Beginner Class Videos - teaching you step by step...
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Beginner Lesson 1 - WHAT IS A PACK LEADER
​In this video Cathie explains everything you are going to  learn over the next eight lessons including what is a pack leader.

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Beginner Lesson 1 - HOMEWORK
Homework is everything you have learned in each lesson and you should only practice with your dog ten minutes a day. 
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Beginner Lesson 2 - "SIT, STAY" and RETURN AROUND YOUR DOG
Remember when you are doing this step that you must leave facing your dog and then return facing your dog.  Also that you need to slide your left hand gently up the leash and keep the leash loose on the left side of your dog as you walk around behind the dog.  When you do this you give your dog confidence in the tree and let them know that you will be returning.

Beginner Lesson 3 - "DOWN"

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Beginners lesson 4 - "EXTENSION OF THE SIT STAY"
At the beginning of the class the students are shown how to go to the end of their leash and drop it and learn how to extend the distance away from their dogs with the end goal to leave their dogs alone while all owners are across the room over twenty feet away.

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Beginner lesson 5 - "LEAVE IT"
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Beginner lesson 5 - EXTENSION OF THE SIT STAY TO ACROSS THE ROOM
Each week we increase the distance and time for both the "Sit stay" and "Down stay"

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Beginner lesson 6 - "HEELING WITH A LOOSE LEASH"

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Lesson 6 ... continued - "LOOSE LEASH HEELING WITH CLASS"
Students are encouraged to stop relying on their leashes and walk with them around their necks and try not to use the leash at all while heeling.

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Beginner Lesson 7 - "COME"
​Students are learning how to teach their dog to come when called.  Remember you can not teach your dog to "come" if they don't know how to "stay" first.