Advanced Canine Manners – Wednesday 2:00pm – Winnie Radolan


  • Week 1
     February 26, 2025
     2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Week 2
     March 5, 2025
     2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Week 3
     March 12, 2025
     2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Week 4
     March 19, 2025
     2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Week 5
     March 26, 2025
     2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Week 6
     April 2, 2025
     2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

For dogs who have completed Basic Canine Manners (or passed an equivalent proficiency evaluation). ACM will focus on more advanced at-home manners skills. This class emphasizes delayed food rewards, calm behavior near strangers and other dogs, and proficiency in manners skills with distractions present, distracted recalls, leave it (when something is dropped), and more loose (more…)

Walking and Recall Games – Wednesday 4:15pm – Winnie Radolan


  • Week 1
     February 26, 2025
     4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
  • Week 2
     March 5, 2025
     4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
  • Week 3
     March 12, 2025
     4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
  • Week 4
     March 19, 2025
     4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
  • Week 5
     March 26, 2025
     4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
  • Week 6
     April 2, 2025
     4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

This six-week class will focus on building good walking manners and recall skills. It will incorporate exercises and games to gradually build up those skills and also incorporate some other helpful behaviors such as focus and impulse control. No prerequisites. Students new to Y2K9s will need a free evaluation prior to the start of class. (more…)

Conformation Handling – Wednesday 7:45pm – Pat Foley & Winnie Radolan


  • Week 1
     February 26, 2025
     7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Week 2
     March 5, 2025
     7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Week 3
     March 12, 2025
     7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Week 4
     March 19, 2025
     7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Week 5
     March 26, 2025
     7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
  • Week 6
     April 2, 2025
     7:45 PM - 8:45 PM

The goal of our ongoing Show Handling Class is to help you and your dog become a skilled, confident and happy team, ready to make a polished presentation to Conformation judges. Dog/handler teams practice either floor or table stacking for judges’ examination. Various gaiting patterns are executed so that you and your dog can move (more…)

Basic Canine Manners – Friday 9:00am – Winnie Radolan


  • Week 1
     February 28, 2025
     9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Week 2
     March 7, 2025
     9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Week 3
     March 14, 2025
     9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Week 4
     March 21, 2025
     9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Week 5
     March 28, 2025
     9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Week 6
     April 4, 2025
     9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

For dogs 4 months and older. Dogs and owners will be introduced to using a clicker and other methods of positive reinforcement based training. This class teaches basic good manners, including but not limited to polite greeting, loose lead walking, sit, down, stay, and coming when called. How to address minor problematic behaviors such as (more…)

Basic Canine Manners – Friday 10:15am – Winnie Radolan


  • Week 1
     February 28, 2025
     10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
  • Week 2
     March 7, 2025
     10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
  • Week 3
     March 14, 2025
     10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
  • Week 4
     March 21, 2025
     10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
  • Week 5
     March 28, 2025
     10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
  • Week 6
     April 4, 2025
     10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

For dogs 4 months and older. Dogs and owners will be introduced to using a clicker and other methods of positive reinforcement based training. This class teaches basic good manners, including but not limited to polite greeting, loose lead walking, sit, down, stay, and coming when called. How to address minor problematic behaviors such as (more…)