Puppy Foundation (This award is only open to dogs under 12 months old at the end of the course)
Responsibility & Care - Do you know how to care for your puppy?
Cleanliness & Identification - Your puppy needs proper ID and you need to have a poop scoop
Attentive Response To Name -
Your puppy must know its name so you can train him
Puppy Play
Socialisation - With people, adult dogs and noises
Handling & Inspection - What you should look for every week and how to groom
Puppy Recall - make sure your puppy comes back
Basic Puppy Positions Sit, Down, Stand
Walking in a Controlled Manner - Get your puppy to walk by your side
Stay for approximately 10 seconds - Stay in any
position
Take Article Away from the Puppy - Take a toy away from your dog on cue
Food Manners (take a treat without snatching) - Give your dog a treat
The Puppy foundation is awarded by your intake course Instructor.
Bronze
Cleanliness and Identification
- Each handler must carry with them some form of "poop scoop" and all dogs must wear a collar and identification tag.
Collar and lead - Put on collar and lead.
Walk on lead - Walk on lead without distraction.
Control at Door/Gate - Walk on lead through Door/Gate.
Controlled walk through people and dogs - Walk on lead passing people and dogs. Behave in controlled manner whilst owner holds a conversation for one minute.
Stay in one place, on lead - Stay in one position, on command, on lead. (1 Minute duration)
Grooming the dog - Groom and inspect to maintain health.
Present for examination - Present for examination, on lead, including mouth, teeth, throat, eyes, ears and feet.
Return to the handler - Release from lead, play with or without toy, or in some other way distance themselves from their dog, recall and attach lead.
Responsibility and care - The object is to test the knowledge of the handler on this subject
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Play with the dog - The object is to demonstrate that the dog will play with its handler. Play adds an extra
dimension to a dog's life and can be used to make training fun.
Road walk - The object is to test the ability of the dog to walk on lead under control.
Rejoin
the handler - The object is for the dog to remain steady while the handler leaves but the dog will rejoin when instructed to do so.
Stay in one place - The object is that the dog will
stay on the spot while the handler moves away for 2 minutes; the handler should remain in sight.
Vehicle control - The
object is for the handler to get the dog in and out of a vehicle in a controlled manner. The dog should remain quiet, relaxed and under control during the exercise.
Come away from distractions - The object is for the handler to remain in control of their dog when there are distractions.
Controlled greeting - The object is to
demonstrate that the dog will not jump up. Should this happen, the handler must be able to successfully instruct the dog to cease.
Food manners - The object is for the dog to have good manners when aware of peoples' food.
Examination of the dog - The object is to demonstrate that the dog will allow inspection of its body by a stranger as might be undertaken by a veterinary surgeon.
Responsibility
and care - The object is to test the knowledge of the handler on this subject.
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Road walk - The object is to test the ability of the dog to walk on lead under control beside the
handler and for the handler to determine the speed of the walk.
Return to handler's side - The object is to be able to bring the dog back
under close control during a lead free walk.
Walk free beside handler - The object is for the dog to be kept close to the handler's side as
may be necessary on a walk in the park.
Stay down in one place - The object is that the dog will stay down on the spot while the handler
moves away for 2 minutes both in and out of sight.
Send the dog to bed - The object is to demonstrate control such as might be required in
the home.
Stop the dog - The object is for the handler to stop the dog at a distance in an emergency situation.
Relaxed isolation - The object is for the dog to be content when left in isolation. During such times the dog should not become agitated, unduly stressed or defensive.
Food manners - The object is for the dog to be fed in an orderly manner.
Examination of the dog. This is to demonstrate that the dog will allow inspection of its body by a stranger.
Responsibility and care - The object is to test the knowledge of the handler on this subject.
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