Whether you want to do agility, hoopers, flyball, gun dog work, heelwork to music or something else fun with your canine companion this course is for you.

All dog sports have one thing in common, good foundations.  Classes are designed to train critical skills that helps your partnership suceed in the dog sport of your choice. 

These classes are indoors and last 6 weeks.  We aim to cover the foundations for the dog sport of your choice including:

-Body awareness

-Physical fitness

-Recall & heel with distance and distration

-Sit/down with distance, distraction and duration

-Direction training - left, right, back
-Retrieve
-Send away to target

-Forward focus

-Orientation around a target (pole/cone)
-Through hoops/tunnel

-Platform training

As well as the in-person training we provide access to a WhatsApp group so you can ask questions and post videos between classes. Its also good for socialising.

Classes start on a regular basis. To see what is available and reserve your place please use our online store or contact us below.

Canine Hoopers is a fun dog activity that’s ideal for dogs and owners of all ages and fitness levels.

Dogs navigate a course of hoops, barrels and tunnels with the same pace and excitement as agility, 

but because there is no need for jumping, running on equipment at height or tight turns it is far more accessible.

It’s a fun activity with added benefits.  Hoopers teaches the dog to work at a distance from their human.  Hoopers is known to improve other dog behaviours such as recall and general attention while outside - many handlers enjoy their walks more after this sort of training activity.  Its also great foundation for other dog sports such as agility and gun dog work as it encourages your dog to work away from you while still listening!

At ARY Dog Training we are all Canine Hoopers World accredited instructors.  We run classes for absolute beginners and those that have done some Hoopers before.  All you need is a dog and some enthusiam - maybe a sense of humour too.

We run taster workshops on a regular basis at our field in Lancing.  To find out more about Hoopers use the contact form below, or book on a taster session.

Starting with good foundations and teaching to competition level, we have classes for everyone. 

These classes continue on a rolling basis monthly.

As well as the in-person training we provide access to a WhatsApp group so you can ask questions between classes. Its also good for socialising.

To see what is available and reserve your place please contact us below.