• Your Dog Nose Fun! Intro to Nose Work. Does your dog need to burn off some excess energy? Does he lack confidence or need an outlet to fulfill his natural dogginess? Well then this class is for you! Handlers take a back seat and the dogs rule with this fun new sport that encourages your dog's SEEKING emotion. Dawn, an experienced Nose Work Instructor, will guide you through introducing your dog to this fun, new urban dog sport. This is NOT a socialization class. Reactive dogs are welcome. Come join the fun!
• Your Dog Nose Fun! Continuing Nose Work: Interiors & Containers. Hone your Nose Work skills with Interiors searches that emphasize thresholds, corners and channels. And, work with challenging container searches in a multitude of fun containers like Easter eggs, stockings, suitcases and more. Completion of Intro to Nose Work class required.
• Your Dog Nose Fun! Continuing Nose Work: Exteriors & Vehicles. This class if for any teams who have completed Intro to Nose Work or Intro to Odor. If you are on primary reward, we will search exteriors and vehicles using just primary to increase searching drive and fun for your dog. If you have been introduced to odor, we will set up searches for you on adjacent areas using birch oil so you can further challenge your dog with exterior and vehicle searches. Be prepared for off-site searches and dress for weather. Completion of Intro to Nose Work class required.
• Your Dog Nose Fun! Intro to Odor. Have you been “Introduced” to Nose Work? Are you and your dog ready for a new challenge? Are you interested in competition?  Intro to Odor will utilize the same foundation skills used in Intro to Nose Work but with a new twist, Birch Oil. Your dog will build confidence, drain excess energy and have fun by doing a variety of Box Drills and Interior searches in a many of locations. To participate you must have completed Intro to Nose Work, your dog needs a strong, independent desire to search for its primary reward and the approval of the instructor.
• Continuing Nose Work Odor: Seeking/Searching Practice Group - This class is for those who wish to compete in Nose Work trials.  All elements (containers, interiors, exteriors, and vehicles) will be covered and practiced in a variety of locations to prepare for a NWI trial. Completion of Vehicles/Exteriors and Containers/Interiors with Odor required.
• Positive Puppy Potential: Training That Clicks! This course will cover the basics to get you started on a trusting, respectful and fulfilling relationship with your new puppy. Each class will include teaching a new basic obedience behavior, like “sit”, down, “don’t pull” and “come” with the scientifically proven training method of Clicker Training. Each class will also include “Puppy Do’s and Don’ts” to answer your specific questions, problems and concerns. And of course, each week your puppy will get to PLAY and socialize. And you, as a “Puppy Parent” will learn what to look for in puppy play, what’s appropriate, what’s not, when to step in and when to let it roll. For puppies 8-20 weeks. All puppies must be current with vaccinations appropriate for their age. Bring lots of YOUR puppy’s favorite soft treats.
• Doggie Do Good Beginner Obedience - Clicker Style.  Dawn Archer Pizzoferrato, ABCDT uses scientifically proven "clicker training" and "free shaping" used to teach your dog all the basics plus other fun, useful behaviors. Learn how to become a benevolent leader to manage and prevent unwanted behaviors. This is an especially great class for first time owners or newly adopted shelter/rescue dogs. No corrections used as you build a bond of trust and respect. For dogs of all ages. Class size is limited. NO DOGS FIRST CLASS.
• Doggie Do Good Clicker II: Beyond Basic Obedience. In this class, you will build on the basic obedience and clicker skills learned in Dawn's beginner class to teach more complex off-leash obedience and useful behaviors to your dog. Each week, you will use the "Free Shaping" training method, a fun, fast way of teaching complicated and useful behaviors. Pre-requisite: All teams must have taken Dawn's beginner clicker class or another comparable class that incorporated clicker training.
• Canine Good Citizen - Clicker Style! Dawn Pizzoferrato, ABCDT introduces the Canine Good Citizen behaviors! This includes advanced loose leash walking, greeting a stranger, walking through a crowd, polite behavior around other dogs, and much more. For dogs of all ages. Prerequisite: Doggie Do Good Beginner Obedience or equivalent.
• TDI® Class. Being a volunteer Therapy Dog team requires dedication and training. Learn what it means to be a therapy dog team from AnnaBelle's only active Therapy Dog International® team, Dawn Archer Pizzoferrato, ABCDT and her dog Arrow. Learn and practice the required exercises needed to prepare for the the TDI® test.
• Tricks that Click! Are you looking for something new and fun to do with your dog? Have you taken all the obedience classes possible but want more? This class is for you! Learn fun behaviors like "wave", "roll over", "play dead" or skateboarding; plus some useful ones like "close the door", "pick up toys" or "wipe your feet". Learn how to get your dog to perform these behaviors and how to "shape" any behavior that your heart desires. Prerequisite: Beginning Clicker or basic obedience training with clicker savvy handler preferred or with instructor's approval.
• Click to Calm. Do you have an anxious dog? Or a reactive dog that barks or lunges at anything new it encounters? So did I...But not anymore! Learn the techniques I used to move my dog, Arrow from Reactive to Calm or to help your shy pup go from frightened to confident. Experience with the appropriate use of a clicker or handler attendance in the first hour of “Beginning Clicker” is a requirement for this class.

*Not all classes are offered each term*