Absentee Policy

Owners should sign up for a class session that they can attend.
In fairness to everyone, and in an effort to keep class sizes consistent, make up classes will not be available. If you know you are going to miss a class and would like to schedule a private lesson with your instructor to be tutored on the missed class, private lessons are available at the going rate per hour, to be scheduled at your instructor’s convenience & discretion. Please contact your instructor directly for private lessons.
Attendance by the primary handler at orientation and the first three classes of a CGC class is absolutely critical for the dog’s success in the class. Absentees during these first four classes may be asked to transfer to a later session at the instructor’s discretion.
Any absence at an agility class will have a significant effect on the dog’s progress and will put that dog behind the rest of the class, thus slowing the progress of the entire class. If you know you are going to miss a class and would like to schedule a private lesson with your instructor to be tutored on the missed class, private lessons are available at the going rate per hour, to be scheduled at your instructor’s convenience & discretion. All agility goals for the class must be met before the dog can move on to the next class level. For this reason, if the handler is absent for more than two classes, the handler will be asked to transfer to the next session to repeat the class.