercises by extending the time and distance for each command. At each lesson you will be able to focus on your concerns, like housebreaking, chewing, barking and pulling on the leash, to name a few. This class will teach you how to effectively train your dog while getting your dog to merge into your schedule and lifestyle. People interested in obtaining their dog’s Canine Good Citizen Certification will be able to test at the end of the class.

Instructor: Montana Hayes

Age 14 & Up

M: $165 / NM: $215

16979 Th 11-11:50 am 11/2-12/14

17026 Sa 11-11:50 am 11/11-12/23

NO CLASS: 9/2, 11/4, 11/23, 11/25

Bring soft treats, 6’ leash (no retractable/expandable leashes), and clean-up bags to each class. Please do not wear sandals without a back strap. On the first day of class please bring: your dog’s vaccination papers (need to see only, you can keep), completed registration form which will be e-mailed to you prior to class, and $10 materials fee paid directly to the instructor (covers equipment and documents provided throughout the six week program). All recommended training methods will use positive reinforcement techniques. Dog Training hand signals, voice command and a marker word will be used throughout the class along with the five basic rewards; touch, voice, loose leash, play, and treats. These programs are not appropriate for dogs which are reactive to people or other dogs.

CREATIVE PAWS

Dog Obedience Puppy

Puppy Class provides a positive environment for socialization of puppies and people alike! Early socialization has been shown to greatly reduce the incidence of both human-directed aggression and dog-on-dog aggression, as well as anxiety and fear-based behavior problems. Additional topics covered are house training, mouthing, barking, and preventing behavior problems. Obedience behaviors of sit, coming when called, and walking on a leash will be introduced. This class is appropriate for puppies ages 2-4 months old. All dogs must have at least 2 rounds of vaccinations prior to class.

Instructor: Ashlee Trotter

Age 14 & Up

M: $165 / NM: $215

16827

Creative Paws Classes

Creative Paws classes allow one participant age 14 and up per dog in class. No retractable leashes allowed. Please bring food to be used as training rewards to each class.

CREATIVE PAWS

Dog Obedience 101

Obedience 101 teaches the basics of obedience: sit, down, stand, recall (coming when called), stay, and heel — everything your companion dog needs to know! Both verbal commands and hand signals will be used. Dogs of any age may take this class. Positive reinforcement techniques will be used, so please bring food rewards or a small toy with you to class.

Instructor: Ashlee Trotter

Age 14 & Up

M: $165 / NM: $215

CREATIVE PAWS

Dog Obedience 102

Obedience 102 is focused on honing the skills of Obedience 101. Additional levels of difficulty and distractions will be added. Dogs of any age may enroll provided they have a basic knowledge of basic obedience commands: sit, down, recall (coming when called), stay, and heel.

Instructor: Ashlee Trotter

Age 14 & Up

M: $165 / NM: $215

16825 pm 8/1-9/5

17033 Tu 8-8:50 pm 11/7-12/12

Creative Paws

Canine Good Citizen Prep & Test

The Canine Good Citizen title is offered by the AKC, and can be attained by any dog regardless of breed or mix. All dogs must have basic obedience skills prior to taking this class. The test is on the last night of class. All items must be passed to earn the title.

THE TEST ITEMS ARE:

• Accepting a friendly stranger

• Sitting politely for petting

• Appearance and grooming: A friendly stranger examines the ears, front feet and run a brush down the dog’s back

• Walking on a loose lead

• Walking through a crowd

• Sit and down on command and staying in place

• Coming when called

• Reaction to another dog: walking politely with another handler and dog team, exchanging pleasantries and shaking hands with the handler. The dogs ignore each other.

• Reaction to distraction: both a noise and a movement based distraction.

• Supervised separation

Instructor: Ashlee Trotter

Age 14 & Up

M: $165 / NM: $215

16916 Tu 8-8:50 pm 9/19-10/24

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Junior League of Evanston-North Shore

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The Junior League of Evanston-North Shore, Inc. is an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Each year, League members commit thousands of volunteer hours to improving our community. In particular, the focus of our organization is on Advancing Employment and Supporting Families for those in need across Chicago’s North Suburbs. Founded in 1924 as the Junior League of Evanston, JLE-NS now has approximately 350 Active and Sustaining members. We reach out to all women regardless of age, race, religion, ethnic or national origin who demonstrate an interest in and commitment to voluntarism.

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La Petite École de Chicago is a private, French language immersion school founded in 2015, with its first campus in Hyde Park and a second campus at the Community House. The school serves families with children age 3 and above and offers a yearround, in-person, preschool to 6th grade curriculum based on the French national curriculum. The school also offers an online option for families with one or more individuals who cannot send children to school due to pre-existing conditions. Classes never exceed 10 students per teacher. Its teaching staff in Winnetka have a total of 52 years of experience.

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