Mahogany Ridge has built itself upon a philosophy that enables success through trust, respect and understanding while building the relationship of dog and handler. At Mahogany Ridge, we are truly dedicated to helping you understand and build the bond between you and your pet.
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"If you're dog does not come when called you don't have a dog."
Jack Volhard
 Obedience Level 1
| Obedience Level 2 |
Obedience Novice Open and Utility Training Off Leash, no Problem!
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| Rally-Obedience 1
| Rally Obedience 2 |
Rally Obedience 3 |
| NoseFun 1 |
NoseFun 2 |
NoseFun 3 |
| Beginner Obedience Focus Class |
Intermediate Obedience Focus Class |
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| Living with your Dog |
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| Agility Beginner Agility Advanced Beginner |
Agility Intermediate Agility Games |
Agility Advanced |
Additional classes to have even more fun while learning! |
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| Tricks 101 |
FUN-damentals |
Drill it! |
| Canine Social Hour |
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| Musical Canine Freestyle |
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| Flyball |
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| Environmental Games |
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| Biking with Buddy |
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Classes offered at Paws Awhile Pet Motel in Warrenton
A new series of classes will begin soon. Check our schedule and should you need more information, please call Theresa 540-547 2958.
Obedience Level 1 - 6 week program using the Volhard Motivational Method.
Designed for the beginner, we teach all the basic commands with a fun approach. Problems such as jumping, barking and running away are addressed.
Rally-Obedience
Begin your obedience with Rally! Designed for the beginner dog and handler with no previous obedience experience. This class will help dog and handler improve their team work and develop new skills.
NoseFun 1
Dogs have more than 220 million olfactory receptors in their nose giving them an incredible ability to smell. This class focuses on teaching you how to encourage and develop your dog’s natural scenting abilities by using their desire to hunt and their love of toys, food and exercise. This is a fun class designed to build confidence, and burn lots of mental and physical energy.
Beginner Obedience Focus Class
Four different classes for the beginner dog. Each 2 hour session has its own focus:
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walking on leash,
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sit, down and stand stay,
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oral behaviors like barking, chewing, biting
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come when called
Teach your dog to respond to you and learn how to continue building success. Includes light refreshments. Enjoy one or all four.
Living with your Dog
is about having a dog that will stay when told, leave things alone, go lay down and come when called. In this 4 week session learn this and more from Master Dog Trainer, Jack Volhard.
Agility Beginners - 6 week program
Obstacle training for the beginner dog. Teaching speed with confidence by teaching obstacle objectives with safety and fun as your priorities.
Agility Advanced Beginner - 6 week program
For the beginner dog and handler ready to pull it all together. Connecting obstacles and beginning sequencing. Learn how to put the course together and how to run your dog with speed and confidence.
Tricks 101
With the use of our dog's individual personality we will focus on teaching a variety of dog tricks throughout this class series. Tricks aren't just cute, they can be useful too! Learn to harness your dog's enthusiasm, building self-control while having a great time!
Canine Social Hour - 4 week program
designed for the dog owner that would like to better understand their dogs behavior while interacting with other dogs. This is the perfect class to develop dog savvy skills for walks in town or off leash visits to the dog park. Learn what our dogs are saying to each other and when and how to intervene. This class will be held outside in a secure area rain or shine.
Musical Canine Freestyle - 6 week program
One of the newest canine sports to reach North America. Here's something new to do over the winter or those rainy days! This class will introduce you to basic freestyle warm ups and moves, how to select music specifically for your dog, and how to begin creating a freestyle routine of your own! Wonderful additional training for your therapy dog, do demos, enter in competition, or just for fun!
This class is for those with little or no freestyle experience. A good way to get your dog moving, build on your relationship as a team — great for older dogs too! All of this and it's VERY FUN!
Flyball - 4 week program
Get in on the action. Flyball is a relay race with 4 dogs on a team. The course consists of a start line, 4 hurdles and a box. The dogs jump the hurdles and step on a spring loaded box that shoots out a tennis ball. The dog catches the ball and then runs back over the hurdles to their handler.
This is an introductory course which will introduce dogs and handlers to the fundamentals of flyball, including jumping, retrieving, and box work.
Prerequisite: dogs should have a good recall. Age requirement: 10 months of age.
Enviromental Games
This class is really about your dog. It is a known fact among dogs that sniffing is one of the most tiring things to do. Next may very well be learning something new like climbing a series of platforms or learning how to handle new experiences. This class is about building trust and confidence in the dog/handler relationship by offering different obstacles, surfaces and other challenges during this four week class. Improve your ability to read your dog and learn how to create a well-balanced happier dog. This class is for all dogs at any level. No previous skills needed .
Biking with Buddy
Working off your dogs energy can sometimes be a challenge. If you have a good comfort level on a bicycle and would like to teach your dog how to safely join you, Biking with Buddy may be just what you are looking for. This 4 week class is designed to teach your dog how to safely and confidently move along side your bike. They will learn how to move at different speeds, move right and left remaining out of your drive path and most importantly, learn to stop and sit when your bicycle is not moving. This is a great way to safely exercise yourself and your dog!
Obedience Level 2 - 6 week program
This level continues to build your dog's confidence, teaching hand signals, beginning off-leash work and distraction training.
Rally Obedience - 5 week program
The latest AKC class: like agility without the obstacles.
It incorporates all the basic obedience exercises.
Prerequisite: the dog-handler team need to have completed our Level 1 class or equivalent.
NoseFun 2
This class advances the dog/handler team building on skills taught in our NoseFun 1 class. All dogs are taught to identify a natural essential oil. Techniques for building better dog/handler interaction and teamwork are the focus. High food or toy motivation is essential.
Intermediate Obedience Focus Class
Four different classes for advanced beginner or intermediate dog. Each 2 hour session focuses on continuing to develop skills taught at our beginner level by adding time, distance and distraction. This focus classes are also geared to dogs that had training earlier in life and need help in only one or two areas. Includes light refreshments. Enjoy one or all 4 classes.
Agility Intermediate - 6 week program
This level of agility class will focus on the course. Students will master handling skills that enhance the performance of their dog. Running courses and building the team are the goal this six weeks!
Agility Games
Gamblers, Snooker, Jumpers and Tunnel games. A different game each week! The courses will be at the open level with limited enrollment so all teams get the most out of the hour. This class is a pay per week. Four weeks. They will run as above, beginning with gamblers, snooker, jumpers and our final class will be a tunnel game. Advance sign up is needed. Enjoy one or all four weeks.
FUN-damentals
This fast moving class incorporates all the basic obedience exercises with games that dogs and handlers play. Working on your leash manners has never been so much fun. While our dogs work on stays, recalls, sits and downs we add the element of games like Beat the bell, Bandana relay, Don't spill my drink and many more activities designed to enhance our dogs performance in a fun and sometimes competitive atmosphere.
Prerequisite: the dog-handler team need to have completed our Level 2 class or equivalent.
Obedience Novice - 6 week program
This class is offered to the handler that aspires to show their dog in the Novice level of obedience and/or Rally obedience competition. The focus is on detailing the routine for the ring and enhancing the performance through improved handling skills.
Open and Utility Training - 6 week program
The exercises that will be taught in this class are the additional skills needed for the open and utility class offered by the AKC. Our first three weeks will focus on Open and will include the drop on recall, jumping and retrieving. The final three weeks we will focus on Utility and include the go out with directive jumping, the seek back (CKC) and scent discrimination.
Off Leash, no problem! - 6 week program
As the name of this class implies, dogs and handlers will be learning all the skills needed to successfully work with off leash. Developed for the obedience competitor, we will work AKC Novice exercises to perfection off leash. This class is held in a fully fenced environment.
Rally Obedience
Build on the foundation of sign reading and learn the more challenging exercises to prepare for a rally advanced or excellent title. This class will help dog and handler improve their team work and develop new skills.
NoseFun 3
This class is for dogs that have completed the NoseFun 2 class and have met minimum proficiency in finding their initial target odor. This class will continue to develop handler skills and will introduce the teams to additional target odor(s).
Agility Advanced - 6 week program
Developed for the dog and handler that is in competition for agility titles or aspires to compete in the near future. Learn how to read and evaluate a course design, set up a competition course and teach you and your dog how to handle the challenges that you will find at the novice and open levels.
Drill It! - 4 week program
Developed for people who may be working toward obedience titles as well as just plain wanting their dogs to really sit and stay at the door when company arrives. Each week different behaviors are selected keeping the focus simple and fun, leaving you with a plan of action. Handlers will learn just how rewarding training our dogs can be when we make the time to drill it!
Call Theresa should you need more information immediately
540-547-2958
theresa@mahoganyridge.net