Dog Training & Workshops
Unleash your pup’s potential!
We are excited to welcome two resident dog trainers to Dragonfly Dog: Claire (Northk9 Training) and Jemma (Ruffmutz Training & Behaviour). Our Canine Workshops will enable you to work with your dog to bring out the best in them. Classes will be updated regularly.
Puppy Smart
Date To Be Confirmed
4 week course
£70
This is a foundation and confidence building class, aimed at getting you and your puppy off to a great start with basic training like recall, general manners around other dogs and people, and walking on a lead.
Suitable for all puppies under 6 months old!
You will learn:
Come along and get started on those all important foundations like recall, leave it, and loose lead walking
Chat through those common puppy topics like house-training, socialisation, and puppy nipping/biting
Help build your puppy’s confidence around new people and dog
For this course you will need:
Your puppy
Collar/harness and lead (not a flexi lead)
Small very tasty treats (www.dragonflyproducts.co.uk)
Poo bags
A mat/vet bed
Water and bowl
Dragonfly Good Dog Scheme - Bronze
Wednesday 17th April
19:00 - 20:00
4 week course
£70
A nice follow on from the Puppy Smart Course, or suitable for older dogs with some foundation training. We will be continuing to build on the basic skills learned. Dogs must be social and able to work in a group setting.
Got an older dog who’s new to training? Take a peek at our Good Dog Foundation Course. The Dragonfly Good Dog scheme is a progression scheme and will lead on to further levels you can work through, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum 
You will learn:
How to extend loose lead walking including around dogs and people
Stays
To build and extend recall with some distractions
Polite greetings around people
Extend the leave it behaviour
Grooming and handling of your dog
Introducing waits and breaks
For this course you will need:
Your dog
A collar and lead (not a flexi lead)
A well fitted harness
A long line
Dog’s favourite non-squeaky toy
Lots of small tasty treats (www.dragonflyproducts.co.uk)
Water and bowl
Dragonfly Good Dog Scheme - Silver
Wednesday 17th April
19:00 - 20:00
4 week course
£70
A nice follow on from the Dragonfly Good Dog Scheme - Bronze. For dogs who have already completed Bronze class with us.
You will learn:
This course will build on skills learnt in the Bronze Course. It will help you develop and progress your dogs training to the next level, plus some new skills too!
For this course you will need:
Your dog
A collar and lead (not a flexi lead)
A well fitted harness
A long line
Dog’s favourite non-squeaky toy
Lots of small tasty treats (www.dragonflyproducts.co.uk)
Water and bowl
Loose Lead & Recall Skills Workshop
Monday 15th April 2024
18:00-19:30
£70
You will learn:
Reward and motivation
Engagement and focus for the big wide world
Multiple methods of LL walking
Progressing from training into real life
Cues and body language
Safe use of long lines
Using play in recall
Recall games
Alternative Recall
For this course you will need:
Your dog
Well fitted collar/harness
A fixed length lead (not a flexi lead)
Lots of small tasty treats (www.dragonflyproducts.co.uk)
Dog’s favourite non-squeaky toy
Water and a bowl
A mat/vetbed
This 90 minute workshop will help you to understand why your dog pulls on the lead, and we will work through different methods of training to help you gain loose lead walking skills.
Suitable for any age of age of dog, dogs must be social to attend, if lead walking is a problem you are struggling with this is the ideal workshop for you.
Scent & Track UK
Scent Stars
Levels 1 & 2
Thursday 4th & 18th April 2024 (2 part workshop)
18:00-19:30
£100
Scent Stars is our Scent Detection training programme. Training covers the theory and practical elements of scent detection, and teaches you how to develop your dog’s natural scent skills with increasing challenges as you progress. Training for dogs and owners begins in our Level 1 Scent Stars course, right through to three levels of progression in our Scent Stars programme.
Scent Stars Level 1 is the entry level course, for all the budding detection teams out there. Scent Stars Level 2 is for those dogs who have completed their Level 1 to build on the skills they have learned to a more advanced level.
You will learn:
Motivation to search
Basic theory of scent
Basic search pattern
Equipment focus
The start of an indication
Choosing and imprinting on a scent
For this course you will need:
Your dog
Well fitted collar/harness
A fixed length lead (not a flexi lead)
Lots of small tasty treats (www.dragonflyproducts.co.uk)
Tennis ball or tug toy
Water and a bowl
Personal items like gloves/socks
For Level 2: all above plus target scent & search items
Scent Games
Fun Workshop
Monday 29th April 2024
18:00-19:30
£70
A fun introduction to basic scentwork and lots of fun and enriching games and activities you can do with your dog. Great for puppies and oldies alike.
You will learn:
For this course you will need:
Your dog
Well fitted collar/harness
A fixed length lead (not a flexi lead)
Lots of small tasty treats (www.dragonflyproducts.co.uk)
Tennis ball or tug toy
Water and a bowl
Training Terms & Conditions
Please read our terms and conditions before booking your appointment!
Female dogs may not use the centre when in heat.
Dogs displaying symptoms of illness may not use the centre (please allow 48 hours after a bout of diarrhoea or vomiting).
Ensure dog is toileted before coming inside (although obviously accidents happen)
I agree to clean up any mess that my dog makes within the centre or in the car park.
I acknowledge that video and audio CCTV is in use 24 hours within the centre and the car park.
Dogs must be social to attend classes.
Please try and avoid too much playing on lead outside before class as it affects concentration.
Dogs should display a correct ID tag as per law, (surname, home address and contact number).
If a dog is not of suitable temperament for group classes, you will be removed from class and we will discuss alternative options.
Children under 12 not allowed to handle dogs in class, and anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult (terms of our insurance)
1 dog per handler
Payment for training will be made at time of booking otherwise booking is not guaranteed.
Cancellations must be received no later than 48 hours before booking time or the payment is non-refundable.
No shows are non-refundable.
Our Reviews
“Brilliant training session - useful real-life tips that are easy to put into practice.”
— Jill Smith, Owner of Reggie