The Lawrence Jayhawk Kennel Club, Inc.

Everyone loves a well-mannered dog!

The Lawrence Jayhawk Kennel club offers two types of obedience classes: those designed primarily to give the owner basic control of their dog, and those designed to prepare the dog/handler team for competition. All dogs, purebred and mixed-breed, are welcome to attend obedience classes.

Our classes are held in Building 21 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2110 Harper Street, Lawrence, KS. Take KS-10 (23rd Street in Lawrence). Turn north onto Harper Street. The fairgrounds will be on the east side of the road between 21st and 19th Streets.

$75.00 for 6 weeks of lessons

Training Class Schedule

Spring 2013 - Session 2

Wednesday evenings

	Date
Class 1	3/6/13
Class 2	3/13/13
Class 3	4/3/13
Class 4	4/10/13
Class 5	4/17/13
Class 6	4/24/13

Enrollment procedure

We have initiated a new registration procedure to simplify the enrollment process for you, as well as allow the  LJKC to better accommodate all handlers and dogs wishing to train with us.  Please begin by reading the LJKC Training Regulations. Next, download, print out, and fill out the Enrollment Form, available in either MSWord or pdf format. Mail the enrollment form a photocopy of your dog's current vaccination record your check for $75.00 made out to 'LJKC' by March 1, 2013 to: Nan Dittrick 1130 E 1200 Rd. Lawrence, KS 66047

Classes are 45 minutes long, and held on the Wednesday nights listed above, at the following start times:
Puppy Kindergarten 7:30 pm   (puppies must be at least 3 months old and no more than 5.5 months old by March 13; if older, enroll in Basic Canine Good Citizen)
Basic Canine Good Citizen   7:30 pm
Advanced Canine Good Citizen 6:30 pm
Advanced Rally  6:30 pm
Conformation 7:30 pm

Please do not bring dogs to the first night of Puppy Kindergarten or Basic Canine Good Citizen Classes.

A description of each class is given below:

Class Descriptions:

	Puppy Kindergarten: (For puppies 3 months to less than 6 months of age) Attention will be given to training that is specific to puppies, such as housetraining, chewing, etc. We will also emphasize puppy socialization, as this is a critical period for your puppy to develop the social skills that lead to a well-adjusted dog. Basic obedience skills such as attention, sit, down, come, and stay will be introduced. Please do not bring your puppy to the first class.
	Basic Canine Good Citizen: (For dogs older than 6 months) You will learn how to teach your dog the beginning steps of becoming a Canine Good Citizen, such as accepting a friendly stranger, sitting politely for petting, allowing you to groom him (including nail clipping), and walking on a loose leash. You will also learn the beginning steps in training reliable responses to sit, down, stay and come commands. Training will emphasize behavior at home with the family and may include prevention of jumping on people, preventing food theft, digging, barking, bolting out the door, staying while feet are wiped, tricks, going to your place (bed), etc. Please do not bring your dog to the first class.
	Advanced Canine Good Citizen: Your dog will continue in training, with the ultimate goal of becoming an accomplished Canine Good Citizen in numerous environments (not just at home). We will practice skills such as walking politely through a crowd, reacting calmly around strange dogs, reacting calmly to distractions, and calmly accepting separation from you. When these goals are accomplished you will be proud to take your calm, polite dog with you to various places. Pre-requisite is the Basic Canine Good Citizen class.
	Fun and Games : This is a class for handlers who want to continue to spend time with their dogs, but are not interested in competing in dog sports at this time. The class will be structured so that dogs will have many opportunities to practice being a good canine citizen, while having fun playing games. We will also do introductory exercises that may explore agility, scent work, obedience, tricks, and that stimulate your dog mentally and physically. Pre-requisite is the Basic Canine Good Citizen class.
	Beginning Rally: Rally is a fun obedience sport that emphasizes teamwork between handler and dog as the handler follows signs guiding the team through a course of various obedience activities. Rally is less formal than standard competition obedience, with the handler permitted to talk to the dog throughout the course. This class will teach your dog the various obedience activities required for Rally, and teach you the Rally signs used to designate those activities. In addition, the Rally rules, courses and judging will be introduced and practiced. Please do not bring your dog to the first class. Pre-requisite is either the Puppy Kindergarten or Basic Canine Good Citizen class.
	Advanced Rally: This class will provide a chance to practice rally courses. Various courses will be set up so that handlers can learn how to 'read' a course and negotiate that course to the best of their dog's ability. Pre-requisite is the Beginning Rally class.
	Novice Class: Novice obedience is for dogs that are doing well in basic manners and whose owners would like to teach them somewaht more formalized exercises. In this class a dog will learn how to heel, how to sit automatically when the handler stops, how to do a recall in which the dog sits squarely in front of the owner after being called, and how to do stand-, sit-, and down-stays for various lengths of time. Ultimately dogs trained in Novice obedience may compete for a Novice Companion Dog title in various venues, such as AKC and UKC. The pre-requisites include a dog that gives its handler good attention, walks on a loose leash, stays in either a sit or down for at least 15 seconds, and readily comes when called.
	Advanced Obedience: Open ring time for participants wanting to work their dogs in the Open and Utility obedience classes. There is no designated instructor for this class (although club members currently competing at these levels will be available to give individual help as needed); participants will take turns using the ring space.
	Conformation: Primarily for purebred dogs to be shown in breed ring competition. Learn how to exhibit your dog in these classes. Dogs must be at least 3 months old.

Please contact Nan Dittrick at 785-840-0044 for additional information.

Our teachers are club members and volunteer their time as a community service to teach these classes. The LJKC and our teachers believe strongly in public education and responsible dog ownership.