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Develop with Your Dog Canine Good Citizen/ S.T.A.R. Puppy/AKC Community Canine Beginning Intermediate Advanced Read and learn the AKC Read and learn the AKC Read and learn the AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy, Canine Good S.T.A.R. Puppy, Canine Good S.T.A.R. Puppy, Canine Good Citizen, or Community Canine Citizen, or Community Canine Citizen, or Community Canine requirements and exercises. requirements and exercises. requirements and exercises. Teach them to your project 1 Teach these to 3 other people. akc.org/dogowner/ helper and 4-H club. akc.org/dogowner/ akc.org/dogowner/ Develop a training plan to Develop a training plan to prepare you and your dog to Organize a Canine Good prepare you and your dog to take the appropriate AKC test. Citizen test in your community. 2 take the appropriate AKC test. Help 1 other person train for the test. Take a practice Canine Good Take a practice Canine Good Train your dog for 8 of the Citizen, Community Canine, Citizen, Community Canine, exercises for the chosen AKC or S.T.A.R. Puppy test. Help 1 or S.T.A.R. Puppy test. Help 3 3 test. other person practice for the other people practice for the test. test. Take a practice Canine Good Spend 30 minutes on 6 Citizen, Community Canine, different days helping Train your dog for all of or S.T.A.R. Puppy test. someone else train for the appropriate AKC test Discuss what you need to the Canine Good Citizen, exercises. 4 improve on and how you will Community Canine, or do that. S.T.A.R. Puppy test. Take a real Canine Good Take a real Canine Good Citizen, Community Canine, Citizen, Community Canine, Pass a real Canine Good or S.T.A.R. Puppy test. If or S.T.A.R. Puppy test. If Citizen, Community Canine, you passed submit your you passed submit your or S.T.A.R. Puppy test. Submit paperwork to AKC to receive paperwork to AKC to receive your paperwork to AKC to 5 your certificate. If not, critique your certificate. If not, critique receive your certificate. improvements you need to improvements you need to make to pass the test. make to pass the test. 55 Develop with Your Dog Tricks Beginning Intermediate Advanced Train 3 new tricks that use a Train at least 5 new tricks that Train 2 tricks that use a prop. 1 prop. use a prop. Train 2 new tricks that involve Help someone else teach his/ Teach at least 2 people to 2 your dog’s face or mouth. her dog a new trick. train their dogs a new trick. Train at least 3 new tricks that Train 2 new tricks where your Train at least 2 new tricks with your dog can do 8 feet away dog uses his feet. clever presentation. 3 from you. Train at least 4 new tricks of Train a new trick that involves Train 1 trick with a clever cue. 4 your choice. retrieving. Create and perform a 6-minute performance to at Perform tricks for an audience Train at least 2 tricks that least 5 people. You can use of at least 5 people. have multiple parts. 5 treats, props, and anything else that helps you. 56 Develop with Your Dog Dog Sports Note: Choose the same event (agility, obedience, rally, tracking, freestyle, disc, flyball, weight pull, conformation, treibball, etc.) for all activities you complete in this topic. When moving from beginning, intermediate, and advanced, you must select a different event. Beginning Intermediate Advanced Choose and research a type Choose and research a type Choose and research a type of activity, organizations that of activity, organizations that of activity, organizations that create rules, the rules for create rules, the rules for create rules, the rules for competition, performance competition, performance competition, performance 1 requirements, and what requirements, and what requirements, and what types of people and dogs are types of people and dogs are types of people and dogs are eligible to compete. eligible to compete. eligible to compete. Attend and watch a Attend and watch a Attend and watch a competition event, training competition event, training competition event, training 2 day, or demonstration. day, or demonstration. day, or demonstration. Create a training plan Create a training plan Create a training plan and long-term plan for and long-term plan for and long-term plan for 3 participation. participation. participation. Train 3 new behaviors needed Train 5 new behaviors needed Train 7 new behaviors needed for competition. If there are for competition. If there are for competition. If there are not many behaviors needed, not many behaviors needed, not many behaviors needed, such as lure coursing, choose such as lure coursing, choose such as lure coursing, choose related behaviors, such as related behaviors, such as related behaviors, such as putting nose into muzzle, putting nose into muzzle, putting nose into muzzle, 4 staying calm in the crate staying calm in the crate staying calm in the crate while someone walks past, or while someone walks past, or while someone walks past, or walking on a loose leash onto walking on a loose leash onto walking on a loose leash onto the trial field. the trial field. the trial field. 5 Participate in an event. Participate in an event. Participate in an event. 57 Develop with Your Dog Working and Breed-Specific Activities Note: Choose the same event (field trial, herding, schutzhund, lure coursing, etc.) for all activities you complete in this topic. When moving from beginning, intermediate, and advanced, you must select a different event. Also, this does not have to be something your breed would actually compete in. Beginning Intermediate Advanced Choose and research a type Choose and research a type Choose and research a type of activity, organizations that of activity, organizations that of activity, organizations that create rules, the rules for create rules, the rules for create rules, the rules for competition, performance competition, performance competition, performance 1 requirements, and what requirements, and what requirements, and what types of people and dogs are types of people and dogs are types of people and dogs are eligible to compete. eligible to compete. eligible to compete. Attend and watch a Attend and watch a Attend and watch a competition event, training competition event, training competition event, training 2 day, or demonstration. day, or demonstration. day, or demonstration. Create a training plan Create a training plan Create a training plan and long term plan for and long term plan for and long term plan for 3 participation. participation. participation. 4 Take a lesson in this activity. Take a lesson in this activity. Take a lesson in this activity. Train 3 new behaviors needed Train 5 new behaviors needed Train 7 new behaviors needed for competition. If there are for competition. If there are for competition. If there are not many behaviors needed, not many behaviors needed, not many behaviors needed, such as lure coursing, choose such as lure coursing, choose such as lure coursing, choose related behaviors, such as related behaviors, such as related behaviors, such as putting nose into muzzle, putting nose into muzzle, putting nose into muzzle, 5 staying calm in the crate staying calm in the crate staying calm in the crate while someone walks past, or while someone walks past, or while someone walks past, or walking on a loose leash onto walking on a loose leash onto walking on a loose leash onto the trial field. the trial field. the trial field. 58 Develop with Your Dog Miscellaneous Activities Beginning Intermediate Advanced Record at least 10 hours Record at least 15 hours Record at least 25 hours of walking or jogging with of walking or jogging with of walking or jogging with your dog. Note: These are your dog. Note: These are your dog. Note: These are 1 separate hours than those in separate hours than those in separate hours than those in the Commit to Be Fit category. the Commit to Be Fit category. the Commit to Be Fit category. Record at least 4 hours of Record at least 6 hours of Record at least 10 hours of 2 hiking with your dog. hiking with your dog. hiking with your dog. Record at least 3 hours Record at least 5 hours Record at least 7 hours swimming or boating with your swimming or boating with your swimming or boating with your 3 dog. dog. dog. Record at least 1 night of Record at least 2 night of Record at least 3 night of 4 camping with your dog. camping with your dog. camping with your dog. Record at least 4 hours of Record at least 6 hours of Record at least 8 hours of active playing with your dog. active playing with your dog. active playing with your dog. Note: These are separate Note: These are separate Note: These are separate 5 hours than those in the hours than those in the hours than those in the Commit to Be Fit category. Commit to Be Fit category. Commit to Be Fit category. 59.