Cool Critters Dog Training School

We can turn your dog into a good citizen with our Super Dog Training Program offering Obedience classes at all levels: Puppy, Basic, Advanced, and now, also featuring the all new and exciting Rally Obedience!
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We have evening and daytime classes available as well as private training sessions. With over thirty years of training and competition experience, we have the skills and knowledge necessary to turn you and your dog into a successful partnership.

The Super Puppy Class for puppies 3 to 8 months of age covers obedience, good manners, and discipline as well as socializing and puppy games. We also introduce them to Agility and exercises that enhance your puppy's physical and mental development. Our Puppy Classes are also proud to be part of the new AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Program. STAR is an acronym for Socialization, Training, Activity, and Responsibility. The program is designed to get puppies and their owners off to a good start. For more information on this new program go to www.akc.org/starpuppy/

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Dog Agility helps your dog become physically fit, confident, responsive to your commands, and well coordinated while having lots of fun at the same time. Our agility classes are both for fun, and for people wanting to continue to the highest levels of competition. Check out our Agility Champions in the Agility Cool Critters page.

We offer Dog Agility classes for all levels: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and Masters. Basic Agility teaches the dog to negotiate all the equipment safely. In the Intermediate, Advanced, and Masters classes you will learn to be a better handler. We teach AKC, USDAA, NADAC, and UKC agility.


Obedience and Rally Classes are conducted in a 60' X 30' Pavilion	Field for Basic Agility and Puppy Classes	Field for Advanced Agility

The Cool Critters Agility group sponsors three NADAC trials a year (in the Spring and Fall), two at the Mosaic Arena in the Manatee County Fairgrounds in Palmetto, Florida. Our third NADAC trial is a Games trial which we hold at our school facility. We also host a USDAA trial with a Dog Agility Masters tournament also at the Mosaic Arena in Palmetto. For February 2010, we are planning a TDAA (Teacup Dog Agility) in our school facility as well.
We are charter members of DACOF (Dog Agility Competition of Florida). We send three teams to the annual competition. In the first competition which took place in June 2001, our Cool Team placed third and the Critter Team placed fourth. We were the only organization in the state that finished with its two teams in the top five. In the second tournament which took place in June 2002, our Critter Team took home the second place. In DACOF 2006, the Cool Team took home the third place trophies. In this year's competition, DACOF 2008, the Cool Team placed fifth, and the Critter Team placed seventh. We are very proud of all our students!

		Not Pictured: Randy Cameron & Brittany Lucy
2002 Second Place Winners
2009 DACOF Cool Team Seventh Place Winners	2006 Third Place Winners

Please come to our April NADAC trial, April 24 & 25, 2009, and also to our USDAA DAM Tournament on October 2 & 3, 2010 at the Mosaic Arena at the Manatee County Fairgrounds, in Palmetto, Florida. The premiums can be downloaded from this website.

We will also be having a NADAC games trial (Tunnelers, Weavers, Touch & Go, and Hoopers) in January 9 & 10, 2010, here at the school, and also a Teacup Dog Agility Trial on February 13 & 14, 2010, also at the school

We have a monthly e-mail newsletter. To check out our newsletters for 2009 click here.

Monday:

6:15 to 7:00 PM - Super Puppy

New class starting February 1, 2010
7:00 PM Conformation

New classes forming. Please e-mail Jeanne at jsardo 42@hotmail.com
7:00 to 8:00 PM - Basic Agility

New class starting March 15, 2010
8:00 to 9:00 PM - Intermediate Agility

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM - Small dog Intermediate Agility class
6:00 to 7:00 PM - Distance Control Class
7:00 PM - Masters & Excellent Level Agility

Wednesday:

9:00 to 10:00 AM - Basic Agility
11:00 to 12:00 AM -Rally Obedience
6:15 to 7PM - Super Puppy

New class starting March 10 , 2010
7:00 to 8:00 PM - Intermediate Agility
8:00 to 9:00 PM - Advanced Agility

Thursday:
7:00 to 8:00 PM - Basic Obedience

New class start date moved to March 25, 2010
8:00 to 9:00 PM - Rally-O

This is an on-going class

Friday:
9:00 to 10:00 AM - Advanced Agility
10:00 to 11:00 AM - Intermediate Agility

April 2, 2010 Good Friday
May 31, 2010, Memorial Day
July 4, 2010, Independence Day
July 7, 8 & 9, 2010, Perry, GA trial
Sept.6, 2010 Labor Day
November 25 & 26, 2010 Thanksgiving and NADAC Trial
Dec. 13 thru January 2, 2011, Christmas Holidays

Please call 653-1494 if you wish to enroll or drop into one of the classes available.
Private training sessions are also available on request. Daytime classes are formed when
a group of at least three people request one.

From I75:
Exit on S.R.60 (Brandon Exit),
go East on 60 through Brandon (5.2 miles) to Miller Rd. (there is a US Post Office on the left )
turn right on Miller Rd. and go 2.5 miles to Oaklane Rd (Oaklane Kennels is in that corner)
turn right on Oaklane Rd
and then take the first left on Oak Tree Pl. School is at the end of the street on the right side.

From Lithia Pinecrest:
Go South to Oaklane Rd.
turn left on Oaklane Rd.
turn right on Oak Tree Pl.

Go to MapQuest for directions from your place to our school