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What is the Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Exam?
General Information
Prerequisites to the CGC
The 10 Certification Skills your dog must learn
Item 1: Accepting A Friendly Stranger
Item 2: Sitting Politely for Petting
Item 3: Appearance and Grooming
Item 4: Out for a Walk
Item 5: Walking Through a Crowd
Item 6: Sit & Down on Command / Staying in Place
Item 7: Coming When Called
Item 8: Reaction to Another Dog
Item 9: Reaction to Distractions
Item 10: Supervised Separation
Lets Talk Dog Training
Length of Your Training Session
The LEASH
Marker Training
High Value Food Rewards
Engagement & Groundwork
Generalization & The 3D's
Building Your Training Plan
Core Training Skills
Sit
Down
Stay
Come
Loose Leash Walking
Working with Friendly People & Grooming
Troubleshooting Common Problems
Troubleshooting
Shy or Reactive Dogs
Where to Go From Here
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May 18, 2020 at 11:35am
Hello my name is Vicky and my Canine training partner is Miller. We live in Mentor, Ohio
My goals for this class is to prepare Miller to get certified as a therapy dog. I also want to become a professional dog trainer.
September 22, 2020 at 2:00pm
Hello Vicky! I too want to become a professional dog trainer one day. My dog's name is Champ, but ACK would not let register him under anything with "Champ" in the title. So technically his "official" registered name is.....Sir Dogs-A-Lot. Because he dogs all day, and I thought that was funny.
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