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Leashes & Leads Training Center
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Trainers Bio...
Trainers, Paul & Alice Howe, owners of the Canine Obedience Center for the past 25 years, have moved their obedience, agility, and puppy classes to Leashes & Leads. They are trainers and handlers of multiple High in Trial Dogs in AKC and CKC venues, while they have multiple advance AKC obedience and agility titled dogs. In fact, Alice, with her golden retriever Bobbi, was the 1st Minnesota team to achieve both Agility and Obedience Championship titles! With the addition of the Howe’s to the Leashes & Leads team, you will receive the same superior training expertise as before but now at a new and fabulous location.
Leashes & Leads provides a state of the art training facility that will meet your needs and those of your beloved animal. We offer puppy, basic obedience, agility, conformation classes and private training sessions.
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Puppy I Class
| Puppy classes focus on socialization skills, introduce pups and their handlers to obedience commands, and provide plenty of info on canine behavior.Next Session Starts Oct 5th. Spaces Fill Quickly, Register EARLY | |
| Where: | Leashes & Leads |
| Day & Time: | Tuesdays at 6 p.m. (6 Sessions) |
| Cost: | $70.00 |
| Prerequisites: | Puppy's age must be between 10 weeks to 5 months at class start date. |
| Registration: | Step 1: Submit Online Training Registration Form (on right) Step 2: Payment confimation |
*Classes fill quickly, so please register early.
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Puppy II Class
| Puppy II classes focus on reinforcing Puppy I socialization skills, further introducing pups and their handlers to obedience commands, provides plenty of info on canine behavior, and is an introduction to puppy agility.Next Session Starts Oct 5th. Spaces Fill Quickly, Register EARLY | |
| Where: | Leashes & Leads |
| Day & Time: | Tuesdays at 7:15 p.m. (6 Sessions) |
| Cost: | $70.00 |
| Prerequisites: | Puppy I |
| Registration: | Step 1: Submit Online Training Registration Form (on right) Step 2: Payment confirmation (payment up front required to reserve a spot) |
*Classes fill quickly, so please register early.
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*Classes fill quickly, so please register early.
Basic Dog Obedience Class - "Where obedient dogs are happy dogs"
Basic Obedience classes are designed to build a close relationship between you and your dog. We address dog “issues”. Prepare to have fun, work hard, and learn a lot about your dog, his behavior, and even yourself. NEEDED: a willing handler, a dog, plenty of patience, a sense of humor, an open mind, and WE WILL PROVIDE THE REST.New Session Just Started.Next Session Starts Oct 18th. Spaces Fill Quickly, Register EARLY |
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| Where: | Leashes & Leads |
| Day & Time: | Mondays at 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m., or 7:15 p.m. (8 Sessions) |
| Cost: | $100.00 |
| Prerequisites: | Puppy's age must be 6+ months at class start date. |
| Registration: | Step 1: Submit Online Training Registration Form (on right) Step 2: Payment confirmation (payment up front required to reserve a spot) |
Competetive Dog Obedience Class
This class is designed for those wanting to compete in Obedience, or looking for a more advanced obedience. Class will start at Novice level, but will be geared towards the level of the dogs attending. This will be a drop in class. Next Session Starts August 16th |
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| Where: | Leashes & Leads |
| Day & Time: | Mondays at 8:30 p.m. Drop In Class |
| Cost: | $10.00 |
| Registration: | Just show up. |
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Rally Class
| Rally is a sport in which the dog and handler complete a course that has been designed by the rally judge. The judge tells the handler to begin, and the dog and handler proceed at their own pace through a course of designated stations (10 - 20, depending on the level). Each of these stations has a sign providing instructions regarding the next skill that is to be performed. Scoring is not as rigorous as traditional obedience. See our News & Events page to see when our Rally Run-thru events are.Next Session Starts Oct 19th. Spaces Fill Quickly, Register EARLY | |
| Where: | Leashes & Leads |
| Day & Time: | Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. |
| Cost: | $70.00 |
| Prerequisites: | Basic Dog Obedience |
| Registration: | Phone: 507-282-2710 |
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Conformation Class
| Conformation will prepare you for the show ring. Class is taught by instructors whose backgrounds are in agility & conformation and regular participation in seminars and competitions. | |
| Where: | Leashes & Leads |
| Day & Time: | Tuesdays at 6:15 p.m. |
| Cost: | $10.00 |
| Registration: | Just show up |
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Beginners Conformation Class
| This 6 week course is for those people who have never shown in the conformation ring. Gaiting, stacking, and ring procedures will be covered. | |
| Where: | Leashes & Leads |
| Day & Time: | Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. |
| Cost: | $70.00 |
| Registration: | Phone: 507-282-2710 |
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Private "One-on-One" Training sessions are available at $25 per half-hour.
Please call us at 507-282-2710 to schedule a time with one of our trainers.
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