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Agility Dog Winner

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:39:45 +0000

Huge congratulations to our past students Ruby and Shannon for winning First and Second Place at the Charlotte, NC A.K.C. Agility Trials held October 10th and 11th 2009. Ruby scored 100 out of 100 points and 91 out of 100 points which gave her 2 qualifying runs in Standard Course. Ruby took her first Agility Course this past spring at our Mooresville, NC location and continued on with agility training under the direction of Linda Taylor at our Matthews, NC location. From day one Ruby and her owner were special. Both were ready to learn and were extremely enthusiastic about working on their agility skills. Shannon watched and listened to instructions, Ruby, though, was quite a handful. She pulled on the leash and was running all over the place. The second lesson proved what she was made of. I asked for a volunteer to demonstrate the homework I had assigned during the previous agility class and Ruby and Shannon stepped up. I watched in awe as they did close to perfect front crosses and jumps. Ruby and her owner had really done their homework and worked as a team perfecting the jumps and hand signals. After a few classes Shannon told me she was going to enter Ruby in the upcoming Agility Trials. The Agility Class was just for fun, but with hard work and true dedication to the sport that fun can take you down a more challenging road.

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Upcoming Group Classes in Mooresville, NC

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:47:47 +0000

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Highland Canine Training is offering group classes in Mooresville, NC again this fall. Group Classes will be held at the Humane Society of Iredell located at 110 Robinson Road in Mooresville, NC beginning on Saturday, November 14th, 2009. Each class lasts for about an hour.

Agility for Fun Class 11:30 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
This class is a great way for owners to teach their dog confidence as well as some exciting new skills. Our agility for fun class teaches ground work and fundamentals to complete a variety of obstacles and jumps such as weave poles, pause tables, tire jumps, triple jumps and more! There are no prerequistes for this course.

Basic Obedience Class 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
This class teaches dogs and owners on-leash skills such as sit, down, stay, come, heel and place. This class is also designed to help owners deal with problems such as pulling on the leash, jumping on people, etc. This course is also a great forum for socializing your dog with new people and dogs.

Rally Obedience Class 3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Rally-O class introduces dogs and owners to Rally Obedience. This class will teach the skills (sit, down, turn, stand, come, etc) to learn and compete in either AKC or APDT Rally courses and competitions. Rally is a great way for dogs and owner to work closely together and to show others their hard work. Rally is fun, competition obedience that is completed under time.

Therapy Dog Training Class 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Therapy Dog Class teaches dogs and owners the fundamentals of therapy dog work. Dogs and owners wishing to attend this class must have previously completed a basic obedience class or an equivalent. This course teaches the skills and environmental training that is required for therapy dogs. This course is great if you are looking into doing therapy work in schools, nursing homes and hospitals. Many of our previous graduates are already involved in these types of exciting and fulfilling programs.

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New Therapy Dog Club

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:40:42 +0000

Highland Canine Training, LLC is proud to announce the formation of the Therapy Dog Club of NC! This group allows handlers and dogs the opportunity to train and work in a group to teach people about the benefits of therapy dogs and the work that they do.

Because of all the interest in our therapy dog classes and training programs, we decided to offer therapy dogs and their handlers a group so that they could network and exchange information and ideas about their work and adventures as therapy dog handlers. This group also provides therapy dog teams with opportunities to work as well as providing school, nursing homes, group homes and similar facilities with a pool of qualified teams to come and volunteer at their facilities.

If you are interested in joining the Therapy Dog Club or just want to learn more, visit the website at www.therapydogclub.com

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Upcoming Group Dog Training Classes – Mooresville, Matthews, NC

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:55:55 +0000

Highland Canine Training, LLC will be hosting another round of group classes during the month of June. They will be held at Highland Canine in Matthews and the Humane Society in Mooresville. Here is the schedule with the places and times for these classes.

AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Class is an excellent way to start your puppy off on the right foot. The focus of the class is socialization, training the basic commands, proper play and exercise and owner responsibility. Each student will receive a S.T.A.R. Puppy handbook and be eligible to receive a S.T.A.R. Puppy certificate and medal upon the completion of class.
When: June 20^th at 11am
Where: Humane Society in Mooresville, NC
Cost: $129
Call Linda Taylor at 704-500-6810 to sign-up.

Advanced Agility Class is the sequel to the Agility for Fun class. This class teaches new obstacles and more challenging groundwork. Completion of a previous agility class is a prerequisite for this course.

When: June 20^th at 12:30pm

Where: Humane Society in Mooresville, NC

Cost:$149