Study with us to pass the Canine Good Citizen test - 10 challenges of your dog's basic training, performed without treats or other training aids. Instructors are certified AKC evaluators, so if you and your dog are ready, you can earn your dog's first AKC title on graduation day!

• Class 1 - How testing and titling works, Skills review, Practice test
• Class 2 - Meeting a Friendly Stranger - test items 1, 2, and 3
• Class 3 - Behavior on Leashed Walks - test items 4, 5, and 8
• Class 4 - Sit, Down, Stay, Come - test items 6 and 7
• Class 5 - Review
• Class 6 - Testing!

All classes will provide an opportunity to work on Separation and Distractions (test items 9 and 10).

Pre-Reqs: Must have passed through Urban Pooch LEVELS 1-3 and/or have equivalent obedience skills. A good question to ask yourself is: Could my dog pass the CGC test as long as I have my treats with me? If the answer is no, you may not be ready.

Age: 6 Months & Up

This Adventure will prepare you to enjoy Chicago's wonderful neighborhood cafes, restaurants, and breweries as long as the weather holds! We'll review and refresh essential skills and work on applying them to the real world by practicing at one of our favorite dog-friendly patios.

Patio Season Pros can:

• Remain calm while another dog passes by
• Walk calmly past other dogs with food/chews
• Remain calm while food is carried and eaten overhead
• Stay with a friend while you place an order or visit the washroom
• React appropriately to "Can I pet your dog?" (whether that means saying hi politely once you grant permission, or working together to say "thanks but no thanks")

This Adventure will focus on moving our recall skills outside where all the smells, squirrels, and so many other distractions are fighting for your pooch's attention.

Class will take place at Winnemac park, just a few blocks south of the Training & Fitness Center. Please dress for the weather and bring plenty of HIGH VALUE treats for rewarding recall—cheese, hot dogs, etc. This can be in addition to other treats. Just make sure to bring a variety. And don't forget to bring water for your pooch as well.

Together we will practice and progress:

• Engagement around other people, dogs, and environmental distractions outdoors
• Building on our recall and turn away/disengage cues
• Ways to play and use the environment to increase engagement – "chase me", "hide and seek", and "what's over here" games, toys, sniffing, etc.
• Recalling off of and past more challenging distractions

Pre-Reqs: Must have passed through Urban Pooch LEVELS 1-3 and/or have equivalent obedience skills.
Age: 6 Months & Up

• Saturdays at 12:45pm w/ Pamela Davis - 3/7/26 (CGC Test Day)
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• Saturdays at 12:45pm w/ Pamela Davis - 3/14/26
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• Saturdays at 12:45pm w/ Pamela Davis - 3/21/26
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• Saturdays at 12:45pm w/ Pamela Davis - 3/28/26
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*This is a drop-in style class with no multi-week commitment.
*This class is included in the Urban Pooch Levels Training Membership.