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Ideally, your puppy or adult dog has alrerady completed a Beginner Obedience class.
(Preferrable the Blue Ribbon Pet Manners/Puppy Kindergarten class.)
This class continues where the Beginner Obedience class left off. They class will help prepare you and your dog to earn a Canine Good Citizenship (CGC) certificate offered by the American Kennel Club. The test consists of 10 exercises including accepting a friendly stranger, sitting politely for petting, walking on a loose leash, walking through a crowd, grooming, sit and down on command, reaction to another dog, coming when called, reaction to distraction and supervised separation. Taught by Kath Cook, an AKC Certified CGCEvaluator.
New message from AKC: "The Canine Good Citizen? program is a noncompetitive activity that promotes responsible dog ownership. The number of Canine Good Citizens continued to increase, with more than 25,000 dogs taking the 10-step CGCtest in 2003. The program promotes awareness of responsible dog ownership as an alternative to breed-specific legislation.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture adopted CGC as part of the dog-training program at the National Detector Dog Center. The Boy Scouts of America added CGC to its dog-care merit badge requirements and used AKCmaterials in creating the section of the merit badge study guide that focuses on breed identification.
The state legislatures of New Hampshire and Washington passed resolutions endorsing CGC.
AKC is also offering the Community Caninesm (Advanced CGC), Urban CGC beginning October 2013.This Certification can now be added to your dog's name as a "title".
Now also offering the Trick Dog titles.
To learn more information, check the AKC website.
Canine Good Citizen and Community Canine are Registered Trademarks of the American Kennel Club
