Bring Out The Ambassador In Your Dog!

Five Levels - Building on Each Skill

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The Program

The Benefits of The Program:

Improve the relationship between pet dogs and their guardians
Help guardians gain a better appreciation of force-free dog training and its applications to everyday living
Improve the knowledge of socially responsible pet guardians
Increase guardians’ knowledge and understanding of local laws in their locality
Equip dogs and guardians with the skills to be out in the wider community in settings such as cafes and outdoor eating areas, off leash areas, busy streets and beaches
Demonstrate to the public the advantages of a well-trained dog

The Individual Skills Covered At Each Level

Level 1 (Puppy) Dogs, like people, learn best when they are young. That is why we love to see puppies (four to nine months) reach their first pet dog training goal early. Qualified assessors assess puppies in class. This can be the class teacher (if PPG qualified to assess) or an assessor brought into class for the purpose of assessing the work done by participants. Level 1 is for puppies 4-9 months of age

Level 1
Exercise 1 – Sit at front and side, then take collar
Exercise 2 – Give take exchange
Exercise 3 – Leave it
Exercise 4 – Loose leash walking
Exercise 5 – Social interaction
Exercise 6 – Wait to be fed
Exercise 7 – Recall
Exercise 8 – Handling
Exercise 9 – Go to place

Level 2 (any dog over the age of six months) builds on the work undertaken at Level 1. It is at a level where those who did not undertake Level 1 because they did not fit the age bracket can still have an easy entry into the program. This too is assessed in a class situation.

Exercise 1 – Car manners
Exercise 2 – Entrance manners
Exercise 3 – Leave it
Exercise 4 – Loose leash walking with social interaction
Exercise 5 – Wait to be fed
Exercise 6 – Recall
Exercise 7 – Emergency stop
Exercise 8 – Handling
Exercise 9 – Stay or settle
Exercise 10 – Being alone

Levels 3 and Level 4 build further on the dogs’ and Guardians’ skills, knowledge and ability and culminate in assessments both in real life settings and in the class situation.

Exercise 1 – Entrance Manners
Exercise 2 – Leave it
Exercise 3 – Street walk
Exercise 4 – Wait to be fed
Exercise 5 – Recall
Exercise 6 – Emergency stop
Exercise 7 – Handling
Exercise 8 – Settle
Exercise 9 – Being alone

Here are videos of each of the PDA Level One Skills

Here are videos of each of the PDA Level Two Skills

Here are videos of each of the PDA Level Three Skills

Level 4 Assessment Markers

Exercise 1 – Back up at entrance
Exercise 2 – Street walk
Exercise 3 – Recall
Exercise 4 – Emergency stop
Exercise 5 – End of walk pack up
Exercise 6 – Being alone

Level 5 (Championship)

This level is where everything the dog and Guardian have learned is put to the test in real life settings. There are location options available to help assessors make real life training relevant to their clients. Assessors will be able to create scenarios that may be appropriate to their local surroundings provided they include all of the compulsory exercises and two from the selection of optional exercises.

Exercise 1 – Chosen theme walk

Including 8 compulsory exercises and 2 elected options

Exercise 2 – Veterinary examination
Exercise 3 – Visual/Spoken cue discrimination

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