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"For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:10 Golden Retrievers need work to do for and with their human companions. You should be training your Golden with a specific purpose in mind. In this way, everyday you spend time with your dog, teaching it skills, shaping behaviors, training it to accomplish tasks that it will use in the "work" you have planned for it to do. That "work" may be a family playmate or companion, an agility competitor, a therapy dog to visit the sick and elderly, a field trial competitor, or a hunting companion.

Rally-Free

Rally-Free is a unique sport combining trick behaviors of Canine Musical Freestyle with the format of Rally-Obedience. It emphasizes the precise execution of fundamental freestyle and obedience skills while encouraging creative and novel behaviors on a Rally-Obedience style course.

Rally-Free
Rally-Free

Canine Good Citizen

The CGC Program is designed to reward dogs who have good manners at home and in the community. The Canine Good Citizen Program is a two-part program that stresses responsible pet ownership for owners and basic good manners for dogs. All dogs who pass the 10-step CGC test may receive a certificate from the American Kennel Club. Canine Good Citizen Training is a great first step in training your Golden Retriever. The Canine Good Citizen Program lays the foundation for other AKC activities such as obedience, agility, tracking, and performance events. As you work with your Golden to teach the CGC skills, you’ll discover the many benefits and joys of training your Golden. Training will enhance the bond between you and your Golden. Goldens who have a solid obedience education are a joy to live with-they respond well to household routines, have good manners in the presence of people and other dogs, and they fully enjoy the company of the owner who took the time to provide training, intellectual stimulation, and a high quality life.

AKC CGC Info
CGC Classes

Retriever Field Trials and Hunting

Performance Events The Golden Retriever breed was created to be a hunting dog,and for many years this was their sole purpose. It took several years before people realized the versatility of this breed. Trial 5 Goldens retrieve instinctively, which is what makes them suchgood companion dogs for hunters. Goldens that are bred with hunting traits will love being in the field as much as their owners, will not likely be gun shy, and will be easily trained to retrieve game. One of the greatest things about Goldens is that they are perfectly capable of being your hunting dog and your family pet. They are very adaptable and have a temperament that is matched by few breeds. With the right training, they can be comfortable and reliable both in the field and in your living room. This is a breed that loves to be around people and wants to be your constant companion, whether it’s for hunting or just a walk around the block. Performance Events The Golden Retriever breed was created to be a hunting dog,and for many years this was their sole purpose. It took several years before people realized the versatility of this breed. Trial 5 Goldens retrieve instinctively, which is what makes them suchgood companion dogs for hunters. Goldens that are bred with hunting traits will love being in the field as much as their owners, will not likely be gun shy, and will be easily trained to retrieve game. One of the greatest things about Goldens is that they are perfectly capable of being your hunting dog and your family pet. They are very adaptable and have a temperament that is matched by few breeds. With the right training, they can be comfortable and reliable both in the field and in your living room. This is a breed that loves to be around people and wants to be your constant companion, whether it’s for hunting or just a walk around the block.

AKC
AKC

Canine Nose Work®

The art and practice of nose work has now reached dogs of all shapes and sizes and has made basic search dog skills available to companion dogs, creating a new urban sport arena for dog enthusiasts. Goldens have an amazing sense of smell and a natural desire to hunt. The activity and sport of K9 Nose Work® is designed to develop your Golden’s natural scenting abilities by using their desire to hunt and their love of toys, food and exercise. It's a great way for your Golden to have fun, build confidence, and burn lots of metal and pysical energy.

Canine Nose Work
Canine Nose Work

Agility

Dog agility is a competitive sport that tests a person’s skills in training and handling of dogs over a timed obstacle course. Competitors race against the clock as they direct their dogs to jump hurdles, scale ramps, burst through tunnels, traverse a see-saw and weave through a line of poles in an obstacle course configuration designed to challenge a handler’s competitive and training skills with scoring based on faults similar to equestrian show jumping, dog agility has become an exciting spectator event. Because of the great athleticism, endurance and prey drive, Goldens can be very competitive in the Agility ring. This is a wonderful outlet for the high energy level of most Goldens and great exercise for their owners!

Agility Info
Agility Classes

Canine Freestyle Dance

Canine freestyle dancing is actually an athletic sport, which holds national competitions. It all started as healthy exercise for both people and their dogs. Canine Freestyle involves training, teamwork, music and movement combined to create an artistic, choreographed performance highlighting the canine partner in a manner that celebrates the unique qualities of each individual dog. It is built upon the foundation of a positive working relationship of a dog and handler team. Instructors are available to help you select music suitable for your dog’s style and temperament, then choreograph your dance routines. Because of the Goldens bonding with its owner and its ease of training, Goldens make great freestyle partners!

MDSA Info
Freestyle Dance Classes

R.E.A.D

The Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program improves children’s reading and communication skills by employing a powerful method: reading to a dog. R.E.A.D. dogs are registered therapy animals who volunteer with their owner/handlers as a team, going to schools, libraries and many other settings as reading companions for children. Because of the Golden’s easy going temperament, the R.E.A.D. program is a natural fit. Intermountain Therapy Animals, a non-profit organization, launched R.E.A.D. in 1999 as the first comprehensive literacy program built around the appealing idea of reading to dogs, and the program has been spreading rapidly and happily ever since.

R.E.A.D
R.E.A.D

Therapy Dogs

Golden Retrievers are notoriously sweet, affectionate, eager to please, and great with children. Due to their desire to please, intelligence, and capacity for love and learning, Golden Retrievers make great therapy dogs. A therapy dog is a dog which has been specially trained to offer companionship, affection, and comfort. These special canines are brought into hospitals, nursing homes, mental facilities, prisons, schools and disaster areas to provide their unique services to people who might be in need of a friendly face and a connection with an animal. Golden Retrievers excel in this area because of their love and loyalty to people and their calm nature. There are a number of organizations that offer therapy dogs to facilities which request them, along with training and volunteer opportunities for dog owners who would like to use their pets as therapy dogs. Happy Tails and Dreamworkers are such organizations local to the Atlanta, GA area. Therapy Dogs, Incorporated and Delta Society are international and national organizations that offer therapy dog certification.

Therapy Dogs
Therapy Dogs

Rally Obedience

Rally is a fun and exciting team sport for Goldens and their handlers! Dog and Handler teams navigate a course whith numbered signs indicating different exercises to perform such as Sit-Down-Sit, Straight Figure 8, Send Over Jump, Recall Over Jump. Teams navigate the course at a brisk, continuous performance without direction from the judge. Handlers are encouraged to talk to their dogs during the performance. Goldens are so easy to train and Rally gives you a goal to work toward in their training and a fun activity to do together.

Rally Obedience
Rally Obedience