Fine-tune your dog’s skills with Level 3 Training Classes!
Group dog training classes in Fort collins, CO
Image Description: A map of Summit’s group class levels, with a red pin labeled “You Are Here” on Level 3.
If you’ve graduated one or more Level 2 classes, you are ready to level up your dog’s skills with a Level 3 class!
Our Level 3 classes focus on developing advanced dog skills and refining your and your dog’s relationship to support you through more challenging adventures!
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Level 2 Class Graduation with Summit - You must complete at least one Level 2 class within our program before advancing to a Level 3 class. This is to set all of our students up for success and allow our Level 3 classes to be focused on advanced skills. If you enroll in a Level 3 class as your first service with us, we will ask you to reschedule to a Level 2 class first.
If you believe that you and your dog warrant an exception to this policy based on your previous training together, please contact us before enrolling in a Level 3 class to obtain instructor approval!
Level 3 classes are offered on these topics:
You can take one or more of these classes (in any order) before moving on to Level 4.
Colorado Canine Good Citizen
Colorado Canine Good Citizen class builds upon the skills from our Level 2 Life Skills classes to equip you and your dog with the advanced skills needed to navigate your Colorado adventures with confidence, including advanced leash walking, recalls, polite greetings, and public manners. This class will prepare you and your dog for the Canine Good Citizen and Canine Good Citizen Advanced evaluations, and teams that are ready can complete these evaluations during class.
6 Weeks - $275
INTRO TO RALLY OBEDIENCE
Rally Obedience is a fun dog sport that refines your dog's engagement with you, ability to follow complex cues, and heeling/leash walking skills. It also gives you, the human handler, the opportunity to practice your clear communication and navigating a course of challenges in partnership with your dog. This class is for those who want to work on advanced dog handling and training in a fun and engaging way!
Click here to learn more about Rally Obedience at Summit!
4 Weeks - $195
TRICKS!
Trick skills are a great way to enhance your relationship with your dog - what dog doesn't love doing tricks?! Take a trick class to get started teaching new skills or continue to build on your trick foundations! This is a great way to practice focus around distractions in a fun and entertaining way!
4 Weeks - $195
COOPERATIVE CARE FOR GROOMING & VET VISITS
Join us for this class all about teaching our dogs to participate in their own care routines. Cooperative Care is training and conditioning for more peaceful vet visits, grooming, and at-home care. You and your dog will both learn processes for making these experiences the happiest for everyone involved. Your vet and groomer will thank you!
4 Weeks - $195
You can take one or more of these classes (in any order) before moving on to Level 4.
Many of our students and their dogs benefit from taking several of these topical classes (in any order) before moving on to Level 4.
What will you & your dog learn in a Level 3 class?
Click each + to learn more about what is covered in each Level 3 Class!
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Level 3 Canine Good Citizen Class Learning Objectives
Teaching you about advanced training skills, including the Canine Good Citizen evaluation and first steps towards therapy dog work, and teaching your dog above-average manners for whatever fun activities you want to tackle together next!
This is a summary of our learning objectives for this class. We adjust the curriculum depending on the unique needs of our individual students - and each week there is always time for your Q & A!
Human Learning Objectives: Learning about the Canine Good Citizen Evaluation & Future Therapy Dog Goals
Setting up advanced manners practice opportunities for your dog’s success
Understanding the components of the Canine Good Citizen Evaluation
Exploring therapy dog work as a potential career for your dog, and the skills necessary to become a Therapy Dog team
Dog Learning Objectives: Above-Average Manners & Skills
Building on skills from previous levels for more advanced manners to Complete the Requirements of the AKC Canine Good Citizen & Canine Good Citizen Advanced Evaluations
Advanced leash walking, coming when called, sit & down stays, polite greetings, body handling, and more.
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Level 3 Intro to Rally Obedience Learning Objectives
Teaching you and your dog about advanced training skills and the dog sport of Rally Obedience, whether you plan to compete or just fine-tune your training skills for other adventures!
This is a summary of our learning objectives for this class. We adjust the curriculum depending on the unique needs of our individual students - and each week there is always time for your Q & A!
Human Learning Objectives: Learning about the dog sport of Rally Obedience
Understanding the components of navigating a Rally course & learning the Rally signs.
Reducing reliance on cues like your leash and treats in order to navigate a Rally course together.
Supporting your dog to advanced skills like precision heeling and prompt cue responses necessary for Rally - and other adventures!
Dog Learning Objectives: Rally Obedience Skills
Tight heeling & pivot turns for navigating through obstacles (in real life or a Rally Obedience course) with teamwork
Responding to cues promptly and working despite distractions
Endurance of training skills for completing many requests from you in sequence between reinforcement opportunities - useful both in the Rally course and beyond!
To see what Rally Obedience looks like, check out this video!
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Level 3 Tricks! Learning Objectives
Learn new training concepts to advance your relationship and communication with your dog, all the while getting your dog ready to wow your friends and family with a fun set of tricks! You and your dog have the option to evaluate for your Novice Trick Dog title (from AKC) at the end of this class.
This is a summary of our learning objectives for this class. We adjust the curriculum depending on the unique needs of our individual students - and each week there is always time for your Q & A!
Human Learning Objectives: Teaching Tricks
Learn how to teach your dog a variety of “trick” behaviors, including any wild-card trick that you and your dog can imagine together!
Apply advanced training concepts such as shaping, luring, capturing, looping, back-chaining, and more!
Add duration and generalization to your dog’s skills as you proof and refine their trick repertoire!
Dog Learning Objectives: Trick Skills
Learn how to do a variety of tricks, such as navigating props in different ways, picking up their toys, and any other tricks that you can imagine together!
Expand their vocabulary as they learn how to associate new cues with their new trick behaviors.
Practice paying close attention to your directions and cues so that they can perform their tricks (and other skills) quickly and reliably!
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Level 3 Cooperative Care Class Learning Objectives
Teaching you about Cooperative Care and training for husbandry routines, and teaching your dog how to feel comfortable with handling for veterinary, grooming and at-home care.
This is a summary of our learning objectives for this class. We adjust the curriculum depending on the unique needs of our individual students - and each week there is always time for your Q & A!
Human Learning Objectives: Cooperative Care
Exploring Cooperative Care for relationship-building with your dog
Creating a training plan for your dog’s expected husbandry needs
Dog Learning Objectives: Cooperative Care Skills
Learning positive associations for grooming & veterinary care routines
Routines such as: nail clipping, brushing, restraint for exam, blood draws, and more
How to communicate with you about when they are ready for care routine to start
How to “opt-in” and “opt-out” of care routines clearly and safely
Let’s Get Scheduled for a Level 3 class!
Ready to Level Up?!
You and your dog can move up to Level 4 when:
Level 3 Class Graduation with Summit - You must complete at least one Level 3 class within our program before advancing to a Level 4 class. Please note that the next level of Rally Obedience at Level 4 (Rally Novice) specifically requires completion of the Level 3 Intro to Rally class first.
Graduates of Level 2 and up are invited to join our monthly drop-in Training Trek excursions! Practice your training skills in real-life environments on mini-adventures around Fort Collins.