Kennel Club Good Citizen

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“The aim is to provide a means of socialising puppies and to lay down a foundation for education and training. On successful completetion of the course puppies will respond to their handlers and the handlers will have an awareness of the responsibilities of dog ownership.

The inclusion of play exercises adds and extra dimension to a dog’s life and can be used to make training fun.”

Source: The Kennel Club

“The aim is to produce a dog that will walk and behave in a controlled manner on the lead, and will stay in one position on cue, will allow its owner to clean, groom and inspect it. The dog must also be able to be positioned by its handler for inspection i.e. stand, sit or lie down on either side or its back, all on the lead. The dog will race to return to its handler when cued.”

Source: The Kennel Club

“The Silver Award aims to build upon the skills learned in the Bronze Award whilst increasing the level of difficulty. The Silver Award is a natural progression of practical dog training skills and introduces new concepts such as the controlled greeting, road walk and vehicle control exercises which are important in everyday life situations.”

Source: The Kennel Club

“The Gold Award is the highest level of achievement of the Scheme. It builds upon the skills learnt in the Silver Award and develops more advance training skills of the dog and handler. The Gold Award introduces new concepts such as relaxed isolation, stop the dog and send the dog to bed exercises, which are important in everyday life situations.”

Source: The Kennel Club