If you and your pooch have made it all the way to LEVEL 4 in Urban Pooch LEVELS, congrats! You've unlocked our Canine Adventures Program. You and your pooch can continue coming to regular LEVELS classes as well as any of the options listed below. Now get out there and make your own adventure!

NOTE: Your Urban Pooch LEVELS Membership covers these options as part of the program. No extra free is required. You can simply book below by clicking the "Register for Class" Link or via the calendar tab on PunchPass.

If you want to purchase these options separately a la carte - you can do so by registering for the Class via the links below - which will require payment.

🐾 Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Prep Class

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 Canine Compass Skill 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

Patio Season Class:

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")

🐾 Working Walks Class

This Adventure will help you and your pooch put your classroom skills to work on the walk! We'll review and refresh essential skills for moving through the world together, as well as introduce fun tricks to keep everyone engaged and entertained. Class will take place "in the wild" of beautiful Bowmanville. So please dress for the weather and bring the treats you dog loves outside.

Together we will practice and progress:

• Loose leash walking - staying within the human's chosen leash length
• Passing distractions with connection and control
• Walk-friendly tricks such as Touch, Switch, Spin, Wait/Catch up and Climb/Off
• Release to sniff - using the environment as a reward

Join us for as many three-week sessions as you like, and make Working Walks part of your weekly routine.

🐾 Outdoor Recall Class

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 Canine Compass Skill Levels 1-3 and/or have equivalent obedience skills.
Age: 6 Months & Up

🧡 Upcoming Adventures Fall & Winter 2025 Class:

• Go Fetch! - Dogs can earn their first AKC Fetch title while learning to bring a toy or ball all the way back!
• Trick and Treat - Learn Roll Over, Play Dead, Jump Through A Hoop, Fetch My Purse, and many, many others. (Titles are available through AKC Trick Dog and DMWYD!)
  
• Ding-Dong, Company! - Teach your dog to go to their Place when the doorbell rings, and remain calm as guests enter. Every other week in person/on Zoom.
• Sniffy Spring - Hunt for Easter Eggs (or Find the Afikomen!) in this fun introduction to scent work games.
• Sports Sampler - Each week will introduce you and your dog to a different dog sport, including Agility, Nose Work, Rally, Treibball, and Disc Dog, as well as work on engagement, confidence, crating, and other essential skills for success.

🧡 Canine Good Citizen Prep Class:

• Sundays at 8:15 am with:  Pamela Davis - Starts 9/14
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• Wednesdays at 11 am with: Marisa Maines - Starts 9/10
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🧡 Patio Season Class:

• Sundays at 1:45 am with: Pamela Davis - 9/7/25
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• Sundays at 1:45 am with: Pamela Davis - 9/14/25
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• Sundays at 1:45 am with: Pamela Davis - 9/21/25
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• Sundays at 1:45 am with: Pamela Davis - 9/28/25
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  This is a drop-in style class with no multi-week commitment.*
  *This class is included in the Urban Pooch Canine Compass Membership.

🧡 Working Walks Class:

• Sundays at 9:15 am with: Pamela Davis - 9/7/25
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• Sundays at 9:15 am with: Pamela Davis - 9/14/25
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• Sundays at 9:15 am with: Pamela Davis - 9/21/25
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• Sundays at 9:15 am with: Pamela Davis - 9/28/25
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🧡 Outdoor Recall Class:

• Fridays at 9:15 am with: Ashley Olszewski – 9/5/25
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• Fridays at 9:15 am with: Ashley Olszewski –  9/12/25
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• Fridays at 9:15 am with: Ashley Olszewski – 9/19/25
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      This is a drop-in style class with no multi-week commitment.*
      *This class is included in the Urban Pooch Canine Compass Membership.

Ready to Get Started?

Please call us at 773-961-8880 ex. 1 to connect with our Training Ambassadors right away. Tristin, Robin, or J will talk through any questions you may have and get you signed up or fill out the form below.

Absolutely no pressure, ever. Just FUN and Love!