Send your child and your dog to camp for a week!

Together, they will spend 5 days learning everything dog!

​Since the summer of 1999, KidsCamp! a week-long overnight camp developed and designed for children (8-17 years old) and their dogs, has offered the opportunity to learn and expand our children's growth and knowledge through dog-related activities.

​Each day, training, not limited to obedience, tricks, and agility, is balanced with educational lectures and canine demonstrations.

While the dogs are resting, your child will attend lectures enjoying a healthy snack and learning to read a dog’s body language and how to work with their dog’s personality to achieve success for themselves and their dogs.

​Over the past 20 something years, we have watched our campers rise to become amazing canine partners in their community and have followed many from pet sitting in their neighborhood to volunteering at their local shelters and a few are working in the pet industry with several graduating veterinary schools. 

​This camp is introductory in nature and a wonderful opportunity to grow an existing relationship and achieve amazing things as young trainers in five short days.

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Here are some of the subjects that will be covered over the course of our camp week:

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• A basic study of dogs: Nutrition, Anatomy and Physiology, the role of the Veterinarian, All breeds & Mixed Breed Dogs are discussed.
• A trainer’s toolbox: How and when to use a leash and collar, equipment, voice, our hands and body language.
• Training Fundamentals: Communication, Correction, when to use food and Praise, cleaning up after your pet
• Basic obedience will include: Daily pack walks, Place, Sit, Down, Stay, Heel, Recall & Touch, Jump lane
• Agility training will include Ladder, Bowls, Rocker and Wobble boards, Walk boards, A-frame, Dog walk, Tunnel and much more!
• Safety: Dog/dog interaction, handling dogs you don’t know, reading a dog’s body language.
• Hygiene: Our own, our equipment, dogs living area and food/water bowl, grooming
• Always on the agenda: Public Speaking, Problem Solving, Team Building, Confidence building, Motivating your dog and Being apart of the pack
• Let's remember, afternoon adventures, swimming, hiking, crafts and evening campfires with s'mores!

 

Age: Youth 8-17 Years of age

Dogs must be at least 4 month and up able to sleep in a crate.

If your family does not have a dog but the child wants to participate, we can assign a dog to your child for the week. (No charge for this service at this time)

Cost: ENROLLMENT LIMITED TO 15 PARTICIPANTS*

After the early bird period ends General Residential Camper: $1295

INCLUDES: All Day Camp activities, PLUS evening programs, lodging, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daily with late morning and afternoon snacks.

• A registration form must be filled out for each camper individually. 
• Contact mahoganyridgeva@gmail.com to register

 

 

Theresa Richmond - Director

Cell:540-717-0769

mahoganyridgeva@gmail.com Culpeper, VA 22701

540-547-2958

 

Since 1982, Theresa has titled her own and client dogs in Canada and the U.S. including a number of breed championships, group placements, and obedience, rally, and agility titles. Theresa has also collected a number of Canine Good Citizen Awards & Temperament Test Certificates. In 1985, Theresa attended Jack and Wendy Volhard’s Instructor Training School in New Hampshire. Theresa adopted the Volhard's motivational method as her mission at Mahogany Ridge and has never looked back.

Beginning in the summer of 1999, Theresa began with her first KidsCamp! a weeklong day camp for children and their dogs. It was a great success and has continued each summer often offering several sessions per season. In 2018 the first residential camps were held in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It is with great enthusiasm we continue these camps in partnership with Camp Horizons!

 

Welcome to KidsCamp! 2022. I look forward to spending time with you and your dog!

 

Location:

Camps will be held at Mountain Valley

3091 Ragtown Rd, Harrisonburg, VA 22802

About Camp Horizons:

Established in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in 1983, Camp Horizons is a diverse community of campers and staff members from across the United States and around the world working, playing, and learning together. Since our founding, we have been fully accredited by the American Camp Association (ACA), an organization that has been ensuring that American summer camps provide only the safest and highest caliber of programming for almost a century. Offering a variety of activities that challenge our campers to reach their full potential as individuals and team players, we are dedicated to making sure that campers experience their best summer ever at Camp Horizons and come to see their new camp friends as their new camp family.

 

Camp Horizons
3586 Horizons Way
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22802 USA
540.896.7600

camp@horizonsva.com

FROM THE NORTH:
Take I-81S to exit 257 (Mauzy/Broadway).
Follow Route 11 south two miles into the small town of Lacey Spring.
Turn left onto Rt 806/Martz Road (at the Lacey Spring Grocery/Camp Horizons sign).
Follow Rt 806 three miles until it comes to a T-stop.
Turn right onto Mountain Valley Road.
Camp Horizons will be 0.2 miles on your left.

FROM THE SOUTH:
Take I-81N to exit 251 (Harrisonburg/Route 11).
Follow Route 11 north five miles into the small town of Lacey Spring.
Turn right onto Rt. 806/Martz Road (at the Lacey Spring Grocery/Camp Horizons sign).
Follow Rt 806 three miles until it comes to a T-stop.
Turn right onto Mountain Valley Road.
Camp Horizons will be 0.2 miles on your left.

 

Jean Pagnotta Scholarship Fund Information:

We know that many families are in need of financial aid to help them send their kids to KidsCamp!

We are thankful to be able to provide this to our participants should they need it. The scholarship form should be filled out and emailed to mahoganyridgeva@gmail.com for consideration.

To be considered for a camp all scholarship forms should be received via email no later than April 15, 2022. 

Awardees will be notified via email.

Polices:

All cancellations will be subject to a non-refundable $100 administrative fee. 

No refunds after June 01, 2022 for July Sessions.

Lodging Information: There are bunk beds in the room with a bathroom/shower shared by parties in the room.

Once the child is registered, additional information documents will be sent to help us make sure your child has a wonderful experience. The primary instructor will be reaching out to meet and talk with each participant and their dog.