Obedience Training
Obedience skills are essential in today’s fast-paced world.
Teaching your dog appropriate social behaviors makes them good canine citizens plus those skills are the foundation on which all dog sports are built.
We ask a lot from our dogs. Whether you have a new puppy, a rescue dog, or an older dog with challenges, we have a class for you. Our goal is to help you maximize your dog’s skills whether they are a devoted family member or a sports competitor.
Classes Offered
PUPPY CLASS (up to 7 months)
There’s nothing cuter or more challenging than a puppy. From the moment you pick up your pup they are learning. Like little sponges, they absorb everything around them. So where do you start? How do you help them grow and learn all the things they need to learn to survive and thrive?
This class will help you puppy learn basic manners, socialization skills and skills they need when meeting new people, going new places, and discovering the world.
Our goal is for your puppy to not only be a good canine citizen but to help you build a strong bond so together you can take on the world. Class fee: $120 which includes S.T.A.R. puppy certificate.
OBEDIENCE BASICS for the TEENAGE DOG
This class is for the adolescents, ages 6 months to 1 year that didn't attend an early age puppy class. The goal of this class is to help puppies and their owners navigate the difficult teenage year challenges as the puppies grow, get stronger and more willful.
Class Goals are to build reliability and consistency in response to basic cues (i.e., sit, down, come, wait, walk on a loose leash) by adding duration, resistance to distractions, and prompt correct responses. We will continue to work on aspects of “living with dogs” like attention span, mild reactivity, digging, barking, and other behaviors that are not specifically task related. The main goal is to build joy for training for both handler and dog and help both the dog and handler navigate the teens successfully. The class is 6-weeks $120
Focus & Control
This class is basic obedience on steroids. It is designed for dogs of any age with challenges, dogs who aren’t comfortable with other dogs, people or noise, dogs who are high drive and don’t know how to focus and pay attention or dogs who lack socialization skills, are shy or fearful. If you own a canine juvenile delinquent, this is your class and there is hope.
Dogs learn basic obedience and life skills like how to crate, sit calmly, pay attention, and how to tolerate other animals and people. This class focuses on helping handlers understand dog behaviors, what triggers unwanted responses and helping dogs build confidence and skills for today's world. There are NO DOGS AT THE FIRST CLASS. 7-week session $195
PRIVATE PROBLEM DOG TRAINING
We offer private sessions for dogs experiencing socialization issues such as dog to dog challenges, excessive barking, dog to people challenges, handlers with physical limitations and large dogs, etc. We will meet you for a 1/2 hour evaluation session for $25. If we feel your challenges are something we can help with, we'll schedule a time for training to begin. If we cannot help we will refer you to a trainer or behaviorist who can. Training is charged at $100/hour.
BEGINNING OBEDIENCE
This class is for dogs and older puppies in need of basic skills: walk on a loose lead, come, sit, down and stay. Dogs learn new skills in class so they are comfortable around other dogs, people and other animals. Dogs learn to target and play games appropriately. 6-week class fee: $100
ADVANCED BEGINNERS
This class is for dogs that have basic skills but need more reliability and practice on and off lead. Dogs that have a great down or sit stay at home but are challenged when there are distractions. We'll get lots of practice heeling and paying attention in busy environments and around other dogs. 6-week class fee: $100
ADVANCED OBEDIENCE
This class is for the dog/handler teams who are getting ready to compete or are currently competing in obedience trials. It covers advanced skills needed in Open and Utility like retrieving, scent discrimination articles, directed jumping and directed retrieving. Class is highly individualized for each student. Class fee is $20/session paid monthly. (4 sessions in a month = $80). To register choose the number of sessions in that month.
SEMI-PRIVATE INSTRUCTION
We offer semi-private instruction for groups up to four dogs at a time a date that is convenient for you. All Semi-Private Instruction is in one-hour increments. Enroll for the instruction and a trainer will contact you directly to set a date and time. Class Fee: Minimum $100/hour
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION
We offer private instruction at a time a date that is convenient for you. All Private Instruction is in one-hour increments. Enroll for the instruction and a trainer will contact you directly to set a date and time. Class Fee: $80/hour
Classes are kept small so we can individualize instruction to maximize your results (6-8 students)
| American Kennel Club (AKC) | AKC.org |
| United Kennel Club | UKCdogs.com |