AKC Canine Good Citizen Training & Certification
Our CIC CGC training program is developed to help you and your dog learn the necessary skills for the AKC CGC certification.
In CIC’s Canine Good Citizen Training, your dog and you will work on:
1. Accepting a friendly stranger
2. Sitting politely for petting
3. Appearance and grooming
4. Out for a walk
5. Walking through a crowd
6. Sit and down on cue/Staying in place
7. Coming when called
8. Reaction to another dog
9. Reaction to distractions
10. Supervised separation
It is recommended that your dog should know how to sit, lay down, stay, and have basic leash skills before joining this course. Your dog can pass the CGC test and earn CGC as a certificate only, or you may choose to earn CGC as an official AKC title (includes certificate). With official AKC titles, the title is listed on the dog’s Title Record, and “CGC” may be listed after the dog’s name (e.g., “Princess, CGC”). To earn CGC as an official title, dogs must have one of the 3 types of registration: 1) AKC number, 2) Purebred Alternative Listing number (PAL), or 3) AKC Canine Partners number (For mixed-breed dogs).
In order to complete Canine Good Citizen Training, participants can miss no more than 1 session to create consistency in training.
Canine Good Citizen Training Schedule
4 weeks | 1 hour/week
- class time options -
SPRING CLASSES COMING SOON!
Location
2300 Myrtle Ave, Suite 230
St. Paul, MN
Please read over CIC’s accident waiver & release of liability and class refund policy prior to registering.
CIC’s foundation is built on serving young people and it is our duty to keep them in mind when we plan sessions and trainings. Prior to registering for a training, please check out our current Covid-19 Protocols. Reach out with questions.
Canine and human participants must be able to tolerate other dogs and humans. Proof of canine vaccination is not required, however it is expected that all canine participants will be up-to-date on their canine parvovirus, distemper, canine hepatitis, bordetella, and rabies.
New classes are always being added! Get added to the waitlist to be notified when more classes are scheduled!
