GRC Group Classes
Intro to Social Responsibility
The Intro to Social Responsibility Group Class is a one hour, 6 week group class mean to help teach you how to train for the GRC SR test. The class focuses on the following skills:
Leash Responsibility
Greetings
Middle with steps and turns
Down with distractions
Front with steps and turns
Calm Liberty
This class is a great starting point if you enjoy the structure of a weekly step-by-step program and are not sure where to start.
$360/6 weeks
SR Skills for Dogs with Big Feelings
This class assumes some basic understanding of leash walking, Middle, Front, and Down. The goal of this class is to help teams work on strategies to transfer those skills from the kitchen to the trial environment by focusing on building emotional control and trust while increasing motivation and engagement as well as overall confidence.
If you and your dog have a basic understanding of the behaviors required to pass the test but are struggling with impulse control, working through reactivity, are worried about navigating the trial environment, or aren’t sure that the skills will hold up without a reinforcer on your body this is the class for you.
This is a great class for those who need help proofing behaviors, practicing Faith in Handler Drills, out of sight Down stays, Down while greeting a neutral dog, and/or greetings for dogs who may like people too much or too little.
$360/6 weeks
Intro to GRC Drive Sports
Interested in the GRC Drive Sports but not sure where to start? One of these 1 hour classes may be right for you! While your dog needs to pass the Social Responsibility test in order to compete in the Drive Sports, they do not have to have passed the test in order to attend these classes or start training or playing in a sport. In fact, many dogs find that training the drive sports gives them the biological fulfillment as well as the control in high arousal that they need in order to pass the SR!
Intro to Spring Pole
This 1 hour class is appropriate for dogs who are interested in playing tug around distractions. A Spring Pole is a free hanging tug toy. During competition, GRC Spring Pole trials test the intensity of the dog’s drive for the game, the precision of their obedience, and the emotional fluency the dog shows when switching between drive (biting the toy) and control.
During class, we will introduce the dog to the game, teach you how to increase motivation, and start introducing the control they will need in order to compete as well as work around competing motivators in the “real world”
$60/class