Join Walkies & Waggietailsi n the Walled Garden with their fun, force-free approach to dog training and behaviour that inspires joy, connection and compassion.
Bookings are open for the following courses:
- ‘Walkies’ in the park course: Improving and trouble-shooting recall, appropriate play and lead walking.
- Agility: Agility requires dogs to think quickly and problem-solve, promoting mental sharpness and providing a fun and engaging way for dogs to keep fit and improve their physical fitness and dexterity. Working together as a team, dog agility strengthens the bond between you and your dog, fostering trust and communication while undergoing challenges and competitions together.
- Introduction to Scent Detection & Super Sniffers Progression Club: A five-week scent detection course for domestic dogs as a fun learning and bonding experience while providing life-enrichment.
- Dog Parkour fusion: Dog Parkour Fusion blends elements of human Parkour, like balancing, climbing and crawling over obstacles, with other dog-training disciplines including obedience, trick-training, agility, hoopers, scent detection, and Tellington-Touch to form a fun fusion of quirky urban style agility.
To book please email enquiries@walkiesandwaggietails.co.uk. Full details of all the courses are available on the training courses page of the Walkies and Waggietails website.
We recommend early booking to avoid disappointment as these courses book up very quickly.
Discover some of the courses that will be taking place:
‘Walkies’ in the Park
Improving and trouble-shooting recall, appropriate play and lead walking.
These dog training courses are designed to help improve enjoyable dog walks in the park. We aim to increase responsiveness with reliable recalls, enhance your fun together in social settings and environments, minimise potential risks and enrich your bonding time with your dog in real life contexts and situations.
All dogs are welcome to join this class from 5 months of age with no upper age limit. We advise that your dog has some basic level training before -hand. However, if your dog has no prior training, we may advise a one-to-one preparation session before the course commences.
The ‘Walkies in the Park’ 5 week course includes:
- Increased responsiveness and reliable recalls.
- Focus and connection to you, even around the distraction of other dogs and people.
- Whistle training for long distance, high distraction recalls.
- Working through prey-drive to manage ‘squirrel urges’.
- Achieving good loose lead walking and heel throughout your walks and around distractions.
- Teaching a strong ‘leave’ to prevent picking up rubbish, stealing from picnic’s and other dogs balls.
- Calm ‘meet and greets’ with other dogs.
- Guiding appropriate play with other dogs.
- Preventing Jumping up at people in the park.
- Using scent games and Parkour on walks for the additional fun factor!
*Please note: This course may not be suitable for reactive dogs as some training is done off-lead and during free play.
Course dates:
- Sunday 16 February, 9am
- Tuesday 25 February, 12pm
Course Length: 5 weeks
Minimum age: 5 months
Location: Chiswick House Private Walled Garden and Cherry Orchard
Price: £154.50
Dog Agility
Drawing inspiration from equestrian show jumping since the 1970s, agility tests a dog’s physical agility, speed, responsiveness and intellect while navigating a variety of agility equipment for dogs, including jumps, tunnels, weave poles, tyres, long jumps, see-saws and A-frames.
As dogs master obstacles and skills, their confidence grows, leading to a happier and more well-adjusted pet. Participating in canine agility classes or agility competitions also exposes dogs to new environments, people, and dogs, aiding in their socialisation skills and life experiences. All kinds of breeds, shapes and sizes are capable of agility. Minimum start age of 12 months.
Start dates:
- Foundation: Wednesday 8 January, 11.30am
- Improvers: Wednesday 19 January, 11.30am & Friday 21 February, 11am
- Agility Club Graded 1-3: Friday 21 February, 12.30pm
Course Length: 6 weeks
Location: Chiswick House Private Walled Garden and Cherry Orchard
Price: £180
Introduction to Scent Detection & Super Sniffers Progression Club
A Five-week scent detection course for domestic dogs as a fun learning and bonding experience, while providing life enrichment.
We all know that sniffing is an activity our dogs love. A huge part of their brain is focussed on sniffing and 70% of their communication with each other is olfactory. The act of sniffing and detection is hugely self-rewarding for dogs. Why not help your dog use their nose and enjoy playing games in detection and problem solving to improve mental stimulation and provide enrichment in their lives?
The Introduction to Scent detection 5-week course includes:
- Teach your dog to search and indicate a chosen scent
- Carry out pipe and bag searches
- Learn to detect one scent in the Introduction course and a further 2 different scents in the Super Sniffers Club.
- Able to search, detect, indicate and retrieve objects and scent.
- Great mental stimulation and enrichment for your dog
- Learn all about your dog’s amazing nose and how to use it
- Build a stronger bond between you and your dog as you work closely together on their favourite activity
- Taught by UK Sniffer Dogs Instructor Louise Breton
- Graduation into the Super Sniffers Club – an ongoing weekly club where we fine tune your dog’s indication, building upon scent skills at your own pace, introducing new scents and having fun with weekly hide and seek-scent exercises.
Course Date:
- Sunday 16 February, 12pm
- Super Sniffers Saturday Club: from 16 February, 9am
- Supper Sniffers Sunday Club: from 5 January, 10.30am
Price: £154.50
Duration: 5 weeks
Dog Parkour Fusion
Dog Parkour Fusion blends elements of human parkour like balancing, climbing and crawling with other dog training disciplines such as obedience, tricks, hoopers and Tellington-touch to form a fun fusion of quirky urban style agility.
We’ve developed a series of different outdoor challenge levels, that take you and your dog through an exciting new journey of discovery and adventure together. You can find out more information at our official site www.dogparkourfusion.com
The first ‘Foundation Course’ is a short course learning the basic core positions, postures, and skills needed to start and progress your journey throughout the levels. Graduation of this course then opens doors to both the Intermediate and Advanced Parkour Fusion classes and Challenge events.
Course dates:
- DPF Foundation: Saturday 15 February, 2pm
- DPF Improvers: Saturday 15 February, 12pm
- DPF Advanced: Saturday 15 February, 10.30am