Improvers Obedience Training

APDT Good Companion Improvers Award & Kennel Club Bronze Award

Star Pawformers Rising Stars

Star Pawformers Rising Stars Foundation Training is a 5-star rated premium dog foundation training service established in Silverdale, Staffordshire in 2012 offering personalised courses that accommodate our clients and their dog’s every need.

Covering Cheshire and Staffordshire, our teams’ training methods are all science-based and progressive whilst still being fun, game-orientated and full of encouragement. We aim to create a learning environment that is kind, compassionate and welcoming so you can feel relaxed and enjoy the training experience with your dog.

As a signatory of the UK Dog Behaviour and Training Charter, you can entrust yourself to our team of highly qualified and accredited trainers across several disciplines. Including Kate, our founder and highly experienced APDT-accredited instructor.

8 Weeks of 1 Hour Classes – Total Cost: £140

We currently have 3 class times to choose from;

Day Time Location Instructor
Mondays 7pm Doggy Day Club, Silverdale Kate
Thursdays 8pm Doggy Day Club, Silverdale Kate
Sundays 11am Doggy Day Club, Silverdale Kate

What skills are covered?

  • Confidence Building to prevent against future behavioural problems
  • Handling & Grooming Skills so that your dog is happy to be examined and brushed by some one other than yourself without unnecessary stress
  • Self-Control Skills and frustration tolerance for good manners and to help your dog regulate their emotions
  • Calmness to encourage your dog to be steady when out on walks and around other dogs and people
  • Communication skills for you so that you can effectively listen and communicate with your dog in a way that they understand
  • Focus and listening skills to teach your dog to respond to your cues and offer you attention despite distractions
  • Good Manners to teach your dog the behaviours they need to live in our lives such as “no jumping up” and steadiness around distractions
  • Progression of choices and how to incorporate them into your training, how to notice and reward good choices
  • Continue to meet your dog’s needs to ensure that they live a life full of enrichment
  • Building a strong bond and relationship through training
  • Continuation of mechanical skills for the handler so that you are confident in how to handle your dog safely in different situations
  • How to handle problem behaviours that occur in adolescence and older dogs and prevent against future problem behaviours

Taking The Next Steps With Kennel Club Bronze Foundation Training

Our Star Pawformers Rising Stars Foundation Obedience Training Course has been specially curated for dogs that have completed our Twinkle Stars Puppy Course, Shining Stars Beginners Course or other certified foundation dog training.

This course builds upon the behaviours we introduced at the Puppy or Beginner level and progresses your dog to build strong established and reliable behaviours with the introduction of mild distractions that they will come across while exploring the world.

With years of experience in training dogs for their Improver APDT Good Companion Award and Kennel Club Bronze Awards, our fantastic team help you understand your dog and the psychology behind their behavioural traits. As a result, we will aim to train your new best friend to behave in a way that suits you and your family, building a strong bond and relationship for the future.

Building confidence and self-control as they start to grow up, our team find the development of any dog’s behavioural habits really starts to evolve at this stage in their lives. Star Pawformers exclusive foundation dog training run three times a week in Silverdale, Stoke-on-Trent with a maximum of 6 dogs per class to ensure that each owner and dog receives the optimum support and guidance they need.

Upon completion, we also offer the opportunity to work your way through the Kennel Club Silver & Gold Awards and the APDT Intermediate and Advanced Good Companion Awards, which are national programs taking dogs through general day-to-day skills in progressive courses and promoting responsible dog ownership.

Kennel Club Bronze & APDT Improver Good Companion Award Training

As they begin to grow your dog’s behaviours and habits start to become the personality you’ll come to love in your new household best friend. Building a relationship with you and your dog, the team at Star Pawformers will always aim to support you in any way we can to ensure the dog they grow up to be is always loving and caring.

Once your pooch has progressed through our Rising Stars Foundation Dog Obedience Training Course, you will be able to progress to our exclusive Shooting Stars Intermediate Obedience Course where we aim to build more confidence, and self-control whilst developing the foundational skills in real-life situations ensuring that behaviours are strong and reliable despite the introduction of real-life distractions

Ready to get your dog’s specially curated training started? Click the link below to book your dog into one of our upcoming training courses here in Silverdale, Staffordshire and we’ll help your dog become a Star Pawformer.

Foundation exercises include;

  • Recall Games – teach your dog to come back when called with mild distractions present
  • Leave It Games – teaching your dog to ignore mild distractions and start to come away from distractions
  • Fun tricks, games and play – teach your dog that you are fun to be around and enhance your bond and relationship
  • Play Manners – take it and drop skills
  • Loose Lead Walking – teaches your dog how to walk on the lead without pulling with the distraction of other dog’s present.
  • Good Manners – teaches your dog the behaviours they need to live in our lives such as “no jumping up” and lunging at other dogs etc
  • Reliable Positions and steadiness with mild distractions (Stays & Waits) – for safety and control
  • Focus games to teach your dog to listen and respond and always orientate back to you
  • Control / Safety Behaviours such as door safety and control when entering / leaving a vehicle as well as nice greetings.

Need more individual help? – check out our 1-2-1 lifeskill training packages

Online Training – Coming soon!