Prerequisite: Dog must have earned at least 1 leg in an Open class toward their CDX to be eligible for the Pre-Utility class, or with the approval of the NOCI Director of Training.
In this class class students will begin to work on the skills required at the Utility level
The new skills students will begin to work on include:
1.) Heeling with no verbal commands to their dog (all signals)
2.) A Drop, Sit, & Come using no verbal commands (all signals)
3.) A Stand at the halt in the Heeling & Signal exercise
4.) The scent discrimination exercise, where the dog is trained to find & retrieve an article scented by the handler
5.) The Directed Retrieve exercise, where the dog will learn to retrieve the correct glove from the three placed out.
6.) The moving Stand exercise which includes a more thorough exam than at the Novice level
7.) The Directed Jumping exercise, which consists of a 40’Go Out, and then a Directed Recall over either the high or the bar jump.
For information about any of our Obedience classes contact the Training Hall Secretary.
