The corner stone of our training is basic obedience. Before you can get started in any training discipline, the human and the dog must first have a firm understanding of what basic obedience is. Essentially our philosophy of obedience is the following:
The human must know how to communicate with the dog. The dog must understand the human. The dog must respect the handler. The dog must be in control when in public. The dog cannot be obnoxious. The dog must work through distractions.
Now you all thought I would say the dog has to sit, down, heel and so on when commanded to do so. Although that is what is taught in class and what is required to pass the class, those things are not the ultimate goal at Falco K9 Academy. The goal must be the bulleted items for a truly happy and long lasting relationship with your dog. In other words, your dog will not sit on command unless he understands what you are asking of him. Your dog will not come to you when a child is bouncing a ball unless the dog has been trained to work through distractions.
It is Falco’s philosophy that dogs learn more through motivational and reward-based training. Although a dog should understand when he is doing something wrong, it is more important for the dog to know when he is doing something right. We will train the handler how to motivate the dog with a healthy balance of training techniques.
