Basic Obedience

Workshop: Refining Your Dog’s Listening skills

In this one hour workshop we will work on the skills needed to help your dog pay attention to you.  Does your dog ignore your cue to come?  Does it seem like Lassie is ignoring you when something better is happening nearby?  Step One:  Get their attention!  Without that, we can’t get anything else!  

Beginning Family Dog Training

• For dogs 5 months and older who have not had a group training class.
• Learn basic commands including sit, down, off, come, stay, attention work, walking on a leash, polite greeting behavior and foundations for heel.
• 5 week session.

Get Focused and In Control

• For dogs 5 months or older.
• For dogs that have difficulty paying attention, are highly excitable and/or easily distracted.
• Learn how to get your dog to focus and be in control.
• 5 week session.

Intermediate Family Dog Training

• For dogs who have completed Beginning or Puppy II
• Refine and work on making the commands learned in previous class “real-life ready”
• Introduce working on having more control when your dog is at a distance
• Focus on compliance when faced with distractions

Magnificent Manners!

• For dogs who have completed Puppy II or Beginning class
• Emphasis on teaching your dog to have a loose leash while walking and pay attention while on walks
• Teaching polite greetings – no jumping!

All About Distractions!

Does your dog have the basics, but you’re not sure how to transfer those basics to environments that are distracting?  This class that will work step by step on taking the skills you’ve learned and start working through the distractions that get your dog’s attention, when you are trying to get them to listen to […]

Advanced Training

• For dogs who have completed Intermediate
• Polish the basic commands so that compliance is quick and automatic
• Continue to refine heel and distance control
• Begin off-leash work

Outdoor Advanced Class

This class is for dogs who have completed our Intermediate or Advanced class. We will work outdoors on advanced level skills – recalls, heeling, stays, remote cues and some off leash work.  This class is a small sized class and meets for five weeks.

CGC – Canine Good Citizen

The Canine Good Citizen (or CGC) test is a certification by the AKC and is open to dogs of any breeding. The test is comprised of ten different skills. This is a preparatory class to ready you for the test. Exercises include general manners such as sitting quietly by your side while you hold a conversation with another  person. Each […]

Leashless

• For dogs who have completed Advanced class
• This is our most advanced-level obedience class
• Focus is on compliance while working off-leash

Rally Obedience

What is Rally Obedience? Rally Obedience, often referred to as Rally-O or just Rally, is a dynamic canine sport that blends obedience training with elements of agility. This sport originated in the United States and has quickly gained popularity worldwide. Unlike traditional obedience, Rally-O takes place in a more relaxed and interactive atmosphere. It involves […]

Advanced Movement Games

Class pre-req is Movement Games level 1

Movement Games: From An Energetic to Calm Dog!

High-energy dogs need more than miles, they need activities that engage their minds while exercising their bodies. This class will introduce games using movement which will increase engagement and focus transforming them into your ideal companion – or at least moving them toward that goal! These are not just plain beginner level games … All […]

Enrichment Walks and Parkour for Fun and Function

Most of us think of a walk with our dog as just that…walking!  In this class, we will learn what a good walk entails.  From sniffing and why it is good (not bad!) for your dog, parkour for exercise and flexibility to fun to games that use their brain in addition to physical exercise.  We’ll discuss […]

Tiny Tots! Social Time and Training for Little Dogs

Do you have a small breed dog and want to find a place to have Molly interact and play with other small dogs all while working on her training and listening skill?  Tiny Tots is just that class.  This class is for social, friendly small dogs under 20 lbs that like to interact with other […]

Great Outdoors – Short Course

• For dogs who have completed Intermediate Class
• Work on your training skills where it counts most…the Great Outdoors!
• Five weeks

Really Reliable Recall

• Teach your dog to come when called, quickly and with enthusiasm
• Recalls while your dog is distracted and at distances
• Prerequisites: Really Reliable Recall 1 is for dogs who have completed Puppy II or Beginning class. Really Reliable Recall 2 is for dogs who have completed Really Reliable Recall 1

Get Focused and In Control Level 2

We are excited to offer the next level to this class!

We will increase distractions – think people running, dogs running –

and continue to work on helping your dog with emotional control.

This class will still remain small in numbers with two trainers

Great Start Package

• A 75 minute In Home Private Training Session where we will cover all the basics you will want to know about your new dog
• Beginning Family Dog Training Class

Don’t Chase The Squirrel! Dealing with Prey Drive

Does your dog chase anything with a tail or wings? Do you tell people that your dog has high prey drive? If you are worried every time your dog is off-leash that they may catch a critter, join Chelse Wagner CBCC-KA CPDT-KA for this class that will help your dog learn to listen to you […]