WELCOME TO VIRTUAL HOME MANNERS!
If you have trained your puppy or adult dog at home and would like to earn the AKC鈥檚 Virtual Home Manners titles to听demonstrate听your accomplishments, this is the place for you!
Virtual听Home Manners (VHM) is the answer when you want to train your dog at home. When you get a puppy or new adult dog,听Virtual Home Manners can get you started on practical skills before you attend a training class.
The evaluation of a dog鈥檚 ability to perform ten home manners skills will be done by a video recording. Two levels of Home Manners will be offered 鈥� Virtual Home Manners Puppy (VHMP) and Virtual Home Manners Adult (VHMA). Dogs that pass the tests will be awarded these titles.
The Virtual Home Manners tests assess ten skills that well-mannered pet dogs need in the home setting.听听The skills relate to the dog owner having control over the dog, being able to walk the dog (which is one of the most frequently cited activities that听owners want to do with their dogs) and developing a bond with the dog during playtime. Check out our 鈥淗ow to Train鈥� VHM training videos to get started.
The听Virtual听Home Manners tests听are听evaluated online by in the same manner that is currently used for Virtual Tricks. There听is听not an in-person听VHM听testing process. Virtual Home Manners听is听natural lead-in for AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy and Canine Good Citizen (CGC) in-person training.
How听Virtual Home Manners听奥辞谤办蝉
To earn the Virtual Home Manners titles, follow these easy steps:
- Dog owners will video their dogs performing the required skills听(Found upon the听痴贬惭听肠丑别肠办濒颈蝉迟蝉).
- A link to the video will be sent to an . Zoom and other live formats may also be used for evaluating Virtual Home Manners.听For a list of Virtual Home Manners Evaluators please contact us through our CGC E-mail.
- After watching the video, if the dog passes, the Evaluator will send the Checklist Form to the dog owner.
- The dog owner will then send to AKC: 1) The Checklist 2) The 3) A fee of $32.00.
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