The Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme Gold Award is the highest level of achievement of the Scheme. It builds upon the skills learnt in the Silver Award and develops more advanced training skills of the dog and handler. The Gold Award is a natural progression of practical dog training skills and introduces new concepts such as relaxed settle, stop the dog and send the dog to bed exercises, which are important in every day life situations. The Gold Award aims to provide handlers with a greater knowledge and understanding of their canine companion. Dogs that are awarded a Gold Certificate should reach the required standards in all exercises and be a worthy representative of the Scheme’s highest standard. Where possible it is preferable that certain exercises are tested at indoor and outdoor locations.
This programme is for dogs whom have completed Silver Level.
This award level is assessed by the a qualified Kennel Club Accessor. Once the dog is completing all exercises confidently and consistently, then their trainer will put them forward for Assessment.
On completion of the course and Assessment, all dogs will received a certification of completion and rosette.
Gold is the highest level of training with the Kennel Club Good Citizens Dog Scheme. Everyone on our basic training programme at this level have now completed their training journey, Congratulations!
Those on our Assistance programme will move on to Public Access classes and those on our Therapy programme would move to Therapy classes.