GROUP CLASSES

Dog Training Group Classes, designed to give you RESULTS!

HERE’S HOW WE DO IT:

Small class sizes for lots of individualized support

Certified instructors to help you get the best results

No aversives, ever – we use motiviation-based methods to make training fun

Real-life focus – our specialty classes focus on easy urban living with dogs

Results + fun – we make sure you and your dog have a great time getting great results

OUR CLASSES

Basic Manners and Obedience

Many dogs have been taught some basic obedience commands by the time they are 6 months old but may have a difficult time performing any commands when they are in the presence of other people and dogs.

Whether or not you have started working on the basics, having a safe and controlled environment to work on these important foundation skills is an important part of the process of training.

A course designed for dogs over 3 months of age. Students in this class range from adolescent to older adult dogs that need to learn manners and foundation obedience skills.

CLASS INCLUDES:
  • Loose Leash Walking
  • Coming when called with distractions
  • Leave It! – don’t look/don’t touch
  • Settle and Relax
  • Sit and Down
  • Stay
  • Focus
  • Controlled Greetings – with other people & dogs
  • Problem solving for unwanted behaviors/habits

Advanced Manners and Obedience

Take your dog’s training to the next level!  This class delves deep into crucial life skills every dog should know while proofing in a real-life environment

Graduates from this class will have all the skills and training they need to pass their CGC Evaluation Test.

A course designed for dogs over 3 months of age. Students in this class range from adolescent to older adult dogs that need to learn manners and foundation obedience skills.

Prerequisite:  Basic Manners and Obedience, or equivilant skills
CLASS INCLUDES:
  • Advanced LLW Skills
  • Heel
  • Post
  • Go To Your Spot
  • Blind Stay
  • Emergency Stop
  • Cop-Cop
  • Minor Behavior Problems (addressed as neeeded)

Leash Manners

In this group class, you and your dog will learn all the necessary skills to achieve that loose-leash walk you’ve been dreaming of, while proofing against real-world distractions and obstacles so your dog can ignore the world and focus on you everywhere you go. Transform your walks this summer and leave the stress and frustration behind for good!

A course designed for dogs over 3 months of age. Students in this class range from adolescent to older adult dogs that need to learn manners and foundation obedience skills.

CLASS INCLUDES:
  • Loose Leash Walking
  • Coming when called with distractions
  • Leave It! – don’t look/don’t touch
  • Settle and Relax
  • Sit and Down
  • Stay
  • Focus
  • Controlled Greetings – with other people & dogs
  • Problem solving for unwanted behaviors/habits

LIFE SKILLS SERIES GROUP TRAINING CLASSES

Our Life Skills Series classes are 3-week single-topic clinics that focus on training specific behaviors. You and your pup will leave the class with a solid skill foundation (stay, recall, polite walking, or leave it), along with training protocols on how to continue to build the skill at home.

Leave-it and Impulse Control

It’s happened to all of us, we notice something truly icky on the ground just as our dog does, and before we know it, our dogs are on it – sometimes literally rolling in it! Yuck! Come join us to build a solid “Leave It” and teach your dog how to ignore that tempting cat poop and get a great reward from you instead!

This course designed for dogs over 3 months of age.  Students in this class range from adolescent to older adult dogs that need to learn manners and foundation obedience skills.

COME!

If you’re tired of shouting and shouting for your dog to no avail, our recall intensive is the game changer you need. We’ll work indoors on behaviors designed to improve your dog’s responsiveness to your call, then move outside to show you how to get recall results in real-life settings. If you think a reliable recall from your dog is impossible, think again—then come join us!

This course designed for dogs over 3 months of age.  Students in this class range from adolescent to older adult dogs that need to learn manners and foundation obedience skills.

Bomb-Proof Stay

Wouldn’t it be nice to put your dog in a 30-minute down-stay so you can fix dinner without her underfoot?  Want your dog to wait at the door or curb until you give the all clear, instead of forging ahead?  Want to make it easier to have guests come over?  Well we’ve got the class for you!  The Bomb Proof Stay clinic focuses on teaching your dog just that – a bomb-proof stay, no matter what sort of distractions are going on around them.
This course designed for dogs over 3 months of age.  Students in this class range from adolescent to older adult dogs that need to learn manners and foundation obedience skills.

Stop Pulling

There’s a big difference between walking with your dog and being walked by him.  If you’re experiencing the latter, and all the frustration and aching muscles that come with it, this clinic is for you.  We’ll work on teaching your dog to enjoy walking by your side and teach them to tune into you when distractions like other dogs or people come into view.  Learn how to WALK THE WALK.
This course designed for dogs over 3 months of age.  Students in this class range from adolescent to older adult dogs that need to learn manners and foundation obedience skills.