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The Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme is the largest dog training scheme in the UK. Its aim is to promote responsible dog ownership and in turn, enhance our relationship with our pets and to make the community aware of the benefits associated with dog ownership.
Getting a dog is one of the rare occasions you actually choose a member of your family! So if things are going to work out, your choice must be a good one. So what happens when you find the right dog and bring it home? Will it behave itself in your home? Will it get on with your family and what will it be like when you take it out? These are just a few questions that a new dog owner will ask himself or herself when bringing a dog into the home. How do you learn to live with your new addition?
Meet
the Trainer
The Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme was established to promote socially acceptable dogs and to teach owners how to train their dogs. After all, dogs are not born with the fountain of all knowledge. Just like us humans, dogs need to be educated so that they can live in harmony with society.
The Scheme is open to all dogs regardless of age. The aim of the Scheme is to promote responsible dog ownership and in turn, enhance our relations with our canines, and to make the community aware of the benefits associated with owning dogs.
There are four levels of achievement as follows:-
Puppy Foundation – For puppies, whereby basic training skills and socialisation will start to introduce them to life’s daily routine.
The Bronze Level – For dogs that are relatively new to dog training.
The Silver Level – For dogs that have their bronze level and have graduated to a higher learning curve.
The Gold Level – This is the highest level of Good Citizenship and will show you a well behaved and trained domestic pet.
Since 1992, over 130,000 dogs and their owners have successfully passed the Bronze Test, throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The courses are non competitive and are assessment based and form a very important record of your achievements with you dog.
The Scheme incorporates four awards:
Puppy Foundation, Bronze, Silver and Gold
Each level involves a gradual development of basic
exercises included in daily life situations.
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Puppy
Foundation Award
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Silver
Award
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Responsibility
& Care
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Cleanliness
& Identification
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Attentive
Response To Name
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Puppy
Play
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Socialisation
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Handling
& Inspection
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Puppy
Recall
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Basic
Puppy Positions
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Walking
in a Controlled Manner
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Stay
for approximately 10 seconds
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Take
Article Away from the Puppy
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Food
Manners
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Play
with the dog
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Road
walk
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Rejoin
the handler
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Stay
in one place
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Vehicle
control
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Come
away from distractions
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Controlled
greeting
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Food
manners
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Examination
of the dog
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Responsibility
and care
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Bronze
Award
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Gold
Award
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Cleanliness
and identification
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Collar
and lead
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Walk
on lead
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Control
at door/gate
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Controlled
walk amongst people
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and
dogs
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Stay
on lead for one minute
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Groom
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Present
for examination
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Return
to handler
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Responsibility
and care
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Road
walk
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Return
to handler’s side
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Walk
free beside handler
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Stay
down in one place
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Send
the dog to bed
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Stop
the dog
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Relaxed
isolation
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Food
manners
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Examination
of the dog
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Responsibility
and care
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