Classes

At Cold Nose Col­lege, we spe­cial­ize in effec­tive, pos­i­tive rein­force­ment Good Man­ners train­ing for the fam­ily dog. Our goal is to help your dog become a well-behaved com­pan­ion and fam­ily mem­ber through the use of dog-friendly, pos­i­tive train­ing meth­ods. We’re Clicker Train­ers, which means we use the sound of a Clicker as our com­mu­ni­ca­tion tool to let the dog know they’ve just done the right thing!

Classes Offered

Equip­ment needed:  Flat buckle or snap col­lar, or a front clip har­ness, and 6 foot leather or nylon leash.

No choke chains, prong col­lars, shock or elec­tronic col­lars.  Equip­ment of this kind is not needed or per­mit­ted. We also ask that you leave your retractable leash at home for your dog’s pro­tec­tion and that of others.

Can­cel­la­tion and Missed Classes:  We will miss you if you are unable to attend a class or classes after reg­is­tra­tion. Unfor­tu­nately we are unable to offer refunds or dis­counts for missed classes. If you would like to sched­ule a make up ses­sion for a par­tic­u­lar missed class, please let us know and, sched­ule per­mit­ting, we can arrange a 30 minute make up ses­sion on the day of your next sched­uled class for $25.

If you don’t see a class or time that fits your needs give us a call and we’ll try to put one on the schedule.

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First Aid & CPR  (for pets)

Loca­tion:  Cold Nose Col­lege Train­ing & Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter, Mur­phy, NC  (map)                Dates:
June 29, 2013 (Sat­ur­day)  12 Noon  Reg­is­tra­tion Open

What You Learn:  In this 4 hour class you will receive the most up to date infor­ma­tion and meth­ods in pet First Aid and CPR. Top­ics include bleed­ing man­age­ment, chock­ing, res­cue breath­ing, CPR and more. We believe this  is  a vital skill for all pet own­ers and cer­tainly pet pro­fes­sion­als such as pet sit­ters, dog walk­ers, train­ers, groomers, res­cue and shel­ter work­ers.
Pre­req­ui­site:  None!
Tuition:  $75

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Basic Good Man­ners 101

Loca­tion:  Cold Nose Col­lege Train­ing & Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter, Mur­phy, NC  (map)
Date:
June 13, 2013 (Thurs­day) 6:00 Class Full
June 25, 2013 (Tues­day)  6:00  Reg­is­tra­tion Open
July 9, 2013 (Tues­day)  1:00  Reg­is­tra­tion Open
August 6, 2013  (Tues­day)  6:00 Reg­is­tra­tion Open
August 8, 2013  (Thurs­day) 3:30  Reg­is­tra­tion Open

 

Why:  Because a well trained dog is a plea­sure to have in your home, a plea­sure to travel with, and is wel­come most any­where.
What You Learn:  We’ll be work­ing on a vari­ety of basic, good man­ners: Polite Greet­ing, Sit, Down, Polite Walk­ing on Leash, Come, Go to Bed, Tar­get­ing, Off/Leave It, etc., and some fun dog tricks! We also dis­cuss other dog behav­ior chal­lenges accord­ing to class need/interest.

Please remem­ber that first night of class is “with­out” dogs. This gives us a chance to dis­cuss train­ing phi­los­o­phy, moti­va­tion and tim­ing, gather expec­ta­tions, dis­cuss clicker train­ing, items for you to bring to remain­ing classes, etc. There’s lots of infor­ma­tion for you, the han­dler, to learn before the dogs join us in class.
Term:  6 con­sec­u­tive weeks
Tuition:  $145

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Good Man­ners 102

Pre­req­ui­site:  Suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of Basic Good Man­ners 101
Loca­tion:  Cold Nose Col­lege Train­ing & Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter, Mur­phy, NC  (map)
Dates:
August 8, 2013 (Thurs­day)  1:00  Reg­is­tra­tion Open

Why:  To rein­force the behav­iors you and your dog have already learned and build on the foun­da­tion you’ve already cre­ated.
What You Learn:  This course takes you beyond Basic Good Man­ners and pre­pares you to take the Amer­i­can Ken­nel Club, Canine Good Cit­i­zen test. You will learn the skills to help your dog be well behaved, not only in your home, but in pub­lic places, and in the pres­ence of other dogs. This course is per­fect for any­one inter­ested in ther­apy or assis­tance dog work in the future. For more infor­ma­tion on the AKC CGC pro­gram visit www.akc.org
Term:  6 con­sec­u­tive weeks
Tuition:  $145

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Agility for Fun — Level I

Pre­req­ui­site:  Basic Good Man­ners Class or Com­pa­ra­ble Skills
Loca­tion:  Hiwassee Dam Area, 1675 Friend­ship Church Road, Mur­phy, NC  (map)
Dates:
July 10, 2013  (Wednes­day)  6:00   Reg­is­tra­tion Open

Why:  Besides just being plain fun, intro­duc­ing and train­ing your dog on dif­fer­ent agility obsta­cles helps to give your dog con­fi­dence. Your dog will be more con­fi­dent in new sit­u­a­tions, less timid over­all, bet­ter behaved all around and more con­fi­dent around other dogs and peo­ple.
What You Learn:  You’ll be work­ing with your dog to help him or her learn to nego­ti­ate tun­nels, jumps, teeters, tire jumps, and weave poles. Join in the fun sport of Agility, but in a non-competitive envi­ron­ment. Come join us for some fun!
Term:  6 con­sec­u­tive weeks
Tuition:  $145

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Intro to Agility for Fun (Indoors For Winter)

Pre­req­ui­site:  Basic Good Man­ners 101 or equiv­a­lent
Loca­tion:  Cold Nose Col­lege Train­ing & Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter
Dates:
Call for Sched­ule

Why: Besides just being plain fun, intro­duc­ing and train­ing your dog on dif­fer­ent agility obsta­cles helps to give your dog con­fi­dence. Your dog will be more con­fi­dent in new sit­u­a­tions, less timid over­all, bet­ter behaved all around and more con­fi­dent around other dogs and peo­ple. And we’re inside where it’s warm!
What You Learn:  You’ll be work­ing with your dog to help him or her learn to nego­ti­ate tun­nels, jumps, teeters, tire jumps, and weave poles. Join in the fun sport of Agility, but in a non-competitive envi­ron­ment. Come join us for some fun!
Term:  4 con­sec­u­tive weeks
Tuition:  $100

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Rocket Recall

Loca­tion:  Cold Nose Col­lege Train­ing & Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter, Mur­phy, NC  (map)
Pre­req­ui­site:  Basic Good Man­ners Class
Dates:
Call for Sched­ule

Why:  A Rocket Recall is ensur­ing that your dog will come run­ning to you enthu­si­as­ti­cally the first time and each time you call him/her to Come! Com­ing to you when called is one of the most impor­tant skills your dog can learn.
What You Learn:  This 4 week course pro­vides you with mul­ti­ple strate­gies for intro­duc­ing, prac­tic­ing, rein­forc­ing and gain­ing effec­tive recalls. Get­ting your dog to come to you on cue is one of the nicest things you can do for your dog (and for you!). By know­ing that your dog will return when­ever you want him to allows you to give your dog free­dom to play and go where he/she wants to go (within rea­son).
Term:  4 con­sec­u­tive weeks
Tuition:  $100

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Puppy Preschool

Loca­tion:  Cold Nose Col­lege Train­ing & Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter, Mur­phy, NC  (map)
Dates:
Mon­days at 1:30 pm  

Call for next start date.

Why:  To give your puppy the best pos­si­ble start in life and to make sure that your puppy has “pos­i­tive expe­ri­ences” with all of the new peo­ple, places and things they encounter. Did you know that the most for­ma­tive time in your puppy’s life is the first few months? It’s very impor­tant that you social­ize your puppy to a vari­ety of peo­ple, places and things dur­ing this win­dow of time.
What You Learn:  How to set your puppy up to be a well-mannered, con­fi­dent, adult dog.

• This class is for pup­pies who are 9 to 16 weeks of age at the start of the first class. We’ll be work­ing on Bite Inhi­bi­tion (so your puppy devel­ops a soft mouth), we’ll be Social­iz­ing your puppy to peo­ple (espe­cially chil­dren, men, and strangers) and other dogs, as well as teach­ing basic good man­ners such as Polite Greet­ing, Sit, Down and Come, and real life skills such as Drop It and Leave It. Our goal is to set your puppy up to be a well-mannered, con­fi­dent, adult dog.  It’s a great head start to our Basic Good Man­ners 101 class

• Require­ment: Pup­pies should receive a min­i­mum of one set of vac­cines at least 7 days prior to the first class and a first de-worming, and should be kept up-to-date on vac­cines through­out the class.

Term:  4 weeks
Tuition:  $100

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Play in the Pas­ture Sessions

Loca­tion:  Hiwassee Dam Area, 1675 Friend­ship Church Road, Mur­phy, NC  (map)

Pre­req­ui­site:  All dogs must have attended at least one Cold Nose Col­lege group class.

Dates: 
June 8, 2013    Large dogs (over 40 lbs.) at 9:00    Small dogs (Under40 lbs)  10:15

NOTE:  Reser­va­tion Required. All dogs must be Spayed or Neutered.

Why:  A well exer­cised dog is a happy and healthy dog and makes for a happy human!   This is an off leash, out­door social for you and your dog in a safe, fenced one acre area which is within six fenced acres.
What You Learn:  Off leash eti­quette and recall tips, infor­ma­tion about read­ing dog body lan­guage so that you can learn to rec­og­nize the signs that a dog may be get­ting tense and isn’t enjoy­ing them­selves and the joy of learn­ing how romp­ing with your dog can be fan­tas­tic fun.
What You’ll Need:  Writ­ten proof from your vet­eri­nar­ian of up-to-date vac­ci­na­tions.
Term:  45 min­utes per ses­sion
Tuition:  $15 per dog. Reser­va­tion Required.

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Tricks for Clicks!

Loca­tion:  Cold Nose Col­lege Train­ing & Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter, Mur­phy, NC  (map)
Pre­req­ui­site:  Suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of Basic Man­ners Class
Dates:
July 22, 2013  (Mon­day)   1:00  Reg­is­tra­tion Open

Why:  Because it’s just plan FUN..it’s as sim­ple as that! You’ll increase your han­dling skills and it’s great men­tal stim­u­la­tion for you and your dog. You’ll learn how to avoid unwanted behav­iors by learn­ing to train new incom­pat­i­ble behav­iors. You can’t teach your dog to roll over, say his prayers, skate­board or weave through your legs with­out laugh­ing. When you laugh with your dog, you’re going to have fun. The more fun you have, the more apt you’ll be to train some more, and the more you train, the bet­ter you both will be at it. All behav­iors are tricks..and all tricks are just addi­tional behav­iors.
What You Learn:  You’ll learn how to break a behav­ior down to its small­est parts and build them back into a fin­ished behav­ior through the use of shap­ing or back chain­ing. You’ll refine your tim­ing with the clicker, mak­ing all future train­ing faster. You’ll learn bet­ter obser­va­tion skills to help you bet­ter com­mu­ni­cate with your dog. You’ll learn that train­ing is a fun, life­long jour­ney with your dog build­ing an even stronger bond between you both. Wow! There’s no down­side to that at all, is there?
What You’ll Need:  Writ­ten proof from your vet­eri­nar­ian of up-to-date vaccinations. Several types of “soft” food treats in a fanny pack or treat bag, flat col­lar or front-clip har­ness, 4 to 6 ft leather or nylon leash, fully enclosed walk­ing shoes (no flip flops or open heeled shoes), small squeaky toy or tug toy for play and rein­force­ment, and any other prop that may be appro­pri­ate for your tricks.
Term:  6 con­sec­u­tive weeks
Tuition:  $145

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Hounds Around Town

Loca­tion:  Var­i­ous out­door loca­tions in and around Mur­phy, NC
Pre­req­ui­site:  This is an inter­me­di­ate class and the dog and han­dler will have suc­cess­fully com­pleted a Basic Man­ners class. The han­dler should have solid clicker train­ing skills and the dog should have suc­cess­fully been able to per­form Polite Walk­ing, Polite Greet­ing and focus on the han­dler in the class­room. Dogs must be safe and non­re­ac­tive with both strangers and new dogs.
Dates:
July 11, 2013 (Thurs­day)  10:30 am Reg­is­tra­tion Open

Why:  To help your dog learn to per­form reli­ably in out­door loca­tions where there are many more dis­trac­tions. We move out of the class­room and into more real life sit­u­a­tions. This class will be taught out of doors in places such as the River­walk in Mur­phy, a hik­ing trail in a wooded area, a mildly dis­tract­ing down­town loca­tion, local pet stores and per­haps even the patio of a local restau­rant.
What You’ll Learn:  We’ll be vis­it­ing local dog-friendly places work­ing on polite walk­ing (loose leash walk­ing), polite greet­ings (sit­ting for pet­ting), impulse con­trol and focus while at new and excit­ing des­ti­na­tions. You’ll learn to teach your dog to focus on you when in the midst of a vari­ety of sit­u­a­tions and set­tings. You’ll learn to gen­er­al­ize and proof class­room behav­iors in new envi­ron­ments. You’ll learn being “out and about town” with a well-behaved dog is great fun!
What You’ll Need:  Sev­eral types of “soft” food treats in a fanny pack or treat bag, flat col­lar or front-clip har­ness, 4 to 6 ft leather or nylon leash, fully enclosed walk­ing shoes (no flip flops or open heeled shoes), small squeaky toy or tug toy for play and rein­force­ment, 15 to 25 foot long line, dog­gie “pooh” bags, and water for you and your dog.
Term:  6 con­sec­u­tive weeks
Tuition:  $145

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Intro to Canine Sports

Pre­req­ui­site: None !
Loca­tion:  Cold Nose Col­lege Train­ing & Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter, Mur­phy, NC  (map)

Dates:
Call for Schedule

Why: To learn all about some of the most pop­u­lar and fun canine sports tak­ing place around the world today.
What You’ll Learn:  You’ll be exposed to sev­eral excit­ing and chal­leng­ing canine sports such as Rally, Nose Games, Agility and Freestyle.  This class will give you a bet­ter under­stand­ing of each sport and will allow you and your dog to expe­ri­ence a fun, new exer­cise each week. This class is designed as a “sam­pler” course, so that you and your dog can decide which canine sport is right for you…or, you just may love them all!
Term: 4 Con­sec­u­tive weeks
Tuition:  $100

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Hone Your Skills!  Drop in Class

Loca­tion:  Cold Nose Col­lege Train­ing & Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter, Mur­phy, NC  (map)
Descrip­tion:  Whether it’s your DOG who needs some addi­tional work or whether YOU need some addi­tional coach­ing on your own han­dling skills to in turn help your dog, this inter­me­di­ate class is for you!
Pre­req­ui­site:  Basic Good Man­ners Class

We’ll be work­ing with each stu­dent to tweak behav­iors that are spe­cific to their own dog.  It could be some­thing you began work­ing on in the Basic Good Man­ners Class or per­haps some other unwanted behav­ior that’s spe­cific to your own home.

Per­haps Frac­tious Fido is still pulling a bit on leash or needs some addi­tional work on not charg­ing out the door or maybe he needs some addi­tional help with recall or polite greet­ing. Maybe you even want to teach him a trick (yes all behav­iors are really tricks!).

In Hone Your Skills we’ll con­tinue to help you with tips and tech­niques, as well as prac­tice both inside and out­side the class­room to increase your learn­ing and keep you strid­ing toward accom­plish­ing your goals for your dog.

Pre­req­ui­site:  Cold Nose Col­lege Basic Man­ners
Dates: Return­ing Fall 2012.
Come just once or every Wednes­day if you like.
Tuition:  $25 per class

NOTE:  This is a drop-in class so reser­va­tions must be made by Tues­day at noon prior to each class.

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Group classes are six weeks, once a week, unless oth­er­wise spec­i­fied. Each class lasts approx­i­mately 60 minutes.

Max­i­mum class size is 6 dogs.

Can­cel­la­tion and Missed Classes:  We will miss you if you are unable to attend a class or classes after reg­is­tra­tion. Unfor­tu­nately we are unable to offer refunds or dis­counts for missed classes. If you would like to sched­ule a make-up ses­sion for a par­tic­u­lar missed class, please let us know and, sched­ule per­mit­ting, we can arrange a 30 minute make-up ses­sion on the day of your next sched­uled class for $25.

Click here to down­load our Reg­is­tra­tion Form.