Obedience General Information
Overview
Obedience training classes are offered as a community service for the dog owner who wants a well-behaved companion, both in the home and out in public.
Instruction is also offered for those who wish to do more advanced work with their dogs or compete in Obedience Trials.
In the beginning obedience class, we will teach you to train your dog to walk calmly by your side, stand quietly while being examined, stay in both the sit and down position and to come when called.
$160 for 8 week session.
$25 for drop-in for advanced classes.
Pre-Registration required for:
Puppy, Adult Beginning, Intermediate 1, Rally,and Trick Dog
For questions call or email Betsy Vobach
831-308-0415
Email for Betsy Vobach
train.dmkc@gmail.com
Registration Form
Skills taught at each level
Please read the Obedience Etiquette before attending class.
Rally – We offer Beginning and Advanced Rally classes. Classes are geared to mastering signs and gaining the dogs attention for competition. Prerequisite: Intermediate 1 Obedience.
Cost $160
Trick Dog: Teaching your dog tricks is a great way to have fun with your dog, build your relationship, develop skill to entertain others, and enhance your obedience training. In the Trick Dog class, we will work with training techniques such as targets, luring, capturing, and markers. Students will work on AKC Trick Dog titles in class and after the requisite number of tricks are mastered, a title will be given. Help will be given for specific tricks students are interested in learning, and basic tricks such as shake, high 5, wave, roll over, and others. Students need to have completed at least one obedience class to enroll.
Cost $160
Canine Good Citizen: Testing is usually offered once per session. Test dates will be posted and preregistration is required.
Cost - $20
Private Lessons – We offer 15 minute private lessons on Monday nights with a variety of instructors to help coach you through specific challenges you may be having with your dog or help with learning a new skill.
15 minute private lesson - $30
About the Instructors
Our Obedience training classes have been taught for over thirty years by Ms. Pluis Davern. Pluis is experienced in training all breeds of dogs. Most recently she is the Director of Training for the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation. Ms. Davern is also a popular AKC dog show Judge and also trains pointing dogs, spaniels and retrievers for hunting and field trials. She was awarded the prestigious AKC Breeder of the Year Award in 2011.
Pam Strametz is an accomplished breeder and trainer. She teaches our Puppy Development Class. She has put titles on dogs in Obedience, Agility, Conformation, and Herding. She has earned 3 Obedience Trial Champions (OTCH) titles, and 5 Utility Dog Excellent (UDX) titles, on a variety of breeds.
Dale Root teaches our Conformation and Attention Classes. He is an accomplished breeder and trainer, has numerous Obedience titles, one OTCH dog, and numerous conformation Champions.
Kate Davern is 2nd generation full time professional dog trainer. Kate started competing in AKC obedience at the age of 12 with her 7 month old Golden Retriever, Scamper, and went high in trial their first time in the ring. Kate has trained and titled clients dogs since 1984 in Obedience, Rally and Retriever and Spaniel hunt tests as well as giving private lessons to owners who want to compete with their own dogs. Kate has taught puppy and obedience classes for Monterey Bay Dog Training Club, Santa Clara Dog Training Club as well as her own classes at her facility. Kate substitutes for Del Monte's obedience classes when available. Kate is committed that both the dog and handler enjoy the learning process, and each other, as she believes goals in training deepen our relationship with our dogs.
"From time to time, our instructors may not be available to teach a class and a substitute will be provided.”