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.

Located at 3136 Oak Tree Place, in Valrico, 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 CPE 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!

Weather Report at the School
At 5:00 PM, Wednesday, January 18: Overcast, sprinkling, Puppy class as usual

		Not Pictured: Randy Cameron & Brittany Lucy
2002 Second Place Winners
	2006 Third Place Winners

2011 DACOF Cool Team Sixth Place Winners	2011 DACOF Critter Team 39th Place Winners

Please come to our TDAA February trial, February 26 & 27, 2011 at the school, the Spring NADAC trial, April 23 & 24, 2011, our Thanksgiving NADAC trial, November 25, 26 & 27, 2011, and also to our USDAA trial with a DAM Tournament, Steeplechase, and Grand Prix Qualifier on September 30, October 1 & 2, 2011 at the Mosaic Arena at the Manatee County Fairgrounds, in Palmetto, Florida. The premiums can be downloaded from this website.

NADAC will be holding a Fun-Raiser at the school on November 12 & 13, 2011. This will be a full trial. The premium for this trial is available at www.nadac.com.

We will also be having a NADAC games trial (Tunnelers, Weavers, Touch & Go, and Hoopers) in January 7 & 8, 2012, here at the school, and also a Teacup Dog Agility Trial on February 18 & 19, 2012, also at the school

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

Monday:

1:00 to 2:00 PM - Rally-O

This is an on-going class
6:00 to 7:00 PM - Super Puppy

New class starting February 6, 2012
7:00 to 8:00 PM - Basic Agility

New class starting March 12, 2012
8:00 to 9:00 PM - Intermediate Agility

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM - Advanced Agility class
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM - Intermediate Agility class
6:00 to 7:00 PM - Distance Control Class
7:00 PM - Masters & Excellent Level Agility

Wednesday:

9:30 AM to 10:30 AM - Basic Agility

New class starting January 4, 2012
6:00 to 7PM - Super Puppy

New class starting March 7, 2012
7:00 to 8:00 PM - Intermediate Agility
8:00 to 9:30 PM - Advanced K9 Nosework

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

New class starting February 9, 2012 (NOTE NEW STARTING DATE!)
8:00 to 9:00 PM - Rally-O

This is an on-going class

Thursday, January 26 & Friday, January 27, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012

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